PyWeek - QvaX Team - feedback

Fun 2 Prod 2 Inno 4

DR0ID

no sound

I find the idea cool. But I could not find out how to play it. I always lost by not having any stamina left. Sometimes I got enegery but it was a bit random. First I though the ones with green dot will be easy to convert and would give energy. But no, neither the yellow nor the red ones helped either. So not sure what to do to win.

Feels unfinished also because even when I didn't have any energy and stamina left there was not end (just a black screen).

On my machine it run with very low fps (1-15).

Fun 3 Prod 3 Inno 4

mauve

I think the idea of the game of illuminating people with books is good. Performance is the issue here. I wouldn't expect it to be this slow on my PC; the game needs a lot of optimisation. You should look into numpy to generate the light maps.

Fun 3 Prod 4 Inno 3

Tee

The art style is very cool and the concept is certainly intriguing, but I'm not sure I understood how this game worked, even after reading the instructions. Also, my FPS got very low during the game, so I might have had some technical issues. Nice work though.

Did not work

omnia

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/media/disk3ssd/pyweek/39/awaking/Python-Game-Jam-2025-main/main.py", line 607, in <module>
game = Game()
File "/media/disk3ssd/pyweek/39/awaking/Python-Game-Jam-2025-main/main.py", line 65, in __init__
const.overlay_image = pygame.image.load("src/assets/menu/overlay.png").convert_alpha()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: No file 'src/assets/menu/overlay.png' found in working directory '/media/disk3ssd/pyweek/39/awaking'.

Did not work

Cosmologicon

Sorry, I also ran into the issue of hanging on the loading screen after clicking Play. I'm on Ubuntu.

Did not work

mit-mit

I could get the game to run, but unfortunately I was getting some sort of graphical glitch which meant my character just rendered as a white circle with a black box in it. All other moving characters were black boxes against a black background, so I couldn't really see or figure out at all what was going on or how to play sorry! I'm on macos13, so not sure if it's a platform issue: using all the suggested packages and precise versions suggested in the readme.
The start screen looked really nice though, loved the animated character standing and other walking in background/foreground! Wish I could have got it to work!

Fun 3 Prod 4 Inno 4

ntoll

A great looking game. Not sure I quite figured out what was going on though. ;-)

Fun 2 Prod 4 Inno 3

Heuser

Thank you for making this game. The graphics are amazing and I did even manage to run it at 15 fps.
This is clearly a lovingly crafted game with a lot of ambition. I am sad i couldnt see it completed :(
Still hats off to you.

Fun 5 Prod 5 Inno 5

Anders

* fantastic idea
* great menu
* great art
* I've got a beefy PC so I was able to run the game no prob

Fun 2 Prod 5 Inno 3

inkontoasty

couldn't figure out how to beat the game and it got boring
graphics were nice and the 3fps added to the dark mood of the game
im sure this game is fun if i could figure it out
great job :)

Fun 2 Prod 4 Inno 3

zwerver

I got a very bad framerate (15fps) and loading times were very long, but the game was alright once i got it going. The style is really awesome. Reminded me a bit of a Don Herzfelt cartoon.

Fun 4 Prod 3 Inno 4

KNKWasTaken

It's a good game with a good storyline, good message and good animation, but it does have it's fair share of performance issues. If the frame rates are brought close to 40 or 60 FPS, it would be a lot more fun and entertaining.

Fun 4 Prod 3 Inno 4

Spears Dracona

This game does an excellent job of capturing the sense of one's light dimming in the face of the apparent hopelessness of forging meaningful human connections in a world where nearly everyone is addicted to the constant barrage of soundbites and quick dopamine hits from social media. It is a poignant commentary on modern society and I love it for that.

Did not work

speedlimit35

The title screen worked fine but once I pressed play, all I saw was a black screen with the FPS, influence and health bar. Here is the messages I got on Mac.

pygame-ce 2.5.3 (SDL 2.30.12, Python 3.12.4)

2025-03-31 16:09:47.328 python3[97060:13613492] +[IMKClient subclass]: chose IMKClient_Modern

2025-03-31 16:09:47.328 python3[97060:13613492] +[IMKInputSession subclass]: chose IMKInputSession_Modern

Generadas 42 texturas de luz pre-renderizadas

GameView.__init__: Iniciando...

GameView.__init__: Obteniendo pantalla actual...

GameView.__init__: Creando jugador...

GameView.__init__: Jugador creado

GameView.__init__: Cargando mapa...

GameView.__init__: Mapa cargado

GameView.__init__: Inicializando cámara...

GameView.__init__: Cámara inicializada

GameView.__init__: Inicializando sistema de iluminación...

GameView.__init__: Sistema de iluminación inicializado

GameView.__init__: Creando NPCManager...

GameView.__init__: NPCManager creado

GameView.__init__: Inicialización completa

Generadas 42 texturas de luz pre-renderizadas

GameView.__init__: Iniciando...

GameView.__init__: Obteniendo pantalla actual...

GameView.__init__: Creando jugador...

GameView.__init__: Jugador creado

GameView.__init__: Cargando mapa...

GameView.__init__: Mapa cargado

GameView.__init__: Inicializando cámara...

GameView.__init__: Cámara inicializada

GameView.__init__: Inicializando sistema de iluminación...

GameView.__init__: Sistema de iluminación inicializado

GameView.__init__: Creando NPCManager...

GameView.__init__: NPCManager creado

GameView.__init__: Inicialización completa