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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #5 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Theme | #6 | 4.361 | 4.361 |
| Graphics | #11 | 4.517 | 4.517 |
| Overall | #12 | 4.076 | 4.076 |
| Game Design | #67 | 3.905 | 3.905 |
| Innovation | #84 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Fun | #146 | 3.619 | 3.619 |
Ranked from 147 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
Reality can be very subjective, the fear and imagination of a child can render the mundane horrific, monsters real. Confidence can erase them.
On his way back from fetching a bottle of wine in the cellar, the child is scared by the sudden darkness and quickly imagines his worst fears. The Walkman he chances upon is his only way to escape his nightmares and return to the entrance of the cellar.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We wrote all the code from scratch and used some fx assets, which are all mixed and edited (credited on the game's page) as well as our own.
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The game was an amazing journey, beautiful story, amazing art and audio design. The effect are top notch and well it is the theme not just that it fits it! :D Nothing negative to say, congrats to everyone on the team, appreciate the game a lot!
Thanks for playing it and for your feedbacks !
great job! loved the art and audio. Kept me engaged for a while!
Thank you ! Glad you loved it ! :D
Beautiful visuals, amazing audio, fun gameplay, and great use of the theme. Similar to another comment, I think other audios and monsters would add a lot to this game. Great job!
Thank for your compliments, and I'm happy you had fun with the game ! The others audio and monsters are indead a great idea :D
loved the idea. adding more soundtracks and different types of monsters could make it more interesting.
Thanks a lot ! Obviously improvements may append ^^
What an amazing game. I love your interpretation of the theme. We had a similar take on the theme, yet our games have interestingly turned out so different. Really great work!! Would love to hear your thoughts on our game as well :D
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
I'll try your game I am curious :)
I loved the idea and the style :D i literally paniced when i forgot to rewind once
Thanks ! ^^
Wow, that game was really fun.
Amazing job to everyone on your team.
I loved the atmosphere of this game.
Thanks for the team :)
definitely a 10/10 game. perfect implementation of the theme. the intro and outro scene is simple but beautiful. you guys brought this character to life. i can easily imagine what is the personality of the kid.
you also remind me of one of the themes we have before - rewind.
this game is so polished, really want to see on steam.
a small critique is the levels are too easy haha wish you guys had more time for designing the levels
A big thanks for your feedback!
This is too funny that a previous theme was "rewind" :D
Do you remember when this theme was used?
Not sure we will continue to develop it enough to publish it on steam but maybe :)
Yes the levels is maybe too easy, even if it's depend on how you use the tape. We will maybe try dynamic difficulties in the future.
it was the Brackeys Game Jam 2020.2! You could check out our entity when you have time haha
Good, Keep it up
Thanks a lot !
That was an extremely polished game with an awesome atmosphere which was so well supported with the art, colors, the music and the little story! Also love how you decided not to kill the player, but punish him with a scared boy phase. I do have something to point out though.
The use of the recorder was brilliant with the theme and very atmospheric, i loved it. However, you had such a long time to play the music that you could walk through most of the level safely without any worries, the rewind was ultra-quick too. I think it could support the horror/scary aspect of the game more if it was more limited and/or balanced. You can also play the whole game without ever stopping, there is little to no challenge, as well as limited gameplay. Limiting the use of the recorder and trying to figure out something to make it more interactive could push the game on another level in my opinion!
But i know the time is very limited and its clearly seen where your priorities were and you over-delivered on those, very good job! Will be one of the most memorable submissions for me!
Thanks for the great feedback!
It was a big concern during development.
Basically, we made the bet that most players would not get the "optimal" way of playing right away with the little information they have (no gauges, HUD, possibly no prior walkman knowledge...) and the short nature of the game.
Now, the interesting thing is that players either found the game too easy, balanced or too hard!
With some more playtesting, we can probably find the simple trick that makes the experience better for everyone :)
(I think dynamic diffulty would be very fun to implement here)
The difficulty is always hard to tackle, you have players with different genre backgrounds and experience, you can also target a more specific player base, so everyone will always get a slightly different experience, I could see dynamic difficulty work here well though!
i´m worthless.. just 6/5 in every categorie, GREAT job guys
Thank you ! I'm glad you loved it so much !
This is probably the best implementation of the theme I've played so far. The tape recorder's usage being limited by needing to rewind it is such a genius idea.
Awesome game and a really nice implementation of the theme. I love the walkman mechanic it's very clever!
Amazing game, music is perfectly fitting with game environment. also liked the game story, solid game.
Phenomenal artwork!
Well why the granny?!?!
The ending, though :'
Btw great atmosphere! The sound made it even more horror
I rated yours!, can you do mine too?
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1415313
Loved the theme of the title and how the audio really sets the player up for immersion. Would love to see more from these!
Great game. Rated it. I don't know why nobody has played it yet. The graphics are good and it relates to the theme. Pls check out my game as well if you dont mind - https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1418152
This was a really cute game. I like that music is his safe place