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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #207 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Graphics | #250 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Theme | #306 | 3.481 | 3.481 |
| Overall | #322 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Fun | #322 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Game Design | #463 | 3.259 | 3.259 |
| Innovation | #603 | 2.889 | 2.889 |
Ranked from 27 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?
The game talks about a boy who's having trouble sleeping and thinks he has Insomnia because of his nightmares and lack of sleep, you play through one of his nightmares where he has to escape the ghost, solve a little puzzle, obtain the key to his parents room and escape. The plot twist is that the boy actually does not have parents and he is in an orphanage. It is not real, the dream wasn't real, his parents weren't real. There's also a few things in the game that follow the theme of "it is not real".
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
The code is completely written from scratch. The assets are from kenny.nl using their software "Asset Forge" which I paid for and used to create brand new assets and design my level. The audio was provided by a fellow audio engineering student. Everything is credited in the credits menu.
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The graphics are really dope ! I believe it will be in top 20-25 ! All the best. Do rate mine game also :)
Nice work! Hard to win! Really like art style of introduction, looks great and atmospheric
Thank you so much
I think this was a pretty good prototype of a game, and I think it could be expanded on. One thing I noticed was that this game was packaged with the debug tools inside the game, so I was able to freecam and look through the entire level to find the codes with no consequences whatsoever. My advise is to make sure that the packaging settings are set to shipping instead of development to prevent players from abusing those tools. I also got softlocked in the fridge, and had to quit the game twice because of that. Overall, I think this game can do well storywise, it just needs a bit more added to it.
Good job with this game!
Thank you a bunch, this is my first ever game developed. Previously it was just prototypes to try out one singular feature and that’s it so it’s bound to have bugs. I appreciate the packaging note, didn’t know that.
Great atmosphere! The speed of the ghost was on point too. I turned around and snap! He was there, definitely got my blood pumping a bit, haha! The comic book intro was great too. The only thing I ran into was at one point my height changed and it seemed the ghost maybe couldn't detect me? Also, I think there was glitch when I hid in the fridge the first time. I couldn't get out and I had to restart. Apart from the glitches, the only thing I would suggest is having an ending screen that says "you win" or something. I wasn't sure if I had finished it when the white screen came up and then it took me to the main menu. But overall, really fun experience.
There’s a whole comic for the ending! But for some point it doesn’t play zzzz… You can checkout the video I uploaded to see the comic. And yeah the fridge issue is something that I fixed AFTER I uploaded the game. A few bugs but oh well.
Tysm for playing!
Oh nice! I’ll definitely check out the video then!
The game froze after I hid in the frigde a couple times. Still I think it's got great visuals and I had fun playing it!
Yeah I fixed that. The game doesn’t really freeze it’s just that if you move your mouse the “press ‘E’ to hide goes away” and yeah, that’s all. Thank you for playing though :)
Hey!
I couldn't play much because I got dissy from the super fast steering (sorry!). Maybe it's worth slowing it if it happens to more people.
But the intro is great, the mood seems right, and it's definitely spooky.
Congrats on your submission!
Intro, 3d models and sound are really impressive. You definitely managed to bring spookiness to your game. But I got really lost.. Sorry, I walked around for like 10 minutes or so, clicked every possible item but didn't understand what I should do. But still, it was really nice experience :) I'll give it another shot, tomorrow, maybe my brain is slow right now :)
As soon as you get out of your room it says that you need to bring the key and open your parents room. You need to find 4 numbers around the house, go upstairs, unlock the safe and go downstairs again with the code. Hopefully this clears up a bit more.
Thank you so much for playing though!
First Impression:
-I love the story telling. How you got the comics and presented to players.
-I love the atmosphere and simple minimalist graphics.
-I love how camera changes when youı hide. Perspective is important
-ART is good!
Suggestion:
-Adding 3D sound when the enemy is following the player. It might increase the tension.
-Pause Menu
Bugs:
-When I hid I could not get out of the fridge but it doesnt happen always.
Thank you so much for the honest feedback. Yeah I noticed the fridge things and I think what’s happening is that your mouse moves making you unable to unhide (for some reason). A simple disable of input could fix!
Thank you for playing, I really appreciate it.
No problem! I could see the effort you put into! I'd love to see your perspective on my game if you have free time!
I've already mentioned known bugs and issues. I have road map to continue the development too.
I also had the same problem. It happended 2 times to me because I got scared of the Ghost xD I thought he will instantly kill me. But overall a great game. :)
I liked the comics-style entry. graphics and lighting also look good.
I was too afraid to go back down stair after getting the key T^T lol
but this was a fun short game!! I love the intro and the atmosphere is really scary!! Great job making this game ^^b
Thank you for playing! Glad a similar game maker (spooky and sleep paralysis :woah:) found it spooky!
loved the atmosphere and graphics , Nice game :)
Great work !
Thank you so much!
Really love the world you built, awesome experience - great work
Thank you so much!
Rated!, really atmospheric!, also so many artworks for an intro! really great entry!, tho it's hard to focus when there's a crosshair in the scene, or maybe that's just me ( haven't really played a lot of horror games so what do I know XD) also I'd like to hear my footsteps, but overall a really great effort for this jam!
YES! The footsteps. How I truly wanted to hit myself after forgetting to implement them. And the crosshair defo needs a fixing.
Thank you so much for playing and for your time. You have an incredible entry yourself :)
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i couldn't play it due to the large size, but from the comments, I can guess that it's really cool,
I've still rated it 5 ;)
Can't get over the intro really love it it's just something I don't see that much
Thank youuu! Glad you liked jt :) Thanks for playing
The intro was very cool and the music made it a lot scarier.
Nice job
Thank you so much for playing the game! I’m glad it was scary :)
Really appreciate the intro, it's clear you put a lot of work into making it look nice and it really shows! The assets are great too, just the right amount of detail. Atmosphere is pretty spooky, glad to have played this!
A lot of good comments about the into! Thank you guys. I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for playing the game :)
The comic intro is very well done. The atmosphere and sound are Incredibles too!
The game is a little too scary for me, which I think is the theme of the game! well done.
Thank you so much! Yeah the aim is to make you spooped hehe. Sorry for the nightmares :P
Thank you for playing <3
I managed to find 3 numbers and chickened out T_T Thank you for providing a video. That ending is surprisingly sad.
Haha! Yeah… So the numbers are 8 (on the TV), 5 (on the rock, outside of the kitchen), 3 (behind the stairs on the 2nd floor) and 1 (on the tv in the girl’s room). :)
Hope you liked it! Thank you for playing.
Oooh I missed the one outside the kitchen. I'm too scared to go near windows haha good job on setting up the creepy factor!
Wow, I got to say this game has a very scary atmosphere. Apparently, the ghost can't climb stairs, so I spent a great deal of my time on the second floor because I was so scared. I also love how you added a comic to your game intro. Spot on for the theme, great job overall, well done!
Yes! The ghost climbing the stairs made the game super hard so after multiple feedbacks from friends I’ve decided to make it only climb the stairs if you spend a great deal of time teasing it around the stairs haha. Thank you so much for playing and for your time!