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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1128 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| Presentation | #1244 | 3.680 | 3.680 |
| Overall | #1346 | 3.493 | 3.493 |
| Enjoyment | #1890 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Ranked from 100 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You play as an NPC handing out quests to the Player in an MMO-like environment rather than a player in the game itself.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Very charming! Although I wish I could make dialogue scroll faster without the risk of accidentally hitting a response without reading through it. Could use a little something to change up the slight monotony, because it's kinda boring how players ask the same questions in the same order every time. Maybe you could make it so some of them ask different questions, or ask them with different phrasing, or just skip it entirely and accept the quest right away. Stuff like that to spice things up. Regardless, this game is quite nice!
Cool game! The art was well done and I like the premise. I wasn't exactly sure how my dialogue choices were received, but apparently I did well enough to not be immediately patched out.
Thanks! Glad you had a good time!
Amazing idea and good execution! I saw some similar concept in this jam but your game has an impressive art style and novel compared to those. Also, I laughed when the NPC says he had a backache and just want to move around for a while. Really enjoyed it!
Thank you! We had fun writing it, glad you enjoyed playing!
Wonderful work on this concept. The volume of dialogue is quite impressive. Might have been funny to see a character who constantly skips through your dialogue. Great work.
Thanks! Haha, that would very much fit the theme
Intriguing concept with a good art style, very well done!
Thank you!
Great entry! It was interesting reading all the dialogue and I really enjoyed the art style. The whole game hit me with some nostalgia.
Thanks! We definitely pulled from our own experiences with MMOs when coming up with the ideas, glad you enjoyed!
Definitely a novel idea, but far too much text to read through. I felt like i was going through a novel. I think theres a good idea here for the right person, but i'm definitely not the target audience.
Loved this game! Excellent writing and art direction!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Best player hahaha
It's got the best armor stats in the game, no other reason!
This is a fun little game! I love the artwork, and the UI being scrolls is a nice touch. The font is a little small in my opinion however. The dialogue is great, but I wish it was made clearer which options were the best to pick after it ended.
Thank you! Yeah the font is one of the things we'd touch up if we were to do an update, though we do also recommend playing in fullscreen mode.
Great game and holy crap that npc is overqualified, Cheese merchant, black market dealer, retired soldier, loving widower. I can hardly manage two projects a week.
Haha yeah, poor guy is overworked and even has to give away all their valuables to thankless player characters :P
I really enjoyed the twist on being an NPC and the artwork is lovely!
Thank you!
The plot is interesting, and the experience of being an NPC handing out quests is very novel, but maybe the game would be a little more playable if I could jump out of my regular NPC routine for a little bit of counter-intuitive NPC action every now and then.
Thanks for the feedback!
It feels like a visual novel and I love that. I love that I can give no rewards to the heroes and just rip them off and let them do my job XD
Thanks, glad you had a good time!
This is really well done. The writing is very entertaining, and I like how there are enough different conversations to add some replayability (I played twice, and there was only one repeat between the two playthroughs). I did find the slow speed of the text, and having to click the "Continue" button to skip it, a bit annoying---I might have preferred if the text either scrolled faster or appeared instantly. But overall I had a lot of fun with this!
Thank you! Our writers carried this game all the way haha! And thanks for the feedback, we'll definitely be tuning the UI in future!
Great writing, really awesome art style and nice music.
Good job making this in only 48 hours!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
Visuals: A
Music: B+
Writing: A+
Mechanic: C?
I wasn't sure if my selections were good or bad ones. It would have been helpful getting some feedback after each one.
Overall though I loved the game! I just wish I could have figured out what I did wrong...
Thanks! yeah thats definitely the biggest feedback, giving option feedback was something that slipped but is definitely our top priority for future development if we do any. Thanks for playing!
Cool game, love the style and Adventure Quest style vibe. Also the amount of writing is impressive and often humorous. Nice submission!
Thanks! Our writers did an incredible job :)
Very nice game, the writing is great. It would have been neat if the NPCs returned with the results of the quest, or if there was some more feedback on your choices. Seemed mostly like a dialogue heavy game, so a few more mechanics could really enhance the experience. Great aesthetic too!
Thank you! By far the most suggested thing, so definitely on our list for things to work on!
Made me nostalgic for a type of game I never actually played! Would definitely be nice to get some more feedback on the choices, it wasn't clear if there was any benefit to being rude or nice to me.
Haha thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed!