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A jam submission

WORDS by MIDNIGHT [CH4]View game page

​The incremental horror of reading under a dying light
Submitted by Sol, Crosp — 8 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun Factor#23.9413.941
Overall#123.7063.706
Originality#123.8243.824
Audio#133.4123.412
Visuals#243.4123.412

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Is your entry a video game or a physical game?
Video Game

Was your game made solo or in a team?
We were two: one dev+art, one doing the music.

Did you use any third party assets?
Listed in the page

Did you choose from one (or more) of the optional secondary themes?
Not really, I really wanted to make a game about going mad. There are some friends to be made along the way though, and you get to eat some weird fungi.

Does your game contain any 18+ content?
Nothing explicit. Only text and abstract VFX.

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Comments

Submitted

I liked the mechanic, but didn't seem to make any progress. Or maybe I just die too fast and gather dust too slow?

HostSubmitted

Really interesting idea and I appreciate how polished it all is.

Submitted

Really addictive, i didn't get it at first because the progression seems really slow, but it really kicks in after 6/7 runs, it's hard to stop ! xD

What a great concept for the theme of this JAM too, great job !

Submitted

I love how the music is just the right tempo to match the gameplay and cooldown of reading the words! The light slowly getting dimmer and dimmer makes it tense near the end of each round, I like how quickly you can jump back in when a round ends, and the upgrade system makes gameplay even more satisfying as you get more abilities. Really cool game had a lot of depth and it was a creative way to tie into Cosmic Horror!

Submitted

First time trying a game like this and at first I thought I was playing it wrong, but once you get the hang of it it's really fun and addictive! I really like the way the music syncs up with the rhythm of the "attacks"!

Submitted

Really enjoyed the game.  Overall very polished and gameplay had me playing for longer.  The art is really good and I like the gameplay loop.  The little "click" as you finish words is very addictive.

Submitted

Really addictive gameplay and a very original idea. It's really polished, too, everything from the artwork to the satisfying sounds as you damage words and progress.

Submitted

This is super addictive! The mechanics are planned out so well that I was caught off guard to be honest! The art direction was excellent and the way every works together from the stats to the upgrading system is just so professionally made, a fantastic job to be honest a great entry! 

I just need to upgrade one more time hehehe. 

Submitted

This game ruined my sleep schedule. No but seriously, the gameplay is so fun and addictive. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Thanks a lot. I planned to get some work done this afternoon after playing and rating a couple of the games in the jam... I've been playing this for two hours and I was mad to have to stop.

Developer

I am partially sorry !
(Would love any feedback!)

Submitted(+1)

Feedback? Stop making such fun games, I guess.

There was one thing I noticed. After repeated nights trying to gain Insight, I realized it just fades back to 35% whether I win or lose a night. It was annoying because that's the only way I found to get stronger against the boss words, and there didn't seem to be any means of increasing it through upgrades. After a while it became nearly impossible to gain an Insight level.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you, somebody else reported that bug. But I havent been able to reproduce it yet.


Do you remember your level / prestige? 
If you played after the "save update" (after 5:43pm), you should have a working save.

Submitted(+1)

I'm not sure where to find that. I was on chapter 13, if that's any help. I only just now realized there are tabs on top of the shop screen and there was a lot more content than I was even aware of.

Developer (3 edits)

(hehe, that means i need to make the tabs more visible)
The STATS tab should tell you: the time , amount of runs and INSIGHT collected.

Submitted(+1)

55 runs, almost 40 minutes in game (and double that in the shop, I guess I'm very particular about my upgrades) and 5 insight collected.


Developer

Thanks a lot!
I will hunt down that insight bug