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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #1 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Engagement | #7 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Theme | #7 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great artwork in the Zine and sharing anecdotes of other's peoples experiences with dreams (real quotes? I choose to believe.) The style is distinct and captures the feeling of being thrust back into a world you thought you left behind, with the fun added touch of a dreamlike quality.
It reminded me of my own back to school dreams, for some reason they usually involved me having to take a Spanish final without ever going to Spanish class...
The school schedule was also a fun integration between Zine and game. It made me think "How did we used to do so many classes in one day???"
My biggest recommendation would be to perhaps have the locker combination input be directed by something other than the mouse. I felt like I had a difficult time to spinning the dial and sometimes it would randomly switch directions, making me wonder if I had to start over or not.
Thanks for the feedback!! You chose to believe correctly - we asked a bunch of our friends about their experiences with high school dreams and got that feedback we snuck into the autographs page.
The locker combination feedback is VERY valid... unfortunately it works so so much better in editor than on the WebGL build, so that's top of my to-fix list right now. I did intend for the locker combination sequence to be somewhat annoying/challenging, but not in such a game-breaking way haha
The theming of the game is interesting, and a lot of work has clearly been put into the visuals and aesthetics of the game, especially evident in the zine (pdf) itself. I saw the messages on discord about this game being incomplete, but I think this is a really good basis/foundation of something that can be rather interesting and thought-provoking
Thanks a ton, I really appreciate the feedback!