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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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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
The artwork was amazing and I loved the idea! the poor cat though!
Great work piecing all the point and click mechanics of the game, I had fun clicking through the things and seeing the text for it, some of it gave me a good laugh. I wasn't sure what to do after I brushed my teeth and got the soap, I couldn't click on anything anymore, still, I enjoyed the parts I played. Good job!
Poor guy, but I am still thinking about that TV haha
As soon as that level started I was like "not the kitty :("
The art looks really nice and the game is interesting,
My only issue would be that the dialogue is a bit slow and sometimes is clipped outside of the screen, sometimes two objects would be highlighted at the same time and I'd have to move away and then come back,
other than that the game is really nice,
Good work!
Jup, not getting the highlight fixed in time is a downer. It will be fixed after the jam ends, it was actually easier than we thought. Sometimes solutions to problems are easier when you don't look at them for a while.
I enjoyed playing your game, made me chuckle more than once and that's a big plus :D I like the art the design and the idea, a very good game. Congrats!
First point and click I've played this jam, and not disappointing. Good job!
Interesting story with a juxtaposition of really simple gameplay and disturbing theme. I think my biggest quibble is just that pixel art looks wrong when it gets rotated or distorted.
loved the art and audio here :)
Pretty interesting concept. Your game got me good few times, not gonna lie :D Good job!
Check out my game too if you have time