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A jam submission

Looking GlassView game page

Explore a corrupted hard drive
Submitted by Grubwall — 6 days, 20 hours before the deadline
Rated by 8 people so far
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GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/Grubwall/lookingglass

Game description
Tumble down the rabbit hole of a corrupted hard drive.

Theme interpretation
You explore government secrets on a corrupted hard drive. There are sections on the hard drive that contain deeper secrets.

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Submitted

Super great and unsettling entry. Truthfully, it took me a little bit to settle into the format of reading through each file, but once I started to get a grasp of the story and what happened I was completely hooked and I believe I read everything in the game (gladly). As a previous comment pointed out, the real-life photos that you've added really add a whole other level of immersion, and the careful choice to only add music at certain points in the game was really effective to the point where my heart was genuinely racing in fear at the ending and I was scared to keep looking at the screen. 

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I have my own theories as to exactly what went down at that facility, but I actually really appreciate that you left a lot up to interpretation. Feels like I'm a character in an SCP that is still part of this ongoing freaky story. 

If you do end up expanding this, I think a great addition would be a little bit more user-interactivity. I think a small amount of this would go a long way. There's already a code that we have to obtain to access the admin files, so why not have the user input the code themselves? That being said, the biggest strength of this game is its real-life-feeling immersion, so I'd recommend making sure to preserve that above all else. 

Really great job guys! 

Submitted(+1)

really loved the click through menu experience, quite a unique style of gameplay. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

A really fun experience - thanks! The writing was good but the images that you sourced really took it to the next level of immersion and I liked the subtle soundtrack as well. Great job! 

Submitted(+1)

OMG I felt like an hacker or a spy! This game is amazing!

Submitted(+2)

This is really cool. I've never seen this Jupiter engine until now. Speculative, hypertext fiction like this makes for a fun "wiki spree" kind of ride. I respect the amount of writing that was done for this entry. I would definitely encourage you to keep pursuing this direction in the future.

Developer(+2)

Thank you for your kind words! I really appreciate your encouragement!

Submitted(+2)

You're gonna get this a lot, but looking glass reminds me of SCP-Foundation stuff. I really wish that there was more of this, but I know how time constraints can go. I was settling into reading the information, and it ended on me! I do love the vibe and atmosphere you give to it. If I could fullscreen it on a crt I'm sure it would improve the vibes too. Keep at this, it's got good bones.

Developer(+2)

Oh wow, it's very kind of you to compare it to something like SCP!
I'm sorry that it ended abruptly, honestly I was worried I might have written too much for a "jam" game.

Submitted(+2)

woahhhh i love this, maybe I got a little lost with many mails but I loved it, it gave me "super hot" vibes

Developer(+2)

Thank you for your kind words! I haven't seen too much of super hot, but I'm surprised by the comparison, maybe I should check it out!