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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Scariness... | #2 | 4.800 | 4.800 |
| Monsterous! | #4 | 4.700 | 4.700 |
| Overall | #8 | 4.360 | 4.360 |
| Fun | #23 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Halloweeny? | #34 | 4.300 | 4.300 |
| Candy!! | #48 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Log Line
Pollyanna just killed a man, and her night is about to get worse.
Content Warnings
Violence and gore, murder, body horror, mentions of abuse and sex work.
Team Members
Writing and Art - Zorina/Zoe Coughlin
Music - White Bat Audio @ Youtube
Sound - freesound.org
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I played this when there were like, 4 submissions, and I just realized I forgot to comment! The desert is one of my favorite settings for horror so this was great (Reminded me a bit of It Stains The Sands Red). And of course the art looks amazing as has been said, it all sets the mood great
Gorgeous, gorgeous artwork. The backgrounds in particular are detailed and really nice looking. And Pollyanna (what a name!) has a very rich voice that made the prose a pleasure to read. I thought the sound design was the weak point (specifically, different lines often cut abruptly from one track to a very different track without a fade), but I would never hold that against a solo dev.
This was a really fun game to play through! The idea of the horror changing depending on your choices was very well done, as well as telling a cosmic horror story in an interesting and unique manner. I loved how different each scare was too! My personal favourite was choosing to continue driving and the aftermath of that choice. I'm not normally one for bleak and sad stories, but I'd happily make an exception for this game :>
This is very much my cup of tea, hehe. I'm an absolute sucker for bad endings and bleak atmospheres, and boy did this deliver on both counts!
I managed to get all of the endings :3 It did take me a little while to figure out how to access the ability to save (I eventually found it with my mouse wheel click rather than escape cos I didn't read your comment reply here until just now >.< I found skip first on the S key, and then just pressed everything else until the menu popped up :3) But yeah, once I got that figured out, I was off exploring all the options :D
I don't want to say any sort of spoilers, but I will say that I think my favourite endings wound up being the one with the same title as the game and maybe tied with the Stalking Corpse one. Sorry if I'm getting the name wrong there >.< That was the first one I got, and I didn't think to make notes.
Anyways, I love it :3 The art is gorgeous, the dark story is very much the sorta thing I'm into, and it's going straight on my recommendations list on here <3
The game is really good, I love the oppressing atmosphere and I have so many questions... Tho, I am really really missing the save/fastforward of renpy game, I wanted to try several ending but I couldn't find a way to advance faster. >/<
PS : The art is really pretty, I love the unique vibe of the sprite and background, good job really, I am always amazed by single person team!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And it does have a save/load system actually, pressing ESC will bring up the menu and there's an option for it there.
Ah! I am so used to renpy I didn't even think to try other buttons! When I finish to play the other entry I will see to make a third playthrough... Maybe this time I will get a "good"ending huh.