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A jam submission

HaroldraiserView game page

Submitted by Kemsyn (@KemsynGames) — 10 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline

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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#64.3504.350
Overall#143.8503.850
Fun#153.4503.450
Harold#213.7503.750

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Creepy and clever. I like the atmosphere of it all.
I think the maps were a little big but they worked well enough for what the game was about.

Submitted

Pretty nice submission, I just wish the puzzle were a bit easier to understand. I'm lucky I accidentally got part of it spoiled from the Discord or else it would have taken me a good while.

Submitted(+1)

That painting puzzle could bear to be a bit clearer. It's also possible to miss the hint if you don't try to interact with everything, making it more confusing.

It's otherwise straightforward and evokes the intended creepy atmosphere. Great for a short jam game.

Submitted(+1)

While I'm not too familiar with the source material, I quite enjoyed this short horror/puzzle game. Very nice touch with the creepy window and human painting. I really liked the credits sequence where I assume Reid is being turned into a Harold to join Gale and Michelle :O !

Developer

Never seen Hellraiser? You should watch it sometime, it gave me nightmares for weeks as a child! I only stole the Haroldite idea from it, the story and everything else is quite different.  You're right about the ending, I would have liked to provide more story, but I'm glad it's not too cryptic for people to figure out.

HostSubmitted(+1)

Wow. You truly put a Kemsyn touch on this. The Haroldraiser reveal is both troubling and amazing at once. One puzzle was a little confusing, but really not so bad given that only one single clue exists ahead of time. And Those Haroldites. . . *shivers* 

Anyways, what a great entry! Despite being short, it really got the job done.

Developer

I'm glad you liked the reveal, I tried to capture your inner hatred for Reid and was worried I went too far. 

I think it would be cool to extend it into a 1-2 hour game at some point, I got some nice ideas for the story.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome. Great attention to detail with this small environment, things like the portraits (hah sexy Harold), the fully functional bathroom, the creepy window.

I really dig your style, the way you work in first person elements (I remember the intro to Extralife rattling me pretty good for example, and the approaching Harold's here were creeeeepy).

Great credits too, well done!

Developer

I don't think people are ready for Extralife yet lol. I'd love to go back to it one day but it was hard to make with the party deaths affecting the story. 

I'm really happy you like my stuff.

Submitted(+1)

Very different to the norm, we got ourselves an atmospheric horror puzzle game! Interesting!

Story: The story was simple, Reid wakes up and has no idea where he is so he walks around just to figure what's up and the creepy stuff starts happening! That's a gist of it!

Gameplay: You walk around and click on things for the most part, which for someone like me was pretty cool. Most things you could interact with, the light, the dolls, the phone, etc. Other then near the end, it was mostly walking.

The painting puzzle was cool, I thought of the solution as soon as I saw a painting of a particular person's image! So that was a neat realization!


Overall, short sweet and down to the point! However, you really need to be the type of person that enjoys these types of games to get the full enjoyment of them. Hope to see more from you!

(+1)

Funny and engaging, enjoyed the picture puzzle too.

Submitted(+1)

It was pretty short, but I like how it made me think. Picture puzzle needs a reset button.