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VimJam 2: Boss [8 Bits to Infinity]

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A jam submission

E-Liminal-ators: The PoolView game page

A horror game that captures the feeling of traversing a liminal space.
Submitted by Ironsilk Games (@ironsilk_games) — 37 minutes, 58 seconds before the deadline
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E-Liminal-ators: The Pool's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Music/Sound#1742.7493.286
Graphics/Animation#2022.8693.429
Overall#2262.5823.086
Technical Implementation#2302.3902.857
Theme/Limitation#2342.5103.000
Fun/Design#2462.3902.857

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game apply the limitation (and optionally, the theme)?
In the game, you speak on the radio to your boss, who assures you that everything is okay. For the theme, we used two interpretations. We want the players to feel on edge, as in anxious, and the use of liminal space sets the game on the edge of reality and perception.

Team Size

Quartet (4)

What main engine/tool/language did you use to construct the game?
Unity

Which diversifiers did you use, if any?
None

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SpyPuppetSubmitted3 years ago

The atmosphere on this one is incredible.

I felt lost and couldn't really finish, maybe keeping the doors open would immediately help with that.

Other minor thing is that the light gets too bright when you're close to objects, so going from a dark game to a bright circular light kinda strains the eye.

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Workers
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Ironsilk GamesDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you! The atmosphere was a big push for us. And that's interesting, we didn't notice that light issue, but we'll take a look at it in v2!

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NICE WORK ON THIS DEV

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L. PocketShadowSubmitted3 years ago

Sound, graphics, and overall atmosphere is really amazing!

My only gripe so far is the high mouse sensitivity.

Great job guys!

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Vs. Whisker
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Ironsilk GamesDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you, that means a lot! We're planning on adding a lot of settings in v2, so hopefully that will be more manageable. Very glad you enjoyed the atmosphere!

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MightyJorSubmitted3 years ago

Super cool game! The ambience for this was spot on with a really unique horror setting. I think I've been around pools at night time in the past and can confirm there is usually something there that wants to kill you. The tasks were a little boring and hard to find, but I totally get that's part of the game, reminiscent of something like Slenderman. Overall great job here! 

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Jumpin' Jac Dash
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Ironsilk GamesDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much! We're so glad to hear the ambience felt right to you, that's really important. Making the tasks more engaging is something we were planning on implementing in v2 after the jam, so we'd love to see what you think once that's finished!

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ENDOBLANCESubmitted3 years ago

WOW!

This needs so much more attention! The sound design is awesome! Even the radio echoes from the walls.

And I don't know if it was intentional but while holding the flashlight it almost seems scarier as no one is talking to you so that's also a very neat game mechanic.

Very good job, very solid entry!

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Five Nights at Freddy's NES
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Ironsilk GamesDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

That's high praise, thank you! Our sound designer really excels in 3d spaces, I'll be sure to let him know it paid off! And I'm so glad you thought so, we really liked the isolating feeling it gave you. Thank you for the feedback!

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