We're less than 16 hours away from the end of rating season! Sounds like the perfect time to put together a post of our favorite games of the jam! :upside_down:

We've been ecstatic with the amount of love that our game, Aloft, has been getting. As is tradition, we'd like to take this opportunity to spread that love!

The following are ordered from fewest ratings to most ratings, so keep that in mind! While none of these are in the danger zone, we think a lot of these games could do with some extra lovin'. :heart:

Slime Zone

Compo -- 21.14 Ratings -- @themadpangolin

This is a nicely polished, fun little platformer with adorable art and a challenging, survival-style premise. We are also very, very bad at it...

Pier Pressure

Jam -- 24 Ratings -- @luckyfeathers, @beefbone

A hilarious, visually-polished experience that has you doing puzzle-piece fitting with increasing speed and complexity. Don't forget to invest in a gracious dive!

Ram or be Rammed

Jam -- 24.5 Ratings -- @korfi, @rendow

What if a game about ramming cars had Mario Galaxy physics? This is a fun little game that answers exactly that question. Never has a slowly pursuing enemy truck been more intimidating...

Protect the Light

Compo -- 26.85 Ratings -- @untitled-studios

This is just one super polished action-platformer, with an engaging gameplay premise. Shoot arrows at enemies to protect your light source. Shooting THROUGH the light source will power up your shots!

Steady Birds

Jam -- 31.85 Ratings -- @fractal, @filgru

You'll be hard pressed to find a game with as much personality as this one! With a fun, unique premise, a wonderful art style, and hilarious sound effects, this one is an easy recommendation.

Eleventh Hour

Compo -- 33.85 Ratings -- @jeremy-ryan

A wicked-stylish 2D brawler game where you play as a ninja cat with time travel powers on a train. What more could you want?

Healer's Handbook

Jam -- 43 Ratings -- @javi7, @chris1919, @lushboy-studios, @raytendo

Just an excellent game all around. Wonderful visuals, crispy audio, and a refreshingly unique mechanic that is daunting at first, but incredibly satisfying to learn (Author's Note: This is my pick for most underrated game of the jam)!

Board to Death

Jam -- 56.28 Ratings -- @nsadie, @andre-sadie

A strategy-puzzle game with a simple, chess-based premise. The depth of the game is immediately brought to light the moment you complete the tutorial, and it only gets more impressive from there!

STUDY LADY (cookie mix)

Jam -- 62.14 Ratings -- @peachtreeoath, @evedoll

One of the more unique idle games we've played in a while. Vibe along to what the developers describe as an "incremental music video, and discover all of the fun visual surprises that this game has to offer!

...And that's all we have for today! Normally we like to do a few of these every jam (and go more in-depth on each one), but we've all been insanely busy these past few weeks! :pray: We hope you've all had as wonderful of a jam as we have, and we can't wait to see how things shake out during the results later today. See you all on the other side!

'Til next time! :pointright: :cowboy: :pointright: