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GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/anas-abudaqa/GameOff2024
Game description
You play as a character trying to save their beloved from certain death. One day, a mysterious shaman shows up at your door, promising you a cure for your beloved using a certain ritual. You must collect all the necessary items from the abandoned church in town while going through some minigames. Using a mouse instead of a touchpad is recommended.
Theme interpretation
I decided to go with a dark tone and create a narrative focusing a lot on the occult and the unknown. It inspired me a lot when writing the script for the story. Try and figure out what the story's about!
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graphics and thematic style are good, and I liked the use of minigames, but the interaction/dialog needs fixing - you have to mash LMB and E because different conversations randomly require you to do both, at different points, and there's no indication that you need to do the other one - took me a long time to discover that the interaction key isn't enough to interact. Also minigames were insanely hard - the first one often spawns projectiles right on top of the mouse cursor so I instantly lost a life, gave up at that point.
It’s an interesting concept. I like the atmosphere; audio and I love art! The dialogs are great, and I enjoy interacting with the environment. It is fun to play!
I find the theme amazing, with that eerie and mysterious atmosphere!
Really nice atmosphere to the game! I wish the walk speed was tad faster though lol
Thanks for the feedback! Good point, I didn't play around with it much. I didn't notice it when I was playtesting because I knew where to go after every event, but it can be irritating if you have to walk up and down the map trying to discover what to do with that low movespeed.
This was a really good creepy game! I loved walking through the map and interacting with different objects. It was really fun to try and figure out how to unlock the shed and so on. I could not for the life of me get the key out of his pocket though. I think I tried about 10 times lol. It was super hard! I think adding a bar at the top to show how close you are to completing the game would be a good touch, as well as moving the lives to the top so they are out of the way. The objects also spawn out of nowhere, so maybe having them spawn off screen would help ease the difficulty too. I loved the art style and the walking animation for the character, however some pieces felt out of place because of the different color palette, etc. Lighting was great and great use of the theme. Overall, this was a fun challenge! Amazing work!
Thanks for the detailed feedback! I did want the games to be challenging but I think it's a bit too challenging right now. I'm curious if you have a high mouse sensitivity, as that will definitely make it a lot harder (I use quite low, so I probably biased the game difficulty in that sense). I agree with the progress bar bar and moving the lives to the top of the screen (as well as the text when you fail the minigame), just didn't have time to properly implement them. And indeed there is no single unified color palette, largely due to me trying to minimize how much art I drew myself.
Anyway glad you liked it overall
Your game has a great atmosphere and was fun to play. I never knew what to expect and where the story/game was going. And I'm always happy to find a cat somewhere in a game.
Great audio design and overall creepy/scary.
My biggest feedback will be the difficulty of the mini-games and personally the first mini-game. I almost gave up after the 10th time. Maybe it's a skill issue or maybe not. The most disorienting/confusing thing was that your hand/mouse moved with the camera while you were moving and dodging. On the other hand, I felt a great sense of accomplishment when I finally did it. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the feedback! I may have amped the difficulty too high indeed. The camera movement can be improved a lot. it is the way it is now because it is technically just navigating the line on its own (so also rotating and shifting). Also does not help that I did most of the playtesting myself. I did want it to be challenging but I didn't get quite a feel for how difficult the games really are.
Loved the game visuals and sound effects, the lighting effects and the stealth genre is also nice.
Thanks for the feedback!
Super creepy game I liked the vibe a lot and soulful music was great. The dialogue was fun and off-putting which was great, I liked the writing a lot. The whole thing has a nice old school adventure game vibe. The mini-games were a little bit brutal for me. I could barely do the line one and the heart one almost made me give up before I realized the 'top' was the flat part of the circle. I barely got through the ghosts. But I managed and they were a fun idea, just really hard. I like the theme of loss and discovering some clearly cursed artifacts to bring back a loved one. The characters were all fantastic too.
Thanks for your feedback! I may have overcompensated on difficulty to make the games more engaging. Definitely did not help that I did most of the playtesting myself so I got used to the difficulty hehe. But glad you enjoyed it regardless.