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A jam submission

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StayCloseSyntyJamGame
Submitted by Luuuust — 9 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
How well the theme was used#43.8504.083
Creativity#93.4573.667
Overall#103.3593.563
Originality#133.3783.583
Functionality#172.7502.917

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

I love the switch from top down to sidescroller when in the bunker and in the city. I also love the VFX when a building obstructs you allowing you to literally see through it to your player. The inventory system is solid however the movement I was not a fan of at all. I also got momentarily confused because the inventory key is "I" but when I opened the zombie vendor's inventory with 'E', I could only get out of it by pressing the "I" key again which is very simple but caused me to get stuck for a good 30 seconds lol. Visuals are nice and zombie sounds are great! I love the mechanic with your zombie just he can be very sluggish making navigating the environment safely a task. In the time I played I only found 1 lootable container and I wasn't able to enter many buildings (If the entry was on a side of a building that wasn't camera-facing, this could be why I wasn't able to enter many buildings as I wasn't able to figure out where the entrances were). A very solid entry I liked the atmosphere a lot!

Submitted(+1)

The top down perspective paired with the bunker works good together. The Idea with the zombie companion is nice. 

Good Work!

Developer(+1)

Thanks dude :) 

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, I liked the idea of having the zombie with you to travel around safe

Developer

Thanks dude! I am happy you liked the game :) 

Submitted

I liked the idea of the game but the bugs in the UI ruined the experience. It's a type of game I'd really like to play again when it's more stable.

Developer

Hi! Thanks for the feedback :) 

Could you tell me more about the UI bug you encounter? There is a bug when you die from starvation or lack of water where the stats are not reset after respawn, is that what you are talking about? 

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I can only see the upper left corner of the gamescreen.. you can take a look here: 

https://ibb.co/t293LrK

https://ibb.co/3syxyPg

https://ibb.co/g4yvpLg

my screen resolution is 1920x1080

Developer

Wtf! You are the first one to report this kind of problem! This is really weird! Sorry for the inconvenience 

Developer

Oh! wait! on your second screenshot I can see that the game run at 1024x768. Have you tried to put the settings up to 1080p? 

Submitted (1 edit)

No, I tried to decrease the resolution but I couldn't because the button to save changes doesn't appear lol

Submitted(+1)

This looks awesome. The controls are a bit odd with the mouse turning. The UI needs some improvement but overall works ok. It's cool seeing different packs combined this way though!

Good Job!

Developer(+1)

I am glad you like it :) 

There are a lot of things I didn't had time to work on as much as I wanted like UI. 

For control it is the result of adding features over time, it messes with my original plan for control :) 

Submitted(+1)

I LOVE topdown games!! I thought this was a really cool concept and I can tell you have more plans to take this further... I hope you do!

Developer

I am glad you liked it :) 

I think I have a good idea going on in this game, I am taking few days off to think if I should push the concept farther or not :) 

Submitted(+1)

Pretty cool idea, however the UI seems to just get stuck sometimes, and once you die without any food in your inventory it's just a cycle of dying over and over.

The idea of having a zombie accompany you to keep you safe is pretty good and on point for the theme of this JAM.

Developer(+1)

Damn I thought I had fixed fix bug! 

Thanks for the feedback :) I hope you had some fun too :) 

(+1)

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