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How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
it is spooky, contains spooky things like the reaper, spiders, skeletons, ghosts, etc.
also it adheres to the GBJam's rules for gameboy restrictions regarding the 4 color palette, screen resolution, and number of buttons available; music and sound effects are also made to sound like gameboy sounds
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Cool concept and great art direction! The posession kind of reminds me of the GameCube game Geist, which allowed you to take over most anything to solve the issues you come across.
Thank you! Something like Geist was actually one of the first ideas pitched, though the mechanic ending up bearing more of a resemblance to Mario Odyssey in the end, haha.
The art style and music are great, and the possession mechanic is super cool! I think there's a lot of potential here -- e.g., using the possession mechanic for more elaborate puzzles. Not sure if I fully beat the game, but based on the music I think I did? In any case: nicely done!
Unfortunately we didn't have time for a proper end screen, so yes, it sounds like you did make it to the end, haha. Thank you for playing!
Thought the body swapping puzzle mechanics were very cool, though the boss kicked my ass and I did not know how to fight back because he took my cool hat.
Thanks for checking it out! This was something we should have made clearer in-game - you can't actually beat the boss yourself, the goal is to escape back to the first screen once he starts chasing you.
Ah I started to try and escape, but I think he had already beaten me up too badly at that point to make it all the way.
Either way, I think this is with continuing to flesh out after the jam. It's like a fun mix of old convention and new mechanics.
I really love the art style and the look of the game, but unfortunately don't have Windows, so can't play or fairly rate it :(
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Hi, we also have a web build available here: https://lexouduck.com/pages/games/gamejams/mask_of_the_reaper/game/index.html
due to the interference of an inopportune power outage, our submission page is now over here: https://gallowaygames.itch.io/mask-of-the-reaper
please go there to download our game, thank you!