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A jam submission

Hatchet JobView game page

A journalist interviews a convicted serial killer.
Submitted by alexistyping — 2 hours, 34 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#24.0834.083
Overall Enjoyment#33.6673.667
Audio#43.3333.333
Overall#73.2503.250
Gameplay#92.9172.917
Use of Theme#93.1673.167
Visuals#132.3332.333

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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I found myself getting more and more engaged as I kept on reading! The story was intriguing and the atmosphere was really well done. Even though it was daylight while I was playing it, I still found myself looking around for anything in the shadows by the time I finished it. 

If anything, I wish there were a little more visuals, or another way to go to the next line without clicking on a specific word. I say this because the completionist in me wanted to go back and choose different options and see if the ending changed, but it was slower to go through everything bc of this reason. But that's just a nitpick, and goes to show how much more I wanted to find out bc I enjoyed it.  ;) 

Submitted

Neat game - different - I see nanoreno just started. Maybe you can add and submit for that - well done

I became increasingly more engaged as the narrative progressed. The difference in philosophies between our protagonist and the mysterious creature was both fascinating and unsettling. Lots of creativity on display here!  I would love to see this fleshed out into something larger!

With such little dev time, fleshing out branching paths was likely going to be limited, which is understandable - but I would have preferred more active participation from the player.

Awesome work!

Submitted

This was very well written and the atmosphere was nice. The only major flaw is the lack of visuals. Although, clicking on words for me was new and interesting at the time.

Submitted(+1)

Played through it, lost interest. Not a slight on the game but I just don't like text-based story games. I would have liked some images to engage me in the story.

Submitted

Probably the most unique game here! The calm horror-like atmosphere and deep text-based storytelling was a breath of fresh air. Anyway, I told him my name was Bitch and it helped lighten the mood XD

Submitted

Wow I didn't expect something like this! I played Inscryption recently and this felt like it had a similar vibe, but the fact that there were few visuals meant that my imagination filled in the gaps 😵 Really wonderful atmosphere building

I lost I think, is ok, story was kind of good.