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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #9 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Narrative | #11 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Artwork | #582 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Enjoyment | #584 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Audio | #664 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game is about ruminating thoughts which are like looping negative thoughts. There is a visual loop similar to those satifying gifs when the camera zoom in infinitely.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description for full credits.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Monkey the Human
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Conclusion of this game is so touching. Don't want to reveal to unplay people. Let's see it yourselves.
Your average rank is #57 in GMTK 2025! Congrats!
Here is the link with all the rankings:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcYEGvaHF3y30mMEWwywmkRd2FCpo-u3_ZFpPFSo...
I felt bad that there is no average score, because some teams aimed for all categories, not just one. So I just scrapped the results page and made a table. I agree with "Mark" that "Overall" is questionable, but I still think "Average" is a valuable score, so I decided to share it.
Yes! I was rooting for you. So glad your game did so well, congrats!
thank you so much! I’m Kinda shocked honestly 💛
This is a great representation of struggling to keep up with everyday life. The constant looping is like starting a new day, but dealing with the same/or even more issues than before. The gameplay really does capture the feeling, and your ending is such a sweet touch to this experience. Great job monkey.
thank you so much! It’s a simple game but I’m glad you liked it 💛
Absolute cinema 10/10
Definitely been there. Awesome game.
Such a great narrative being told though the gameplay and visuals! The looping and fractal-like looping of the room was awesome to see! There was one very minor inconsistency: me thinking that I had to continually click "e" for the washing machine when in fact I could walk away and do other tasks (eventually realized that though). Also the zooming in made it hard to see important parts of the gameplay, but maybe that was the point of it. Overall this is an amazing game, and an impressive entry!
This was AMAZING! It was so relatable on literally every level, and the message at the end was extremely sweet!
I will show this to the person I love when she gets home tonight <3
I really love games that tell a story, especially when it hits home like this! Though it might be too challenging as I haven't been able to progress once Vale entered the scene, spent too much time maxing out those muscle gainzzz. Beautiful music and very deep, loved it!
The guitar reminds me of Life is Strange 🖤Awesome concepts, love it.
For me it was hard to do all the things in one run, but maybe that was not the point - like I should have done only the new activities each run? Dunno.
Camera going in immediately makes me anxious :D
Please add some pause menu or something. I barely finished reading the dialog and already majority to the room was clipped (camera was too zoomed in). Or maybe like wait until I confirmed that dialog was read ('E' or something) and then start the loop.
Sprint on space should be illegal :D
Hope you are better 🖤
That was lots of fun. Polished and well executed. Thanks!
Thank you so much! glad you liked it!
Truely touching. Simple but efficient narration. The mise en abyme is briantly executed. Congrats.
Thanks John! :)
I like this Game its narrative is really nice!
Very nice game !! I liked the narrative but I do not press E fast enough to go through the end :(
I stopped at the doomscrolling level though, and everything is so well done, it's creative, the narrative is good, the artwork beautiful and the audio great !
Thank you so much! sorry you weren't able to finish! you were really close though!
This is one of my favourite games I've played in the jam. The fact that you made this in 3 days in really impressive and I love the way you managed to iterate on the idea and make what is essentially just pressing the same key over and over again engaging while still making it feel mundane like intended.
Probably my favourite concept for this theme and you nailed the execution.
Thank you so much this means a lot
Great narrative!
This game gave me IRL PTSD flashbacks, 10/10 would ignore my SO just to keep doing mundane tasks all over again.
hahaha I'm glad it's not only me.