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A jam submission

Detective NoirView game page

Made for Game Jam
Submitted by IanSob — 13 hours, 52 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme Interpretation#13.9173.917
Stability#32.8332.833
Creativity#33.1673.167
Completeness#31.9171.917
Fun#42.5002.500

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

  • When you enter the door the wrong way you could potentially trap yourself in the room, it isn't a bad game and not a bad concept. It matches really well with the theme but I don't know if I finished the game because after I talked with all the neighbors and inspected the entire room, nothing happened.
  • Really good game for how much time you had, however there were some bugs, like if you close the door on the opposite side you get stuck, sometimes the map wouldn't zoom in and you're stuck in both maps, and the interactions with next door neighbors didn't work until after you investigated the room. I'm not sure if it's completed or not because after every interaction, that was it. There was no "who murdered him?" or "you found the murderer," it was just kind of like, ok you investigated everything now you just walk around reinvestigating stuff. And some interactions would restart for some reason even when you weren't clicking near the object, and sometimes you could get stuck on an interaction. If you had more time this would be an awesome game, because I loved the art and animations
  • Its a decent interpretation of what the theme is. But, it doesn't have any closure to it, I feel like I missed something but it just feels like the game ends there. Maybe more dialogue? That's only a suggestion but I need something that needs to give closure!
  • I loved the story and writing for this game! The character interactions really showed personality and the old timey phrases made the interactions a lot of fun. I was sad that the game was seemingly incomplete because the story intrigued me and I wanted to learn more. The game was a little buggy, at one point in the hallway I was able to escape and wander off screen. Overall a very charming, but incomplete game.
  • Creativity 3/5: Just a typical murder mystery, cool I guess. Completeness 2/5: No end, no middle, just evidence collection. Theme 5/5: It is a murder mystery, It is all about secrets and hidden truths. Stability 4/5: It runs fine but there is a door bug were you can't go back the other way. Fun 2/5: Wasn't hooked, just not my game. (Slow)

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An intriguing beginning, but incomplete. Its possible that I missed something, but in my playthrough, I was never able to finish the game or solve the mystery. I interacted with the environment in every way I could think of, but the story never progressed past exposition. 

From what I did see, however, it's not bad! Each art asset looks good on it's own. But in the game, there's a lot of white empty space. 

The writing seems solid, but I need to know how the story ends!