Transilvaniawkward

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.04
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Transilvaniawkward


Each monster in the room must be seated on a chair, but be careful to respect who they are comfortable with

A puzzle game made with Pico-8 about monster social awkwardness

All visual assets and musics are originals and were created during the event

Controls


- Mouse and Left click button only

- Enter / P to pause the game
Genres: puzzle
Tools: PICO-8

Comments20

aerial
aerial2 Oct 2023, 17:00
Very nice puzzle game! I rarely see pico games that are this polished. I like how the monsters get introduced first time with a simple level to demonstrate how they function. Would have loved a bigger ramp in difficulty near the end, but it was nice and fun being able to go through all of it with no issues. The art looks very neat and the gameplay was smooth and enjoyable overall. Good stuff. Nice work!
cogcomp
cogcomp2 Oct 2023, 20:56
Wow this game is so well made. The music especially, it's definitely the best I've heard so far! The level progression was well thought out as well. This game is by far my favourite at this point. Excellently done!
zealous-coder5 Oct 2023, 03:06
I really enjoyed it, got it yeah vampires good timing for the season too. Would have liked a few sound effects for feedback when picking up or placing creatures.
spacecadet5 Oct 2023, 14:23
Really nice and polished entry. I really like the pixel art and the music in your game. Also the puzzles were nice and the pacing felt good. Great game overall.
Pious
Pious5 Oct 2023, 21:25
Very cute entry! Very creative way to use the theme and the emotes and everything just added to the game being adorable. Very well done and I definitely enjoyed it. Sometimes though the rule wasn't entirely clear however, and maybe would have warranted another level or two to fully grasp the understanding of the rule of that creature. Otherwise, excellent!
LDJam user 315170
LDJam user 3151705 Oct 2023, 21:28
Extremely well polished and solid entry, good work! I got stuck on the last few levels, but the level design was great overall and you did a good job of teaching core mechanics to the player by slowly introducing them.
Decentsauce
Decentsauce5 Oct 2023, 21:30
Love to see a pico-8 game and this one is so well done!! Amazing entry. :)
LDJam user 372085
LDJam user 3720855 Oct 2023, 21:35
really nice - excellently scoped game jam with a satisfying length and wrap-up. i couldn't figure out the rule for the witches exactly, but i still finished the game by trial and error.
milq
milq6 Oct 2023, 14:54
Fantastic game and very true to the theme! The graphics and music fit perfectly together, and the design of the puzzles is just right as it's incremental and very instructive from start to finish. You know exactly how to play and where to place the characters in relation to the ghosts. If I had to point out a tiny flaw, it might be that a message should automatically pop up when you perfectly complete a screen. Nevertheless, all I can do is congratulate you. It's a tremendous game for a compo and being made just in 48 hours. Great game!
brandann
brandann6 Oct 2023, 18:32
That was really fun! your art, audio, and gameplay was spot on. great job!
Vollfeiw
Vollfeiw7 Oct 2023, 08:36
Really fun game, i love graphics and audio. I should try pico-8 someday
DiscoFish
DiscoFish8 Oct 2023, 11:25
Nice puzzle game with awesome art style and music! Great job!
Agraffs
Agraffs8 Oct 2023, 19:19
Nice little puzzle game ! The quality of the puzzles were good, it was interesting to add new characters little by little and seeing things get little by little more complicated without being impossible. Nice entry ! Gg ! :)
SevenOne
SevenOne9 Oct 2023, 16:12
Fun puzzle game, i love the music and gfx, good job.
almageddon
almageddon9 Oct 2023, 17:30
This was the best game so far, super fun and great! Loved the music!
SquiggelSquirrel9 Oct 2023, 20:09
Cute game and a fun idea, I did end up just seating them randomly for the last few levels because I couldn't figure out the witches.
caeonosphere
caeonosphere10 Oct 2023, 03:41
Neat! I liked the way you take what would normally be a grid-based logic puzzle and loosen it up a bit, with offset positions and seating-chart scenarios. I was able to beat all the levels pretty quick without exaaaactly knowing all the rules, or not being able to explain them, exactly. Some kind of onscreen chart could have been helpful?
kasmilus
kasmilus10 Oct 2023, 11:08
Really nice game, music is absolutely STUNNING! Great job on that, Artwork is good too. Puzzles themselves were quite nice but after the introduction of witches it got a bit fuzzy for me. I felt like I kinda have idea what are the rules but wasn't exactly sure (and I guess it shows, couldn't finish level 14). You did a pretty good job at introducing each character but I guess it wasn't good enough for a dum-dum like me :)
LDJam user 378522
LDJam user 37852210 Oct 2023, 11:32
This was a perfect jam for me start to finish, You really nailed the theme, the music, and kept the scope perfect. Also great job ramping up the challenge. I can't say it enough, I really liked this one
LDJam user 243193
LDJam user 24319311 Oct 2023, 14:42
I did complete this game but I'm not sure I understand the rule of placing here. I mostly just moving creatures around until they all like it.
Oh well, I can really feel the limited space here thanks to placing rule and chairs position.

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