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A jam submission

As We Grow OlderView game page

A game about music and remembering
Submitted by Pat Farnach (@PFarnach), Chamisa (@chamisakellart) — 5 minutes, 36 seconds before the deadline
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Submitted(+2)

Wow, really wonderful. The music is really beautiful, and I love the illustration. I think my favorite part was having to listen and have my ears guide me with the stereo effect, that was a really fun way to play. And a perfect length for the story too. Great job!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Wow. I agree with what everyone else was saying, but one of the things that I want to mention is, this is exactly the kind of scope I’d like to have for a jam project, but often struggle to achieve. A simple design in itself, that’s fun to play but is still a fully realised game, with the audio, visuals, story and mood to match.

So, like Yori said - a perfect little game. Congrats!

PS. At least in the Mac build, some of the lower bubble text was obscured, and I couldn’t find a way to scroll it.

Developer

Thanks! And I'll check out the bubble text issue. Do you happen to know the resolution/aspect ratio of your monitor?

Submitted(+1)

Great! Resolution is 1440x900

Submitted(+1)

I know this is "music first" but, my gosh, that art... I'm swooning!! I also really loved the way the audio is mixed to dampen when inside the bottle/pocket; I would have liked to use a similar effect in our project but circumstances kept us from implementing such.

Developer

Thanks! The music-in-the-bottle effect is a low pass filter setup in FMOD and controlled through a variable, so overall not as much work as I was expecting at first. And the artist is my partner, Chamisa Kellogg. I recommend checking out her other stuff, it's all great in my very biased opinion 😉

Submitted(+1)

Fantastic, the art is wonderful! It seems like you and your team knew exactly what you wanted to accomplish. Doesn't feel like anything was left unfinished. The concept of a music bug makes me smile!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I had been kicking around the idea of music helping people in cognitive decline for a while and the pieces just fell into place for the jam :)

Submitted(+1)

I've heard some outstanding things about music therapy for people with dementia. Pretty inspiring topic to explore!

Submitted(+1)

Love it!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

So good! Just a perfect little game. Every tiny bit of it was enjoyable.

Developer

Thanks Yori!