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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Host's Choice | #1 | n/a | n/a |
Horror | #58 | 2.550 | 3.250 |
Story | #83 | 1.765 | 2.250 |
Sound Design | #102 | 2.059 | 2.625 |
Aesthetics | #124 | 1.765 | 2.250 |
Enjoyment (Best Game) | #130 | 1.471 | 1.875 |
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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I like the sound design. The game has a lot of potential. The movement, even though it felt kinda wanky at times, and i got stuck a bunch, does the job perfectly. But it might need some more work. The stamina bar got annoying after a while, and the enviroment felt a little blunt without textures and landmarks to help you understand your position. Overall, exen though it needs work, with the time that you had, what you made was one of the most interesting entries i have played. Good job!!
The claustrophobia works here. Waiting to see where you take this next :)
Great Idea, but I really didn't like that turning lowered the resource. I would get stuck and couldn't get unstuck without having to wait for like ages.... PS the sounds were great
So I wasn't able to beat this, I tried for about 40 minutes but never found the thing I need to open the walls. I think the premise of a guy being stuck in a cave is neat and it absolutely feels claustrophobic. The itch page says the controls are supposed to not be intuitive, but I got used to them rather quickly. The real pain is the stamina system. I felt an desire to close the game every time my guy ran out and I had to wait, just listening to the panting noise. It gets annoying really fast. Is there a reason for the stamina bar ? Are there enemies later on, or is it just to limit how fast you can go ? If it's the latter maybe it would have been a better idea to cap the movement speed so you can't reach ultra sonic speed with spamming walk forward, which is the fastest way to move as far as I know.
Also I don't know what happens if the timer runs out, because I always got stuck and had to restart before it ran out.
Overall I would say it has a nice atmosphere, interesting movement, and funny faces. Didn't like the waiting around and listening to breathing sound though.
Thank you for your feedback as I've planned to further update this game after the game jam.
Claustrophobic game! Very interesting dynamic! Put in some music and some FX effects, and you'll have a little pearl! Good work!