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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Horror | #39 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Story | #45 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Sound Design | #99 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Aesthetics | #142 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Enjoyment (Best Game) | #231 | 2.636 | 2.636 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Do you allow SCREAM ZONE to promote your game via social media?
Yes
Which engine did you use to create this game?
Godot
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One post jam comment, I feel like your ranking is really harsh, you were for me one of the best entry in this jam.
My guess is that having a lot of reading may not be the most suited mechanic in a Jam since people want to iterate fast between games and may discourage people to discover more of your game (even if the story is super cool, like yours, and your reading system by holding pages was not boring). Also, maybe people missed the hint option ?
Anyway, keep the good work for your next projects :)
Thank you so much, I think you are probably right about the amount of mental investment our game required to get going (and that the hints probably should have been enabled by default, or easier to find).
For future game jams I am definitely going to put more thought into how to make things more intuitive and require less mental load to play.
Congrats on your game though, it rated super well (and deserved to be), are you guys going to develop it further or just move onto the next game jam? :P
Yes, on our last Jam we had the same problem and people did not even clear 10% of the game (we went a bit hard on it, it required around 2 - 3h to finish lol) and got frustrated about it, so we decided to make more simple game for jam (and we still need to work about it).
Thank you ! Not really, we just fixed some bugs and made the end easier to find in a last build but that's about it ahah, we will move to the next jam (or next project ??)
The cathedral is a great environment for a horror title and the context of the letters as accounts of the precursor events sets up a great atmosphere. I thought the puzzles were straightforward and reinforced the corruption at play. After some time the entity, Mincinos, phasing in and out of existence became a welcome companion.
Thanks for submitting Mincinos to the jam!
I didn't get very far, wasn't really sure what to do but the atmosphere is nice and spooky in terms of visuals and audio. I also liked reading the notes trying to piece together a story of some religious cult or order.
It's such a cool concept! I love the environment and atmosphere. The doll really got me, I should have read the comments before playing lol
Nice and spooky environment and very nice effects of shadows and lights. I managed to progress a bit in the game but I was not sure of why or what I did. There are many notes to read and not all of them feels related to the puzzle but maybe I just missed something.
the atmosphere in this was pretty cool and i really like the doll! at know point did i really feel like i knew what i was supposed to be doing. i managed to bumble into getting the doll, a chalice, i found a book and there's a bell upstairs but i had no idea why i was finding them or what the point was. the writing in the story was really good which is why i put in some effort trying to figure out the rest, i was hoping there would be some note that mentioned the point of the objects beside the doll but i didn't see anything. i still think this was interesting though!
That's a creepy doll...
I really liked the game. It was enjoyable and spooky. I really like that text is unreadable until you hover over it! :D
It was a really really cool experience, the overall atmosphere was so cool, with the visual and the sound, really liked it.
The doll and the chalice made me jump a little, I won't lie ahah
Unfortunately, I couldn't finish it, I was at the end but was missing one item ? I could not place the book, maybe it was a bug or I was just missing one of the items, if you could give me an hint I would love to get the end of the game :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
The book definitely should have been one of the key items, my bad on that one :P
(SPOILERS AHEAD)
The key items are:
-The Doll
-Chalice
-The knife used for the chalice
-The Mirror
-A Human Fat Candle
Just finished the game, the effect at the end are really good ! Good job, really really cool entry
If you have too much trouble with the puzzles, there are hints available in the accessibility section of the pause menu :)
Probably the spookiest one I've played so far :)
great project, i like the interaction systems with the objects, felt very intuitive!
good luck!