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A jam submission

The One Who KnowsView game page

True old horror
Submitted by bullfrog-777 β€” 3 minutes, 39 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Sound Design#114.0494.049
Enjoyment (Best Game)#144.0984.098
Aesthetics#204.3444.344
Story#263.7703.770
Horror#803.2793.279

Ranked from 61 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • Incredibly well-polished experience that leverages the genre of the OS simulator and pairs it with horror. I like that it was a focused game and it didn't obsess over the distractions that OS simulators usually have. Purely narrative based but with a few minigames and puzzles to keep the player interested and engaged. The game is a well-realized project from a team effort and achieves exactly what it sets out to do. Great stuff!

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Submitted(+1)

This is very impressive, using the copy and paste with the notepad helped alot.

Submitted(+1)

The game is very high quality for a jam game. Congratulations!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Really Nice game you got here! I especially liked the Windows 95 and 90's internet aesthetic.

(+1)

Really enjoyed this game! It was the perfect game to get me into the Halloween spirit! 

Submitted(+1)

You made the feeling of using an old computer fun :)

Submitted(+1)

Excellent game!

Submitted(+1)

It was one of the best games I've played from this jam. Amazing concept and story overall. It's very polished and bugfree. Nice job!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing work!! Very gripping and super immersive. Loved the whole look of the game and everything worked so well, it felt very polished and the sound design was fantastic!

Amazing job to everyone who worked on it!! πŸ‘πŸ‘βœ¨

Submitted(+1)

it was really fun! I think you'd just need to prevent people from going back to prime flix, I tried to see if I could and I couldn't close the window afterwards. I was still able to play till the end, but it wasn't super practical lmao

either way, good concept and executions. Loved the cat pics.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome concept!

 I had fun playing it,

Good story.

Submitted(+1)

I loved this. Nostalgia effects for the operative system as well. Nice Halloween story with a very impressive execution. Lots of little details that work perfectly together. 

Submitted(+1)

Awesome concept! I had fun playing it

Submitted(+1)

Just tested it and loved every second! Oh for the ASWD keys when you press the 4 keys at the same time it works so there is no challenge when you know that ^^ 

Anyway, it was technically mastered, good SFX and a great idea. That was a solid entry, really cool!

Submitted(+1)

Developer

This is awesome. Writing a review of someones game in their own game! This made my day!

I'll play your game right away.

Submitted(+1)

I was like: why using an old computer with Windows3 interface would be scary? man…this experience is awesome ! I was just expecting different ends depending on the actions made but the current one is totally nailed. Great job to the team!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing style, great build up!

Submitted(+1)

This is by far the best game I have ever played during the jams! 

Submitted(+1)

Hey bullfrog!

WOW! Just wow. That was a really really cool experience. I saw you posting updates in the Discord and was like "oh man, that is one I have to try". I was absolutely not wrong either. This is definitely a must-try game from the Jam -- really great job.

A couple notes after playing (nothing huge, just nitpicky stuff I noticed):

  • The main menu sound (even though you aren't supposed to be there that long) had a noticeable fade both in and out. Not a huge deal and probably nobody else noticed I was just doing something and heard it happen before I clicked in.
  • There were a few spelling mistakes and grammatical errors but honestly they aren't even a huge deal because they were in the emails and could easily be written off as that character doing that

What I liked:

  • This truly was an experience. It brought me back to watching playthroughs of Welcome to the Game and I loved every second of it. The moment the computer rebooted and told me to turn around I about had a hear attack 
  • The interface of the computer is truly amazing! This is what I was hoping to achieve for one aspect of my game, but clearly it can become a whole game in and of itself. Truly amazing work with the styling, sound of the keyboard clacking, mouse clicking, windows, icons... all of it.
  • Obviously the cat photos hidden in the private folder and a gold star :)
  • The sound design was phenomenal. I already mentioned all the computer stuff, but the atmosphere of the rain outside, the fans whirring on the computer, the hum of the crt, and ESPECIALLY that fantastic windows 95 booting sound -- made me want to go listen to some Blank Banshee and Brian Eno

Really fantastic experience and I hope you continue to develop it! Looking forward to any future projects as well!

Submitted(+1)

Hidden cat pictures >>>>>> automatic 10/10

Submitted(+1)

it's my favorite game!

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