Out of all the games I have played this jam, this feels like the most finished game.
I actually enjoyed the long intro setting up the mood and the delay on "presents" adds to the tension!
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GRIMCURSE's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #3 | 4.214 | 4.214 |
| Audio | #3 | 4.048 | 4.048 |
| Gameplay | #5 | 3.905 | 3.905 |
| Graphics | #6 | 4.429 | 4.429 |
| Theme interpretation | #15 | 4.024 | 4.024 |
| Innovation | #17 | 3.738 | 3.738 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
GitHub repository
https://github.com/VeryEvilTomato/grimcursegameoff
Theme interpretation
Action shooter hybrid between Duck Hunt + Pokemon + Time Crisis! :D
Comments
I had a great experience playing this game. It held me until I found the boss and it killed me. I loved the reload mechanic (especially using the rifle) because it allows you to plan your actions and pick the right weapon, and the variety of guns contributes a lot to the gameplay. The movement feels weird due to the lack of diagonals and some collisions detection. I think more heal tanks are a need, and also a couple of illustrations in the intro.
Finally, I loved the visual style, sound effects, and music. Overall, the game feels juicy and well balanced. Great job!
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MachinariaVery good game! I love graphics, especially in the shooting part. I would like to be able to use diagonals to move and the music to adjust a bit better. But without a doubt a great game with a lot of potential!
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Save Ambar! (jam game)Really nice graphics, sound and gameplay. I really enjoyed it. But like some said it's slow and boring to move around. The encounter rate is sometimes really high. You didn't even move, because you are still in the transition, but already got your next encounter. When you die and restart you have to click through the storyintro again and that's annoying.
I also had some strange bugs. I got softlocked in on encounter, because the enemies behind the rock never appeared and I couldn't kill them. I also had some textures missing in the area after the first door. That looked really odd.
Overall one of the best and polished games I played in the jam.
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Peter's Special AfternoonThank you for the feedback! I'm wondering tho, about these bugs. Where and how did happen the softlock? I think that yeah we should improve player's movement even if he's injured due to the lore and stuff hehe.
Also, dying sadly doesn't have a checkpoint until you pass to the next area, there it will be a checkpoint gladly.
The softlock happened at one of the first bushes. It was my first encounter after I died and got reset to the beginning, but with my previous level. With the how I can't really help. There were the two rock guys and shoot at me and then went into cover, but never returned from cover. I could kill one of the guys, but his death animation was the animation of someone without cover.
Really great, had a lot of fun with it. The combat is responsive, controls well and feels very satisfying, especially the shotgun. Presentation is super polished and has a great style. Only small gripe I can give you is that moving around in the overworld feels a bit slow... makes sense considering you're shot in the leg but a bit of a chore to have to walk so slowly through some early areas that have no action.
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LUA N0VAGreat atmosphere! Reminds me of being in a JRPG overworld and running into enemy encounters, but in this game I was actually looking forward to the encounters.
Since I see you're going to develop it further, I'd suggest you add more action to the "exploration" part of the game. Once you realize all the enemy encounters are in the grass, and everywhere else is safe, the tension diminishes somewhat. Just a suggestion, though, and great work altogether!
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Blank BitThis is so well done! I really love the art style, color palette is so pleasing to the eye! And gameplay is nice too, especially "Duck Hunt" part :-D
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One Very Determined ArmadilloWow! This game is surprisingly well done! The music and the scenery make a tense atmosphere, goes perfectly with the plot.
Regarding the intro, it would be nice to show an icon "press Esc to skip" or something like that. The second time I played, I was not aware the intro was skippable, so I had to watch it again.
We are looking forward to see the future project mentioned in the game page. :D
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Chicken DownhillThis game is extremely cool. Beautiful visuals, neat progression, great audio and presentation. My only big complaint is that your intro is too long. Getting players into the action faster would be great.
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The Farm You Grew Up OnAwesome game and interesting mix of mechanics. Shooting fells really good and it really makes you wonder what happened in that place.
Died easily in the cave, but probably cause had no shotgun enabled.
My only issues are:
- intro is a bit long
- main character walks pretty slowly (but that's intended I guess)
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DifferentWe really struggled till the end to set up the intro properly so that's kind of a reason haha, you can always skip it just in case.
The main character indeed walks a bit slow following some opinions, lorewise he's crippled but maybe we set up something way too realistic for it to be fun (?) lol
Thanks a lot!
I really liked the idea! the hybrid in game styles is there and well interpreted, good job overall!
the only thing, is the browser version was not picking up keyboard input.
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Blow The Shark DownI love the way you combined the gallery shooter with top down RPG. Really gave me a "Wow, I can't believe this hasn't been done regularly and for decades" kind of feeling.
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Open TimaeusI tried opening the macOS build, but it crashes on start. :( Will try the Windows one later.
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Space Ghost CGA
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