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Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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Your game communicates its theme clearly and has some very nice effects. It shows an interesting take on the theme and I couldn't find any significant bugs while playing. The music also matches well with the game and isn't too intrusive. My biggest criticism is that the seems to have too much effort put into nicities and polish such as in the background where it could have been better used in expanding the gameplay and balancing.
Strengths:
- Sound design
- VFX
Weaknesses:
- Movement is clunky
- Balancing
- Depth of gameplay
Themed itch page is great. Your GDD is very clear and on point - I especially loved the level of detail and research that went into the target audience section, and how you thought about applying the theme to different aspects of the game (e.g. how that led to art decisions).
Suggested improvement: Provide a way to easily skip the text at the start of the game, if someone doesn't want to read it (or has read it previously).
The tips on the death screen are a great idea. The player just died, but you're giving them the tools to potentially learn and improve for their next run.
Animated light on the menu is a nice touch. I like games that do that and have interactive things when you're not actually playing yet.
Text font is a bit difficult to read in some UI elements. Suggest that if you want to stick with that style, that you instead increase the font size a little and focus on contrast so it stands out more against the background.
Overall, fantastic game. Good luck!
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
Steamworks Redemption is a captivating 2.5D set in a dark, steampunk-inspired dreamscape. You play as Dr Alchemist, an alchemist with the unique ability to enter the dreams of those plagued by psychological traumas such as anxiety and fear. Armed with your alchemical powers, you must traverse these haunting dream worlds, confront shadowy creatures, find and break the Pillar of the dream to purge the shadows and transform a traumatizing nightmare into a peacfull dream.
AD - movement
Lshift - dash
Space - Jump
LClick - Primary attack
RClick - Secondary attack
Mouse - Aim
Unfortunatly we had the 2D artist leave in the middle of the jam and changed the 2d style from pixelart to hand drawn.
Extra Notes
Hope you Enjoy! The vission was much bigger with more Psychological trauma themed levels. In this prototype the protagonist faces his own shadow traumas in this anxiety themed level.
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