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How does the game fit the theme?
The submitted game is a puzzle escape room game where you are trapped in a burning building with only 1% battery left on your phone. In a scenario where apparently nothing will go wrong, everything does. And now you have to rush to make your friends understand you are in danger by texting them before your battery runs out. Oh, have I told you that your keyboard is not working and you can only use the text predictions? Good luck!
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Code was made from scratch, except for repurposing some base code for audio managing. Assets were found during the jam on itch.io (credits in game).
How many people worked on the game?1
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Got it in three tries! Interesting take on the them, too.
Really original idea, it reminded me of the dog in the burning house meme. It fits the theme well, and it's straightforward and fun!
I knew I could always count on mom for saving me :)
Loved it! The Idea and the concept is original, the visual are stunning, the sound design in incredible, it's simple but challenging. Overall loved the game. Will definitely play it a few more times to get the winning scene. A really well made game for a Jam, keep up the good work.
The idea was really great!
Glad you liked it!
Fun idea, looks really clean, not sure why "sos emergy help me" resulted in "i understand now sweetie"
Appreciate it! That does sound like an average mom response lmao
really enjoyed the game! love the art style and elegant core mechanics
Glad you enjoyed it! Your feedback really means a lot :)
I will beat this game someday! The dark souls of despair.
Thanks for playing! You got this Rookenaar, I believe.
The game has an interesting and original concept. There is a sense of urgency and trying to find out the right combinations can be fun. But the responses seem to make little sense, you can have very clear messages with the perfect words and they will say they understand nothing.
Really appreciate your feedback! Could be fun to refine their responses a bit more (or maybe they just panic even harder than you do :D)
i love how he make sense to send shitty because of the panic XD ,
i wanna see the win animation...
Panic makes people say the wildest things :D (the win animation is totally worth it!)
fun game, would love to be able to see what words triggered the win.
Glad you had fun! There are plenty of ways to win, just gotta make it sound like a real emergency :D
ay ok, i somehow managed it at some point and the rescue arrived :)
Ahah! I knew you had it in you. Hope you enjoyed it!
This is awesome! It really fits the theme and the idea is amazing. The art style is cohesive and well done, the dialogue is very fun to read too. That is a lot of work for only 1 week!
I really appreciate the feedback and kind words Marcus. Thanks for playing!
Really impressive how much you could squeeze into the timeframe! Well done!!
Thank you for the kind words! I truly appreciate it :D