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A jam submission

AnaView game page

Platformer with a f(r)iend
Submitted by lydian-games, Phossis, spacechurro, the_ozzy, kevyn89 — 2 minutes, 49 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme#24.7504.750
Overall#154.2504.250
Soundtrack/SFX#304.1504.150
Gameplay#393.8003.800
Gameboy Soul#444.2504.250
Graphics#574.3004.300

Ranked from 20 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?
It appears to be a normal gameboy platformer, but with a horror twist

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Submitted

The gameplay is fun with tight controls and smooth movement.

The visuals look great and do take advantage of the colour palette extremely well by using the same techniques present in commercially released Gameboy games such as the checkboard like transparency.

The sound effects sound good and give certain actions more impact while sounding like it came from a Gameboy. The music is also well done and fits the overall tone of the game.

Very solid game 👍👍

Submitted (2 edits)

That was really cool! The art is proficient. The character design is creepy, cute, and charming. The soundtrack is creepy and catchy. The premise and execution is fun and disturbing in equal measure. Those title screens are great. I like hard platformers!

That was a cool GBJAM 12 splash screen!

Unfortunately, the game started lagging a lot when Hanako appeared. I suspect that it's probably because of the cool procedural animation on the hair. There might be some optimization work that needs to be done. (Or, as unfortunate as it may be, there could be an option to tone it down).

The lag was a pretty big problem. In this state, the lives system was deeply frustrating. Given the option, I would've downloaded a more stable Windows build of the game.

When Hanako ambushed me on the moving platform, I gave up... for now, at least; I really want to revisit this one when I have more time (or when a Windows build becomes available). I hate to be so negative, because this is easily one of my favorite entries.

All-in-all, fantastic! Great work!

Submitted

The hair lady was absolutely terrifying. The game started super cute then turned horrifying. LOL. Really nice job.

Submitted

From a cute platformer to my nightmares come to life. Well done. I was repeatedly thwarted by the falling blocks giving way before I could react, but it was well animated and put together. Keep it up.

Submitted (1 edit)

scared the hell out of me

Submitted

Incredible game! It started like a simple platformer to turn into a creepy run for my life! The art is simply amazing and the palettes are strange yet fit choices. Great work!

Submitted

This was one of my favorites so far! Replayed a few times. Loved the changes to the title screen as I progressed. Wonderful game!

Submitted

That theming contrast was brilliantly done, I don’t want to spoil anything so I’ll just say you certainly got me! All I’ll say for other players, is keep playing..

Very good!!

Submitted

One of the best games that I have played today! Great job! I actually featured your game in my livestream review:

Submitted

I did NOT read the tagline, and thus I was very, very surprised.

This game actually managed to creep me out. And to make me keep playing for quite a while as I became less afraid of the ghost, and started cussing at her and the screen instead lol. The sign of a great game right there.

I really, really enjoyed it, but it's definitely not for the faint of heart or clumsy of hand. I appreciate a good challenge, and the more I played the better I got at the game. However, the difficulty is still BRUTAL. I think the spikes could do with a smaller hitbox, and there could be less hopping enemies along the path you're running, for example. And less subjectively, I think that the falling block physics may be a little awkward? Or maybe I just suck, that's always a possibility.

The presentation is incredible. There's cute, there's nightmarishly horrific, holy crap did you guys do an awesome job of it. Everything from the graphics to the music really helps sell the vibe and the twist. The graphics are very technically excellent, with the apparation's hair physics as a massive standout. The music is very 8 bit era, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Awesome game!


Submitted (1 edit)

tense game, hanako got me freaked out when she appeared. surprisingly good level design, you can keep running and the game rewards you for not stopping.

one of my faves, only thing i didn't like was starting again from the not-scary level.

also i managed to get out of bounds falling through near the end lmao.

Developer

Thanks for playing! Yeah a few bugs cropped up after uploading, but we barely made it in time. They have been fixed though and we will be updating after the rating period.

Submitted

Not spooky at first, but then very spooky. Really enjoyed it! Nice work

Developer

Thanks!