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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #211 | 2.791 | 3.222 |
| Interpretation of the Secondary Theme | #290 | 2.887 | 3.333 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #297 | 1.925 | 2.222 |
| Overall | #318 | 2.483 | 2.867 |
| Gameboy Soul | #331 | 2.502 | 2.889 |
| Graphics | #337 | 2.309 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 9 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 is a game about somebody finding a haunted handheld game console and getting nightmares after ignoring it instead of playing on it. Nightmares are spooky!
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Was really fun had fun playing the minigames and the looping nature had me spooked a bit thinking I was about to be Jump scared. I feel like with more time on music and graphics could be a crazy game!!!
i really think this game could hhave a full version released on steam honenstly!
this game, to me doesn't even feel that gameboyish, not a bad thing tho!
i feel like this game is wayyy older than sometthing that would come out for a gameboy.
still i enjoyed it a lot, there is ton of content!
thanks for making the game!
Well dang, that's quite the compliment there! Thanks! Also, honestly completely fair that it doesn't feel very gameboy-ish.
I did choose a palette resembling the Gameboy Light more than anything else, which is probably fine on its own... and then chose to use a dark background when a lot of devs on gameboy didn't really do that, whoops. Combine with a simplified character design, and... yeah I kinda get what you mean.
Such is the sort of thing that happens when one makes something in an almost stream-of-consciousness way due to limited time to work with I suppose!
I enjoyed the idea of having different minigames every time you sleep, but wao this guy drinks a lot of water over the night!
Oh yeah, absolutely. It's kind of a reference to a thing I actually remember doing at times when I had issues with sleeping and waking up a lot throughout the night as a teenager though, so I figured, well, it's not technically unrealistic, regardless of whether it seems realistic at least, so may as well!
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Dragon
I enjoyed playing your entry. Every attempt at sleep was a surprise. It's impressive how many little mini games you were able to add. The music and writing gave the game a dark intensity and suspense. I wasn't always sure what I was doing (especially with the giant scary head?), but I had fun and I feel hydrated :)
Thanks! Also, don't worry, you probably got through the scary head sequence exactly as intended. Confusion on what to do is actually part of the intended reaction from the player there. (On an unrelated note, I need to actually sit down and play other people's games in the Jam when I get a chance.. a lot of them seem neat and I wanna try to play as many as possible starting as soon as possible!)
I enjoyed the suspense in this game!
Thank you! Glad you had a good time