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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #147 | 3.582 | 3.582 |
| Overall | #267 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Graphics | #270 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
| Game Design | #281 | 3.491 | 3.491 |
| Theme | #350 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Innovation | #351 | 3.255 | 3.255 |
| Fun | #380 | 3.255 | 3.255 |
Ranked from 55 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?
Something IS out to get you, and it certainly will. : ]
Unless...
No, it is not real, it cannot hurt you.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes Sir 99% :)
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This could evolve into a strong point and click puzzle adventure game! The few levels I played seemed really well put-together.
It was difficult to figure out the objective in each level, especially since some items can be interacted with only in certain places, plus the text seems to vanish too soon sometimes. Consider fine-tuning the UI and interaction points a bit.
Weird game, has nice consistent art, and has good audio. Some of the selection felt a little buggy at times and I would click over and over trying to toggle the message off but it would keep toggling on. It was a great touch that the head rotated.
Oh this was nice playing through. The graphics are wonderful. Somehow the outlines were very satisfying. :) I didn't really get what was going on, though. But this didn't lower my fun at all. :)
Great use of assets, environmental puzzles, and implementation of the theme. Some way to view the current objective or inventory would help but is not necessary.
Really cool game, poor cat though :(. The graphics look good, I like that the players head rotates toward the mouse! I didn't really know what was going on with the character, but that just added to the disturbing vibe. My only issue was with the text being behind stuff or out of screen sometimes, but you already know about that :). Good job!
Very creepy but very fun. Great job! Would like to see more of this post-jam!
Very original from the games and mechanics I have played so far in this Jam.
Nice take on the psychological reality of things. I would recommend having the character thoughts in a dialog box to avoid having his ideas clipped through the objects, besides that well done!
Great adventure game with disturbing approach to the story. Nice audio transitions from disturbing vibe to everyday vibe. Visuals were also quite appealing. Sometimes when I get stuck I tried jumping, thinking it's the answer.
[SPOILER]
Had to kill the cat: 0/10!
But in all honesty:
An interesting experience and in a format we don't often get to play, so big kudos for that!
I have to admit I didn't really get it and progression was mostly quite cryptic to me so I mostly clicked on everything until it worked.
Still glad I played it, worth every second of it!
As a side note:
I had a lot of issues with text being covered up by other objects which made it even harder to follow from time to time.
Sometimes progression is very clear, like when you have to water the plant for instance. Sometimes we wanted the player to search and struggle a bit. Discovering easter eggs can be very fun this way we think.
The bugs you mentioned have been fixed and will be live when the jam is over (no changes during the voting ofcourse :])
Played it, had fun!
Great sound effects!
Thanks for playing!
Very disturbing... I liked it :)
Few issues when clicking on some objects but nothing game breaking.
On the first level some text where displayed behind the player which made them hard to read ^^.
Appart from that a pretty fun game & interesting experience. good job :)
An amusing (and surprisingly disturbing) little adventure game! I liked this a lot, and loved the fact that it felt like the theme could be interpreted multiple ways. Really good pixel art, and wonderful atmosphere and weird, ambiguous vibes. Love it!
My only complaint is the finnicky nature of interacting with objects. Sometimes my clicks wouldn't register, or they would advance the text too quickly to the point where I missed a clue, stuff like that. It led to me being stuck more than I would have otherwise, which was a little frustrating. If you iron that out, I wouldn't really have any complaints.
Very well done!
Yeah, we are aware of the interactions being finnicky, it was a bug we did not have the time for to fix unfortunately. When the jam ends, we will upload a newer (browser) version where those interactions are better.
Thank you so much for your feedback, and for playing!
Nice graphics! That music transition was creepy too.
I find it really funny when the character starts panicking for some reason.
I find it funny too, its based on the panicking sprite of madeline from celeste :]
very nice game! it creates a nice atmosphere, and i really like how the music changes to a more disturbing one! i must ask though, what happened to the cat? o.o
uuhm, it went to Spain to open a coffee bar and is living a happy life there now
(Translated from Spanish)
Very good game!! It was quite entertaining and although I felt stuck at times, I was always able to figure out how to move forward. If I feel a little confused with the story, but still I could enjoy it a lot.
I didn't get the terror of it, but it was interesting nonetheless
I'm gonna be honest it is not meant as a terror game, just some disturbing segments in it. Though I understand how it could be uncomforting to some.
Idk what the jumping feature was for, because I just turned off the game the moment I fill the bath. I'm pretty spooked and scared rn...
But seriously, pretty good game. I really liked the effects, art style, audio, and dialogues. The content was just a bit dark for me D:
Maybe it was for the best that you turned off :]
Jumping is just there to give the player some extra movement option, it doesn't do anything on purpose.
(Disclaimer: no animals were hurt in the making of this game (they are just actors))
The game is really cool, the graphic and animations are clean and neat. I enjoyed playing it! Well done!
The tv made me very upset, even if i respect it.
Watching too much television is not good for your mental health ;]
very good game! i wish game had less bugs with player movement but otherwise your game is amazing, it is intuitive and challenging enough to be fun at the same time also story is incredible tv easter egg is amazing btw