{"id":2243,"edition":12,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":10010,"name":"How it started","authors":[{"name":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993}],"description":"

A game in which you have the opportunity to experience a little adventure, namely - to see how and where it all began, and also how it all ended or did not end?

\n","source":"RomanMiniv/js13k-game-2024","stars":0,"post":"https://github.com/RomanMiniv/js13k-game-2024/blob/master/POST-MORTEM.md","comments":[{"at":379079597,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"

I defeated 13 (or did I join forces with 13?) I love the intro sequence and the flavor text, that was great! Excellent writing and storytelling. Fun little adventure game. Part of me wishes that the 13 AI would have been slightly more aggressive for more challenge, but I also understand that it’s impossible to find a difficulty level for everyone in a game jam like this. Overall, very creative, great job!

\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"typ":1,"at":379099814,"re":379079597,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

From the beginning, I won 13, but then I understood and accepted :).\nThanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"at":379143510,"author":"Mohammed Saud","login":"rottencandy","gh":20013884,"url":"saud.wtf","twitter":"rotttencandy","text":"

Woah, didn’t think that I would get so emotionally invested in a story about numbers :p

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It’s really cool that you managed to make this with very simplistic graphics, the intro and cutscenes were smooth.

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I think the difficulty curve was a bit on the linear side and maybe making 13 more aggressive in the later stages of the rescue levels might have made it better.

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But very nice game regardless!

\n","games":["Xiicur Surviivors"]},{"typ":1,"at":379146879,"re":379143510,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Oh, I was hoping the story would hook you ;).

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In the last level (final battle) you can fight a little harder, but I agree that the balancing in the rescue level could be better. I also didn’t want to complicate this level to allow the player to read the notes, so I left it as is :).

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Thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

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The cutscene and story were awesome.

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The boss fight with 13 really turned things up 🔥

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Nice job

\n","games":["Salvadoran Reclamation: MS-13"]},{"typ":1,"at":379278561,"re":379234299,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"at":379390915,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

I enjoyed playing the game to the end.

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The initial levels were fairly easy, just avoiding 13 and pressing E when over a cage.

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The animations at the start and end were great and really set the scene. Although I thought I was going to have to battle 14 when it appeared - haha

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The boss battle with 13 was fun once I realised what LMB meant :) after playing the the keyboard the whole game I wasn’t ready to have to use the mouse.

\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":1,"at":379393280,"re":379390915,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Glad to hear you had fun!

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The menu has a separate section with controls, where you can see which keys are available and their designation. However, I understand that it may not be completely obvious :).

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As for 14, it’s like a good idea for the continuation of the game (part 2 - soon) something like that :).

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"at":379508025,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"

Really nice entry, sometimes I just a game too early and maybe I did early on with this game but I stuck with it and glad I did.

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Enjoyed playing through and was determinded to beat the DVD menu style enemy (13), it never did hit the corner of the screen!

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Was not expecting the boss at the end, was a nice twist / change of pace. Liked the story too.

\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"typ":1,"at":379532493,"re":379508025,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

It’s nice that you stayed and tried my game :). DVD (13) randomly chooses its next route after completing the current one, and theoretically could get to the corner, it’s actually a really cool idea that could be tweaked somehow to make it even more fun! Nice to hear for a change of pace too :).

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"at":379509431,"author":"Lewis Nakao","login":"lewdev","gh":1469960,"url":"https://lewdev.github.io","twitter":"lewdev","text":"

Great story and strong ties to the game jam theme! The game is clean with subtle effects and animations that make it fun to play the game to the end.

\n","games":["13attle TanKs"]},{"typ":1,"at":379532844,"re":379509431,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Thanks for playing, I hope it was interesting and fun!

\n"},{"at":379558389,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"

I really liked the story! It was like a numerical fairy tale. It’s one of the best interpretations of the theme I’ve seen, too. The twist at the end was also great :)

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I enjoyed the last boss fight, but clicking the mouse on a track pad got a little tiring, haha. I wonder if for the sequel (perhaps titled “How It Ended”) there could be an auto-shoot function (like holding down the mouse button).

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Overall a lot of fun!

\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"typ":1,"at":379570670,"re":379558389,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

A fairy tale is not a fairy tale if you don’t believe in it :).

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If you use a track pad instead of a mouse, it can really get a bit tiring :D, however you can warm yourself by converting kinetic energy into internal energy on those cool autumn evenings :).

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Actually, you can come up with a lot of plot twists, since the ending is specifically left open, so… :).

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I’m glad you had fun, thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"at":379562231,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"

Hu?? That final battle took me by surprise!

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I like the story of the game and the plot-twist at the end and the one after the end too :-)

\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"typ":1,"at":379570937,"re":379562231,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

I’m glad you liked the plot twists, I hope they weren’t obvious and I hope you were pleasantly surprised by the final battle :).

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"at":379566802,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"

Interesting game, nice story about number and cliffhanger at the end!\nBut as 13 moves in screen boundings, it was way too easy as I played on a wide screen.\nyou should maybe reduce space and/or make 13 bigger depending of resolution

\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":379571512,"re":379566802,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

As for move 13, you are right about it being limited by the screen. I didn’t want to make the rescue level too intense to make it possible to read the notes, and as for the final battle, I think it would be appropriate there, thanks for the possible improvement!

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Thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"at":379579346,"author":"Logan Tempez","login":"LoganPB","gh":114475709,"twitter":"MamonakuStudio","text":"

Incredible! This is the best game I’ve played so far.\nYou’ve done an amazing job with the story, and it ties perfectly with the theme. The gameplay is really engaging, and the way the UI complements the storytelling is fantastic. I wasn’t expecting a game of this quality here!

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Congrats on your hard work—truly impressive!

\n","games":["13th Restaurant Rush"]},{"typ":1,"at":379662598,"re":379579346,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

I’ll be honest, from your feedback I couldn’t fall asleep for a long time, rejoicing like a child :). I am very glad that you enjoyed playing it and also to hear such a high rating of my game. And it is doubly pleasant to know that all this adventure was not in vain!

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Thanks for playing my game!

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I loved the story in this game! It made me laugh really hard at the end, and was very whimsical and fun the rest of the time.

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I wonder if this story is still going on since the big bang, since there’s an infinite amount of numbers to go through!

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There’s no audio so I don’t know how I would rate it!

\n","games":["Please Finish In 13th Place"]},{"typ":1,"at":379926688,"re":379901457,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Glad to hear you had fun, laughter is good :).

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As for the never-ending story idea, it’s actually a good guess, maybe so, maybe not, either way, here’s how it started, and what happened next? This is another story ;).

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Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to add music, but maybe it’s for the best, I think it would be difficult to choose such music that would deepen the immersion in the story, so grab what you have and don’t give it away ;).

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As for evaluation, for this, criteria were introduced from different directions, one of which is music, so the evaluation depending on the criterion can vary greatly, I think this is the idea of ​​​​evaluation criteria, in order to be able to divide the evaluation by criteria, instead of the average for everything .

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"at":380185414,"author":"Samuel van Egmond","login":"SamuelVanEgmond","gh":95985602,"text":"

Fun game, had me laugh a couple of times.\nGreat texts and fun to play.

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Very well done!

\n","games":["The King's Crowns"]},{"typ":1,"at":380233119,"re":380185414,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Making people laugh is one of the directions I wanted to achieve, it’s nice to hear that you laughed :).

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I’m glad you had fun!

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380224352,"author":"Clément Pasteau","login":"ClementPasteau","gh":4895034,"twitter":"ClementPasteau","text":"

Loved the story, you really put some effort into it.

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A few feedbacks,\nToo bad you’re missing some audio, a nice little touch would have made the game very enjoyable to play.\nI feel the “Press space to continue” is a bit cumbersome when reading the story as it keeps popping up. Maybe always showing it with lower opacity, or in the corner of the screen would have made the intro more enjoyable.

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Overall the game, is really well made, nice animations, nice story.\nLove it

\n"},{"typ":1,"at":380236995,"re":380224352,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

I’m glad you liked the story :).

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I agree that well-chosen music could increase the enjoyment of the game. Also good advice on making the hints less distracting. Thanks for the feedback!

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Thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"at":380333919,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"

Funny idea, loved the cinematics you did just with characters, I really felt captured by your narrative! I Was expecting more gameplay, but at least the game felt completed.

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Cheers!

\n","games":["Deep13"]},{"typ":1,"at":380348949,"re":380333919,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

I’m glad to hear that you were fascinated by my story! I’m also proud of my movie effect, thanks :).

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Hope you got some gameplay in the final battle :).

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Thanks for playing my game!

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380359048,"author":"Victor Debone","login":"debone","gh":763457,"url":"https://javascri.pl/","twitter":"javascripl","text":"

Hello! Thanks for your submission to js13k!\nI’m sure you’ve worked hard on your game, but I’m not aware of how much time you spent on it, so excuse me if things I mention were in your mind, but got left out in the rush of the month or just because you hit the 13kb limit :)

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I’m glad you noticed the consistent of events, I tried to achieve this! As for the graphics, really simple graphics were used here, moreover, no media resource was used, only canvas, only hard core :D.

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This time I wanted to make a game with some context so that the player knows exactly what they are playing, not just how to play it, so I came up with and added a story to the gameplay. It was also necessary to somehow show the player when the story is going on and when the game is going on, so the cinematic effect helped a lot here :).

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I’m glad you were able to play the entire rescue level! I knew that just rescue could be boring, so I tried to add some notes to keep it interesting :). It’s a pleasure to know that your idea worked!

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Humor is an integral part of this game, so I’m glad to hear that people were able to laugh a little :).

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Regarding advertisement placement - of course, any suggestions, I am open to communication ;).

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Thanks for playing and feedback, it means a lot! I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380381104,"author":"Matt Hackett","login":"richtaur","gh":24601,"url":"https://valadria.com","twitter":"richtaur","text":"

A cute text-based game about rescuing numbers. Nice job!

\n"},{"typ":1,"at":380410252,"re":380381104,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

Oh, I hope you played not only the level with rescuing, because it’s not the end, there’s still a final battle ;).

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The game also has autosave progress, so you won’t have to start from the beginning, but from the place where you finished the game. Therefore, suddenly, if you did not finish the game - welcome :).

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Anyway, thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

\n"},{"at":380558657,"author":"Isaac Benitez","login":"isacben","gh":37629156,"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/isacben/","text":"

Congrats on sending your game! I loved the words of encouragement, so I had to keep playing until the end!!

\n","games":["Unblock"]},{"typ":1,"at":380581706,"re":380558657,"author":"Roman Miniv","login":"RomanMiniv","gh":50551993,"text":"

I’m glad to hear that the words of encouragement encouraged you not to give up and to see the end ;).

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I hope you also had the opportunity to take part in the final battle :).

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Thanks for playing, I hope it was fun!

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