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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Setting, story, characters, and world | #18 | 2.917 | 2.917 |
| Fun gameplay | #19 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Blind-friendly and with good use of audio | #19 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This is pretty cool! I drowned very often in Chapter II but liked it a lot! In Chapter IV I got stuck (only hearing sound but nothing changing).
I only heared the creater after the first death in Chapter III, so maybe some sound got lost? (maybe similar to the footstep bug?)
Anyway: great game and good execution!
Unfortunately, I encountered the footsteps glitch and was unable to progress.
This is a great start. I encountered the footstep bug intermittently in the first two chapters. The third was most interesting because careful listening to the footsteps was key to not drowning. However, the final two felt underdeveloped or unfinished, and could build upon that much more. My only advice is to ensure that the footsteps are always audible against the rest of the mix, and to announce the chapter titles if possible.
Excellent concept! I got the gist that to move I needed to take a step at a time and listen to the feedback to see whether or not to continue in that direction. Which that I made it to chapter 3 at least. The incremental water and monster sounds worked well. You seem to mention a bug, so I assume there are issues with ethics footsteps, so not sure if I got the right gist for the space. In general, it would be good to have a wider 'safe' footsteps space, and perhaps some other audio elements to explore, treasure, food, keys...
Thanks so much for stopping by, John! It seems in your case no sounds were bugged, that's a relief. We have yet to discover why some players have no issues and others miss only on the regular "safe" footsteps. Yes, we did want to add some more variety, but alas, time... You know how it is XD We'll keep it in mind though!
Thank you for trying the game and leaving feedback!
I'm assuming you couldn't hear your own footsteps except when treading on water. That doesn't technically impede gameplay but it's obviously very disconcerting since you don't get any feedback you are walking. Could I please ask what OS and browser do you use?
It's a known bug we're working on, though we hoped it would only affect a minority of players. I see it's more prevalent than we thought, unfortunately. We wrote a short devlog post about it, but I see it doesn't show up here on the jam page.Hopefully we'll find the cause as soon as possible. I very much appreciate you letting us know it didn't work properly on your end.