Wait... am I the bad guy? Anyway really nicely made game with unexpected atmosphere for an indie jam game. Nice graphics too and the gameplay works really well. Also pretty well done tutorial that lets the player learn the mechanics themselves. Really good job!

Awesome game! I love the style and that wobbly light effect really make the atmosphere!

Wow, I love this take on the theme, very original! Very detailed, polished, and immersive for a jam game, which really helps sell the spookiness. It's designed very well, I was able to figure out the puzzles on my own which is perfect, makes the player feel clever :)

I felt like I was able to cheese things a bit by getting to glance at the diagonal tiles while I switched between orthogonal facings, not sure if that was intentional. However I think without that the later levels might have felt a bit too much like simple trial and error? Hard to say, and it's all just a nitpick anyways, amazing job!

Feel free to check out our game Einnsamr as well <3 https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463168

That scream spike hit effect got me the first time lol. The game has a unique vectorish style really cool! Pretty polished feel with the cutscene between levels.

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/461353

Very cool game ! Great atmosphere and easy to play.

Proof that you don't need AAA graphics to make a scary game.

Nice atmospheric game. Very good art style and music. I really enjoyed it.

I really loved it. The art and sound were great. Loved the progression being displayed as a fire for each level. 

Also: Pink blood > Red blood.

Nice game. I like the idea, the graphics are really good and nicely polished. The game feels smooth but I think more puzzle elements could add more depth to gameplay. Overall good game, good job !

groovies got their groove on

One Big full pixel heart for you guys! I hope this game gets to Nintendo Switch ! love the art the colors and how monsters have purple eyes ,gameplay is very interesting and the sounds are not annoying but just pleasantly "Scary" enough. Looking forward for more levels  

Hey, came here because you left a comment in my game: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/461692. I managed to finish the game, and I must say that it's a pity that the game finishes in the 6th level, because in there is when I started to strategize with both moving in the dark and luring the enemies with the torch. It's a pretty simple but beautifully executed concept. Congrats to the team!

I love it! It's so tense and weird (in a good way), I got a couple of jumpscares on my playthrough.

The mechanics work in a lovely way, this definitely has the perfect balance between suspense and exploration. Definitely in my top 10 this jam.

The art is superb too. Colors are great, the screens look rich yet simple. It's a great art direction overall.

Just at the start the game grabs you, first the ambience then it tells you to press spacebar. You do it, and the light appears and the game is there. Man, that's such an elegant way to present the mechanic, seriously. And it extends to the art assets, and specially the level progress screen. So nice, compact, and elegant!

The artist side of me is appeased. The animator side of me would like the feel of the movement animations and direction change to be a little less sluggish, but the artstyle still carries it through with no problems!

The game can certainly catch you if you get too into it while running from a monster and fall into some spikes. The scream startled me, hahahah. Though i'm not the bravest person around, i do think it means the atmosphere is good, hahaha.

Also really liked how you implemented that the floor can have multiple monsters. Got trapped between those two.

Overall, outstanding!

One other small thing: I actually thought that when a level lighted up, it was because i was going into that level, not that it was done. Foolish of me in hindsight, but it does mean i ended up expecting one more level and felt a bit anticlimatic, hehe.

Looks and sounds great. Fun at first but the levels can get repetitive.

Spectacularly sharp, in its artistic design and implementation all around! I'd like to do the developers  a service by pointing out what truly shines about this game, and why you should try it out!

-Clear communication of scope: with the first level being fairly short to complete, then showing one flame in the tower, the player can understand just how much time they're committing to! Short and satisfying!
- Lovely artistic choices! Being a bit of a puzzle/dungeon crawler hybrid that also hedges on wordless tutorials, it's clear how effective the imagery works when the gameplay components are so affordable!
- Healthy lenience in the gameplay keeps anxiety and intrigue in a playful balance! e.g. being able to spot the corners of tiles by rotating the light, flickering the light to gradually scour an unfamiliar area safely, quick respawns meant I could experiment with the game's silent rules with no frustration!
- The game takes its most basic concept and runs the full course: I can see exactly what I subjectively enjoy about this design, and I am ready to be excited for any extensions of it! I could say all of the points above with zero hesitation!

Whether this game continues to grow or remains a solid jam entry, it's a significant and memorable experience for me! Awesome job!

Truly unique and nice artstyle. I had fun playing it all the way through. You should definitely work this through and release it as a complete game, add different enemies, traps, mechanics. Nicely done!

Very fun game, and genuinely scary!