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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #3 | 4.634 | 4.634 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.004 | 4.004 |
| Audio | #11 | 4.098 | 4.098 |
| Theme | #13 | 4.366 | 4.366 |
| Innovation | #37 | 3.829 | 3.829 |
| Game Design | #75 | 3.707 | 3.707 |
| Fun | #149 | 3.390 | 3.390 |
Ranked from 41 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?
In our game you chose which prizes are behind 3 different doors. Making you as the player not the person who guesses "What's behind that door?" but who knows what's behind the door!
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Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes. Code, art sound, everything
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Sooooooo good, love everything about this game! 10/10
Cool art and sound design! ⭐
Loved the concept of working in the backstage, one of the most the freshest take on the door theme I have seen! Great Job! My only complaint is that text was toooooo slow when replaying.
It's a really fun concept and beautifully presented! I wanted to replay to see all the endings but was a bit put off by having to sit though the same dialogue again, I understand not putting a skip option in as it's a key part of the game but you could maybe make it so you can skip sections you've already seen on subsequent playthroughs?
Very interesting, I love the idea of the computer being the player, it has some potential to it.
AMAZING! I loved all the aspects of your game, definitely one of my favorite for the Brackey's Jam ! The fact that we decide what's behind the door for the show is pretty well thought and fits right on target the theme ! Art and music are really INCREDIBLE and make this game iconic. (the music's -stop and change- when Katlyn say's explicitly she want money : oh god so well done, love it !!). I also loved the fact that we can move the items anywhere (like literally anywhere we want) and messing up around the stage, and also the fact that we could change the items until the very last second !! When Mr. Coinman was like "Let's open the door number 1 ! and I was like stressing and rushing to replace the trash bin by a golden car (and this was before I even met Jack and the lasts contestants... "like I've said" oh god...). Still wondering why the trash cans cost so much btw... All the characters had surprising personnalities and added so much more fun to the game. I also really enjoyed reading all the endings on the newspapers despite missing one of them (I'm wondering how to get it). Katelyn's love story was my favorite, was really not expecting this haha. Maybe something to improve would be to be able to skip the text when we already decided what to put behind the doors, to not have to wait until the contestant finish speaking (especially when you're trying to get another ending and know already what the character likes) for exemple Mr. Coinman could say "Say no more and choose a door" or something else... You should also add the setting "increase dialogue speed" on the pause menu too, if it's possible, so it makes it accessible when you're already playing the game. Another point that I personnally would wish is to be able to read the newspapers again after collecting them. Other than that, I think your game is perfect ! Your team did a really amazing work and I have the feeling that you had a really fun time doing this game so I'm looking forward to see you in the top ratings because you really nailed it! <3
Thank you for this lovely message and feedback!
The last ending is sadly unobtainable right now because of a bug (right now the game just stops doing anything and you have to manually return to the title screen). We are planning to release a new version with various bug fixes, including one to fix the ending after the voting has ended!
Thankyou for your high praise and feedback! <3
It's fun, heart racing, funny. This game gas it all, or should i say This Game Show has it all!
Great audio, art, and gameplay! I also love all of the different endings, allowing for a lot more gameplay. Very good job on this game!
Wow, its amazing art!!!! Great work!
Love the art style and sound design! I'm also a huge fan of the little details such as items being dragged around on screen can bump into others!
Oh wow, that was really amazing <3 I am a huge fan of the artstyle! Very charming!
Art and music is simply incredible, but I'm sure you already heard that before...
But I gotta be real with you, the game is a bit boring. The whole game is about watching two people talk and then pressing a button. I get that there are multiple endings and stuff, but at the end of the day, the game is still just a show, not a game. The unfortunate part is that you can't even really fix it, as this roots from the game idea itself. The only real way I could think of fixing this would be to completely replace the shop with a storage room or something, where you have to find the correct or incorrect items (based on your choice of course), because then there's like a time limit that intruduces tension to the game, and thus making it much more fun.
Also why is the increase dialogue speed option only in the main menu? You could have just added a button to fast forward or skip parts of the dialogue instead, which is often preferred by players anyway. Another thing that could make the dialogues better would be implementing pauses between some words to sort of simulate how real people talk. Without it, it kinda feels robotic and emotionless.
All in all, the game has some massive game design flaws, but at least it looks really good to compensate that. sort of...
I hope you implement these ideas into some future update as it would make the game much nicer.
Amazing visuals and sound creating a wonderful TV show atmosphere! Interesting interpretation of the theme! I definitely liked your game! Great job!