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A jam submission

DrifterView game page

Extraterrestrial surreal horror
Submitted by polyhedragames (@polyhedragames), ahintoflime (@ahintoflime), SamACSmith, Anwilc (@svdvorak) — 59 minutes, 55 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
How good is the the game?#43.7733.882
How scary was it or how well does it fit the jam theme?#193.3733.471

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Who was on your team?
Russ (ahintoflime)
Andreas (Anwilc)
Clipper (polyhedragames)
Sam (samACSmith)

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Comments

Submitted(+4)

Love the visuals on this one, you really nailed the "PSX" style with those textures. The game felt like a complete experience with the intro cutscene, dialogue choices, and credits, not to mention multiple locations - very polished for a jam game! Great work!

Developer

Thanks for checking it out!  I made a bunch of the textures in the cell from photographs. We were aiming for a half-life-1 level of fidelity. I need to check your game out, 2 of my teammates have said it's one of their favorites.

Submitted

Awesome! I love the vibe that you can get from using photos as textures - we actually wanted to try that for our game but unfortunately didn't find the time. You guys definitely succeeded in hitting that late 90s/early 00s feel!

Submitted(+3)

Very intriguing and immersive storytelling. I empathized with the characters, something difficult to achieve in these kind of short games.

Submitted(+3)

Cool visual images, great music, pleasant logical dialogues. Really liked this one and I wish there was more of it.

Submitted(+3)

My only real problem is how short it was, I'd 100% play a full length version of this with this as it's opening. Really great work! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!! happy you enjoyed it

Submitted(+2)

this was great, really loved it. there was a lot of variety for such a short jam and the music was great. loved the 'special fuck you' at the end lol. my only thing is just that, i know there's already so much in it but it felt a little disappointing that we didn't get to actually do anything to the captors, especially since there's a little scene for them killing the coward. obviously it's implied but it would've been nice to see something there, even with the silhouettes in the window. still, really great work and loved the build up!

Developer (1 edit) (+2)

Thanks for checking it out and thanks for the comment :)

Please note: There are two slightly different endings to the game.

Submitted(+2)

understood, i totally forgot about the choice at the end lol. i'll take another look!

Submitted(+3)

WOAHHHHHHH THE MUSIC AND ENVIRONMENTS ARE SOOOO GOOD IT FELT LIKE PLAYING THROUGH A MOVIE I LOVE THE LETTERBOXING EFFECT AND I LOVE HOW DISTINCT EACH ENVIRONMENT IS AND HOW OUT OF PLACE THEY FEEL NEXT TO EACH OTHER. I LOVE THE WOBBLYNESS ON THE FLESH TUNNEL!

Developer(+2)

Thanks for the kind words! 💚

Submitted(+3)

This short, intriguing experience is exactly what I am looking for in a game jam game. That was a nice use of 5 minutes. 

Submitted(+3)

Really cool game! The story had me invested, and I really liked the way you took it at the end. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!