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A jam submission

The world beyond Earth (prototype)View game page

A small adventure within a cave.
Submitted by Swordnix (@Swordnix) — 6 hours, 8 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Atmosphere#913.4673.467
Mental Engagement#1142.4672.467
Emotional Engagement#1202.3332.333
Overall#1202.6782.678
Lasting Impression#1242.6002.600
Characterization#1252.5332.533
Overall#1292.6672.667

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

I was enjoying the atmosphere, and the pixelart was very original. I didn't get very well what to do but exploration seems quite nice and gives tranquility. Music fits veeery nice. I wanted to shoot those rocks haha, maybe that's my being destructive.

Anyway, you managed to do a great thing in the short period of time so congratulations!

Submitted (1 edit)

This was really cool! The opening graphic and voiceover pulled me in, very simple but evocative pixel art with a fun descriptive narrative. I was really interested in the exploration after that, and had some fun navigating the passages until I moved out of the game area. Would love to see what you do with this one!

Developer

Thanks a lot😃

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting game, although it was a little difficult for me at first, but I still enjoy the process of exploring in the game, the game art style is very distinctive, nice job:)

Developer

thank you for your feedback! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the game, despite the initial difficulty. Exploring a new and challenging environment can indeed be a rewarding experience. I apreciate your kind words about the art style, and I'm glad it resonated with you.....:)

Submitted

Very atmospheric little exploring game. The game needs some more polish and content, but it has great potential. I like the pixelated background art. Good work!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much for your feedback I'm really glad you found the game atmospheric and enjoyed the exploration aspect....... Your comment about polish and content is duly noted. The pixelated background art was a deliberate choice to create a unique visual style, so I'm glad you liked it. stay tuned for future updates

Submitted

Great game, I agree with a person in the comments that the backgrounds during cutscenes were a tad off putting. But overall very cool look and feel. On the right side of the lower level there is a part where you can leave the map, so I was lost out there for a bit. I wish it was a bit more clear when I had found everything, and would have loved a way back up. Voice over was amazing as well, and the music was quite nice.

Developer

Thank you so much for playing the game and providing your feedback! I appreciate your comment about the backgrounds during cutscenes, and I'll take that into consideration for future improvements.

Submitted(+1)

You set up a nice atmosphere and the voice actress does a great job. I think I eventually ended up outside the map, as there was nothing in sight any more. I hope you keep adding more and more gameplay elements to it.

Developer

thanks for your time. We will improve

Submitted

You did really well at creating an atmosphere that compels the player to continue searching! It was cool finding the new lifeforms and recording them, reminded me a lot of Subnautica! Overall, it is a great starting place for a future game! I would love to see upgrades and dangers be incorporated into the exploration. I think I found the end of the map as well btw, because I just wandered into a large abyss and it was just empty 🤷‍♂️ Also, the cutscene backgrounds were confusing and I didn’t really know what I was looking at. THAT VOICE OVER THO 🤩 Great job on the game overall! You guys did really well :)

Developer

thanks, I'm working on improving the game🙂

Developer

Thanks for reviews. Please point out the flaws and bugs if you find any.

Submitted

A bit clunky but a cool idea.

Exploring was fun for a bit but was lacking payoff I thought.

I also missed the first couple of lines of dialogue since it was akwardly placed in the top right corner and super tiny. could be a resolution issue.

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks a lot for the feedback. You are right about the UI needing fixing. The game will be made better.

Submitted

Ok, it seems I got too deep, nothing to be found there. Please, use subs, when add voice acting, there are people (boo at them), who may play without sound. The art is nice, but the level design seems quite random at some point, and there's not much fun points: I'd rather get plenty of things explored faster, than drone around almost hopelessly. Overall, the concept is nice.

Developer(+1)

Thanks. Yes, the part about droning around with minimal interaction is not very fun. I'll take that into account while improving the game.👍

Submitted

nice game but there was a few issues, the music was great but kind of sad and repetitive, the arts were nice drawn but there were some textures wierdly placed and there were parts of the text that I was not able to read but that is still a really good entry from a beginner.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for your feedback. I will be improving the game based on it.🙂