I love the art and atmosphere, with the city buildings visible on the right! I really like the voice acting and narrative, too :D My one complaint is that I feel like the road is a bit too empty and has a huge lack of detail. Maybe some more cars passing by, or some dust particles flying through the air would do it. But still, great job on this, though!
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Miles From Home's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #10 | 3.980 | 3.980 |
| Theme | #60 | 3.760 | 3.760 |
| Overall | #81 | 3.520 | 3.520 |
| Game Design | #116 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Innovation | #126 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Graphics | #164 | 3.540 | 3.540 |
| Fun | #247 | 3.040 | 3.040 |
Ranked from 50 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Miles From Home is the story of a man facing a crossroads. A cycle in his life having ended, he's forced to make a decision on what new beginning that ending breeds.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
No, we used several third party assets.
Comments
Very cool voice-over, the whole narration is pixel perfect ! It's quite relaxing to play the game. I feel that the road is a little bit empty though.
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Reincarnation : An Unfortunate FateThanks for the feedback! I know the road was empty 😭
You just had to see the chaos it was when cars were with the player, unplayable. So the road stayed empty and the cars stayed on the other lane, far away from player contact, and it was good, because you could actually reach the end without crashing against a bazillion cars.
Maybe in an post jam update, who knows.
This is very beautiful Game.
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CuRu BenBeautiful game with a great take on the narratives, well done to the three of you !
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For The ChurchThe narrative and voice acting are superb! I like how each details emphasizes the theme, and how coming in terms with things that just don't work anymore was portrayed. Playing this game also feels as if you're watching a short film, it just works. Great work to the team behind this art!
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Chrono HorizonPleasant atmosphere and much more, even more interactions with the car.A pleasant visual part of the game, the gameplay.
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Life as a mini-gamenice! Yeah my gf (who's not a gamer..yet..she did the art for our game and is hooked so it's inevitable) was watching me play and she's like "what that's it?! That's not a game!" And I snapped back with "YES IT IS and it was great!" Then I gave it high ratings while she watched. :D Was the only actually touching experience I've had reviewing submissions so far. So thanks for that. Well done
Nice narrative game. Pretty rare to see a game that's narrative focused in a jam. The environment looked great as you were driving by and the little slow down effect as the player reached the two possible options was great. The narration was nice as well as the addition of subtitles. The controls tutorial was a really nice addition and the little polish touches were great such as functioning side view mirrors
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Chrono HorizonThis was a very enjoyable experience. I'm not sure if I made the right decision but it sure felt good!!
The lighting and voice acting was very well done.
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Project: XenomouseThat was fantastic voice acting! I like the way you told the story, and the graphics are crazy good!
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The Field of ReedsWell, I have to love another game that used the theme as narrative! I tried to do the same, but I feel like yours nailed it.
Like others have also mentioned, the atmosphere is fantastic both visually and the calm, contemplative voice acting.
Even though the actual gameplay is simplistic, I loved the crossroads slow-mo, felt very cinematic and artistic. Oh, and thank god for the respawn button! :)
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