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GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/WumpaGemSK/ProjectBerry
Game description
A top-down 2D stealth action game with an emphasis on secrets, puzzle-solving and time management.
Theme interpretation
The film Dr. Strangelove which I saw for the first time the same day as the theme was announced by coincidence, heavily inspired the game.
When I saw that the story involved a secret code to retrieve and a race against time itself and connected the dots with the theme and the Speed Run wildcard, I thought at the moment "that's perfect!". And that's what we rolled with.
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One of the most fun games I've played from the jam. The AI was pretty buggy, making the stealth easy and combat unnecessary, but the puzzle gameplay was very fun. I was often confused by what items in my inventory actually did and I never figured out how to order the letters but it was still a lot of fun. I like that the timer adds some urgency to the game.
Thank you for the compliments.
As of figuring out how to order the letters, the envelope you may have collected is meant to provide a subtle hint on the word these five letters forms. And its content and position in the game world changes depending on the predefined code randomly selected for the playthrough.
Unfortunately, this mechanic has its technical issues too, it seems, as I encountered a player collecting an invisible envelope he wasn't meant to collect, and that "false" envelope had overridden the true one in the description space of the inventory menu.
Small Palette & Speed Run are well used here, Game is fun & a good ol retro, i think the enemy AI was a bit buggy. for me most of the enemies were either sleeping or not attacking.
Thanks for your feedback. We're aware of the issues about the enemy AI, but I don't know if we're allowed to fix this before the jam's voting process ends in January.
This was pretty creative and a neat twist on a mixture of genres/games (besides being replayable too), well done!
Really nice looking and has a real fun concept, it gets my highest rating: good!
All of the assets work well to bring out the retro theming. I may have blown everyone up, but at least we had a blast doing it.