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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #497 | 2.383 | 3.714 |
| Graphics | #518 | 2.658 | 4.143 |
| Game Design | #600 | 2.200 | 3.429 |
| Fun | #613 | 2.108 | 3.286 |
| Overall | #618 | 2.170 | 3.381 |
| Innovation | #698 | 1.742 | 2.714 |
| Theme | #737 | 1.925 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
It's a game about diving deeper... into the forest.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We wrote all the code and we made some assets as well as had some assets from the Unity market place and sketchfab.
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You have a really nice atmosphere, the creepy forest has a good look and the shadow guys were pretty creepy, especially early on, when you just see glimpses of them through the trees. There did seem to be a pretty narrow range of where the light would affect the enemies, when I was too far or even too close, I had to adjust my distance to defeat them.
I didn't quite see the purpose of the matches, I was hoping to be able to light up the fireplaces I found along the way, but if it is possible I could not figure out how to do it. The fireplaces might have made for good checkpoints as well, as shortly after crossing the bridge I defeated the enemies nearby then died anyway for some reason, and a close restart point would have been welcome.
The movement and collision mechanics could use some work as well. There seems to be a lot of momentum on even the smallest movement, which combined with some odd collisions, made navigating through the small cabin area very difficult. The awkward movement and mechanic also made it impossible to get up the steps into the cave, I had to find a ramp to the side, as trying to jump up the stairs was very frustrating and always ended in failure. Also, for any first person game, I like to see options to adjust camera sensitivity and invert the Y axis.
Overall this is a very cool base and horror setting, and the environment is well-designed and intuitive to navigate, your game is only held back from being a truly great experience by the controls.
I was genuinely scarred, nice work! I love the voice acting and sfx, they made the best ambience.
Could you try our game too? It's a 2d platformer, and it was our second game jam and one of our first games so far! Your feedback would be really appreciated!
Thank you very much for trying our game. We are very happy that you were scared :) thats what we were aiming for. We never made a horror game before and also one of us (referring to me ) is genuinely terrified of horror games so making this was an adventure and a challenge to test :) I will attempt to you play your game tomorrow. I have a YT channel and I will make sure to add your game to the video first impressions :) Have a great week!
awesome graphics and fun to play
Thank you for the awesome comment! Appreciate that you played our game.
Really cool. I love that there is actual voice acting in it. Impressive for just a week. The flashlight near plane seemed to be a little far out, it would illuminate behind some objects but not the object it self. Otherwise solid submission!
Thank you very much for playing our game. Its not without its minuses the submission for sure but we had a lot of fun making our first ever first person horror. Thank you for all the kind words. We are very glad you liked it.
This is a pretty impressive game for one week. Apart from a few slightly-janky/nonexistent-at-times animations and some bugs, it looks and feels like an indie horror game that took a year to make. I feel like the GUI could use a bit more polish, like more feedback for the buttons and a less static background. I did notice some AI artifacts in the voices, but I think it's ok if the rest of the game has a high quality and it's a game jam.
Thank you so much for the detailed comment and for playing our game. We had a lot of fun making it and took us a little over 6 days. We really appreciate the comment. Its been hard as we never made a first person game before or a horror game for the matter. So it was always going to be a challenge but as students of game dev we wanted to push ourselves and learn some new skills. So appreciate it that you like the game.
Thank you again!
Hope you enjoy our game and can leave some feedback and ratings! Cheers!