OMG where to start, i spent like 2 hours playing this game. I killed the penultimate patient though T.T Was really convinced they ate the poisoned ox meat but apparently not? Anway let's move onto the review:
- Use of Theme - 5
- You can't get a better use of the theme than this imo. It goes very well along the intended interpretation by the Game Jam host.
- Gameplay - 4
- I think depending on the person this game can be either very engaging (for someone like me) nor very boring for someone with a low attention span or is a lazy reader. I spent so much time reading through all the files and making connecting charts to figure out who knew who and where they were. It was so much fun! The only issues were some typos here and there, some dates that made no sense, like the date of birth would be after the date of admission, and the missing files mentioned in the game page. But all of those can be overlooked and they didn't ruin the experince one bit. Seriously a really good experince.
- Creativity - 5
- Can i give a 10/5? Seriously how can you come up with this whole detailed story within a month? It was so immersive and well thought out, the plot twists made me gasp out loud ahahah. Seriously congratulations on the writing, if it wasn't good i wouldn't have finished it.
- Art - 4
- The art of the game consists of an just an UI but it complements the game perfectly. I would change some of the icons to something a little bit more alusive to what they represent but other than that i really enjoyed it.
- Sound - 4
- There was only a bgm and a typing sound (that i remember). They did the job, the bgm was a bit annoying after an hour though xdd. I would have loved something like a voice recording just for variance but i understand that with just a month to develop it would be maybe too ambitious.
I hope you expand this game into something bigger because i'm invested in the story now ahaha.
P.S. i hated how conveniently some key information was always corrupted ahahaha.