Awarded gamesAmateur Division

Honorable MentionUtsushiki

General Description

Title Utsushiki
Platform PC
School Nihon Kogakuin College
Winner's name team SHIZEN DAISUKI

Reason

It is wonderful that this game tries to realize the challenging element of the changing seasons. It was a unique concept.

However, as we started playing we thought that the gimmick whereby the season changes instantly rather lacked reality.

However, unexpectedly, there was a beauty that makes you feel the atmosphere of each season, and the seamless change of the season, although it was instant, actually also emphasized each season and made us feel them more.

The production of light and sound is carefully incorporated, and the gentle feeling of each season imagined by the author is conveyed.

Unfortunately, we did not feel much novelty or interest in the gameplay gimmicks, i.e. the enemy character setting and the mechanism for overcoming obstacles. We liked the attention to detail that leads the player to enjoy the beauty and atmosphere of each season which seems to be the core of this game.

Konami Digital Entertainment Hidetoshi Mikoshiba

Work Introdution

A puzzle action game where you progress through the changing seasons.

The player freely progresses through the seasons, and while returning at a certain time, you use gimmicks set for each season to progress to the end of the stage.

You can fly on dandelion clocks in the spring, climb cliffs using ivy that has grown in the summer, ride mushrooms and do big jumps in the autumn, and freeze rivers to cross them in the winter. By changing the seasons and using the gimmicks skillfully, you can clear various obstacles.

The changing seasons are expressed not only as simple changes in appearance but through a delicate production including altering the light intensity and brightness and the calls of insects and birds to make the seasons feel more realistic.

It is an impressive game with a gentle and warm world view that even people who are not familiar with games can enjoy, a unique concept of the changing seasons, and beautiful scenery for every season.

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