Wow I'm very, very impressed by what you guys managed to pull off in only 3 days! I really enjoy games like Life is Strange and other games where you manage conversations with different characters, so this was a welcome surprise. I played through the whole thing and found it interesting how you progressed the story by either talking to characters, or taking pictures of things in your room. I think the latter is a very relatable thing for a lot of people, as the stuff around you usually carries a lot of memories. I also think the whole scenario of a friend group moving away and falling apart is a very relatable one so it was interesting to play through that. It made me realize I need to contact a few good friends again...
Few other good things that I noticed: wonderful environment and 3D art! Solid smartphone mechanics and intuitive UI. I was very surprised to see that when switching songs, the music waits for the appropriate moment when a new bar starts in order to make the switch, that's an advanced technique!
One thing that I would add are highlights to objects and/or areas that are interactable by mouse. Right now you're sometimes wildly clicking around or guessing what you can or cannot click.
So yeah, I think you guys did a fantastic job and I want to thank you for participating in the jam! Cheers!
Meant to answer earlier to this - but thank you so much for the kind words, they really made our week!
Quest Guy did and amazing job with all the models and Quilava smashed it out of the park with audio and songs!
It was my first time writing story and dialogue so I'm super happy the message came across, although unfortunately that meant some of the code got left behind - the highlighting of items was definitely on our list but didn't get around to it.
Thank you for putting the jam together as both the general theme and the "connections" prompt were really interesting. Deffo looking forward to participating in others!
Love the mood of this game and your idea of contacts to match the theme. Something to improve, the text on the phone could be a bit larger, and sometimes the phone itself hides below the frame of the game. Maybe its because I'm on a WQHD monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1440
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Wow I'm very, very impressed by what you guys managed to pull off in only 3 days! I really enjoy games like Life is Strange and other games where you manage conversations with different characters, so this was a welcome surprise. I played through the whole thing and found it interesting how you progressed the story by either talking to characters, or taking pictures of things in your room. I think the latter is a very relatable thing for a lot of people, as the stuff around you usually carries a lot of memories. I also think the whole scenario of a friend group moving away and falling apart is a very relatable one so it was interesting to play through that. It made me realize I need to contact a few good friends again...
Few other good things that I noticed: wonderful environment and 3D art! Solid smartphone mechanics and intuitive UI. I was very surprised to see that when switching songs, the music waits for the appropriate moment when a new bar starts in order to make the switch, that's an advanced technique!
One thing that I would add are highlights to objects and/or areas that are interactable by mouse. Right now you're sometimes wildly clicking around or guessing what you can or cannot click.
So yeah, I think you guys did a fantastic job and I want to thank you for participating in the jam! Cheers!
Meant to answer earlier to this - but thank you so much for the kind words, they really made our week!
Quest Guy did and amazing job with all the models and Quilava smashed it out of the park with audio and songs!
It was my first time writing story and dialogue so I'm super happy the message came across, although unfortunately that meant some of the code got left behind - the highlighting of items was definitely on our list but didn't get around to it.
Thank you for putting the jam together as both the general theme and the "connections" prompt were really interesting. Deffo looking forward to participating in others!
Thanks for your elaborate reply, glad to hear all that! Cheers!
Love the mood of this game and your idea of contacts to match the theme. Something to improve, the text on the phone could be a bit larger, and sometimes the phone itself hides below the frame of the game. Maybe its because I'm on a WQHD monitor with a resolution of 2560 x 1440
Great work!
Thank you, mood and atmosphere were definitely the drive.
Maybe a bit too much since we let a few too many bugs slide, eheh - but glad you enjoyed it :)