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Wow, this submission wins "best skybox" among all the games I've played so far!

In general it's always impressive when a game jam entry seems to have achieved a good basic loop, and this one has.  It's spoopy.  You can lose, you can win, you know what you have to do for each, etc.  A lot to do in a few days!

The game's overall concept was very ambitious and only partially realized, meaning there's some untapped potential left if development is continued after the jam.  Having a monster that employs hearing+sight is a fun trope of horror games, but it works because of the presence of certain other design choices like hiding places - in this game, line-of-sight-blocking terrain comes in small islands, so there's nowhere to meaningfully hide and you can afford to treat the creature as if it only has one sense.

The extreme darkness of the game *certainly* served its atmosphere (and enhanced that awesome skybox), but how little the flashlight affected it meant that the whole "creature sees flashlight" mechanic was of no importance to my play, I just left it off.  It also resulted in a sort of 'meta' way of playing in my personal case; rather than reasoning about where a bell might be on the map and looking for one, I started randomly wandering looking around for 2 white pixels horizontally aligned amid black.

Both of these issues could be solved by utilizing a brighter, smaller play area.  Players could see it well enough to learn it, and would need to because the creature would be "around" them much more of the time.  Meanwhile, with similar clutter in a smaller space, hiding becomes more viable.

Some of the real gems of this submission are in the details.  The menu is super good and everything's laid out clearly.  There are lots of options, and even instructions.  It's a short game, so you owe yourself giving this one a try!

(RIP Skye)

Thank you so much for taking the time for this long-winded feedback! Polish is extremely important to me with jams so I'm glad to hear it paid off. Happy you enjoyed it!

(And thank you for your well wishes for Skye)