I loved the art style especially during the handcrank portion. This felt like a mix of Rusty Lake and Edith Finch. Neat!

So much here to like. The variety in the activities and the writting was great. It was a bit of a mixed bag art wise, it went from feeling really rich to really sparse and I am sure that was probably what was scoped for. It left it feeling a bit too unfinished at times. I found that the mini game elements started out strong but soon became a bit of a chore for the writting to proceed, but because of that I was taking less and less time to enjoy the words and story. I am not sure the word count to game interest ratio was quite right. The amount of care and work that was put into it was excellent and I am sure with all the time in the world it would have been better balanced. Jams are tough on play testing for sure. What can I say other than it has bags of potential and I would definitly play a post jam version with interest.

I can tell this is hugely influenced by What Remains Of Edith Finch (walking around a house, learning about people who died in it, playing minigames to eke out the details) and to accomplish something like that on even a fraction of the scale for a week-long game jam shows some supreme coordination and talent on your team's part.

Couldn't quite follow the story but from what I can tell it seems to be about love, loss and death at the moment of romantic climax with those lovelorn spirits haunting the house which is presumably why the main character's ex decides to go there (I think)? So the writing style does suit the tone at least, as does the motif of instruments building on top of each-other with each mini story to form a complete piece by the end, which was another really nice touch. Head-bobbing camera movement could be minimised and the minigames were quite repetitive, but I got through to the end and I had an interesting time with it overall!

(Also, why can't I look all the way down at the floor??)

From personal experience, played this game twice and though I've experienced what I think was 'all' the lives, from visual prompts (three tales.) Wasn't able to open/prompt that 'white door', in spite of all the tales played and such, instrument wise.

So on that lens, dunno if it's a bug, or a feature; all due respect wise. But in a certain, eerie/weird like horror vibe. I have a feeling this could be an immersive, unique take under "every life counts".

Cool concept, the fact that the music gains an instrument, each time he beat a mini game is pretty cool. I would polish the level design, because the house feels a bit too big and empty, with unnecessary rooms.

A bug you could fix is to allow the player to get out of a mini game, because you can repeat them if you miss click.

Overall cool idea, and I'll be looking forward to see it gain life with a little more polish.

Good job!

I can't figure out how the game matches the theme, however, it is a nice mystical experience. Unfortunately, I think it really lacks User Experience. Feedbacks are scarce, and the gameplay is not that clear. I would love to play a polished version of it!