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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #6 | 3.320 | 4.200 |
| Graphics | #7 | 3.479 | 4.400 |
| Historical Accuracy | #12 | 3.320 | 4.200 |
| Overall | #14 | 2.688 | 3.400 |
| Gameplay | #16 | 2.055 | 2.600 |
| Thematic Relevance | #17 | 3.637 | 4.600 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Historical Accuracy
https://www.rct.uk/resources/activity-challenge-the-murder-of-david-rizzio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rizzio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardrobe_of_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ruthven,_3rd_Lord_Ruthven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Maitland_of_Lethington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle
Thematic Relevance
Musical instruments (such as Flutes, Recorder Flutes, Oboe, Pipes, Flug Horns, Horns, AlpeHorns, Lute, Fiddle, Violas de Gamba, Violins, Violas, Cellis, Bass Violin, Harpsichord, Taikos, Bumbac drums, Tambourines, Frame Drums) and composition were influenced by 16th century music theory and style. Character clothing was designed based on the fashion treads of 1565-1566. Mary being Scottish but growing up in France heavily influenced her fashion choices. Dialogue was inspired by Shakespearean writing.
Disclaimers
All assets were team made during the jam.
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How does one Whisper about something this well done? A game that shows off the team's capacity to handle multiple perspectives in a narrative rather well!
- I absolutely love the art style and how well the environment design and characters go together. The UI is on point. Quite impressed with the branching, and the possibilities of how much you can learn about the events that transpired. Is this all historically accurate? This is some amazing work!
- Small nitpick: I came across this one text that moves the text box slightly upward and looks smaller. It presents differently from the rest, so I thought you'd want to know.
Otherwise, 10/10. Can't complain, it's an amazing piece of work done in only 9 days. Great job done!
Thank you for the shining review! :D
Entirely my pleasure :D
This was a well scoped and well put-together game. Well done! I was getting edgy while the behind the scenes, side-talking, and beating around the bush of treason was happening. The pacing of the game and the music set the tone. Thank you and I'm pretty sure this is my highest rated submission this far. I thoroughly enjoyed playing. What a testament to the efforts of all that were involved!
Thank you! We were crunching on the last day to have everything functioning properly and entering in all of the dialogue.
I thought the art style was top notch. The switching between characters really helped to sell the feeling of intrigue that was present.
Thanks! :D
I tried several browsers but i cant play the game :(
I think my computer is the problem bruh...
Ah, dang! It should definitely work with Firefox (and even Chrome but without sound). Have you tried temporarily turning off ad-block?
I managed to play it again on Firefox so I could hear the music and sfx. Very nicely done! Here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2077274891
Thanks! :)
Thanks for persevering. And thank you for playing some of the games on this jam on your Twitch channel.