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Sophomore Slump's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Use of songs | #6 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Overall | #10 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Overall Goodness | #12 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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"The Group Who Couldn't Say" by Grandaddy
Content Warning
Brief mention of suicide, general air of depression and dread
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A good exploration of a band that seems to be on the verge of breaking up.
I thought that this was really poignant and made great use of the song.
Thank you!!
Short and sweet (?), I got to play it twice before the song ended. Like ferkung, I was pleasantly surprised to end up with a completely different conversation second time around, and yet both work as small, sad, warm moments. I like that; it makes me think about these moments in real life, all the topics left hanging in the air. I like the song too.
Thank you! Glad you played it multiple times as well.
This was the rare game that I look for other endings for. My first run was short, unsatisfying, and maudlin -- I felt trapped by not being able to find the right things to say, and it felt like all the answers were going to lead the same place of unresolved tension.
I am ecstatic that I backtracked and went another direction to find the different branches and two or three other endings. The experience went from one of "oh, well that was successful on its own terms" to something that gave a LOT more flexibility in the dialogue tree and opportunities for both characters to open up.
Using just one song and plumbing those depths was really strong as well.
Wow, thank you for taking the time to look through the different routes of the game! That means a lot to me.