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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #10 | 4.023 | 4.023 |
| Audio | #12 | 4.070 | 4.070 |
| Theme | #16 | 4.279 | 4.279 |
| Innovation | #19 | 3.907 | 3.907 |
| Game Design | #22 | 4.047 | 4.047 |
| Graphics | #45 | 4.116 | 4.116 |
| Fun | #54 | 3.721 | 3.721 |
Ranked from 43 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?
The player has to dive deeper into character's thoughts and memories to gather clues on a murder case. Gathering memories allow to piece out why and how it happened, allowing for an incremental ending that depends on player progress.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, all scripts, art, sounds and dialogues were made from scratch.
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Wow, the music carries this on its back for no reason. I thought it would get boring but the game lasted long enough for me to not get annoyed by it and instead appreciate it.
The art really lent to the sleazyness and grimmyness of the scene and the characters were cliche in a good way. Excellent story telling, game design was A+ as well. Great job.
Our composer did an amazing job creating the track for this game!
This game is just amazing, I love story driven games like this! I didn't expect much from it at the beginning, but when you start diving deeper into the story, it really gets you! It's so impressive how well you guys have managed to make everything feel: the ambience, the dialogues, the dive mechanic! So, let's talk about the latter. The minigame where you have to find the hidden thought is so good mainly because of one simple thing: the fact that you can click on other thoughts without penalty, and there will still be a dialog showing what that thought represents. You could've just slapped a "YOU CLICKED THE WRONG THOUGHT!" text, but no, you've gone further. This is actually so great from a storytelling perspective, as you get to know each character even before reaching their cutscene! It's the addition of seemingly useless features like these that make a game great, in my opinion.
The story is so well crafted, and the cutscenes are simple but flawless in context. This game really makes you think of who could've committed the crime, and the fact you can read the LITERAL MEMORIES of people is a feature sure to fully immerse the player in the experience.
Also, I enjoyed the twist so much! I'll not spoil it, so if you are reading this and you haven't played this game, go play it. You'll not regret it.
The only major flaw in this game? It's a bit short.
Other than that, it just needs some minor polishing, and this could be even considered a full experience! I Don't know if you plan on continuing using this concept, but I would personally love a full game done with this style and mechanics.
5/5 in all fields. You nailed it.
Wow.
I know this type of game isn't for everyone, but I'm glad to find someone who enjoyed it this much! This sort of makes the sleepless nights worth it lol.
Also, as the main programmer behind the minigame I'm completely floored. It took a lot of tweaking and I felt it lacked depth of mechanics, like having thought bubbles doing other types of movement and things like that. It all started as a homage to one of the final bosses of Mischief Makers.
Welp, thanks for the feedback!
This is too kind. Thank you so much for your kind words!
Interesting concept and good main mechanics.
Just to go over the rating points.. design, great! I don't like this type of games so not much fun for me but didn't go low only middle because I know it's a genre you need to like. Innovation it's not a really new concept or so. BUT it damnly fits well in the theme, good job, loved the story behind it. And great additional audio during gameplay so good job!
Yeah in our modern age it's pretty hard to innovate with how many games are out there, especially on our short schedule timeline for game jams! We did try our best to put together a short but entertaining story to fit in the theme though, thanks for the feedback :)
You did indeed have a great entry GG
Cool game! That transition when the player dives into the character's memories also looks great!
Thanks! It was a shader supposed to have a glitch VHS type effect, but it ended up very differently haha! Seemed cool in its own way so we ran with it.
really great game! the twist being available right from the start isn't really good, but everything else is incredible!
Thanks! We decided to make it available to avoid players not seeing it since it's a jam game and most of our testers missed it. Hard to balance these things.
Hah true, I had a number of friends miss it before we added a notice, but the twist after all is only a piece of the puzzle :)
First game I'm playing with dialogue options - very cool! Would be cool with some more empowering women / female-presenting characters!
Definitely heard! Our next game will!
Loved the art and mechanic. There is just one think I didn't like it is text color. It was hard to read. But still amazing game. Good job!
Thanks for your feedback and support! We're glad you enjoyed the game mechanics and art. We apologize for any readability issues caused by the text color.
Love the way this fits the theme- unique concept of diving into people memories!
We are glad you like it, Thank you!
Love the way you guys tried to aboard the theme. Diving into people's memory was a great way to incorporate a cool new game mechanic that doesn't any link with diving in water.
Also, great work with the art. Making all these must've been a hard work for one week!
Only downside I would have to say is : don't put green text on green background, it's a bit hard on the eyes.
Aside from that, great work! You guys should be proud of what you've done !
Thanks for the feedback! I think at one point I felt the text was harder to read than it should, but I was too focused on fixing any bugs that I didn't pay attention to that feeling.
We are very proud indeed! One of the best jam products I worked on at least, we finished with some spare time and despite having many nights with few hours of sleep, it wasn't as rushed or crunch-packed as in previous jams. Thanks once again!
Yes, I agree with you about being proud!
Great work again and if could go see mine, that would make me happy :)
great entry - love the take on the theme, the vibe, the music, the dialogue. nice work!!!
Thank you for the support!
Great twist on the theme! The art, dialogue, and sound design were all incredible and the game was the perfect length for a game jam game. One of my favourite submissions so far!
Thank you! We are glad you like it :)
absolutely amazing entry, best one I've played! great art and music. love the take on the theme of diving into people's minds to discover more! was able to guess the culprit :)
Thanks! We're happy you liked it :D
this was awesome! Really interesting interpretation of the theme!
Thanks :)
this game is amazing, the interpretation of the theme is unique and very well executed. great job!
Thank you! We appreciate the support :)
Creative idea and amazing art. The way you made it so players had to talk to everyone was creative and the music was great Overall well done.
(Also I got the pun of with the bar name lol)
Thanks a lot. The idea was to create a few endings so people had something to look forward to and avoid just brute forcing the accusation guess, glad it was satisfactory!
Fun game with a cool vibe.
We are happy you liked it :)
wow probably the best game I've seen so far in the game jam! great job!
Thank you so much!
Fun game, cool art
Glad you liked it!
Nice style, good story and gameplay
I appreciate dialog system
Thank you!