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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Implementation of the Jam theme | #3 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Completed the game. Very solid entry, interesting weapon designs, i like how you charge back your health through enemies corpses to ascend again. A bit too difficult on one or two rooms, but a very enjoyable experience overall. Good ambience.
Did i saw a goatse reference on map 2 or that was just me seeing things where i shouldn't XD
Easily readable pickups, that's a good one.
There were moments where I thought projectiles were going to hit a wall, but i guess projectiles have small radius, so they hit me anyway, very good weapon sound effects.
Smooth framerate, that's a bonus :p
Good stuff.
Thanks for the feedback! The thing you thought was a goatse reference was not. Most of the games art is inspired by Dante's poems, mostly pieces from the divine comedy. The thing you're referring to was taken from a piece that featured this guy
hahaha, yeah, it makes sense. It would had been too random to have a reference to such an obscure random internet meme.
I read the game wanted to have more dante's like stuff on it, but i'm not that aware of the imagery dante's has, so that's why it flew me off my radar.
My second impression was someone's mouth, like, that definitely has to be a nose XD
It's definitely a rough model haha. I really should have added human teeth to it. Big missed opportunity.
Some more references: The enemy that shoots three projectiles had their face texture sourced from a painting of inferno, the screaming faces was a reference from either inferno or purgatory, I can't remember. The hands were a reference to a description giving in purgatory, the layers idea came from purgatory, or rather the idea to make the game purgatory came from my idea for the layers.
I was really hoping to add more references though! I have a full Google doc full of things I wanted to add from the divine comedy but they didn't make it in.
This game’s on an entirely different level. I loved its atmosphere, the consistent and impressive visual quality, the great gameplay and locomotion, and especially the three-layer levels. I think there’s issues here and there with balance, projectiles and occasional signposting or clarity but what you have here is an awesome foundation for a special kind of retro FPS we haven’t really seen before. As a month long jam I would be impressed, as a three day jam I’m bewildered. I hope you keep at it.
Really interesting implementation of the concept, it was a little difficult but otherwise I really enjoyed playing it.