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A jam submission

Headless HotelView game page

A top-down horror survival experience.
Submitted by Henry_Hamster, YoungjePark, Novigradian7, Matth_ew12zz, shuangmaster5000, DolphyVix (@dolphyvix) — 4 minutes, 35 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#823.9713.971
Theme#1253.7353.735
Game Design#1463.4413.441
Overall#1573.3873.387
Innovation#1973.1183.118
Audio#2603.0593.059
Fun#2753.0003.000

Ranked from 34 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?
The game is all about traversing a dangerous hotel filled with physical doors which the player must push open to slowly reveal rooms, which could be filled with loot or with danger.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, all code/assets were made during duration of the jam. Some external QOL packages were used however from the Unity package store.

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Submitted

A nice survival game! I like the mix of pixel art with the 3D visuals. The music and sounds when you encounter a monster really add to the intensity of the situation. I think the different stats (health, stamina, flashlight, hunger) were balanced well and never felt too overwhelming or frustrating. I like how you could use the environment to deal with the monsters like shutting the door on them or getting them stuck in the spider webs. The designs of the monsters were quite creepy as well. I couldn't see the entire monsters at once with my flashlight, which I think added to the creepiness.

Having an in-game mini-map showing everywhere you've been would've been helpful.  You could also have more interesting landmarks in different rooms to help the player better remember the layout and navigate. 

I played the game a few times, but only found one crafting table. I think having more crafting tables would also be useful as I wasn't even sure there was crafting for the first five minutes I was playing. Also, I feel like most of my time was spent just collecting things and and occasionally running away from monsters. Even when I was crafting things, I hardly ever felt a sense of progression. I know you're supposed to find a key to escape, but I felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack. I think some sense of direction would help with that feeling.

I found a small bug. There's a part with what looks like double doors that I was able to push aside and get through even though it said "Can't open from this side" when I pushed it. I was able to push it away from its hinges and get around it.

Overall, nice job with this! I feel like this has a lot of potential! Your team did pretty well!

Submitted(+1)

Looks extremely cool, and i love the game!

I'd like, if you'd also rate my game :)))

Submitted(+1)

Fun game! Love the graphics

Submitted(+1)

Really cool looking game. I think it is good you have posted the minimap. Due to the darkness you can easily get lost indeed.

I liked the exploration and crafting. Graphics are very high quality and you have nailed the lighting. If you were to expand on this, I would make it more clear when one of your meters is running out. Now I just perished all of the sudden without really noticing.

Well done :]

Developer

Hey everyone, we realized the map might be a bit difficult to navigate, so here's a minimap :) Enjoy playing!

Submitted

killed it! i'm excited for ya'll because i think the mechanics are solid and there's a lot of potential to expand and balance this into a complete game! well done!

-dustin

Submitted

The game is really very difficult, you don't know all the possibilities, so the strategy is 0 for the first time. And it's attractive because of this. I would like to go a little further)))

Atmospheric, the monsters are very beautiful)

Submitted(+1)

Amazing look game! The tiles are very polished and the whole map felt very atmospheric due to the light. VEry well done!

Submitted(+1)

very cool graphics, especially the flashlight glow ;)

Submitted(+1)

Very well made game with a lot of content and good ambience!

The graphics are great, make you really immersed in the world. Sounds are good, but the game would benefit from having more of them. The millipede, altho buggy and was not moving for me, made me scared for my life when I saw it!

Unfortunately I kept dying for no reason after a few minutes of playing. It was not health nor hunger. I got the key though. Overall I'm impressed with how much there is in this game, well done!

Developer

Thank you so much for getting so far into the game! I'm glad you enjoyed the ambience and environment. Regarding the centipede not moving, I was the programmer for the enemies, and I did note that issue at the very end, but I noticed after the deadline so didn't have time to fix it Our team is going to try looking into the random dying bug, although we haven't encountered that before. Were you doing anything before you died or was it just out of nowhere? Anyways, thanks for playing!

Submitted

Before I died I was just hiding in the corner some small distance away from the centipede. I just ate a piece of cooked meat and used a bandaid. There was literally no sound of dying, the "you perished" screen appeared out of nowhere.

Submitted

The game was fun but I got lost in what to do and how should I use bandages or eat bread in the game.

Developer

There are some instructions at the bottom of the itch page since we have noticed that people are getting lost on the controls. To use items(if they have a use), you open your inventory then drag the item to the bottom right where there is a box which says use.  This is also how you refuel your torch(by burning wood/paper in the top right icon), as well as reading the journals or getting descriptions(top left inspect). Hopefully that helps! 

-Henry_Hamster

Submitted

The game is not bad, the graphics are good, the sounds are too. But I couldn't figure out the controls, for example, how to eat a bun, add texts with hints on which key to press to use the object, and so it's not bad, good job!

Developer


Hi eromop, we have noticed a  decent number of users getting confused with the items and we are really sorry that it was confusing to so many of you. To quote my previous reply "There are some instructions at the bottom of the itch page since we have noticed that people are getting lost on the controls. To use items(if they have a use), you open your inventory then drag the item to the bottom right where there is a box which says use.  This is also how you refuel your torch(by burning wood/paper in the top right icon), as well as reading the journals or getting descriptions(top left inspect). Hopefully that helps!" The inspect action actually does tell you what to do with each item or at least gives you hints, but you are right that maybe it should have been more intuitive or easy to find. Anyways, hope you enjoyed.   

-Henry_Hamster

Submitted(+1)

Loved it! Amazing how much you could put in in just 1 week! Loved the artstyle as well! very creepy!

Submitted(+1)

I tried webgl ya some sounds didnt work other thing was art of player could have been art as its the most important part other wise it was fun game nice ;)

Submitted

I only tried the web version, I might download and try that version as I found the crafting table and clicked F, and then when I came out of the crafting table I could no longer move. Also, i read that you can use items but I wasn't able to click the icons on the inventory menu.

Positives, I love the vibe of the game. The art and music are awesome. 

Developer

Thanks for playing our game! Yes, the windows build is a lot less buggy :-). For crafting, you can drag the items into the icons, and that should perform the action!

Submitted(+1)

I like the atmosphere of the game and gample also cool !

Submitted(+1)

Really like the art style!

Submitted(+2)

There are some bugs in the game, but the gameplay and the graphics are really good! Nice inventory and crafting system. 

Developer

Thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to play our game :-)! Do you mind sharing what specific bugs you encountered so we can fix it?

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Nice graphics and game play.. I am 12 and it's a little bit too realistic for me to play fully.. but i can see the effort and someone knows unity lighting pretty well... 

can you also try mine, with some feedback? 
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-11/rate/2530904

Developer

No worries about being scared. To be honest, I hate playing horror games myself, but just really loved the idea for this theme. As a result, even I'm really scared to play my own game. I'll definitely try your game later, but I'm a bit busy with school so it might have to wait for the weekend. Thanks for playing!
-Henry_Hamster

Submitted(+1)

Wow, this was very atmospheric and very cool to look at visually, the game was a bit too hard for me, but as someone else said it's very ambitious I could see this being polished and balanced further. Great job!

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