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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #4 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
| Implementation | #11 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Intent | #11 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
| Visuals | #14 | 3.714 | 3.714 |
| Liminality / (Weird/dream)core-ness | #15 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Dynamite game you've got here! Managed to get to 1:20.365. The game has such a natural flow state, and the animation, minimalist aesthetic, and fantastic sound design just work so well together! As others have mentioned here, the game really gets you into this frantic yet zen state, really impressive all around!
Thx so much! Glad u liked it!
(I’m proud of my time of 1:56:595)
Surprisingly addicting, fast-paced shooter gameplay here. The overall sound design adds a lot to the immersion. (Love that handgun sfx you used)
Glad you had fun! The sound design was done by Morgvn and it really did turn out great.
Simple dynamic fps.Not bad but is there any liminal spaces there?
I felt the environment was decently liminal, given the whole concept of hallways and connections between places. That said there of course there was more i wanted to add that would have contributed to that goal. Thx for playing regardless ;)
This game has SUCH a strong identity, the aesthetic is soo delicious. Also kind of obsessed with the main menu. I definitely wasn't expecting it but I reached a certain level of zen playing the game, it was oddly really relaxing. I feel like it would pair really well with a podcast clip or a drama video the way people put Clustertruck or Subway Surfers footage next to a different video on tiktok. I mean that as a compliment LOL it was really good stuff!
Thx so much glad you liked it!!! :3
I fricken love games with this kind of aesthetic. Do you have any tips on how you do your modeling/texturing? I’m trash at stylized design so I’m jealous :)
If you haven’t had a chance yet, I’d love to hear your thoughts on my game too!
Glad you liked it! I enjoyed your entry as well, I liked the confusing geometry. My inspiration for the visuals largely came from games like Cruelty Squad and Ultrakill. For both modeling and texturing i roughly follow the limitations of the ps1.
Textures no bigger than 256x256, usually around 128x128. I use images sourced from the internet and cut them up and lower its resolution. There’s lots of free texture websites online. You can also source from your own pictures you take. The quality doesn’t need to be very good since you’re lowering it anyway. As for the crunchiness and colors i heavily edited these images in Krita before lowering the resolution. Changing the color balance, burn, contrast, kinda just doing whatever that made it super crunchy looking.
For modeling similarly i try to keep the poly count low, it’s generally a rule of thumb and not a hardline rule, I'm not too concerned with what could actually run on a ps1. No model here has more than 1,400~ tris though i don’t have the actual count in front of me currently. Limiting yourself here forced you to adopt the mindset of those modeling for the ps1. It can also be helpful to study models from actual ps1 games and see how they’re constructed. There’s lots of sites online with ripped game models to study.
And last i just have a simple psx shader, and on body parts i enable vertex wobble in the shader where otherwise it’s disabled.
Its mostly learned from PSX tutorials and stuff so if you like the look start there. It’s obviously a bit more involved than i was able to explain here but that’s the general mindset and process.
just want to say i love the title of your game, it gives me a laugh every time i read it
This is great! I especially like how the Walkman is the timer, health bar, and the source of the music. It really gives this a strong identity.