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The Reluctant Antiquarian's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #30 | 3.945 | 4.556 |
| Fun | #57 | 3.175 | 3.667 |
| Originality | #70 | 3.368 | 3.889 |
| Overall | #88 | 2.969 | 3.429 |
| Audio | #100 | 2.887 | 3.333 |
| Accessibility | #120 | 2.406 | 2.778 |
| Controls | #129 | 2.406 | 2.778 |
| Theme | #151 | 2.598 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2.2.
Wildcards Used
Actions have consequences
Game Description
A short visual novel where you run a cozy store for one week.
How does your game tie into the theme?
In our game you meet people from all walks of life that bring in items with items for the player to assess. Each item has some kind of story, from Mesopotamian vases to western 50s pop art.
Source(s)
Not yet!
Discord Username(s)
Klentro, SeamanNaranja
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0
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Comments
I thought the background music sounded really great! Seeing the different outcomes when they made offers was fun, nice job on this one!
Oooo the itch page is really pretty, and so is all of the art. I like the animation when the customer approach the counter. In the first conversation the speaker’s face was cut off cause it scrolled down to the books? I was having a little trouble figuring out the controls at first, but I slowly got the hang of it. I think adding prompts in game on how to scroll the book, and having a definitive button to click to switch between the inspection and the customer would be nice. I like the art factoids in the books. At one point the inspection overlay got a bit stuck:
I like the story elements through the phone calls, and the overall atmosphere of the antique shop. The calming music made this a very chill and peaceful game. Overall great work!
Really lovely game with a nice nod to Papers Please. I loved most things about it. It's chill relaxed gameplay, the main story arch and subplots. The graphics and light background music mixed with unobtrusive sound effects. Very nice balance
There were some bugs with the inspection area and books that took a bit of the shine off the rest of the game. Also I wasn't really that aware of how good my decisions were despite the brief report at the end. Still, really enjoyed playing this game and would say you've aced it.
Wonderful! I gave five stars for originality, cleverly thought-out narrative that was well-executed. I really felt the pressure at times. Awesome entry to the game jam!
that's a cool entry! I think some of the controls could be a bit more clean/responsive, but the artstyle and the story were really nice. Good job!
Great game. And pretty long too! Loved the art style. My only complaints are: The text on the authenticity paper is too small and hard to read (at least for me). Secondly, I struggled a bit managing the books, it's not very intuitive. But anything else is great. Amazing work, guys!
Thanks for playing and for the kind words! We wanted to fix both, but unfortunately we didn't have enough time... :-)
I enjoyed this, I love the cosy VN style of gameplay and the artwork was perfect. I did sadly hit the gamebreaking bug a couple of times after the elderly lady comes in, but what I managed to play was great, I would love to see the full game. Some minor feedback for controls, I found the scrolling up and down when the mouse is at the edge of the screen a little difficult, it might just be because the game is in the browser, but it might be easier if the player just has to press up/down to move between the customer and behind the counter views. Have fun.
Thanks a lot for playing and the feedback! The game breaking bugs should hopefully be fixed now, and we're planning on uploading a fix tonight for those! Agree about the controls, but that will have to be for the post-jam-version :-)
Is this inspired by Papers Please? This is an interesting concept, and I like how it gives the player a simple job while also feeding them stories about where the items came from. It's harder to tell someone no after you hear their stories.
Art style is great too.
Yeah, definitively inspired by Papers Please! We wanted to mix a similar mechanic with a chill story about people (and antiques). Thank you for the kind words, hopefully we will make it a little more stable before the day is over, haha. :-)
It seems very laggy when trying to play in my browser.
Thanks for the heads up! We know there's a lot of game breaking bugs, but hope to fix them within the 24 hour window. It should be better tomorrow night! :-)
Happy to try again! I did not feel like there were bugs, it just loading superslowly, did I miss download links
There's no download links, since we focused primarily on getting it ready for html. After the jam period there's definitively gonna be downloads for desktop as well!