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Very cool concept! The writing is good and shows a lot of promise for the choose-your-own-adventure type experience. The nightmare level as planned in the GDD is quite creative and is intriguing as a mechanic and plot device. I must admit, I find myself rather curious as to the source of the player’s nightmares and sleep disturbances for the people of the town. There’s a lot here that I find compelling; I could see myself playing through a completed version of this multiple times to see how the story develops based on differing choices. I look forward to seeing more of what you create in the future!

I like the art of the game and the GDD does a good job conveying what you had planned beyond the prototype. Looks like you got a lot of the systems in the game working well together and the gameplay is promising. Nice entry!

Nicely done. The jump scare was great. If that was a bad thing, Five Night’s at Freddy’s would’ve gone nowhere. Awesome atmosphere and tension building. I’d love to see more; the classified follow up missions mentioned in game would be fun to play through. Very cool and inspiring game; thanks for creating this.

Great atmosphere, sound choices, and the level design synced up really well with the overall feel of the game. The jumping obstacle course took a lot of attempts and was very frustrating, but I eventually managed to get past it. The red light/green light section was quite cool and I enjoyed it. Well done, especially for your first time using UE4+HTML5 export and going on vacation for part of the jam. Awesome entry!

Congratulations on your first gam jam entry! Really cool concept and quite an accomplishment for such a short amount of time; very creative. Once I started to pay closer attention to the mimicking mechanics, I managed to get a high score of 20. I felt like the low jump height was holding the gameplay back, but that’s something easily balanced and I bet this wouldn’t have been an issue with a little more time. I really enjoyed the spell variety and the artwork for the main characters is awesome. Great entry; I’m looking forward to seeing more of what you create!

Cool concept and I especially enjoyed the title and ending artwork. I can see how this could quickly be iterated on and there’s a lot of room for an entertaining story. Something about the worried look on the hooded alchemist’s face in the title art is amusing and makes me want to know more. Nice entry; I’m looking forward to seeing more of what you create in the future!

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the charged attack; I want to eventually add a lot more to it, especially knockback and some environmental effects. The map was never intended to be small as it is in the prototype, I just had to focus on getting as many features into the game as I could amidst a lot of life adversity during the game jam and I ran out of time before I could really do any level building. Thanks for playing and the feedback!

I thoroughly enjoyed this game; it evokes Little Shop of Horrors, Full Metal Alchemist, and Cultist Simulator in an awesome, creative package. Great music and artwork and the mechanics are quite amusing. Really great entry!

I love a good escape room puzzle, especially in a Lovecraft inspired setting. This was an enjoyable experience and I hope I get a chance to try the ritual part of the game you have planned. I’m looking forward to seeing more of what you create in the future.

That was fun! Interesting mechanic that quickly became compelling to try and use the least amount of ghosts for each level. One can see how this could be readily iterated on and expanded. I could see myself replaying this multiple times as a full release. Great entry!

This is awesome! I really enjoyed the fast movement and the changing of the movement mechanics with the cauldrons. The music complements everything well. Unfortunately, the GDD isn’t accessible, so I couldn’t learn more. You’ve got a lot of potential as a developer; thanks for sharing this and please keep making games!

These things happen; no worries! Looks like you learned a lot in this game jam. The game looks cool; I look forward to playing it when you are able to upload.

I love the concept, especially the mental health struggles parallel as well as the magic orbs being likened to addiction. Some small changes like increasing the ground friction and keeping the jump height consistent would benefit the gameplay in my opinion. Great artwork and the sound effects added to the atmosphere well. Really cool entry; I look forward to seeing more of what you make!

Cool concept! It took a few tries, but I was able to get all 3 ingredients and then mix the potion with only a tiny mote of light left. Congrats on submitting for the game jam and I look forward to what you’ll make in the future!

Cool game! I think a block/parrying addition could possibly make the combat feel even better. I enjoyed the overall theme interpretation and the sound/music choices work well. Great entry!

I had fun making that character styled after Black Mage from 8-bit Theater / Final Fantasy; I’m delighted you noticed. I always thought it would be fun to control a character in a game that could cast a massively overpowered “HADOKEN” like in 8-bit Theater. Thanks for playing and the feedback!

It’s funny, that was the initial response I had to that bug being posted. lol “Totally a feature” Though not intended at this point in the coding, the upgrading of fire rate, among other things, is supposed to eventually be part of the game. This bug occurs because of a last minute code change to fix a different issue. I must admit, I did not expect the amount of firepower either and it quickly became fun for me as well.

Thanks for playing and the feedback! …and yeah, totally a feature! lol

Thanks for the feedback! Those are the next bugs on the list. I worked on this solo and learned a lot in my first time using Gamemaker and Aseprite, though not everything is perfect yet. The game is significantly planned out further from the prototype in the GDD. Thanks for playing!

Thanks for playing and for the feedback! I was able to get 3 more versions up before the deadline, so there is a much newer build than the one you tried. The final version has player HP, a loss condition, and several last minute bug fixes. Please do give it another try if you get a chance! Thanks again!

Edit: Regarding the keyboard layout, unfortunately the HTML5 builds using GameMaker would not work with the Left-Shift key to cast, which led to the addition of “C”-to-cast for those that don’t have a middle mouse button.

Thank you for playing! Glad you were able to get through it! Great suggestions, those things were the next implementation I was going to do before I ran out of time. I have already made a version that includes v-sync, resolution, fullscreen/windowed/both, and graphics quality options available here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AlWZ1p-G899bg5MvDwyBX5EKi50rYQ?e=6UoZmw I’ll fully update to that version once the voting period ends. Thanks again; I’m really glad you had fun!

Thanks for playing and the feedback! The puzzle details follow:

Great entry! Quite an extensive devlog; very well made. Thanks for sharing this!

It was really cool watching this come together on stream. I like the style of the game and the implementation of the theme was entertaining and clever. Thanks for sharing your skills and the results of your efforts with us and thank you for the encouragement, the streams, and hosting LYAGJ!

After getting the pack file and trying this, it's clear you learned a lot and have gotten past the initial hurdles of making a game in Godot; well done! Thanks for sharing your development experience, your insights while learning Godot, and the wise words to take breaks and not feel guilty or pressured badly about it when one is having trouble making progress. 

I wasn't able to try this in VR, but I enjoyed reading about your development experience and I'm impressed you were able to pull off a VR game in just 5 days! I love the mine cart ride concept; thanks for sharing this with us!

Super stylish game! I don't think I've seen anything quite like this! The character and enemies reminded me somewhat of Rez, which is always really cool. You reminded me of the importance of the GDD and inspired me to focus more on that in the next game jam. I did get a smile out of playing this game; thanks for making it and congratulations on finishing your first game jam so successfully!

Cool beginning to a survivors-like game! Looks like you learned a lot and made great progress on your curriculum. Thanks for sharing your experience and the results of your efforts!

Great showcase of what you can do quickly with Godot! Thanks for sharing the video tutorial, I'll be referencing it when I learn that engine. Great entry; very educational!

Fun game! I especially enjoyed the art and music. Thanks for sharing your development experience; it reminded me to set up Git and a few other tools before the start of the next game jam and to get into the learning zone with a nice cup of coffee. Looks like you learned a lot throughout this jam. Great entry!

Great job for having never coded and finishing this in two days! I enjoyed the humor in the game and the devlog. Thanks for sharing this!

It looks like you learned a lot during this jam, especially about working with a team on a game. Thanks for sharing your development experience and the results of your efforts!

Sorry to hear that life hit hard during your making of this, I hope things are improving for you there. The result is still really cool and a complete game, if missing some of what you intended. I did enjoy the way battle was done and it was a solid way to implement the theme. Thanks for sharing this!

Entertaining game; I laughed at the descriptions of the upgrades. The launch was cool and I enjoyed this, especially having only seen and never played a game similar to this before. Good entry; thanks for sharing the results of your efforts!

Loved the art; it would be fun to see where the shared inventory mechanic goes if you choose to develop this further. Cool idea; thanks for sharing this!

This was stylish and fun! Reminds me of good times playing flash games. Great entry!

This was cool! The art and animation for the gunslinger was solid and this was a fun entry to the game jam! Thanks for sharing the results of your efforts!

I liked the style of this game; the music and art are great and it would be really cool to see this developed further if you all have any intentions of doing so. In any case, thank you for sharing this fun game jam entry!

Fun gameplay! Reminded me of playing Privateer2 with a mouse and keyboard long ago. Great entry!

This was a cool take on the game jam theme. Really enjoyed the music and sound effects as well as the gameplay that I could see evolving as your ship gets repaired and upgraded. Looking forward to more of this!