| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment - How fun is the game overall? | #1 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Sound Design - Was that bump in the night the perfect SFX? | #1 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Use of Theme - Was the theme incorporated well? | #1 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Aesthetics - Does the game look great? | #1 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Halloween Spirit - Does it capture the spirit of Halloween? | #1 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #1 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
I loved this was good fun, Like shrimp said though I would have loved more :)
I was trying to see how you done the screen LED's and kept getting the "Too Close" message, Smashed it a few time with the sword too :)
Was the writing on the cardboard box off any significant? Choo-Choo, start, stop etc ? Had me rotating it in the light for a while to read what was there, I think its in the normal/bump map.
Great Job!
Beardo, you've done it again! a MASTER of voice acting.
Here comes the Good :
Some Shrimple Notes :
Beard, thank you for joining the jam. Your games are always so much fun to play. Between your humor and voice acting, it's always a wild and funny ride. Cheers and thank you!
Aww jeez, Shrimp, what thorough and thoughtful feedback! I'm truly honored.
Re: voice acting: you make me blush. One day I just decided to embrace the cringe and go for it. Too much time wasted with self doubt, caring too much about being embarrassed and perceived as cringe worthy. It is what it is and it makes me laugh, so hopefully it'll make somebody else laugh, too, even if it's at me instead of with me. This one was recorded all in one sitting, no retakes, at ~3am on the last day I had to work on it. Thankfully the script was fully written at that point to make that possible. I added Labels for the different sections in Audacity, so I could "Export Multiple" and split it at the labels. Super useful for batch processing. The reverb vibe covers a multitude of sins.
Re: television: primarily I used this free MIT licensed LED shader that says no credit is necessary, but I should probably add it to the page anyway.
https://github.com/llcheesell/LEDScreenShader
Re: size. I had to be hardcore about scope size. I had only five of the seven days to work on it, which is why I wrapped early and was the first submission. I am (along with most game jammers) horrible at over scoping, and I often don't finish my jam entries properly (including last year's "Premature Illumination"). Even so, I had originally wanted a plethora of funny survey questions, most of which wouldn't have had any generative AI involved, but when it came down to the deadline, I had to be cutthroat and stick with just three. Which really sells that late line "That's it. Told you it was brief." I also wanted a lot more interactable items to affect the flow, as others have indicated would've been nice.
Re: branching: yes I very much had this in my "Won't have" bucket pretty early on, even though I wanted it, because of scope. You're right that breaking the TV would've been its own unique ending. Best I could do in the time was incorporating unique responses to some of the answers given.
Thanks again for the amazing feedback and for the huge amount of work put in to host the jam. I had a blast getting my creep on. I had been looking forward to it for a long time. Shame it didn't get as much participation as everyone would've liked. Still, loads of fun.
The voice acting and script was top notch - it REALLY is masterful and far exceeds many published titles out there! Great job!
I always look forward to Beard or Die Jam games - you're never quite sure what you're going to get out of that head of his, but one thing for sure it'll be packed with self aware wit as sharp as a freshly polished razor.
I did enjoy the experience, however I also watched the trailer, which in a way, kind of spoilt it a bit because I knew what was coming (perhaps the trailer should've been a lot shorter and not contained a full run through...)
Superb scripting, and the voice acting is purely amazing and the overall idea was very entertaining.
I understand time is always tight on these things, but I think I would've preferred more interactions 'in the room' and more events happening. I see that a lot could be added to this, but the feel and pacing of it was definitely on point and the humour definitely hit!
Was it scary? Well... it was more creepy than horrifying I'd say, and I didn't feel like I was under much threat.
Overall, another VR masterpiece - I really enjoyed it and a memorable experience. I'm going to play it again in a minute. Great stuff!
Thanks! Yeah, slapdash AI art puts me off, too. We had even discussed how much is too much in the Shrimp discord prior to starting work and the overall feel I got was basically that it's salt, and you don't want to over-salt your food or it gets ruined. What I did here is semi-painstakingly generate it myself over several iterations over several hours, chose which one evokes the right evocative feels, and applied some Photoshop touchups. In other words I tried to put more work into it than merely shoving single-prompt trash into the game. The title screen in particular I actually did spend a good chunk of time with manual Photoshop work to get that the way I wanted, with the background and typography being my own work, not AI generated. Fair enough, though, that's why I included the in game admission of it being AI generated-- I totally understand it putting others off.
I do personally, even in other people's games, much prefer a deliberately choosy AI generated-to-specs image over a zero-talent MS Paint nightmare that evokes nothing but sympathy, which in my case was the alternative. I also totally planned on having way more questions than the three I ended up with, and those wouldn't have had any generative AI involved at all, which could've balanced out the too-much-salt problem. This isn't a rebuttal, it's a complex agreement. 😜
Thanks for playing and for the honest feedback; it's genuinely appreciated.
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