That was intensely upsetting. In a good way. I was filled with a lot of dread and anxiety while playing. The shadow figures were a great monster. One little note: the dialogue at the beginning glitches a bit and loops without audio a few times and then cuts mid sentence as new audio starts, and each bit of dialogue goes away too fast. It would be nice if we had control over when the next line of dialogue played/ appeared. I got about five levels in before the anxiety made me back out. XD Great job and thank you for sharing~
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Aesthetics | #17 | 4.467 | 4.467 |
| Sound Design | #45 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| Horror | #62 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Enjoyment (Best Game) | #97 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Story | #107 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Ranked from 30 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?
Unity
Comments
wow 5 levels in you got into a two floors building! :D
I'm glad you like the shadows! When designing it, one of the question I was trying to answer was "how can it be scary but still look human?"
This feedback is nice as well, as little by little I'm getting a good picture of what was exciting vs what was a nuisance ^^
Thank you very much!
Super cool, I really like your style! How many people made this (Just 2)? The level generation is great, like my own game but even more convincing. The flashlight mechanic and ghosts worked very well. I think I did get a level that generated without an exit at one point though. Also the door opening was spotty. I would really like to see this developed more.
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Cutting CornersYes, we're only 2 :)
A sound designer and me with programming and art haha When I was designing the levels I thought it would be nicer to go for something that actually resembled a flat than the traditional maze algorithms ^^
The level without exit is a surprise! Would be interested in knowing how did that happen
Cool concept! I think the art style is great, and I really like the way the ghosts look. Although I agree with what others have said about the screen effects being too intense, and maybe the ghost grabbing animation lasting too long. My other issue is that I felt a little bombarded with dialog at first. I think it would help if you made me press a button to continue to the next piece of dialog instead of playing it automatically. Lastly, it seemed like running into the ghosts was unavoidable at times. Anyway, a very cool game with a lot of potential. Good job!
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Palindrome CaveThis has some great potential, I'm biased roguelike addict, but I do think the idea holds. And I really liked the graphics, they look good and have a certain tone to them I really enjoy (especially after I remember to use flashlight lol), but the flashing light was just a bit too intense for me to play this properly I fear. I don't know if it was just my end but my gameplay experience was badly hurt by also the fact that the game didn't lock my mouse along with the super low sensitivity on it (couldn't find a setting for it if there was one, hope I didn't miss it), so it was less of a struggle against the ghost than it was me struggling to look around and move. Also, hate to admit it because this is my own skill issue, but the text was way too fast for me lmao.
So I'm a bit sad, this seemed like a fun game to really challenge myself in but due to technical (and visual difficulties) I couldn't really enjoy it properly. But like said, you got graphics really great, the less intense effect were nice way to convey to player what was happening, and additionally the sound design was good, especially in the actual level, the intro sounds felt surreal on the other hand :D So, pardon my long text: Good work on this, I do hope you guys continue honing this further ^^
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One Cup of CocoaHey man it's absolutely not your fault anything that happened ^^
This game is the culmination of a period that I took for myself to study game design and try to apply it.
Many things were new, like making sure game feel was in place and all the art was presentable. Other people also had issues with the flashing lights and it's one of my big learnings of this jam to take it easy on flashing lights (a youtube even recommended to place a warning for flashing lights, that I added later).
The mouse sensitivity was really lack of programming knowledge :/ The way I knew how to do it, it wasn't picking up the mouse sensitivity of the system so I thought it could be a problem, so it's noted for next time. I hope you could at least enjoy the parts you could play!
We got really excited about this game (me and my teammate) and are even thinking about taking all the feedback from the jam and try to make this a commercial product :D
Thank you so much for your honest feedback, and if there's something that you would like to have seen or was missing, please let us know!
Hey that's super though, like no matter what, the important thing is you did something and even got it to work. Also good to hear you've gotten feedback already and learned new things. Like the flashing light is something you can just not realize yourself, and mouse sensitivity is so personal for every person, almost all games have too low sensitivity for me by default lol.
Like I definitely recommend continuing developing always, game jams offer like invaluable feedback and game testers so it's good to make full use of that! So good for you guys, happy to hear you have been taking the feedback in earnest and it has inspired you further.
I liked the game! Very interesting idea for gameplay and very stylish visuals! I also liked the voice acting of the plague doctor's dialogues. I wonder what language it is?
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Piecefull MonstersThe game is great! The singing horrified me and the style is great! At first I didn't know what to do cuz it was pitch black, but then I saw instructions on the game's page xD.
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HomeInvade(Game jam version)I loved the horror concept of your game. The black-and-white noir style is unique and adds a lot to the atmosphere. You did an excellent job, and I enjoyed every aspect of it!
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TheTruthLiesGreat game! I really enjoyed the ambience and it’s got a fantastic aesthetic style. The sound and effects were also excellent at enhancing the experience. Amazing job in 1 week and thank you so much for making this and sharing it!
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Back to Toad's HeadNice game. Visually looks cool, but the effects are too intense. I still don't understand why it made a roguelike. There is no buffs between the levels. The levels just differ in the arrangement of the rooms. Maybe something will appear later, but I got stuck on level 3. I couldn't find another card. There is also a bug when the ghost gets stuck in the passage and you just can't get through without taking damage. The jump feels broken, the character jumps too high and as it will be, jumping is not needed at all in this game.
The idea is interesting, I think if you develop it and fix the shortcomings, it will be cool.
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Unholy exorcismThank you for the honest feedback!
The roguelike aspect of it is the procedural generation + upgrades, but I totally agree that there aren't upgrades enough.
Originally the vision was to have different types of upgrades per type of card, the procedural generation turned out really difficult and took a good chunk of the time.
Might just discard the jump as well! This FPController was based on the unity template and I had to fix a lot of things in it (it's based on cinemachine 2 and when I upgraded to 3 it all broke haha)
As a player, I don't have much experience with roguelikes so I'm 100% sure I wasn't accurate following the style and used it as inspiration, trying to fit the descriptions about what I found a roguelike looks like. Would be interested in knowing more about the genre to make a better roguelike in the future!
The noir-style visuals and detailed apartment setup were great touches, with a fun robot addition and an eerie atmosphere heightened by whispering monsters. I enjoyed the card and flashlight mechanics, especially how monsters could only be seen in the flashlight beam, adding mystique. The randomized layout and expanding locations kept things interesting, though I felt the AI could be more responsive, as the monster wasn’t affected by light or sound. Doors were sometimes tricky to open due to hitbox sensitivity, and the rapid text made it easy to miss key messages. Overall, a cool blend of horror and roguelike elements—thanks for the experience!
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Horror Truck SimulatorThis is not like scares me or something (because my scary intolerance maybe), but I'm really proud to say, this is the best game on the jam. The aesthetics, sound, and gameplay. I play this game for about ~30 minutes, the most time for a game I play on this jam. I really love it, and your team deserve more recognition, cuz it's really really a good game to made in 1 week.
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DELIVERY MYSTERYBeautiful game, so impressive, so well put together, does not feel like a jam game at all. Great job, congrats!
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Curses and KnightmaresThe art style of the game are really cool, and so the voice over of the Plague Doctor. The Game loop that gives you more health through the cards is very interesting. The exploration bit can be frustrating, due to the ghosts pattern, but also it is the point of levelling up to get more health to be able to brute force past them. The flashlights were a bit too much for me, I would need an option to tune them down.
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Mister Jack - ScreamJam2024To be honest in Unity is always a gambling when you use the 3D Lights to understand how strong they are going to be. :)
I mean the movement patterns of the ghosy. Most of the time I experienced them staying very close to the same spot instead of moving around, so when they appear on doors or hallway I had no choice but to run into them to get to the other side.
Did you use a NavMesh agent for their movements?
Yes, that's what I used for navigation! It was a little tricky because with procedural generation, I had to bake the navigation at runtime, but it worked in the end!
Also was first time releasing something that used navmesh agents, so I think the navigation area was to wide and to close to the walls after I saw it completed, but didn't remember to change that!
Was a bit confusing at first just trying to figure out exactly what to do, but once I figured out the flash light that made things a lot easier! Haha, I really enjoy the art style you chose and the story line was really intriguing! Definitely not an easy game by any means
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VoidedWarrantyThis game is really cool, I love the visuals and the concept is interesting! However, it is very confusing on what you are meant to do and very hard to see at times. I have really no clue what is killing me, my first guess was staying in one room for too long but it seems it might be something I'm bumping into? As others have said I don't have issues with epilepsy but the flashing lights are quite hard on the eyes and although I'm a very fast reader other players might have issues with reading the text in time. Also the 'multiple people speaking at once' bug came up in my playthrough too as another commenter said.
It is still impressive what you've got done in only seven days! I'd love to see more of this game after the jam.
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FerosystemaDefinitely one of the best and most intense games I have played so far. The artstyle look sooooo good and it gets pretty challenging. But I have a few minor things that I disliked , this is complaining at a high level, but does the cursor really have to be visible all the time? And the flashing lights when you get caught kinda hurt my eyes. Apart from this, absoloutly amazing. Did you really do that in just 7 days!?
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YOUhey man appreciate the review!
Yes it was done only in 7 days. In preparation for this jam I took a course on procedural generation that was a prize from a previous jam, that helped me a lot to know what to do in terms of coding.
Also, I used a lot of tools to help my flow, otherwise it would be impossible to deliver it during until deadline. Particularly cinemachine helped a lot with cutscenes and feel helps a lot with getting juiciness off the ground fast. Also made use of mixamo for animations and humanoid avatar (which reduced my animation time to near zero...). As a developer, always glad to have a chat about the technical aspect of it!
The mouse cursor... I didn't notice haha, can definitely be turned off!
Admit that the lights are a little strong! It was my first time going for such a complete game that some things are just new, like these special effects. It's definitely some good learning to put a warning on bright lights and go easier on them!
I really enjoyed this, though I couldn't get very far into it. I got super lost in the little houses and couldn't really tell what was killing me. Despite a lack of clear conveyance for some of the mechanics, the procedural generation of the environments was incredibly impressive, and the artistic direction was extremely unique. The sound design was very nice as well. All in all, the presentation of this game is very unique and stylized and it has a lot of potential. While the conveyance isn't great (it's hard to tell what to do or where to go. Sometimes it's so dark that it's difficult to tell where you are or what is going on) it's still an extremely unique game with a lot of replayability. I'll be taking more cracks at it in the future, for sure, since I like games with good replayability. Very well done, especially for such a small team (of two!). Definitely one of my favorite jam games so far.
-Hadal
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Hail of HexesThank you very much for the detailed review!
I'm really happy you enjoyed our work, at some point it felt like it was impossible to finish before the deadline.
About the dark, there's a flashlight with the right mouse click that I should have made more clear how to use it, it improves a lot the dark!
When designing the game one of the first topics we had was about the game being fun to replay. I find this particularly quite important and something rewarding for the payer :)
You have a good point about the goal being more clear. After playing other games from the jam, I couldn't help but noticing that some make a very good job at leaving the current goal always visible so the player knows what's going on.
All in all, I'm incredibly happy with the reception this game had, as a team of two it was incredibly hard to finish it with such ambition!
Is there a way to render a Unity game for playing in browser? Haven't tried to launch it on Linux.
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