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A jam submission

Formula of FailureView game page

A short, unsettling visual novel about the stress of school and exams.
Submitted by NiaDen (@NiaDenArt) — 3 hours, 33 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Well-rounded (How rounded is the game in terms of art, sound, visuals etc)#103.8003.800
Adherence to the theme (Does it incorporate the theme in a genuine way?)#253.4003.400
Completion (How complete is the final piece?)#263.2003.200
Gameplay (How fun is the game to play?)#421.8001.800
Innovation (Is the game new/interesting? Uses assets in an interesting way?)#461.8001.800

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team Details
Developed by Henne
Art and writing by Niya Denkova - niaden.com
Music and sound by Sepherance - <a rel='nofollow noopener' referrerpolicy='origin' href='https://www.youtube.com/@sepherance1165'>https://www.youtube.com/@sepherance1165</a>

How To Play
The game is a simple point and click game with no complex instructions required.

Install Intructions
Download the zip and run the exe file.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Amazing art, really struck a nerve with me. I keep getting ending C though haha :')

Developer

If it makes you feel better I wrote ending C and D to be much more interesting so a fail is a win in that sense haha. Thank you for the kind words about my art and I hope you enjoyed our little game! Thanks for checking it out :)

Submitted(+1)

Really creepy art, takes a psychopath to draw, but interesting game overall.

Developer(+1)

This comment definitely made me giggle as I would be the psychopath in question. I'm glad you found it creepy and I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Really interesting concept, me and my partner felt the pressure and intensity of the square roots! The atmosphere was creepy and dark and it was cool to see a game exploring something completely different. 

Developer

Yeah the concept was a joke at first but then we ran with it and decided to try and do the best we can with something as unassuming as square roots hah. Thank you for your kind words and thank you for playing! 

Submitted(+1)

Adored the art, I'm glad my partner is amazing at math. Great entry! He just started telling me numbers and I was so lost.

Developer(+1)

Hi, I'm the artist so thank you! And don't worry numbers have me lost too, that's why I thought math would make for an amazing horror experience, the game practically writes itself haha. Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Great stuff Nia! I really like the atmosphere you've made for it! I think it's an artist thing to be lost with numbers haha!

Submitted(+1)

Got the math questions right

Developer(+1)

As someone who sucks at math I am impressed, thank you for playing!

(+1)

I love the atmosphere of the game. I literally have no clue of math whatsoever so I don't think I'll get to see the other endings, but I'll definitely budge my college-worthy friends so we can see the rest of the endings.

Jokes aside, really cool game! 

Developer

Thank you so much! The whole team actually hates math so I feel you for sure, when writing this I actually hoped more people would fail than not as those endings where you run out of time or fail are much more interesting and best serve the purpose of the game which is to show the pressure that kids in school feel during these things. I would say if you failed you played the game correct haha

Submitted(+1)

Very impressive! Both the game and how you managed to make math even more disturbing.