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A Shot in the Dark's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #82 | 3.677 | 3.677 |
| Graphics | #97 | 3.968 | 3.968 |
| Game Design | #104 | 3.677 | 3.677 |
| Overall | #181 | 3.422 | 3.422 |
| Audio | #240 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Theme | #334 | 3.258 | 3.258 |
| Innovation | #497 | 2.726 | 2.726 |
Ranked from 62 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 takes place in the dark filled with lots of zombies and a friendly ghost. You learn you are not alone in the dark.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
We wrote all the code. Some of our assets were from pixabay, mixkit, zapsplat, dyru, Kauss, Chrisblue (Open game art: font type7r), Zabin on OpenGameArt, Bradfrey, and Jere Sikstus.
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great game, Loved how dark it was keeping you always on edge. Very fun!
Thanks so much for playing! Come back after the jam sometime! We plan on working on this more!
Fun game reminded me of jill of the jungle an old PC game back in the day, the flare effect was really cool very original!
great game, impeccable atmosphere, great control. it looks amazing and is very consistent with visuals and audio. its very fun!
Cool game cool atmosphere.
The game is very well made. I like the animations. Tutorial is cool - a ghost speaking in the game. I love the style of art - and background is really cool! Mechanics are great, but one time I had to little time to pick up a weapon and zombies attacked so I died. I enjoyed playing it and had fun! The map is huge! It would be nice if you added running. You did a lot in a week!
Great job!
Thanks a lot! Most of the art and background was from Kauzz's Pixel Valley. It worked really well for a tilemap in Unity! We might add running or some sort of dash in the future so you can get around the map quicker.
Thank you! Yeah we do feel the movement is going to need some improvement! We plan on working on the game after the jam, keep an eye on our project and we'd love to have you back!
This game is surprisingly long for a game made within a week, which is awesome (I explored the whole map)! Unfortunately, at some point there was a wall without collision that lead me to an infinite fall into the void, so it would be cool if there was a reset button.
Another thing I enjoyed was the variety of weapons present in the game and the many strategies you could choose from with them (builds). As a RE4 enthusiast, I chose the dodge and melee only route, switching to fire weapons only when absolutely necessary. I also noticed that headshotting enemies dealt more damage than just shooting their bodies, which shows that you've paid attention to the details while developing your game!
My only issues were that I couldn't run (would be useful for going through the places I already explored) and that the music is repetitive.
Overall, the game is very polished, fun and big. A great entry for sure!
yeah lol, i found the wall glitch last minute and couldnt fix it, sorry for that! thanks for the feedback! we will update the game after the jam so if you do want to come back and play a more less buggy and more polished version definently come back in a week or two
Thanks! We wanted the player to be able to make choices on what weapons to get based on how much they liked them. Melee only is hard, but once you get the hang of it it's actually really fun!
We may add more movement options (like a sprint or dash) and different background music in the future. Check back sometime after the voting period is over for the next version!
I loooove the pixel art style, always loved it and always will. Great job in that field. Also saw some comments about the controls, to me it feels completely fine. And also the sound/music really fits the theme.
Good job overall!
Thank you for the kind words! We plan on working on the game more after the jam so feel free to come back!
Very cool game!
Game is cool and the visuals are nice. Movement controls feels a bit clumsy to me, but all the other stuff is great
Glad you enjoyed it! How can we make the movement controls less clumsy? We plan to update the game after the jam is done, so we like all the feedback we can get.
Well, it's not a big deal and it might be just me, but I felt like the jump was a bit late to my pressing. Also, the sound of melee attack (especially with axe) is a bit early (imho).
Cool!
Very well done, extremely polished and enjoyable!
This game is great , it has excellent graphics and it is fun to play.
Great game, Excellent graphics.
Game is great,its fun and ghost is cute. I've noticed that zombies sometimes bug themselfs when they are on platform above the player and more pointers would be helpfull. I died cause i dropped my axe to get gun and i ran out of ammo! One more slot for weapons would be helpfull to have one melee, flare gun and 2 types of shooting weapon.
Thanks! We'll try and address any potential issues and probably add a lot more content in the next version. Check back on the itch page sometime after the voting period is over for the jam!
Nice game. I can see this being a full story based side scroller with enough time. Good job. Please do rate my game as well
Thank you! We plan on taking this game a bit further! What that means we’ve yet to see, but feel free to come back later after the jam!
I loved the pixel art! Do you mind rating mine when you get a chance?
Cool game ! Nice pixelart. It was tense !
Hey I made it! Really like that game allowed for headshots. Also rain and moving trees adds a lot to game environment
Great work Rate mine too.
Its a realy fun game, i realy like the use of lighting and the graphics of the game