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A jam submission

Ghost In The MachineView game page

Challenge your haunting skills and save your solitude
Submitted by FocusFire, Timmers (@TimothyLines), Zeezrom — 9 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Soundtrack/SFX#374.0004.000
Graphics#774.1434.143
Overall#903.7293.729
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme#954.0714.071
Gameboy Soul#1573.6433.643
Gameplay#2152.7862.786

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
Ghost in the Machine is a chilling puzzle adventure perfect for the Spooky Game Jam. It blends steampunk and the supernatural, putting you in the role of a Ghost haunting a mansion. Your ghostly mission? Scare off those pesky visitors trying to snap a picture of you! Use cunning traps, eerie machines, and even that old phonograph to outsmart them at every turn. Each level will test your logic and reflexes as you navigate this immersive digital ghost story. Do you have the wits to be the ultimate Ghost in the Machine?

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Comments

Submitted

The art was great and the music too. Looking forward to the updates!

Submitted (2 edits)

That was fun! The art is proficient, the character design is charming, and the soundtrack is catchy. It was fun moving around as the ghost and scaring people off.

The lives system is a bit punishing; the levels are quite hard as-is without restarting from the beginning.

The audio balance is a bit off. The music is a very quiet compared to the sound effects, and the sound effects are a bit loud. The camera snap sound, in particular, is much louder than the other sound effects; it often peaked the volume above +0.0 dB!

All-in-all, good work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback! We will definitely be rebalancing the sound and adjusting the game mechanics feel good and feel fair. Thanks again!

Submitted

The ghost was soo cute! Smooth animations btw. The game felt kinda buggy sometimes, and it was hard to tell when did I scare someone, or why did I progress to the next level. The concept is great, I'd love to play a version 2.0! Good work :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback and encouragement! We are working toward a 2.0 with smoothed out and improved gameplay, plus new additions and improvements. We're committed to this game in the long term.

Submitted

cute game, I found the game really cute and also its story to want to scare the guard.

I invite you to play my game and give me some feedback as well ^^

Submitted(+1)

I love the comic book inspired tutorial screen and all of your death/menu art. Very well done. 

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! We welcome constructive criticism and suggestions too! We're looking to make this game as good as it can be in the long term.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome Graphics! For some reason the game wouldn't work for me with a keyboard, but I found a controller and it worked!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you were able to play it! Thanks for the feedback!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the information about the controls. It may have detected a gamepad as gamepad has been overwriting the keyboard. There is a known bug or two there that should be fixed next update. 

Submitted

Nice game concept, with very cool graphic. The dropping down mechanic felt clunky but apart from that movement felt smooth :)

Developer

Thanks! We definitely have some things to iron out, including the drop down mechanic. I appreciate your feedback.

Submitted

The art syle is really cool, especially the intro, but I had to refresh a couple of times because of the timeout on the tutorial. I'd suggest moving on at the press of a button. Also the gameplay was a little bit confusing, but overall the idea is nice 

Developer

Yeah, we need to set it to a button press, for sure. We'll work on the UI too after the jam to make the gameplay more clear. Thank you for the feedback!

Submitted

Goofy indeed!Awesome graphics as well!

Developer

Thank you for the compliment!