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A jam submission

Knock Knock...View game page

A short indie horror game developed for the Brackeys game jam 2024
Submitted by yodaflock@gmail.com — 9 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#1263.4593.459
Graphics#1373.7303.730
Game Design#2183.2433.243
Fun#2243.1623.162
Overall#2353.1983.198
Theme#3343.0003.000
Innovation#3542.5952.595

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Our game fits the theme by encouraging the player to ask themselves "what was banging on the door?" this question is what drives the player exploration and plot and provides a satisfying ending. It features a red door as a key motif, and this door is involved in both the opening and closing scene of the game, giving it a sense of completion and adding a storytelling element.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
The code was made mostly from scratch with some help from online tutorials, art was made from scratch, audio was not made from scratch but was mixed and edited during the duration of the jam, the creators of the audio are credited in the project description under the creative commons license

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Submitted(+1)

I like the retro style art and sound effects. I also enjoyed how it gradually became stronger!

Nice work!!

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Submitted(+1)

Nice little game. I loved the graphics and sound (that laugh). I did find most of the tricky jumps challenging in a good way, but a few of them spilled over into frustration.

Overall, nice game. I liked the style and the mirror cut scenes were cool.

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Submitted(+1)

Love the game loop. Have very nice graphics, animation. Cutscenes were wonderful. I loved the going back the same level but with some tweaks. It was nice also to see a good design of map. Checkpoints were exactly where i expected them. The only things I can complain is the map behind the door have less polished graphic(terrain have very little ornaments) and movement feeled maybe little too fast. Overall very solid game

Submitted(+1)

i love the horror platformer thing youve got going on! theaudio was really good. really unsettling, especially the heavy breathing and the child laughter. great job! :)

Developer

Thank you! My friend who did the audio will be really pleased  to hear this :)

Submitted(+1)

I really love the art style.  I don't have any complain except that I just cannot seem to pass the platform after obtaining the dash. The one that needed to dash after a drop. Probably just skill issue. I'm not really good at platformer games. But overall, I think it's a good game. Great job! Too bad I cannot see the ending. 

Submitted(+1)

Great art, animation, gameplay, and music. The platforming sometimes is annoying because the character falls too fast. Other than that the game is fun. Great job.

Submitted(+1)

this was AMAZING man im bad at parkour but i had to finish the game xD i loved the plot twist as if like this is an endless loop. good job making this, it was awesome!

Submitted(+1)

Noo, the door won't open!! This was awesome! :D As a platformer it was challenging, but having frequent checkpoints put it just at the right difficulty. The art style was great, the music and sounds also (that breathing..), it created a tense atmosphere.

What I really liked though are the small details, like short "cutscenes", how it had a bit of story and it made sense, how the level was made so going back at the end would feel just as smooth as forward, all these nuances that people might not notice, but gives a better "feel" to them is what's important! Well done! 👍

Submitted(+1)

Love the art style and the narrative and together with the music the game really has great vibes! Really enjoyed it. The only struggle I had were with the controls. I don't know if that's just me or my setup but the controls felt slightly too "slippery". Especially with the hitboxes of the spikes I would sometimes just directly walk into them even though I only tried to adjust my stances and pressed very lightly on my keyboard. Other than that, really great game and great work!

Submitted(+1)

Love the art style! Nice platformer.

Submitted(+2)

I love the sounds and the pixel art, great job on the animations! The spikes hitboxes, though, can be a bit too unfair at times

Submitted

I completely agree, I got to the final (I think) mirror, but hitboxes and fall speed are too punishing. Great artwork, great sound design and I love the presentation! It's a great jam game!

Submitted(+1)

The sound and pixel art are great, and I can see there are tons of level design techniques to introduce new mechanics with level. But this is too hard for me. Overall, well done!!!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! sadly the Platforms didnt feel very good, but the game overall is extremely cool!

Submitted(+1)

presentation was awesome! only complaints are if you're on the edge of a platform, you slide off slowly. I think it would be a little less frustrating if the hitboxes of the player were slightly smaller than the sprite to allow you to have close calls. also for the section where you're being chased by the shadowy eye wall, it moves a little too slow I think, so it doesn't feel threatening. a cheap trick you can do is make it so that its always at least at the edge of the screen so the player doesn't feel safe.

Developer(+1)

I did make it so the wall was always just offscreen, but sadly I had to reduce the speed greatly due to the long vertical segments :(. Would definitely redesign the levels to incorporate the wall more if I where to make this game again. Thanks for your feedback! :)

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Fantastic atmosphere with the sound effects and the white text on black background. Top notch game overall.

Submitted(+1)

Intresting game with cool design and graphic .tottaly like it ! good job !

Submitted(+1)

Nice little platformer! i love the art and the audio is really eerie and immersive. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

The game feels good to play although there are a couple of things you could do to make it feel even better:

- make camera show whats below you, especially if you are moving down as you had a couple of vertical platforms which are nearly impossible to do because you don't see where you are going.

- add more gravity, so the jump feels less floaty

- acceleration and deceleration

other then that the graphics where amazing, and so was the sound, animated cutscenes were not something id have thought id see on a game jam but here we are

7.5/10  :)

Submitted(+1)

The sound design is crazyyy good. Controlling the character is well done and satisfying

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