Risto goes around the world

by katajisto

co-authored: @jarvenp

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.97

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.32

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.38

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Your task is to help Risto find their way through the archipelago of Risto's homeworld.

But don't worry! Risto is an excellent swimmer and they can also raise and lower the ocean's surface.

Risto also holds the world record for the fastest time to swim around the world.

This is our first game jam and the game is built on a custom rust engine.

Tags: #world

Genres: puzzle

Comments20

Qaolin2 Oct 2023, 23:02

A great looking game with cool puzzle mechanics, sadly im a bit lost in it :D

Jamjamem2 Oct 2023, 23:04

Risto is ADORABLE! Well done on your first game jam, you guys did great, and really fitting to the theme

wiru2 Oct 2023, 23:04

I liked the graphics and the puzzle mechanics, but I was a bit lost on what to do after the first apparition of the Q button action.

LDJam user 3096412 Oct 2023, 23:04

I absolutely love the concept, visuals, and the core mechanic! One suggestion: it took me a minute to figure out what I was supposed to do, so a little more tutorialization might be benefitial.

TheAxe3162 Oct 2023, 23:06

Took a little while to get the hang of it, but once I did it was a blast!

Matt Swieboda2 Oct 2023, 23:08

wow, this was really cool once i got used to the expand and collapse functionality! Great job, very fun!

cool that you made it in a custom rust engine, props to the true coders out there! I've done things in a custom crystal framework wrapping around SFML in the past, this time I went for Godot 4

FanNevada2 Oct 2023, 23:08

I really like the universe/graphics and it's an excellent puzzle game :) good work

Its_Capp2 Oct 2023, 23:08

This was phenomenal to play!
The progression of the levels felt smooth enough that I had to think, but didn't find myself completely stuck.
The art is charming and the short tune between levels brings a peaceful vibe to the whole experience.
Fantastic job!

Veridis2 Oct 2023, 23:14

Lovely mood playing this game! The audio chime for completing a level feels really good. And the character is very cute

limichou2 Oct 2023, 23:16

I spent a lot of time understanding how it works. But after that, I fully enjoyed the game! Nice work!

Mekyi2 Oct 2023, 23:23

Phenomenal job with the audio, graphics and puzzle design! A big plus for the sounds of Finnish nature

Hermetix3 Oct 2023, 00:01

Cool concept, fun game. Nice work.

LDJam user 3782943 Oct 2023, 07:42

I love the water, amazing comupter graphic and interesting puzzle!

DzejPi3 Oct 2023, 17:19

This is very well looking game with interesting puzzles. But some instructions for my smooth brain would be great, even in the game description, took me a while to figure out. It's always nice to see custom engines, Rust is such an interesting language which I would like to pick some day. :)

beats4 Oct 2023, 09:30

Technically very well done Ilike how each box moves in the world, took me a while to figure out what I needed to do but a very well made puzzle game, the right amount of difficulty.

Shmi4 Oct 2023, 20:47

I enjoyed the game and enjoy the take on the theme and that limited space is actual mechanic. It look me a little time to understand how it works but once I did the game got me puzzling hard to figure out how to reach the next point.

Ruslana6 Oct 2023, 13:29

Interesting concept!

Caladrius11 Oct 2023, 23:56

Incredibly inventive, don't think I've ever seen a mechanic quite like this in a game before. Was constantly anticipating a huge difficulty spike as there was much to think about with it!

Tiseno15 Oct 2023, 18:20

This was great! Awesome mechanics and graphics!

Vyndilis17 Oct 2023, 22:05

I love the spherical perspective and the transitions between levels. Really cute graphics. The puzzles are cool and innovative.

Good job!