Post by PixelMetalWolf in Scared of the Dark jam comments

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For a first game, it has quite some good ideas !

I really like the atmosphere and your use of lighting it really conveys the tension of being lost in a dark place not knowing what could come after you, the breathing mechanics are quite an original idea and well implemented with the theme.

Just one small isue to point out, your game's window seems to be a bit cropped on the page for the HTML version.

Other than that it's a solid entry with some good ideas, i feel only lacking a bit of polish for the character movement which seems a bit too fast if i had to nitpick but it's not that big of a deal.

Well done :)

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JackMcG3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad the breathing mechanics added to the atmosphere, I did feel like it might be a bit frustrating to have to stop and breathe every now and then so that's good to hear.

I noticed the window size too, I wasn't sure how to set up the window size properly when I uploaded the project, so it's definitely something to fix in the next jam.

I definitely agree that movement is a bit too quick – the idea was to have the player's movement speed change with the heart rate (the lower BPM = slower movement, higher BPM = faster movement) to help give the player the same sense of anxiety and panic the character would be feeling, but I think this definitely could have been clearer.

Thanks for checking it out :)

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PixelMetalWolf3 years ago

No problem :)

i think window size you can adjust on your itch.io project page where you can set a manual size.

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