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A jam submission

HoloJam5 - Beware Of MalwareView game page

A simple and narrative-driven hololive fan game. Learn why you should not download random stuff online.
Submitted by kellanmcallen — 16 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
References#84.1704.583
Theme#263.4873.833
Ambience#293.6394.000
Overall#303.4653.808
Innovation#373.1843.500
Gameplay#472.8433.125

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Well, my left arm hurts from mashing the Spacebar and the S key simultaneously lmao

I really enjoyed this game, especially seeing all the funny images! I think the most fun part was strategically clicking on the SSRB to explode multiple images at once. Plus, seeing the acrylic stands getting a table in the corner of the room with a gorilla standee made me laugh too.

Now if only I had OIIAOIIA.exe on my computer too, that spinning Raora still lives rent free in my head

Developer

Thanks for playing the game!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The Liar's Bar table was added last minute but I'm glad I managed to add it in.

Submitted

A fun game, I loved getting SSRB to combo together, they made such satisfying explosions.  And it was nice to get the apartment of my dreams with nothing but a desk, a bed, and dozens of acrylic stands.  I'm a simple man, with simple desires.

The ending twist was also very well done, I felt like there were a lot of Watame memes in the last round of clicking and was pleasantly surprised to find the reason.  And the overall story was well executed, too.  Very nice work!

Developer

I'm glad you enjoyed the game!!! I hope to add more Watame in the future!

Jam Judge

I enjoyed the narrative and the little references included in the apps and the clicker game.

Speaking of clicking, thank you for adding the keyboard alternative. Now it's my left hand that is sore instead of the right hahaha.

That ending was unexpected! What happened to all the acrylic collection?? Noooo!! XD

Good job on the environments and the 3d acrylic standees. And of course, the ton of memes. I also liked the detail of slowing down the videos as the PC gets more and more useless stuff running on it.

Improvement suggestions:

- Please add Vsync to your game. Uncapped frames use a lot of GPU power unnecessarily.

- I personally would prefer less clicking or some kind of alternative to get points without having to do the same thing over and over.
Developer

Thanks for taking the time to play and judge the game!!! I will definitely improve the game with all of the feedback from everyone!

Submitted

The memes in this one were gold lol. I had a lot of fun playing this! If only it were this easy to earn money to buy merch. Also, I was on the Raora OIIAOIIA.exe for way too long LMAO

Developer

I'm glad you enjoyed OIIAOIIA! It was a rather small meme when I added it and I was amazed that it spread around so much!

Submitted

A Meme-tastic game with loads of funni references! My finger hurts from all the grinding! 

Perhaps, maybe some kind of helper upgrade to help with the clicking part of the game  or alternative to earning money would be nice if you wish to expand on the game!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!!! A new upgrade would be great for making the clicking easier.

Submitted

This poor person doesn't even have a kitchen! They need to be saving this money to move out of their rinky-dink apartment instead of filling it with anime girls! 

In all seriousness, this is pretty much a short cookie clicker. It was a cute and definitely unique take on a cookie clicker. I think that was done well, the variance in music across days is nice, and the bombs are cool. 

But the sea of memes against a background of solid blue. It's unforgiving. Like earning money in the real world. XD
I wish I was able to look at the last set of figurines before the game ended. I sense you're a fan of Watame...

Developer

There is no [Hololive Fall Collection] ... There is only Sheep...

Submitted

Both my hands hurt (clicking space and mouse at the same time is the new meta). Pretty funny game; loved the detail that when you downgrade your PC, Biboo’s & Raora’s videos also play slower.

Developer(+1)

I'm glad that you loved the corruption details. I was running out time but I'm glad that I added it in at the last moment.

Submitted

Great game! It looks simple at first, but all the extra details make it feel complete and realistic. The last day was a bit spooky—though I tried to ignore the knocking and just kept playing. It would be hilarious if there were an extra ending for doing that. I also loved how the title screen changes after reaching the ending. Nice touch!

Developer

Thanks for playing!!! I wanted to add different endings but I ran out of time :(

Submitted

It was a good game, and I liked all of the references with the memes. I do think it could have benefited if there were other ways to earn money aside from the clicking game, but I'm assuming it was just that you ran out of time and that's what things like the quiz were for.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! I wanted to add more narrative and gameplay stuff but the scope was too big. I really wanted to do the quiz and add more hints to who is behind the corruption but I had to cut it out :(

Submitted

Please tell me, these are all real apps that I can download right? If I follow the exact things I did in-game, I'd reach a similar ending in real life too, right??? I want to click my way to victory too! :') I'd love to see more of your entries in future jams!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Please don't download suspicious apps from the internet.

Submitted

Ayy fellow malware maker here. Really interesting to see a "horror?" game based off hololive everytime. I don't usually play much horror games myself, but I think from all the lets-play I've watch of short narrative based horror games, you pretty much nailed that type of genre and vibe, which is really impressive for a jam entry!
Would prefer the amount of clicks to be lower though, since it is just mindless clicking.

Developer

Thanks for playing! Adding an auto-clicker upgrade might help make it less grind a bit more bearable.

Submitted

Solid execution on the base concept, and the stinger at the end was fantastic. The optional content was also quite entertaining. Would have liked just a bit more depth/variation to the clicker gameplay though, by halfway through I started to feel more like I was waiting out the game than playing it. Clicking on buttons/apps occasionally took 3 or 4 tries, but I can't tell if that's a bug or just part of the "malware corruption" effects.

Developer

Yes, the clicking bug is part of the corruption effects from downloading all the weird apps online. Thanks for your insight for the timer upgrade, I also felt that it might drag on too long.

Submitted

My hand hurts from all the clicking but it was worth it  for the entire stand collection and the ending. All the references were funny.

Developer

Thanks for playing all the way to the end! I'm glad that you liked the references.

Submitted

This game is so funny lmao. The references you put in here and the room slowly getting invaded by standees is awesome. The ending too. No spoilers but that actually made me burst out laughing. Also huge props for making space bar an option because if I had to spam left click on track pad i wouldve been so sad lol.

Developer

I also had to used the spacebar as my mouse's left mouse button was already malfunctioning lol.

Submitted

Good job! Really like that the room gets updated over time, but wished for more variation (tapestry, posters, cd, ...) and that the standees move after each night. Also like the corruption on the laptop and all the references you put in the game! Don't know what's more funny: the ending or that the player has a shelf over his barricaded window :D

Developer(+1)

I'm glad that you liked it! I wanted to do more but ran out of time sadly...

Submitted

Very fun! I liked seeing all the new stands and changes to the computer apps as I played.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing. I hope you enjoyed the ending!