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A jam submission

The StrangerView game page

Your city is dying. Can you cure it?
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Emotional Engagement#373.1763.176
Atmosphere#563.7653.765
Characterization#673.1763.176
Overall#683.1473.147
Lasting Impression#843.0003.000
Overall#843.1183.118
Mental Engagement#932.6472.647

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Love the sounds. Wasn't expecting that a lotta text, but it's a deep read, this one. Would be better, of course with some, say, AI generated images, if you had decided to give it more time. Anyway, a curious experience.

Submitted

A very concise narrative game, like the atmosphere of the game!

Submitted

Congratulations on the writing. The way you did it managed to keep my interest in the story from beginning to end.

Submitted

Very well written. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Submitted

I love your writing, you kept my interest all the way.  The sound really helps flesh out the experience. I would have like more choices.

Submitted

Awesome atmosphere!

Submitted

Quite immersive for a text-based game.

Nice work!

Submitted

Great storytelling and characters in this! 

Submitted

I actually played this one yesterday and was considering doing another playthrough, but I think ending 2 is where I want to stay. The prose in this is very evocative, like the writer knows perfectly how to make the player feel at odds with the environment. Sometimes the sounds were very busy to the point where I wasn't immersed, like the many cop car sirens going off in the beginning. My favorite part was when the voice responded on the radio after the earlier part though, that pulled me in. Great work!

Submitted

Very well written. It's not easy to keep the player (or rather reader in this case) interested with this much text. But the throat-choking atmosphere helps to stay hooked. I did enjoy playing/reading this, though perhaps "enjoyed" might be the appropriate word.


I reached ending 1 on my playthrough IIRC and I'll probably stick with that. Somehow I have the feeling that it will only get worse. :)

Loved it! Great worldbuilding and character stakes without having them visually present paired with a believable setting and story.

Submitted

This was a very nice game! I got Ending 2 which by the way it ended doesn't seem to be the best outcome, I will have to replay a few times to get a better ending.

But I loved the atmosphere, it has to be one of the strongest points in this game, very good work!

Submitted

Incredible! The story telling is very good and you set the atmospheric vibe well with the music/sounds well.

I was super engrossed from the beginning. Bonus points for the ability to play on mobile too!

Great job!

Submitted

Wow a story telling game. solid sound effect

Submitted

Really fantastic atmosphere! The decision to be one set removed from the action can be tricky, but I think you walked that line perfectly. Well done! 

Submitted(+1)

You don't often see a text based adventure game, so this is cool. I just wish there were more choices, but good job!

Developer

Thank you, we appreciate it! The goal is definitely to add more choices when we have more time! Thanks for playing!