Play adventure book
Abhorrent Apparitions's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #444 | 3.130 | 4.200 |
| Originality | #468 | 2.981 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #495 | 2.882 | 3.867 |
| Gameplay | #516 | 2.534 | 3.400 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- lots of cool concepts here but not enough to make it really jump out of its genre imho
What do you like about your game?
The spooky illustrations
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Very interesting book with lots of mysterious endings that spark imagination. If I had read this when I was young, certainly I would remember this for years, hell I still might - lots of cryptic stuff to turn over in your head. The writing is really unforced and natural feeling.
{SPOILER ALERT}
I especially love a single page in this book that is illustrated but not referenced. It kind of makes the whole thing for me, and it's so timeless to those old cyoa books. Also the lead-up reminds me of a certain classic creepypasta comic called the bongcheon-dong ghost.
A few linkage errors here and there, the most critical is:
P.48 referencing to go to P.61, should be P.62 I think
I guess a bunch to do with unlinked stopwatch interactions.
P.12 is unlinked (to P.15)
P.14 is unlinked (to P.9)
P46 is unlinked to P.48
P.64 is unlinked to P.66
not an error per se, but you can bypass pilfering the pocket watch - seems a little weird as it is important to the story. (P.9)
hmmm I wonder if I'll ever really know totally whats going on in this and thats the beauty of it. grats on the release.
Thank you for reading, and thanks for taking the time to find the errors! Being able to bypass the pocket watch is intentional, and I like to think that makes the experience just a little bit more interesting, while the drawback isn't severe.
A version with the page links patched is ready and will be uploaded after the jam voting period (for the two people that find this ever again)
this is incredible thank you
Very fun idea to do a choose your own adventure. A creepy strange tale, love the illustrations that set the mood perfectly. I hope locket-chan is doing well.
PDF gaming can only become stronger.
Very impressive, I've never seen anything like this before. Very unusual experience, incredible illustrations. Keep up the good work!