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A jam submission

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A 2d stealth horror game, avoid the enemy by using the sound of their steps
Submitted by NoamZeise — 8 hours, 47 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
MUSIC#6451.9802.800
SOUNDS#6811.9802.800
DESIGN#8671.8382.600
OVERALL#8931.8382.600
THEME#9351.5562.200
INNOVATION#9391.5562.200
VISUALS#9721.5562.200

Ranked from 5 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 definitely different this jam, this is the first true stealth game and definitely the first true horror game I've seen.  The mechanics are handled pretty well, if with the game being a bit easy.  Gotta say though that ending... 

Anyway, some feedback:

  • A small tutorial to just quickly handle the hotkeys might be nice (I never knew about or used the shift).
  • Having the player somewhat visible could help with moving around the environment.  Cause I had a few times where I was unsure where exactly the player was at so even just a slight shadow of the player to indicate it could help there.  Just makes it clear where you're moving from.
  • The flashing of your screen to a different image when as enemy gets close sorta helps the horror, but honestly it just felt really annoying to constantly have my screen change because I got within the bare minimum range of the echoes from the enemies.  I feel like changing up the sound and maybe a slightly less intrusive image would help a ton.
  • Sometimes the specific exit area itself wasn't clearly marked, there was a decent amount of stuff to actually lead you there, but the fact it isn't marked could end up being an issue? On the first one there's markings similiar to stairs, so maybe something like that throughout could help?

Overall this was a very different and very well put together game.  

Developer

Thank you for taking the time to play my game and offer detailed feedback, I really appreciate it!

I will certainly keep in mind what you said for future projects, especially with a tutorial and marking exits. I should probably have someone else test the game first to catch things such as the flashing screen being too intrusive.

Submitted

I like the music, but i think you should build in an small Tutorial its realy hard to figure out what to do. But i Like the Idea.