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A jam submission

Doctor FaustusView game page

Text from the prologue and Act 1 of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Submitted by Modern Aeon (@modernaeon) — 5 hours, 59 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
BEST GAME (General)#162.0162.286
SCARIEST GAME#181.3861.571
BEST THEME (Best Use of Theme)#181.5121.714

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Really nice concept. The UI functions are a nice touch. The characters are a delight to look at, and would be awesome to see with some more tiny frames and animations. The blue background is a bit of a harsh color for my eyes to look at and read. The prose is somewhat incomprehensible too, as was the times. It would be cool to see a tale like this re-imagined in a more understandable and modern dialogue. Personally, I'd love to see a Lovecraftian game similar to this :) Good job, best of luck in your VN pursuits.

Submitted(+1)

Doctor Faustus (and Faust interpretations in general) are one of those forever prescient kind of stories that toe the line of moral ambiguity and consequences. It's really cool to see it being presented in a visual novel form, especially in the original writing.  The text scroll speed didn't seem to do anything for me. I tried adjusting it and didn't notice a major difference.  It would be cool to see some more dynamic scenes here and there (the equivalent of CGs in a visual novel, I guess) just to break up things a little more here and there.

This should be an interesting little piece when it's all said and done.

HostSubmitted(+1)

Nice proof of concept! I'm not familiar with Marlowe's plays, so this was an interesting introduction. It's kind of reminiscent of retro educational software from maybe the early nineties or so. It's definitely a niche approach, but I don't think anyone is remotely doing anything like this. Good work!