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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How would you rate this game? | #14 | 3.220 | 3.364 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Who is on your team or helped with your game?
Lewis 'Malrat' Deane - Some modelling and texture work
Connor 'Worset' Deane - Everything else
Developed using Unreal Engine 5
Sound effects sourced from freesound.org, licensed under Creative Commons 0
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First and foremost, I want to say this, MAD RESPECT on you for taking the initiative to create and put something out into the world!
Before I dive into my critique, let me emphasize this: Continue creating and learning from every experience. With that commitment, you're on the path to crafting something truly exceptional. I have no doubt that you have what it takes.
+++ Positives +++
+ The Visuals: I love the visuals! They perfectly capture the vibe of those old hotels from the '80s that never got renovated—like stepping into a time capsule. You've nailed that nostalgic, slightly eerie atmosphere that feels both familiar and unsettling+
+ The Environment: The environment is isolating and somewhat claustrophobic. It is as if people occupied the rooms but just disappeared; all you see are the messy bedsheets and trash. I love the normality of the environment and chores. It feels unsettling that there is something sinister underneath the normality.
+ The Sound: the humming, if that isn't the hotel experience, I don't know what is!
+ The Health bar: Using cracks on the screen to represent health was very original
--- Areas for Improvement ---
- The Monster: I will assume you didn't do enough to create a monster because the monster isn't great; it is placeholder characters from Unity. There is so much opportunity. I know you can make it terrifying!
- Lack of Story or Lore: The premise you've created is can an amazing vehicle for rich story-building. Each room can have notes, what is the hotel and the strange occurrence.
- The Jumpscare: Doors slamming your face, the TV turning off, they are great initially but overused.
- Door glitch: When you have completed everything in the room, and the ghost slams the door in your face, you should check the mark for completing the room.
- Action glitch: Sometimes you do one of the cleaning actions, you get the loading bar, and it completes, but nothing happens.
Final Thoughts:
If you address these points, you'll have something truly special on your hands!
Rating: 3.9/5
I hope this helps! Keep up the great work!
Cool concept (always like to see games repping ordinary service workers). I love how the glitchy effect allows you to see the entity through walls, it's very unnerving.
But by God, is the game buggy. The player character has an uncontrollable urge to scale any object that is below their knee level, at which point they start sliding around as if the floor was ice. Which is especially annoying, given there are some bumps and ridges on your cleaning cart which trigger this. Also, for me, this game runs at around 20fps, despite having the visual fidelity of something you'd see on Roblox.
Regarding the gameplay itself, the only minor complaint I have is that replacing the linen on a bed doesn't give any immediate visual feedback. I stood around, trying to replace the linen 6 or 7 times because the bed still looked messy; I thought the feature was broken. When I finally went back to the cart and put away the dirty linen, only then the bed suddenly became clean. Really confusing.
Regardless, a fine game!
Hi, genuinely thank you for checking out my little experiment! I understand how frustrating the bugs are that you (and some other players) have mentioned, and I apologize for that, but you might be happy to know that I've already finished most of the work on Version 1.2 which should fix most, if not all of the outstanding issues I couldn't fix before the deadline hit!
Always love cleaning and horror. Would love to see a more in depth and polished version one day! Somehow got stuck staring at a wall for the ending and missed what happend.
Congrats on finishing your first game!!! Feels good doesn't it!