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A jam submission

What Peeks in the DarkView game page

There is something in the shadows... find your toys and and stay in light!
Submitted by Bolsa, Raffen (@rafo_farinha), GabGama, R4fa23, Kuzcotopia — 2 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#74.6414.641
Audio#633.8213.821
Theme#1143.8723.872
Overall#1383.6283.628
Innovation#2533.3853.385
Game Design#5403.1543.154
Fun#6512.8972.897

Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does you game fit the theme?
The way a little girl deals with her fears, imagining horrible nightmares that maybe don't exist.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes!!! All the code, art, and some of the sounds are made fully from scratch.

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Submitted(+1)

What a spooky house ! :o

The game have a real potential. The mix 2D/3D is pretty cool ! I was quite disturbed by the "shhh" in the audio but it's because we see through the camera's eyes I guess ? Perhaps replace it by some "mecanic mouvement" audio can be better, because the background music seems pretty nice !

I'm in love with illustrations, does the artist have an Artstation or something ?

Developer

Thank you so much for your feedback! it really means a lot! thats a very nice input, thank you!
and yeah! you can check the project's concept art and artstation page: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wJmA9X

Submitted
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cool story, loved the graphics, great effort! keep it up 

would appreciate if u check out my game too ;)

Developer

means a lot! thank you!

(1 edit) (+1)

Loved the OG Resident Evil style camera, and the visuals are actually amazing, I think I was doing well, but then I couldn't get to Teddy because I was stuck at the ceiling.

Developer(+1)

Noted! we''ll be sure to fix that recurring bug! thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I really loved the idea and the art style! But i had some difficulties understanding what to do. Like when i died for the first time the info what to do just became random letters. I am not sure if this was intendet but at this point I couldn't find toys anymore and there weren't any open windows anymore. In my third try nothing happend at all. Not even the bar in the upper left corne decreased. I wasn't sure if this was supposed to happen and i just didn't get the story but i thought ist was a bit sad. Oh and i had the bug with the random flying too. But over all the game was fantastic, espacially for a week. I'd really like to see more of this, because i think this really has potential.

Developer

thank you so so much! noted your feedback, thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Cool visuals and game art!

Submitted(+2)

This is a really great game 

I like the art of this game

Submitted(+2)

Really nice game ! Like the graphic and mood :)

Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

The art is amazing, the best I've seen so far in this game jam.
The gameplay mechanics are also well-thought out.

However, after 3 runs I wasn't able to find any of the toys... I kept running around in circles, opening everything and closing every window I saw until I gave up. I have no idea how you are supposed to finish this game... I don't really get why you can open all the drawers and chest if you can't find anything inside it.

I also encountered a bug where the little girl started flying above the floor, higher and higher until I couldn't get through door.

Overall, I'm still amazed by the graphics and sound design and think this game has a lot of potential, which makes it even more frustrating. You should consider helping the player to find at least the first toy or make it clear how to find them.

Again, fantastic job on the art direction ;)


EDIT: also the camera needs some reworking ;)

Submitted(+1)

The game art for this is fantastic! Amazing atmosphere!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, the art is amazing! I really like how you managed to put 2D in 3D environments, it fits really well. The atmosphere is cool, scary but not too much. It suits a child mind, I think. :)
Great job!!

Developer(+1)

thank you for playing, your feedback means so much! :') well be sure to check your submission as well!

Submitted(+1)

The game must win! At least for the graphics. 1) I found a bug. I could fly and pass through textures. 2) so it should be that the bear treated fear, and then began to wiggle even more?

Developer(+1)

Omg! thanks for the nice comment and feedback! it means a lot! well be sure to check these out and update as soon as the jam ends! thank you!

Submitted(+2)

The game is very cool and I enjoyed playing it! The only issue I have is, that the camera kind of confused me sometimes when it switched... I wasn't quite sure where I was going after a switch in perspective... but other than that Great Job at creating this game!

Developer(+2)

Thank you for your feedback! it means the world to us!

Submitted(+2)

The game looks great artistically, and the sounds are really good too. I had a hard time playing it for quite some time though due to a few things. At first the text was readable, but then it arbitrarily switched to I'm guessing Portuguese, which I unfortunately cannot read, and while I wandered around the house opening everything I could and closing every window for almost 20 minutes I didn't find a single thing, and reloading the game from menu didn't fix everything. Eventually I closed the application and reopened it, and the text became readable again. The other issue was that since your character doesn't have gravity , any time you moved across environment that caused you to climb up a bit, you would never go down, and this problem compounded the longer you played until you were basically in the ceiling, which could cause the camera to track you in a way that prevented you from interacting with things below your view. This caused me to be incapable of interacting with Mr. Teddy during one of my runs. The camera's were also kind of jarring and in some cases made seeing where doorways were extremely difficult (I had no idea how to get back to the bedroom for some time since the door is entirely out of the camera's view). It is definitely a good base though and as I said, it looks really good, so while it had it's issues, I would say it's still a project to be proud of :) We would appreciate it if you could give our game a go as well!

Developer(+2)

We didn't have a lot of time to bugfix, unfortunately. but we'll deal with them once the voting ends.

Thanks a lot for your thorough feedback! We'll be sure to check your game as well <3

Developer(+2)

Thank you SO MUCH for the detailed feedback! its very usefull to hear it, and well be sure to fix it as soon as the jam ends! thank you SO MUCH for playing, and ill go take a look at yours right now!

Submitted(+2)

Game atmosphere was incredible, the art was so detailed from the instruction book to all the details in the rooms.

Developer(+1)

That really means so much! thank you! well go check your game as well right away!

Submitted(+1)

The art is very good! The digital paint from the title screen is perfect.

Developer(+2)

it really does means a lot! thank you!

Submitted(+3)

It took me a bit to get the hang of it but it's a very well executed management game! The camera system is not something I'm used to, but I had a fun time trying to find where the toys were. It's also very atmospheric!

Correct me if I'm wrong but most of the devs if not all are portuguese. I am too! Good to see...

Developer(+2)

it means the world to us! thank you so much, we are glad we could convey the ambience well!

Agradecemos, falamos português sim! beijos pra portugal ou brasil, daonde voce for!

Submitted(+3)

One of the best games I've played so far. Art is lovely, graphics are great, even the book is gorgeous. Mood is awesome. Sound is good and creepy yet childlike, though the open window noises got obscured at times due to camera placement.

Two things that really got me is a bug, where you go practically flying, and can't go through doorways anymore (please add gravity). And the fact that you couldn't really see the doorways.
Once I figured that out, I was able to create a mental map and finish the game pretty quickly.

Developer

Your review is beyond helpfull! thank you! we will be sure to note it and improove the game as soon as we are able to! thank you for playing, and ill go check your game out right away! <3

Developer(+1)

We're planning on fixing these bugs once voting is ended! Thanks for the thorough feedback :D

Submitted(+3)

Wish I could play this (I'm on Mac). Art looks amazing!

Developer(+2)

thank you, it means a lot anyway! <3

Submitted(+2)

Awesome game! We felt like it overstayed its welcome a bit, and it was tough to figure out how to play. Once we figured it out it worked like a charm with the exception of a few environment interactions (suddenly having us glitch into it and locking our Y-axis permanently) and fighting the camera angles a bit. Really enjoyed it though! Good work!

Developer(+1)

thank you for your honest review, it really does help us improove the game! as soon as the jam is over, well be sure to fix it! thank you, means a lot!

Developer(+2)

ive also checked your game, looks awesome as well! great ambience!

Submitted(+3)

Just amazing!!!!

Developer(+1)

thank you! it means a lot!

Developer(+1)

your game is awesome as well! just did your 20th review, congratulations!

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