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A jam submission

The Alignment ParadoxView game page

A mystery sci-fi point & click adventure
Submitted by MostlyDecentGames (@mostlydecentdev) — 1 hour, 49 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#34.0524.052
Mental Engagement#54.2294.229
Overall#54.1434.143
Characterization#64.1144.114
Emotional Engagement#93.7143.714
Lasting Impression#113.8573.857
Atmosphere#154.2574.257

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

This was really nice. Very old-school point & click with mostly not-too-challenging point & click puzzles. Very clean design, the pixel-art is very well done. The voice acting is really well done and very welcome. There are some slight technical problems (like a missing pick-up animation) and the ending feels a little abrupt. But I had a very good time in my lunch-break! I like that it was a clean, self-contained story that completely stands on its own legs.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I’m planning a few improvements for a post-jam version.

Submitted(+1)

I'm always a sucker for true point and click adventure games and yours fit the bill nicely. Like so many here, I'll say that I really liked having Luna in there. Very nicely done!

Developer

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed Luna’s company :)

Submitted(+1)

I really like this game. It was mysterious and engaging. I liked the use of the sidekick Luna in the game and all the puzzles. Really the kind of game I like to play in Adventure Jam. Nothing to say. Super solid entry. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Just about to finish playing yours :)

(+2)

Excellent game, really enjoyed playing it! Ending felt very sudden and I would have liked to see an epilogue or something, but you probably didn't have time for that in two weeks. Your game was my favourite from the stream.  I've found a new dev whose games I need to watch out for! 

Developer

Thank you! Yeah the ending was definitely too abrupt. I might work on that for a future update. Thanks for the stream, it was a lot of fun to watch.

Submitted(+1)

Excellent game! Really enjoyed the puzzles (the computer password had me stumped for a while but in a good way, felt great when I finally figured it out). The story was slightly predictable but I still enjoyed it. The voice acting was well done and the graphics are pretty nice too. Loved Luna! Wish I had such a compliant dog! 

Fantastic game overall, great job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I’m glad people are enjoying the satisfaction of figuring that puzzle out!

Submitted(+1)

Great game!  Love the canine companion, Luna.  Great puzzles and a nice twist!  The voice acting is top notch and really draws you into the game.  One of my favorites this year!

Developer

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

Submitted(+1)

Nice story and dialogue!  Impressive mechanism about dog fetching and sniffing. Got stuck for a while but overall experience was fantastic.

Developer

Thanks for playing! I’m glad you had fun with it.

Submitted(+1)

This game was awesome! I loved it. The music/mood was perfect. The puzzles were great (won’t spoil them here). I got stuck 3x and the game took me about 35m to complete. The writing ad story was great. The art was good. I liked Luna a lot. The voice acting was very well done and lifted the game a lot. I’m glad you added it.

Very very well done effort and enjoyable game.

Developer

Thanks, George. That means a lot. Really glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

This game is an extraordinarily complete package. The writing and voice acting are uniformly excellent. The soundtrack is great too. There's a bit of an equalization issue sometimes where the voices dip a bit too low below the music, but of course that's a small thing under the time constraint. (After all, my game doesn't have any sound at all, so who am I to talk? 😅) I think the graphics are really well-executed, and perfectly evoke the LucasArts era while still creating its own unique style. 

One suggestion I'd say is that the story needs some kind of denouement. I think many of Megan's lines during the climactic scene could be moved to take place after the action is over, so there's something players can do to 'come down' after the excitement of the ending, while getting answers about the world. And it would be nice if there was something to tie a ribbon on Luna's story as well. (Maybe she's Megan's dog who ran away?) 

Once again though, this game is very impressive, top to bottom, and I'd love to see you expand this universe further! 

I actually recorded my playthrough. If you want to see my impressions as I played, you can see it below (timestamp for your game in the description). Hope that can be useful! 

Developer(+1)

Nick, thank you so much for taking the time to record your playthrough and provide such detailed feedback. It’s the first time I’ve actually watched someone play it, so it’s really interesting to hear your thought process as you play. I’m glad you liked it overall, and all the suggestions you made were spot on. Some of it is down to time constraints, and some of it is just things I hadn’t considered, but it’s all really helpful. I’m planning to release an update at some point, so I’ll keep all of your feedback in mind as I work on a few improvements.

Thanks again! Dan

Submitted(+1)

The best game I've played in this jam so far!

Everything about this production is well polished and decent (pun intended :)

Has interesting plot and twist about AI alignment and the identity of the main character. Nice music and well polished text and art for the atmosphere build-up. The point & click mystery solving is a bit hard for me but the Atmo and story sure helped me stick to the end.

5/5 overall.

Developer

Wow, what a review! Thank you so much. I’m glad it was gripping enough to keep you motivated through the tricky puzzles :)

Submitted(+1)

One of my favorite point and click games of the jam so far.

The voice acting is excellent ,the puzzles are great, not too easy not too hard. Luna is the best partner! 

Overall, I spent a really good time playing it :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks, I really appreciate that! Looking forward to playing yours soon :)

Submitted(+1)

Congratulations :-) I really like it :-) - nice story, good graphics, and animations, intriguing sounds&voice over. I've just struggled with the computer password - but even that puzzle was more than fair.

Ah - your dog is too cute :-)

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Everyone is struggling with the password. I guess a bit of challenge can be a good thing, right? :D

Luna says thanks!!

Submitted(+1)

yes - no complains for that as long as I was able to play with Luna :-D

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Good job!

The voiceover is very well acted, graphic is simple but work well for the purpose of a jam game.
The distopic narration is simple but good
I enjoyed it!

Developer

Thanks for playing. I hope you managed to figure it out in the end!

Submitted(+1)

Yes, i got It at Last.

Thanks to your hint

Submitted(+1)

The puzzle difficulty was just right for this one! I got stumped for a couple minutes forgetting Luna might have a powerful sniffer, but other than that I didn't have any issues. Tidy graphics, good voice acting, and some nice speculating on AI. Luna's super cool too, I wish she made more cute noises. Definitely one of my favorites so far!

Developer

Thanks, really appreciate that! I planned to give Luna more of a voice, but ran out of time. Might give her a bit more personality in a future update!

Submitted(+1)

Great atmosphere, nice acting. A little bit of extra signposting would have made the experience perfect, but I mean, these are things we need playtesting for - and when you get playtesters, the jam is already over :D

The idea of using Luna as an "external inventory object" is great. It kinda reminds me of the use of Max in Sam&Max Hit the road

Developer

Thanks, Guga! Yeah I will definitely look at better signposting later for that one puzzle that seems to be tripping a lot of people up. I guess when you spend every day working on it, you forget that what’s obvious to you may not be to everyone else!

Submitted(+1)

Very entertaining game. The pixel graphics look neat and the voice acting is superb. I liked the puzzles very much. Not too difficult, but not underwhelming either. And Luna is just cute. *sniff sniff*

Personally, the blackscreens didn't bother me at all. The only problem I had was the aforementioned volume of Meg's voice actor. With the music and all, it's a bit difficult to hear at times. Otherwise, a great game all round. :)

Developer

Thank you! I will definitely look at tweaking the audio mix in a future version.

Submitted(+1)

That was really awesome! Great visual style, the story and writing were really good. I found the puzzles pretty hard, but I managed to get to the end without too much struggle

Developer

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and figured the puzzles out in the end. More satisfying if you don’t get them immediately, right? :)

Submitted(+1)

Wow, that was really nice, the game was fun, thé theme was cool and the sounds designs were really well done, congratulations !

Developer

Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it :)

Submitted(+1)

What an excellent game! I love the theme and the story you crafted. Even when I saw the twist coming it was very well executed (excellent voice actors) and had enough of an impact to be memorable. Puzzles were fun, too. One of my favorite games so far!
(If a may nitpick a tiny little bit: the audio volume of Meg was a bit too low in comparison to the other voice. But you already said you will fix that post jam. And I think you overuse the blackscreen to hide nonexistent animations. I prefer not seeing an animation and just imagining it over seeing a black screen that screams "here should have been an animation if I had more time". ;-) But that is a personal preference.)

Developer

Thank you so much, I’m really glad you liked it! And I appreciate the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind for post-jam improvements.

Submitted(+1)

Good game! The audio mix made the dialogue a bit quiet and the socket puzzle felt a bit arbitrary but the rest of the puzzles were great and the art and atmosphere were top notch. Also July 31st has a special significance to me so it's fun that that was the circled date in the calendar.

Developer(+1)

Yeah, I chose that date on purpose just for you :D

Glad you liked the art, it was my first time doing pixel art, so a bit of a learning curve.

I’ll try to tweak the audio mix post-jam.

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll try your game soon :)

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