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A jam submission

Phantasms: DeadlineView game page

An episodic style psychological horror game about completing a game jam submission before the... DEADLINE!
Submitted by Zac Marvin, DPU — 23 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#1313.7373.737
Theme#2073.6843.684
Overall#3113.5083.508
Visuals#3833.7633.763
Gameplay#5013.2433.243
Innovation#5443.2373.237
Enjoyment#5443.3823.382

Ranked from 152 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
You are in game jam inception, the deadline for the jam is coming up, you have to submit your game in time. Nothing can go wrong.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Some audio was pulled from pixabay and about 20% of 3d models were pre existing cg trader models.

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Submitted(+2)

this is a cool game!! I lowkey initially went out side instead of turning on my computer like a dummy :3 Very spooky sauce!

Developer

I didn't think you could even get out of the room hahah

Developer

Kinda impressive honestly lol. I thought we made the door locked until the computer turns on! Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+2)

An interesting game! Liked the coding mechanic. Only thing was that maybe a next dialogue key maybe couldve been added to the starting dialogue cause it felt a bit slow  for me. Great game though overall!

Developer

Yeah that's our most common especially if you did and have to go back through. 

Developer

Agreed, we definitely plan to add a skip text in the future!

Submitted(+2)

It's a great game, I really liked the visual and audio component. The audio was really good, and the game kept me on my toes.

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

Not my cup of tea, but still a well put together experience! Add some clear feedback for the player and its a solid system to build off of!

Developer

Thanks for playing! Yeah we'll be refining all of those systems. I appreciate the honest feedback. It's ok incredibly helpful. Especially the shower bit.

Developer

appreciate the feedback. We plan to make some of the dialogue more streamlined and less likely to be missed. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

Pretty accurate! But for me it was morning already when it happened

Developer(+1)

Man, I think we were up til like 2:30 AM? It was rough. Thanks for playing!

Submitted (1 edit)

I coded over 26 hours i think in last day(s?). Just to finish frog xD

Thanks for making a game!

Submitted(+2)

I just had to play the Nintendo... Great work! Gameplay felt smooth, I liked the style and open endedness of it.

Developer(+1)

Oh dear... it's actually a Wintendo... although that's not exactly what happens. Thanks for playing!

Developer

thanks for playing, that’s one of my favorite endings!

Submitted(+2)

Cool idea, I'm playing a game, playing a game, I thought. Then I went to change my underwear. Don't do that...

Developer

Lolol. Well that's not a part of the game! haha Thanks for playing!

Developer(+1)

Haha, glad you liked it! That quote reminds me of tropic thunder:

 

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Reminds me of "Fears to Fathom" visuals style. And the memes are really funny, at the beginning especially. Jumpscares are classics in horrors but anyway they scare haha. Also, obvious but cool idea. Maybe you should have make a skip option in the cutscenes, just in case if you lose you have to always wait for it to pass.

Developer(+1)

Absolutely agreed on the skippable option. It's in the post jam notes already. Thank you so much for play!

Developer

For sure, that was one of our biggest lessons learned from this. Thanks so much for playing. Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+2)

Superb Horror elements! It just reminds me of the Fears to fathom Home alone episode. I think You got the inspiration from there, And perfectly nailed it. Amazing work🙌🙌

Developer(+1)

Fears to Fathom was definitely the inspiration. No specific episode though, that just so happened to be our topic we landed on haha. Thanks for playing!

Developer

Huge compliment! That's exactly what we were going for! Thanks for playing

Submitted(+2)

Reminds me of Fears to Fathom. There's something especially creepy about looking through the window and seeing the moon. Great game!

Developer

Thanks for playing, and yes they were our direct inspiration for the jam. Will be hopefully improving it after but branch outselves a part from them.

Developer

Glad you made the connection. You're the first to mention anything about our outdoors environment. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

This game was pretty cool especially because we can all relate to whats shown (mostly). Also, this fits the theme really well.

Developer

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+2)

I didn't had the guts to finish it because I was too scared lol, from the music to the lighting and the story telling. 10/10 <3

Developer(+1)

Haha, sorry we spooked you too much, but hope you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Very relatable. Very spooky.

Developer

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Good job ! I love the theme you chosed and how you mixed it with an horror game

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!

(+2)

Love me some horror games and this one was fun, took me a second to realize what i was supposed to do, but amazing job

Developer

Glad you got it sorted out, hope you enjoyed the rest of the game!

Submitted(+2)

Awesome job, and a lot of fun. I like the Brackeys cameos, and the little details. I hope you do add more, I'd be keen to play.

Developer

We will be launching a full release with different episodes on steam later this year. Be on the look out for Phantasms on steam! Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

it was scary! good job

Developer

Glad you got spooked! Thanks for playing

Submitted(+2)

Great Spooks!
Running to submit the game before the deadline no matter what was super relatable lol
Sorry evil Brackeys, I've got a game to submit.

Developer(+1)

Lol, glad you liked it! Congrats on submitting your game in game jam inception!

Submitted(+2)

Game was funny and scary. Good work making such a entertaining game!

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

Very spooky! apart from a few small camera bugs this is awesome, well done

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! Were they rotation bugs?

Submitted(+1)

When you look at the floor, the camera can flip around, and there is also the common camera jitter when moving and rotating the camera.

Developer

Thank you! I know exactly what you are talking about with the camera bugs. Pesky euler angles. It will be resolved on full release!

Submitted

Good to hear, the camera often messes up in one way or another... Looking forward to full release

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