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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #25 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Gameplay | #45 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Overall | #55 | 3.697 | 3.697 |
| Theme interpretation | #81 | 3.848 | 3.848 |
| Audio | #125 | 3.303 | 3.303 |
| Graphics | #209 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository URL:
https://github.com/iptcyq/The-Distant-Lurker
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Wow, a very well made game! Consistent art style and UI, great gameplay and a valuable message! :)
Thanks for playing! :D
A very great game. This game realized my childhood dream of becoming an evil evil hacker. Love the art style of the photos in instasnap. The idea is interesting and several parts in the story made me laugh. (
"Just in case I forget my password I will post it on my social media.") Did you do the voice acting yourself as well?Btw when using the bug database. I can connect to a valid address then try to connect to an invalid address, which would append characters from both strings in to the text box. But its just a very tiny bug that does not affect the gameplay. You can delete this comment after reading it :D
Thanks for playing the game! I'm glad you liked the art hahaha. Some parts may be over exaggerated but there are truly people in the world who take cyber security for granted :P. I wished I had the chance to do the voice overs myself but they're from online text to speech AI voices. (Just realised I forgot to change that part in the credits)
The bug database was pretty bugged. xD I was trying to fix the problem of overloading the text display when it gets spammed and only managed to limit some parts of it. I'll be sure to fix it after the jam.
Really appreciate the feedback you gave!
Her Story is one of my favorite games, I'm glad you made a game like it!
Thanks!
Played the entire game, very interesting concept, love the way you emulated computer interface with the UI. It would’ve been cool if it wasnt so linear and if we had to look harder to dig up clues. Would love to see where you could bring this with more time to spend on artwork - has the potential to be a very fun puzzle game! c:
Thanks for playing the game! I had thought about adding branches for different storylines into the game but met with time limitations, but it really is something I could have incorporated into the game. Glad to hear you liked the art too hahaha. I really appreciate the feedback :)
I really enjoyed this concept! I've always have a soft spot for fake computers (hence my own entry).
The puzzles were interesting and I enjoyed how you had all the different sites I could access. The gameplay loop of finding full names and searching them was also quite fun.
It could use maybe a bit more graphical polish, but the gameplay itself is fun so it is not a huge deal. I enjoyed the text to speech.
Good job!
Thanks for playing! I agree that I could have focused a little more on polish since there was a little more time than typical game jams (was probably concentrating too much on packing content into the game). I really appreciate the feedback. :)
Yes great job though. Very creative and good core.