For All The Saints

I didn't know what I was doing.

Perhaps what they say is right: God works in misterious ways.

Nice graphics, though I wasn't sure what I was doing. I included it in my GM48: Sacrifice compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/j63-vhZNW1o

Interesting idea for sure. I really like the fact that you put this out in a game jam, but I really don't like your responses to comments :D It makes me think you're not even sure what's the message your game could send. I mean, you're trying to make a statement so you know what it is, but I think the game might make another one.

Anyway, it looks good but the text is really bad, but the volume slider on the mouse wheel was really neat. Particularly appreciated in a jam where sound volumes tend to be crazy high.

Oh, and some detection for the placement of event is missing, most of the things happens in oceans :(

Loved the idea and connection to the theme, execution was kinda poor though.

Art was way too blurry, sound was great, gameplay wasn't too fun, but it served its purpose well.

I don't know how much I can really comment on the message, but it's certainly a unique idea for a game with an interesting interpretation of the sacrifice theme. The visuals and audio are well done and do a good job of conveying the feel you seem to be going for. I quite like the rotating globe effect.

It's interesting as an interactive statement, but I'm sure you know it isn't a fun game ;)

Anyway, the game gets across the problem with an all powerful and omniscient god. It's a very jaded game, sure, but it's pretty powerful how pointless it seems when all you see is a bit of text about "saints" and a nearly featureless globe. Boiling down humanity's worth into a bunch of statistics is... well, I suppose it's the only way to comprehend such a huge scale. I liked that saints were born just because they were arbitrarily suffering from something. Everything happens for a reason and all that.

Ironically, the pointlessness of the game kind of ruins the sacrifice theme, because while things ARE being sacrificed they have no tangible value or meaning. You've subverted the theme?

Yeah, this game's fucked up and I'm an apathetic god. It's not the sort of game I'd want to play every day, but it's nice to play something like this once in a while.

Interesting concept. I'm assuming this is a statement that nothing can solve all disasters / open to user interpretation. I somewhat enjoyed the game and when we played we tried to guess what factor would turn the saint into one over the others. It seems like a game trying to provoke thinking with vague ideas: interesting to see how far you got with 48 hours on such a topic! Loved the art and music, fit very well with the design of the game! Just wish the controls and mechanics were a little clearer (maybe just my taste)

The art was nice, though a lot of the text was a little blurry. The main screen was appealing, but the gameplay was really stale. Overall, the theme was a jaded statement about religion (maybe just Christianity) as a whole, which is an issue maybe too large to tackle in a game jam (if only because the game's message too easily becomes a large oversimplification of a very large issue). I'm definitely interested to see what you do with this concept if you continue with it!

I think I got the idea... You play some sort of god-like character trying to end catastrophes, but in order to save the lives of thousands you have to ruin the life of a good individual? I like this concept, but the impact wasn't apparent. I couldn't quite tell if I was actually getting more points from having more saints. I seemed like I wouldn't get any if there wasn't an ongoing catastrophe.

I don't get the game mechanic.. just search for saints, click stuff... not sure what the goal or win-goal is. What am I sacrificing?

Graphics and good though!