awesome game! I like the art , and the sounds, gave me the immersive gaming experience worthy of a suspense /horror theme. The mechanics is clear and easy to understand, good replay value overall I enjoyed playing this one! congratulations! keep it up!
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Polaroid's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #26 | 4.227 | 4.227 |
| Innovation | #45 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Audio | #77 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Overall | #96 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Gameplay | #98 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Theme interpretation | #182 | 3.136 | 3.136 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository
https://github.com/sh1ft15/polaroid
Comments
Great atmosphere and loved the pixel art! It was a bit difficult to figure out what to do at the beginning and having a bit of trouble understanding exactly what the cliche was. But otherwise good job!
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My Cup of TeaThank you for your time, playing the game, I hope you enjoy it.
I wanted to put more clues and tutorial on how the mechanics work but I find it more rewarding for the player to figure it out by themselves. It's somehow backfired a bit haha.
The cliche part is the polaroid that the player collect along the way, the most obvious one would be the 'Plot Armor'.
The art is amazing and the mood builds nicely for survival horror. It's a bit hard to understand what to do at first, especially with the ghost adding pressure. Although mysterious, the little creatures are cute! Good job!
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A Little Bird Told MeThe art is really great! I'm not too sure what to do however, I feel like I explored everywhere I was able and interacted with everything but I was never able to get any polaroid. And I couldn't trade because I never found the key. I'm not sure if there was something I missed or if it was bugged for me. But from what I got the upgrade system is quite cool, and avoiding the ghost was fun. Good work overall!
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Uphill BattleThank you for playing the game. I'm sorry if the game seem confusing to you, I tried to make the puzzle as simple as I can without spoiling everything to the player. The description of each polaroid, the number of times you interact with the NPC and the type of polaroid you have in your inventory might help if you ever want to try it again.
Wow! it is really scary! Great job! The ghost made me nerving a lot! Nice horror
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Path Of Least ResistanceA really interesting take on a 'deck builder.' Collecting and trading Polaroids of different game cliches and using them to your advantage is a cool idea. Love seeing unusual mechanics in horror games. The music is good, and the art is clear and effective.
I hope you keep working on this after the jam results roll in! Some more sound effects and a stylized detection bar up top would be great.
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You're The BossNice job! You did great capturing the horror genre, it felt tense and eerie throughout.
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Busy Like BeeNice art, I especially like the animation on the ghost appearing/disappearing. The trading system with pictures is a really cool concept.
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BlasteroidsReally well done! I like the use of cliches in the polaroids, that's definitely a unique take!
I did get all three endings, first #2, then #3, then #1. I will say, I like #1 best! Haha
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Shot In The DarkIt looks fantastic and has a really nice, spooky atmosphere! I don't get at all how it relates to the theme, but it's great nonetheless.
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Solar GardenerLove the art and gameplay, also the soundtrack was very fitting! would love to see this built out further
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