Interesting and challenging game. The writing was great and it drew me in enough to want most of the endings. Great job!
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Lord Of The Vail's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #7 | 4.077 | 4.077 |
| Aesthetics | #31 | 4.308 | 4.308 |
| Sound Design | #112 | 3.308 | 3.308 |
| Enjoyment (Best Game) | #133 | 3.154 | 3.154 |
| Horror | #153 | 2.846 | 2.846 |
Ranked from 13 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?
UnityEngine
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Thanks for the feedback! Yeah i agree the UI does need a bit of work. The idea was to make something similar to WOH, where you would have dedicated areas for the text to appear, but I didn't have time. About the window: there are monsters/neighbors that spawn there, and you have to find them. If you don’t scare them away by spending a bullet, they will attack your window and then hide. After three hits, you lose. I think maybe the tutorial wasn’t clear enough. Btw i might add a way to move around using the mouse after the game jam, so it mouse only. But thanks again for giving it a shot and for the feedback!
Man, that sucks to hear. The idea was to create something like a work simulator or a FNAF game, where you’d have to balance your time between completing daily tasks and handling threats in the office. In retrospect, I can see how it could be confusing—you’re not the first to mention this issue
. I actually thought about changing the mechanics during the game jam. I was considering a chance-based mechanic where, after finishing a report, there would be about a 33% chance for a monster to spawn. If it wasn’t scared away before you opened the next report, it would attack your window. This way, you could take your time reading the report but still have to manage your ammo while dealing with a threat in the office. But didn't have time to implement as it as it was a solo project and i was working on zero hour sleep at the time lol.
About the buggs you had some insanely bad luck!, and some bugs, such as the layering of the ending scene and the fullscreen problem. I think you just left when a neighbor spawned. There’s about a 1.5 to 2-minute delay before the neighbor attacks, and a 1.5 to 3-minute timer before it can spawn, which gives you some time to read a report and check the windows. Some of the neighbors can aslo be kinda sneaky.
And a tip, you can fast-forward any text in the game by clicking on it,. And you can type in the code by clicking on the buttons under the numbers.
I’m really sad to see these issues hinder you from enjoying of my game. I have now added a clearer explanation of the mechanics on the itch page. I think ill work on fixing the kinks after the game jam is over. But thanks a ton for giving my game a shot and great stream btw!
Imagine you want to read a book with one hundred pages. If the font is pixelated too much (has a low resolution), or creates a bad contrast with the background, the book will be hard to read. For example, on the first screenshot of your game, if there was a dark transparent rectangle behind the text, it would have been much easier to read. There are guidelines, which UI designers, web developers and typesetters use. You can achieve a lot simply by choosing a good font (family, size, color), and making a good layout of the text. One of the best illustrated books I've read on this topic is Refactoring UI, by Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan (2018-2019).
56 days ago(+1)
Oh, right. Because of the time constraint, I didn’t have time to add the background. I was supposed to include something similar to the UI used in World of Horror with a high contrast background. The typeface Corvid Conspiracy uses anti-aliasing, which can become harder to read on a bigger screen or when viewed up close. It was supposed to resemble text typed out on an old typewriter from the '70s to add a bit of flavor, but I probably should have used a different font or provided an alternative. The book sounds interesting, I’ll check it out!
57 days ago(+1)
Thanks, man! By the way, I tried your game and really enjoyed it. It was really cool that you actually had a map with icons and stuff, a really cool way to handle the menu. Sadly, my game crashed just as I was about to get the cabin key. Bonus points for the frat bro.
Dang that really sucks. It might be because I included a text file in the same folder as the Unity project. I removed it in the latest patch, hope it fixes it. But thanks for giving it a shot! By the way, I tried the game Asylum, and I really enjoyed it, especially the cool monster designs with that wobbly effect. But, I think I might have encountered a bug, I don't get any sound while trying to play it in the browser. thx again.
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