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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #16 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
| Theme | #66 | 3.950 | 3.950 |
| Overall | #84 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Audio | #98 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Game Design | #112 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Innovation | #223 | 3.050 | 3.050 |
| Fun | #240 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Ranked from 20 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?
Go through the doors within the pavilion of eternity to find the reason you were placed there, will you decide to learn the secrets and leave, or is your life outside worth it at all?
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes! In depth credits are on the game's main page. (The only free-to-use asset was a cafe background haha)
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I generaly do not play this type of games. But this was really nice experience for me. It really shows that you put a lot of thought into it. Also music and art style is nice.
I love this! I'm genuinely am so blown away and impressed with what your team managed to make in such a short amount of time. The character designs are all fantastic, and the writing was really good. The writing did an incredible job painting pictures in my head as I can recall having similar experiences. I can feel the meat juice on my hands, the way characters are struggling to speak how they feel while holding back tears.
It's written in such a way that doesn't directly tell the audience what to feel and is instead delivered with flair. I'm allowed to understand and discovery these characters and the world and become invested in them myself. I'd love to know the specific credits as to who coded, who did art, and who wrote, etc as I was not able to find this on the menu/game.
I was the lead artist on my game, and the art in this game was great. The character designs are so pretty, Inuhiko was a stand out for me, and the background when they told the dragon story was mesmerizing. The little details, like how each character blinks give them just a bit more life. I looked up the characters names and how each of them fit with the design and story being told. I can tell there was a lot of picking and choosing what to draw, and you really used your time effectively. It's more important that your characters were rendered so good, as they're the focus as opposed to the backgrounds which are just dressing. You even used it to your advantage as I love that we don't actually see Cosmo in the bed, and are left to imagine what their state is like.
Some light criticism, I love each of these characters designs, but Cosmo who I understand IS the main focus of the story, their design feels just a little out of place, compared to the other characters like Umabami. They should have the extra flair, for being so important. It reminds me of Basil's design from Omori, who is very distinct from the cast, but still has a similar enough aesthetic to match the cast.
The only part that took me out of the story was seeing the characters in their normal clothing at the funeral, compared to seeing them in an all black attire. I understand this was probably for a sake of time as there's already so much love and detail in everything else, but it was something that took me out of the experience for a moment.
In these 7 days, your team made a compelling narrative and really captured the theme of "What's behind this door" as things slowly unfolded. I really am happy to have played this, as this was one of the best Game Jam Games that I've played. Great story, great characters. No bugs to my knowledge. Loved it and looking forward to what you guys make next. Sorry for the long comment, I just really liked this game hahahaha.
Wow it's crazy that this was done pretty much completely from scratch. The story was compelling and I like the way you integrated the theme of doors to drive the narrative, that was well done. I played it with my girlfriend (she's a fan of visual novels) and we really liked it! In the end we decided to stay because... the outside world didn't seem TOO great to get back to haha. Great work to the whole team!
Omggg!! I really love to hear it when others' play and review games together because, aaghh, Idk it makes the whole experience feel different or more memorable? I'm really glad to hear you both enjoyed it though and it's always interesting to see what people choose for their ending! I love that you guys came to that conclusion haha! Thank you for the praises as well and for trying out our silly little game! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
Gorgeous!!! So cool that you managed to craft such an in-depth story over the course of just one week. Love all the character designs especially!
Thank you again for playing and being able to get a little bit into the story!! The whole team is shaking you and your team like a vending machine aaaaaaaa ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡ <333
Amazing game. The art and story are really well done. Really like the character designs and the little animations like blinking (Since this is such a small detail that most games would not make that), and damn, This game is really long for a jam game. Thats really impressive. And as a first jam game, this is pretty insane. Overall I really enjoyed it!
Great game, Keep it up♥
Thank you for checking out our game!! I'm really glad you noticed the little blinking animations for the sprites even if it was a really minute detail 🥹! Our lead sprite artist worked really hard on them all and we wanted to show the little extra effort put into this game through little things like that. I'm also glad and a bit surprised you find the game long for this week jam! I guess I was just being a bit hard when self evaluating our work, so thank you for the perspective too (❁´◡`❁) 🫶!! Thank you so much again for trying our game out and to you as well!!!
I came here to give some love to one of the other visual novels of the jam! The amount of content you managed to produce in a week is impressive. The artstyle is really nice, and I loved the character designs. I liked Cosmo’s the most! As for the story, I found it pretty touching and well written.
Great job!
Thank you for checking out our visual novel!! We wouldn't have been able to do as much without all the people helping us out on our team :] I also love that you picked out a favorite character design aaaaa Thank you so much for enjoying our first little game! 🫶🫶🫶
The artstyle is great! I really enjoyed the idea of the game and got really immersed in small world you created:) A lot of content for a one week game, you did well!!
Thank you so much!! All our artists see everyone's comments and we've been really happy that you all have been enjoying the art and story despite our first jam being kinda short ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ <33
Thank you for playing!!!
The art is phenomenal and story is super well written and heartfelt. This is really, really amazing! I actually think it's a really good length, and very memorable.
Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you thought it was a decent length for the time we were able to produce this and thank you for the kind remarks (❁´◡`❁) !
i played through a few times and im left with such a feeling of profound sadness, like i had lost something important to me. wow, fantastic job -- the music is gorgeous, the art is gorgeous, and the story asdfkjsdfsjdfsd thank you for making this <3
Ahh I'm really glad the feelings came through despite the game being a little bit on the short side! Thank you for taking time to play our first game and for all of the positive feedback!! It means a lot to our team🥹🫶
OMG, the art in this game is amazing!
Thank you so much! We kinda put all our eggs in that basket haha so I'm glad it paid off in that area (❁´◡`❁) !
THIS IS SO GOOD WTF?
THANK YOU FOR TRYING IT OUT!! ALKSJFLKD <3333
Art & sound 💐
Thank you aahhh <333
The art is incredible! I really enjoyed the story. Really good job guys! It seems really polished and there is alot of options!
I'm glad you enjoyed the story and all the art!! We tried to incorporate a lot of choices so that it didn't feel like you were just reading the whole time haha! Thank you so much for trying our game out (≧∇≦)ﾉ !!
Nice art and sound, fit together . Im playing this about 30min but only find 3 end: two from Camael with stay and leave, one is in infinite loop open door. Im so bad at choicemaster game.
Great teamwork
I'm really happy you were able to get the two endings! I'm not sure about the infinite loop door though, it might just be because it's the last door and the game code kind of forces you to have to go through it to complete the game. I'll make sure to update the game page though to clarify how many endings there are. Thank you for playing and for the feedback!!
Congratz for the game !
Thank you!! You as well!
Was playing the game with my game jam partner, got to say that I abosultely adore the story, character designs and the art itself so much <3 I admire how much effort you put into drawing the characters, it's really inspiring :D Amazing job on the game, thank you for making it!
I'm really glad you liked the game and I'm overjoyed that the sprites were inspiring :'D AAA Thank you so much for playing and also leaving a comment!
Wow I'm enjoying the game so far, I can tell you have a lot of experience with story telling and visual novels. The animations on the character sprites when talking is amazing and you can feel all the effort that went into making them :)
I've gotten the ending of "letting go of past woes" I can't wait to continue hopefully tomorrow when I get the chance.
AAAA Thank you so much TwT I've messed around with VNs but this one is the first one I've coded until completion and the script was handled by really talented friends of mine, I'm glad you like the story telling! The sprites were also something I had a lot of fun with and I'm super happy the effort came through :)
Thank you so much for playing and even more for planning on continuing!