Rank A! The dust bunny battle was my favorite fight where I died the first time only to realize that the tools I needed were just on the other side of the room. I struggled a lot with the controls when navigating my room and accompanying spaces, but I was able to make my way to the ending. For the final boss fight, I do wish it was more balanced fight—I felt like I couldn't lose and that slightly diminished my overall enjoyment after I unleashed mortal damage on it for that last time. Loved the visuals and audio here. Thanks for making and sharing your game!

I like the setting, and the attack combo system makes the combat mechanic (to be honest, I normally find this kind of turn based combat pretty dull, but here there is an element of puzzle to it as you try to work out the best cleaning methods, which I really liked. it has a comedic edge, very monkey island I thought)
art and music is cool.
the movement controls were my biggest issue. It felt like there was an invisible grid I was getting snagged on and I struggled to get the character to line up with things

overall, nice work!

I really like this palette, nice contrast to get the most out of 4 colors and make things pop. The combat system was excellent and I liked how dense the rooms are, it’s a really big small world. The isometric angle was cool too, I’ve played a lot of 2D platformers and top down games lately so it was a refreshing change of style.

Nostalgic on multiple levels. I don't think any kid with a gaming system from back in the day would have trouble relating to the plot on this one, lol.

The mechanics were well organized and I appreciate the state adjustments based on previous attacks to make a turn-based battle system feel deeper than spamming the same action several times. Isometric is always tricky to feel good controlling with just 4-directional D-pad setup, but the sliding on the walls was very helpful to keep me from getting stuck.

Overall quite well done.

This is cool! Props for making an actual ROM, and for making a battle system on top of the rest. I like the puzzle element of the battles a lot!

Really solid entry! Absolutely nailed the game boy aesthetic (it is a game boy rom, so that checks out). Loved the references to games past - the EarthBound Beginnings one was nice. Soundtrack is kickin', graphics are great (love the isometric view), the writing is on point, and the length of the game is perfect for a game jam game with just enough reason for replaying with the timer and rank.

The only suggestions I could give are about collision and inputs. Sometimes these things felt clunky enough to be distracting, but it was ultimately fitting for a game boy game. 

This one's really cool. I love the art (and color choice), and doing isometric with GB Studio is very impressive. The environments seem full despite GB(C?) limitations. I also love the presentation of the battles. The health bars, along with the camera panning down into the arena, and the arena itself resembling the overworld placement/environment is super cool. I love that different battles have the characters in different positions. The final boss was super cool, I was surprised to see something so intricate for a game jam game.

Unfortunately, I didn't gel with the gameplay as much. I'd say it's the only weak point in this project. The overworld isometric controls are a struggle. In particular, if you hold a diagonal direction, your character stops entirely, which causes some grief in combination with the isometric view. I've seen how GB Studio handles input, so I'm sure they're not making it easy. Sometimes the collision pokes out in unexpected ways as well, like around doors. I noticed the game chugs a bit on my SP compared to the web player, which is unfortunate since the game looks so good on it.

The battles were alright, but a bit simple. The gameplay does feel a little bit railroaded; I think I would've preferred more monsters appearing at a time, so that I could whittle them down while searching for weaknesses.

None of that ultimately takes away from what works so well for this. This seems like it was a really tough project to make, and the final result is super impressive. I think it's splendid.

What in the name of Nintendo!? I died to a dust bunny, that definitely is unlucky. Really great turn-based battle setup here. Fun game :-)

Clever and unique game, and well done overall. The art, style and music is great. The combat is funny, and the combos really make it. I’m glad to not play another turn based combat game where you just push A repeatedly until you win, die or need to heal. Movement and starting interactions is the glaring weakness, but it wasn’t a huge deal. I would argue there is no such thing as good diagonal only isometric movement, except for grid based games. Consider just making up go up, left left, etc.

It was a good length for a jam, maybe one enemy too long. The final room and boss fight was great. That little door really brought me back to my childhood. All in all, well done!

Finished the game in 20 minutes, C rank

What makes it less enjoyable is the movement (repeating from the other comments). Sometimes, when I’m facing the thing that I want to take or interact with, the game doesn’t register, i.e. when I wanted to open the door to where the Windex bottle is, I got stuck walking around for a few minutes ahaha

Other than that, I like the story & the final boss.. this game definitely has its moments :D

The bubsy gag accomapanied by the protagonist face was so funny. Neat game!

The isometric movement felt took a bit to get used to, but I really enjoyed the game. Now I can't shake the feeling that whenever I decide to finally clean up my office, there'll be a dozen boss fights waiting for me.

Very solid game, lovely presentation. Congrats!

the unexpected RPG of defeating dust bunnies and other dirty things XD I quite enjoyed it!! the 3D iso is a bit weird to move into, with some hard-corners but eventually you get used to. I took some time to understand the bars were lifebars!!

anyway, I ended up with 19 minutes, rank C and 3 dollars made.

great work !!

Behind the closet door door… I was truly not expecting the descent into madness. Also the combination of a waifu shelf and a racecar bed was pretty humorous. I found it a bit difficult to read the text at times, but no real complaints otherwise, a fun little rpg game. Big fan of the combo attacks that you could discover, I wish there were more of them!

I sincerely enjoyed this game so much. I played it on my handheld emulator and my god the vibes were perfect. I wanted to call out how the enemies were laid out. It was fun to hunt for the next mess, emulated my ADHD brain works when I am personally cleaning, (was a good use of the limited sprite count) and great for slowly introducing new mechanics. 

Great job to all of you for this, it is truly one of the most memorable jam games I've played. 

This made me chuckle when I realised I was in battle with my mess (like real life). Charming and fun idea, well done!

That was cool! The art is cute, the monster designs are charming, and the story went in a fun direction. The mirror surprised me!

Great work!

I loved the game! It was a pleasant surprise to discover such specific combos and interactions, and I would love to see that expanded in an update or in a future game with a different theme. The music is also incredible.

The only thing that feels a little strange is the movement. When I try to go up, I somehow expect the character to move up and to the right, not up and to the left. The same thing happens with the other controls. It's something you get used to quickly, but at first, it feels like something is off.

A unique concept combined with a charming and polished aesthetic!  I enjoyed seeing all the different enemies and cleaning them up.  Though I found it a bit patronizing to have each monsters weaknesses explained up front, robbing me of the chance to figure it out myself.  Impressive all the different content you managed to squeeze in, excellent work!

I dig the twist on RPG mechanics (though i promise i use a damp wipe all the time on dustbunnies I swear it works lol). Needing to panic clean really is an unlucky surprise, can relate - I do worry for Zack already knowing the word waifu at his tender young age lol.