Where do I start?
First of all, anyone who sees this, play this game.
Excellent adaptation of the theme, genius writing and idea.
Exceptional things I loved:
- The writing....
- Attention to detail, the world changes as we advance in the game.
- Special sections.
Some points for improvement:
- Moving in and out from the Terminal sequence each time was a bit annoying, especially after admiring the start-up animation the first time.
- A bit of a "future" suggesting, maybe make the reporting system a bit more advanced like maybe you can choose not to report anyone (it would break the amazing story you delivered here for sure but just a future suggestion).
Cheers! I don't usually play this type of game, but you managed to include just enough 3D game elements other than the Terminal interaction, and your writing captivated me.
I can say it's the "Fullest" experience I had with a game jam submission until now.
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Thanks for the kind words and feedback, I had ideas of making the player fill out a form to report people, add details like name, age and what apartment they live in, (I made a map of the apartment building to visualise who lives in each apartment to keep consistency) but scrapped the idea early on as it would have meant a ton of extra work.
The whole thing of the apartment changing with each day was an idea I had close to the end of the jam so getting that added I feel really helped with the environmental story telling of the game.
And ye the terminal start up screen is quite long lol.