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A jam submission

The Night ShiftView game page

a PowerPoint horror game
Submitted by Rosaita W, Jingyi (@AliweeLee) — 1 day, 23 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Best Story#33.8463.846
Best Graphics#64.3084.308
Best Use of Theme#103.1543.154
Best Game Design#113.5383.538
Most Comedic#221.7691.769

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

(+1)

Interesting game! I included it in my PowerPoint Jam compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)

Developer

Thank you so much Jupiter_Hadley! Amazing video we really love it!

Developer

There is an export bug of PowerPoint that causes sound effect loss in the 1997-2003 version, I have re-exported one and please download from the link below: 

https://rosaita.itch.io/the-night-shift-re-export

Submitted(+1)

Spooky, I like it!

Well made little horror game, with a nicely set up story & progression as the protagonist loses their sanity. I expected the twist at the end, but not the double twist! ;p well done, great entry :)

I sadly had some issues with the text coming out of the boxes they're in, which caused a lot of overlapping text in the last scene. Still had a good time though ^^

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your support!

It is a known issue that the texts sometimes overlap, some playtesters run into that as well. We haven't found a perfect solution for that problem so sorry for the  inconvenience. But still, thank you for this lovely feedback!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback, cheers! The overlapping bug exists on some devices occasionally, we've found that sometimes restarting the game and running it again can fix it, but the logic is unknown... we're so sorry about that.  

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The added horror aspect to this pixel-art game is amazing and the use of sound effects seemed too lacking. Overall a great game. Also I liked the fact that I am giving him a $50 raise. hehe


6/10 - Gameplay

9/10 - Design

5/10 - Story

2/10 - Comedic Value

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5.5/10 - Overall Score

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for leaving a comment. There's a PowerPoint export bug that causes sound effect loss in 1997-2003 version while the regular version is fine.  I've re-exported a pack of this version and here is the link: https://rosaita.itch.io/the-night-shift-re-export

Sorry about the bug. 

Submitted(+2)

First thing's first, pixel art and animations are fantastic, I have no idea how you made all the flashing parts but really impressive. A very linear and easy to play game with a very interesting ending. Got some good resident evil vibes from this and i loved the design.

Peevs: The dialogue at the end was definitely too fast and the text was too big that it went past the speech boxes and overlapped other text so couldn't really read. 

Would have been nice to find out what made him go psycho as well, maybe it's because I haven't ever worked a night shift but would have been nice to get that explanation. 

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for your comment on our game, cheers! The dialogue bug appears occasionally on some devices sometimes, we tried to fix it before, end up finding it might be something about the PowerPoint and the font themselves, which was sad because I couldn't control them...reopen the game and run it again may fix the problem. It is great that you let me know that the bug still exists on some devices, I'll add the suggestion to our description. 

Glad you liked the game!