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A jam submission

House PartyView game page

Submitted by Powellt4 — 22 days, 5 hours before the deadline
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Remarkable: The scope and completeness of the experience. With a limited amount of time and resources, you really created something that felt like its own world.

Needs Improvement: Like others have mentioned, the scale was a little strange. A small thing I found strange was that the music was quiet during the "jail" scene because the audio source is so far away (in fact, when you return from the jail that becomes clear because the volume goes way back up again). Finally, there were some "plosives" in some of the voice recordings, so for future projects it would be worth it to practice better mic technique or record in a recording studio (which we would be able to do if it weren't for COVID, so totally understandable that the audio isn't professional quality).

Successful: The use of audio is really great, and the way you introduced the Easter eggs, and the challenge in finding them, was both novel AND accessible. In other words, it was well balanced, even though each Easter egg was found in a slightly different way (some were spacial, some were interactive, some required you to do things that, as a player, you might not think to do).

General: Even though this could be "polished" more, I think it's really successful as a prototype.

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I really enjoyed your game and thought it was really cool as from the beginning of the game, it is very clear that it's a party. I really liked the little Easter eggs you had included as it helped to give the game more of a purpose and they were fun to find and interact with. One thing I that could be improved is adding in a few more gameplay things besides the Easter eggs that the player can do or interact with. I think there are a lot of things that are successful about this game, especially when it comes to the details, such as being able to change the song thats playing by pressing a number on the keyboard, or just the fact that you included a voice over instead of just writing it as text. You could really tell that you put a lot of time and effort throughout all aspects. Overall I really liked the overall feel you managed to accomplish, as it helped to make it feel like an actual party.

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The game was really fun to play. Loved the humor. 

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  • Something remarkable (i.e. you noticed it because it showed care by the developer, was particularly engaging or fun, or was otherwise memorable)
    • Let me start off by saying the voice acting is exquisite. I loved how you made the game super interactive and made the player engage with everything around the scene. I think the story/premise behind the game is pretty funny and the Easter eggs were a great feature to make us work towards something!
  • Something to be improved about the game
    • Even though I loved the voice actors and all the characters within the scene, Triggering the conversations were always a bit wonky, I had to spam my E button most times and walk around the character so many times just to start the dialogue. The only other issue I had was that when it came down to the Easter Eggs, I couldn't figure out the way to trigger the Council Scene or the Rooftop scene, so I was clicking around the objects in the Hierarchy and having to turn on the objects myself. Then again, I could have missed an easy step or two.
  • Something successful about the game
    • I think you delivered that true house party feel, from the random dude in the corner, the two jokesters near the bar, the crackhead on the roof, the bouncer, the stereo, etc., I think you truly nailed it all. Features like grabbing the beverage and drinking it as well as being able to change the song by using the number keys were great touches to the game and gave the user more things to do. The placement of all the characters as well as the lighting objects were done nicely.
  • Some general, off-the-cuff feedback (what you liked/disliked and why)
    • Liked: The overall feel of the game was awesome. I think this game was hilarious in all kinds of ways so it had be talking to each character, walking around the house in circles, and jumping off the map for the banter. I loved the delivery style and how fun you made the game to be, great work!
    • Disliked: Right off the bat, I definitely think the scaling of the main character was a bit odd. At times, it felt like we were a kid in a grown up party with how large everything was so many shortening the height of the ceiling, scaling the character up a tad bit or moving the camera  would have been a great way to fix that issue. The clever Easter eggs just a need a little revamp to ensure it gets triggered but other than that, I really liked the game!