{"author_link":"\/users\/hjalte","author_name":"Hjalte","author_uid":1000233,"comments":[{"id":1162555,"author_name":"Sweetiebelle","author_uid":"sweetiebelle","epoch":1759793537,"text":"Overall pretty solid game.\n\nI got blasted with sound upon opening so volume control would be nice.\n\n\nThe combination of a standard shape puzzle with the points multipliers of animal traits adds an extra dimension to placement of lifeforms.\n\nBeaming lifeforms up is frustratingly slow at first, but gets more pleasant with beam upgrades.\n\nI was somewhat confused how the animal traits worked at first, especially the rabbit. A quick animation of the rabbit doing its thing as a demo would be helpful.\n\nI made it to 4 of 8 rounds, I struggled to math out the points a little lol.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1162654,"author_name":"Maytch","author_uid":"maytch","epoch":1759794357,"text":"Interesting use of combos when choosing which animals to place where! Also great art, sfx, and good humor!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163809,"author_name":"ljol3","author_uid":"ljol3","epoch":1759809887,"text":"Very fun gameplay loop, and i liked the two gameplay scenes affecting each other.\n\nIt's the classic addicting gameplay of get stuff to make money to better make stuff!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172368,"author_name":"Iwant_Pizza","author_uid":"iwant-pizza","epoch":1759927695,"text":"I like Tetris, like this game. Make object like grandmother in box","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1172399,"author_name":"Pierre-Marie","author_uid":"pierre-marie","epoch":1759928046,"text":"Great job, it works really well!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1173197,"author_name":"Flying Butter Studio","author_uid":"flying-butter-studio","epoch":1759940476,"text":"Really solid entry for me! That was addictive! My only remark is that's difficult (maybe just for me) to understand the order og the actions. Maybe a reference score to beat would be a plus ? :thinking: \nAnyway, i had a great time, the design and the game is plenty of humour, really like it! Very good work, congrats ! :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1173439,"author_name":"MOBO_613","author_uid":"mobo-613","epoch":1759944458,"text":"Great game with a really interesting art style.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174533,"author_name":"johnnysix","author_uid":"johnnysix","epoch":1759959269,"text":"haha, great job - love the style.  It took a while to figure out the animal arrangement.  Quite satisfying seeing the cascade of animals eating and being eaten. :smiley: \n\nI was trying to avoid the fox eating stuff for the first few rounds :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174860,"author_name":"Psevdonim","author_uid":"psevdonim","epoch":1759967644,"text":"A really good project \u2014 I enjoyed it a lot, awesome work!\nThe gameplay is quite enjoyable and keeps things interesting by constantly switching between the two main mechanics. I\u2019ve always liked puzzle games, so that\u2019s an extra point from me. The art is really funny, and the overall visuals are great!\nTo be honest, I didn\u2019t dive too deeply into the numbers and combinations, so I\u2019m not sure how well-balanced they are, but I managed to beat it on my first try \u2014 the iguana-chameleon is just too overpowered!))\n![photo_2025-10-09_04-51-40.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/069\/56\/z\/6f075.jpg)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175698,"author_name":"Bobap","author_uid":"bobap","epoch":1759999596,"text":"Really enjoyed this one. You knocked it out of the park. I got a very large amount of critters by the end and it became a little difficult to select the tile I wanted. Would have been nice to be able to rearrange the tiles outside of the planet. Aside from that, excellent job. I cleared with a full prey build and might go for round 2 with a different strat. You may have fumbled on the title a bit since I think Xirnu's Next Top Planet might be more enticing.\n![suck_it_up.png](\/\/\/raw\/457\/9\/z\/6f0e0.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176068,"author_name":"Hjalte","author_uid":"hjalte","epoch":1760009269,"text":"@psevdonim thank you for the feedback! Really appreciate it :). Also awesome to see a gecko build. We pretty much realized right after submitting, that they might be a bit overpowered haha.  ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176078,"author_name":"Hjalte","author_uid":"hjalte","epoch":1760009420,"text":"@bobap Thank you for the feedback! That's so good to hear, that you're interested in trying a different strat. That was our goal for this jam to get that kind of feedback :D. \nAlso I see you're birdmaxxin', that's my favorite strat as well! And you might be right about the title hmm... 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It might be helpful if theres is a guide to show how animal eat things work (like what area what area they\u2019re able to reach to eat)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176532,"author_name":"dendi_life","author_uid":"dendi-life","epoch":1760018754,"text":"thats very good game, i really like all of these: gameplay, art, sound - its all good","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176898,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1760026554,"text":"What a fun idea! Feels very polished. GZ!.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178510,"author_name":"jscommander","author_uid":"jscommander","epoch":1760083963,"text":"Hi there! I really enjoyed playing your game. It looks incredibly well-made. \n\nWhat impressed me most is how polished everything feels. The art style is absolutely gorgeous. \n\nThe animal suction mechanic is fantastic! I love experimenting with different combinations - the fact that you never know the final outcome forces you to think strategically and use multipliers wisely. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179830,"author_name":"ConCaerus","author_uid":"concaerus","epoch":1760130367,"text":"Very fun game! I could easily see this being turned into a full game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180368,"author_name":"Pete Valeo","author_uid":"pete-valeo","epoch":1760162995,"text":"I cannot believe how much time I just spent playing this game. The premise is not immediately clear, but once you figure it out, it moves deeply into \"just one more try\" territory, both between levels and after getting a game-over. Great graphics, really well-done, non-invasive music and audio (which, given how simple the mechanics are, is pretty important. I got lost on a few things that weren't obvious (e.g. took me a couple of playthroughs to realize there was a countdown clock, and even though they're RIGHT THERE, I somehow missed the little descriptions for how the different animals\/items figured into the scoring, which made it a little confusing how to proceed at first.\nAll those minor gripes aside, this game has probably gotten more time from me than any jam game in recent memory - very well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180456,"author_name":"Amanon","author_uid":"amanon","epoch":1760171794,"text":"This game is really fun \u2014 excellent in every aspect! It\u2019s such an enjoyable experience, and it reminds me of the time when I used to be fascinated by UFO stories.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180613,"author_name":"zircon123","author_uid":"zircon123","epoch":1760181258,"text":"Really cool, don't think I've seen a puzzle like this before","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180991,"author_name":"Pimeko","author_uid":"pimeko","epoch":1760200071,"text":"Absolutely loved the mood, and the combination of sucking up items and putting them on a grid was an interesting mechanic :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181382,"author_name":"nassshie","author_uid":"nassshie","epoch":1760214984,"text":"I cannot believe you made those sounds yourselves! that is so hilarious!!! must be on the 1 place","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181713,"author_name":"torcado","author_uid":"torcado","epoch":1760239321,"text":"this is so good! there's so many directions to grow with this idea, you landed on something really good for a game jam. The game itself is great, i love the two-sided gameplay; one with more mechanical requirements and one purely strategic. There's definitely room for balancing improvements but nothing that makes the game unfun by any means. the art is great and the audio fits very well. really solid game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182428,"author_name":"CodeRaurus","author_uid":"coderaurus","epoch":1760285400,"text":"Fun game! Loved the show setting and points for having some voice lines.\n\nThe gameplay is interesting and it has nice amount of complexity to it. Reminds me of Backpack Battles for sure.\nHowever, I was little confused what the order of execution is in the grid. I assumed left-to-right, top-to-bottom but then my foxes on the right side went first.\n\n\nGood work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182529,"author_name":"Surfa","author_uid":"surfa","epoch":1760291189,"text":"Really liked the intro and the music\/voices. \n\nGraphics were good and consistent and the overall gameplay was good. As with other commentators I was not quite sure of the order of operations when scoring which made it a little more difficult. Overall great job :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183301,"author_name":"milq","author_uid":"milq","epoch":1760371524,"text":"I\u2019ve finished the game, and I can honestly say I loved it! Collecting animals, plants, and other items was so much fun, especially organizing them all. I\u2019m not sure if it was possible to rotate things because I was so focused on arranging the animals that I didn\u2019t notice. For me, it\u2019s an incredibly enjoyable and well-rounded game in every way. My sincerest congratulations. Excellent entry, great game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183838,"author_name":"Ciphereo","author_uid":"ciphereo","epoch":1760419275,"text":"The effect is simply amazing. I love these animals. Every time one of them appears, it surprises me! I enjoy collecting them. This strategy gameplay is extremely interesting.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184431,"author_name":"Hjalte","author_uid":"hjalte","epoch":1760519188,"text":"@milq Thank you so much for saying that! That's exactly the kind of reaction, we were hoping for :) \nAnd btw, you can rotate the animals with 'RMB' or 'R'.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184444,"author_name":"milq","author_uid":"milq","epoch":1760522267,"text":"@hjalte Wow, I didn\u2019t know that! Thanks for pointing it out! Very good game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184719,"author_name":"wdebowicz","author_uid":"wdebowicz","epoch":1760559364,"text":"Really interesting and fun to play. It remind me of boards games with similar mechanisms.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1187492,"author_name":"ophiene","author_uid":"ophiene","epoch":1761094906,"text":"Amazing work! It\u2019s super interesting and has a vert unique way to paraphrase the theme, good job! And welcome to give our game a try! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1188929,"author_name":"Mamboman","author_uid":"mamboman","epoch":1761337741,"text":"very nice entry! I love the art, the sounds and the music. It's also very fun to play! thanks for sharing!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/schubox.itch.io\/suck-it-up","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/schubox.itch.io\/suck-it-up","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89940","g_author":"1000233","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"428630","g_title":"Suck! It! 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