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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| World | #3 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Story | #3 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Humour | #3 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Use of items | #4 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Gameplay | #5 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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An interesting idea, but it feels too short, like the game is over before I've really gotten to explore its potential. Am I right in understanding that at that part where you have lots of options, each one gives its own one-sentence response and then you go the same ending (the mention of waking up with salad)?
You understand the structure :) Yes, it is definitely too short. I saw about the jam on Friday and had some other things on, but I thought it was a cool challenge. I was curious how far I could get, and it was my first stab at interactive fiction. I was happy that I managed to construct a variety of randomly generated personalities, but I really wanted to do much more. I guess my main feedback question is if people understand the basic world set up.
Yeah, it makes sense to me and it's an interesting idea! If you ever decide to develop it further, I'd be happy to play more.
Thank you! I see from your feedback for all the games that you are an observant test player, so that's a generous offer.
I am doing a mini-jam. Would love it if you had time to join. https://itch.io/jam/write-30-lightning-round
If you mark that file as "play in browser" then your game should be playable on browser so people don't have to download the file.
Thank you. I did, and it was technically playable, but the problem was that Itch wouldn't let the text scroll in browser, and I had written longer passages which were no longer visible. My other Itch games work in browser, so I can only assume it is a compatibility issue with Twine and Itch. If anyone knows why, I'm interested. My solution was to provide the link to p5js because I put it there so you can play it in browser.