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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #183 | 4.481 | 4.481 |
| Enjoyment | #200 | 4.153 | 4.153 |
| Audio | #233 | 3.985 | 3.985 |
| Creativity | #1698 | 3.802 | 3.802 |
| Narrative | #3070 | 2.519 | 2.519 |
Ranked from 131 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 player loops around enemies and paints the screen with circular looping attacks
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Odin Inspector
FEEL
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Liam3D, Diggon (Dig-gone), Cozitime (cozzy-time), Limasio (Lim-azio), Ictoan (ick-toan), and Shoot
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This is so cute! Controls feel nice, and the gameplay is more challenging than it looks! Nicely done :)
thank you very very much ♥️
I found this super difficult but I think it's really cool! Looping multiple enemies at once to activate slowdown and plan my next move was a fun micro-loop, once I got the hang of that I started lasting a bit longer. I still could only manage around 300 points though lol.
Still a respectable score. Thanks for the play and for ya kind words
This felt REALLY good as a game. Loved how simple and straightforward it was. Made me also thing I super overengineered my attempt -_-
Appreciate ya coming over to check out our game, and I love a good min maxer. Did you keep storing up the fishies for a big combo? Love to hear the score ya got. Thanks for the praise too ♥️
I didn't know you could do that! Now I need to play it again. 🤣
Score: 1526
That was really fun!
that's a score I gotta respect 🔥
cheers ^_^
We should put up the dev high scores XD
Crunchy and fun! Plus LOTS of polish. This is great - fantastic work!
That's really really kind, thx ♥️
wow ! this is so fuun ! So polished ! so addictive ! Nice job :)
Very fun game, and nice level of polish! Particular shout-out to the music which we enjoyed a lot. Well done!
A very simple game that is both incredibly intuitive and fun to control, well done!
Looptopus is a game made by 6 people -- or so that is what they want you to think. If you go to Liam's Itch page you notice a strange sequence of events. Their first game, Murder Rewrote, is about hiding the evidence of a crime. Their second game, Scales of Olympus, is a reference to the ascent to godhood they felt after cover up the murders. Their third game One Ship's Trash is likely how they came across the Looptopus in the first place, while on the run from international authorities. Thus we can assume the Looptopus is actually some strange Lovecraftian horror that created these other 5 'developers' from Liam's imagination for there is no other explanation to match how such a cute creature could steal so many hearts in such a short time frame.
Playing through the game the allegory is as obvious as day. The "stars" you loop are followers sacrificed to the cult as this strange beast seeks the power to return to the void above us all. The adorable facade disguises the brutality of the uncaring universe as strange space fish (clearly police officers) try to stop your onslaught, but they too get looped by the beast.
The designs of the 6 developers also plays into this greatly. Liam is the rock, the foundation of Looptopus' awakening into the world. Diggon is a cat, referencing the Egyptian afterlife and the transformation of the cult upon death. Ninty is a mouse, referencing the plague of life that spreads across the world, further referenced by Diggon's past work on Virus.exe. Limasio's cat is on all fours, read to attack, showcasing the Looptopus' desire for violence. Cozitime's slug is the classical representation of sloth, how those who cannot motivate themselves will be consumed by the tentacles. Finally there is Ictoan, a shooting star? Some strange dark creature? They are the void. They do not have a real Itch account. They are a construct created by the dark to entice players to follow the space octopi into that never-ending night.
Overall really fun game I would recommend this to both children and adults, would be cool to see it on console too because the loop-like controls would 100% be better suited for the stick inputs. This might even be a good idea for an arcade cabinet some day.
Omg hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂.
This comment made my day thx
I can't wait for Liam3D (not on these fake accounts pretending to be other people) to see this
Lovely art and controls super nicely. Really well made little game! And lovely itch page, too!
I legit feel that Liam could get away with just doing the itch pages for jams. Shame his also freakishly good at molding and tech art. Thanks for the love for the game ♥️
This has to be one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Good work!
We have the same core mechanism! 😂
The game is very addictive and polished. The art style is adorable, and the controls feel very smooth. I had a lot of fun. Great job!
This is a very solid game with a fun central mechanic and juicy game feel! I felt so smart when I figured out that I can just make my loop really big to get a large area of effect. I know, I know, I am a genius hahaha
awesome game, very nice little game, the art and sound fit so well too
Wonderful. Satisfying, easy to learn, hard to master, additctive and endearing.
An awesome implementation of a clean idea and I'm glad I got to play such a good rendition of it.
Quite possibly my favorite game of the jam so far. The art, and audio are wonderful and somehow very nostalgic.
The gameplay is super simple to learn and very satisfying. My favorite part is the little slowdown/score tally after you loop multiple things at once.
Excellent, no notes.
Cute art, great sound design, and a fun gameplay loop! Would love to see this expanded upon further.
Wonderful game with an incredibly cute art style! Easy to pick up but hard to master, and extremely addictive. The music and sfx fit the tone of the game perfectly. Overall very well done!
Really well polished game, good job! Every aspect feels really well crafted, and it's a unique idea for the theme. The only problem for me was that it feels like the screen scrolls a little too fast, I struggled to get back down in time to make loops sometimes.
This is so cute! I need this on an arcade machine