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Dracs After Dusk's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #25 | 4.328 | 4.328 |
| Mechanics | #46 | 3.853 | 3.853 |
| Overall | #50 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Sound | #66 | 3.664 | 3.664 |
| Fun | #77 | 3.819 | 3.819 |
| Aesthetics | #89 | 4.138 | 4.138 |
| Music | #151 | 3.552 | 3.552 |
| Story | #229 | 2.983 | 2.983 |
Ranked from 116 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
3
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Fonts, Color Palette from Coolors, SilentWolf BackEnd for Leaderboard
Comments
Hey saschalois,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey core811,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Really neat idea and execution! I wish I was better at it.
I thought I had a good strategy, put all the turrets on the left and hold my position on the right, always repairing the closest window. It sort of worked sometimes, but not well enough to keep me alive for long. I'm sure winning at blackjack is the key to success, but I'm always in such a panic mode during the building period that I barely manage to get the turrets in place.
I like the art, everything is stylish but clear. The music is appropriately tense.
Also I appreciate that I'm playing as "the shakiest gun in the West" since it gives me an excuse for being a bad shot!
The only thing I'd note is that I'd like to be able to reload manually. I know I can just fire off a shot wildly to empty the chamber and trigger auto-reloading. That's probably a better strategy since there's a chance it'll hit some vamp as it wanders in, but I couldn't get into that headspace and, instead, I pushing R as if it was going to do something. :)
[Edit] I forgot to mention the scoreboard! A great inclusion, I did nearly as well as a Taco!
1 year ago(+2)
Hey Satinel thanks so much for playing and giving such well thought out feedback! I think manual reload is an excellent idea as many others have expressed to me that this would be great to have. That is an excellent score that you were able to achieve 👍 After the voting period ends, my brothers and I plan to refine our game but to make it fair to all the players who have put in the blood sweat and tears during this initial phase where the game is quite punishing we plan to take a snapshot of the top 10 and keep that in the game as a "Hall of Fame" I wouldn't be too surprised if your score makes it in! 😜
Great job on Last Fantasy: The Final Stand, that's been one of my favs to play :D
168 days ago(+1)
Hey Satinel,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
168 days ago(+1)
Thanks so much for the note back Satinel! We really appreciate your support :) How have things been with you since the Game Jam last year? Working on anything exciting these days?
168 days ago(+1)
Oh very cool! We would've loved to participate in this year's gamejam, we've just been heads down with Dracs After Dusk.
Thank you for downloading our demo, we've love to check out your gamejam once it's available!
Hey abdo97z,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey Patryk14305,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago(+1)
Hey supaskybikelamp! Appreciate the kind words. Great to see you over here on our game :D Affordable Soldier was an excellent entry that I enjoyed yesterday!
Hey supaskybikelamp,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago(+1)
Woah Mucus a 525!!! That's incredible! I didn't even think that would be possible! I put the mythical top score of 500 by Gfro in the game as a bit of a joke (since Gfro is our real life friend that we based the character off of) Congratulations on topping the leaderboard!
168 days ago(+1)
Hey Mucusinator,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Oh lawd, it has been a whole year now.
It's very cool that you guys have expanded upon the game. It is still as difficult as ever, that boss is brutal (around 10 tries in so far):P
Came across a few things:
- On one of the many retries of the boss, the other moustache man was still holding the dynamite (even though I just got through the door and it was the 1st phase)
- On one of the many retries of the boss, enemies started spawning outside the boss area, I dunno if that's intentional but it makes a hard boss aloooooot harder.
- When the application is open, the window forces it to be above all else, so I can't really alt tab and do anything, might be a godot thing.
- It was by luck that I found out spacebar put in coins.
- A way to speed up the countdown when dead so I don't have to wait a full 10 seconds to get back to the main menu could be good.
Overall keen to see where it goes from here :D
Haha I hear ya there! If you have the time, that would be incredibly helpful. Also if it's more convenient for you, we have a dracs after dusk discord server dedicated to our playtesters and a space to provide any feedback and/or bug reports. I'll leave the link here just in case you're interested! https://discord.gg/cd7xeD2THD
Hey alani,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey Italocus,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago (+1)
Wow I just saw your score! That is impressive work! If you have any tips on how you are approaching the game please feel free to share them I would love to hear!
Edit: Just came back from playing some Last Stand on the Left! Really cool game with great ambience and mood!
Thanks! Sure, here are my two cents :) After several tries to understand the mechanics, I reached the conclusion that repairing the most damaged door while waiting for reloading and then using the bullets on the enemies which are forcing the current most damaged door was an effective strategy. Also, I placed the towers close to the doors which I plan to repair last. By the way, relatively weak “towers” is a good design choice to avoid the age-old pitfall of decreasing difficulty curve (which can eventually take away the challenge) through the gameplay. For the mini card game, it is a cool touch in the wild west concept but I've never understood any game involving cards, so i am not the most reliable player to evaluate that :D
Hey KrummSakura,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago(+1)
Hi Akaki Akakievitch! I was hoping that you would find your way over to our game, thanks for playing! I got some great enjoyment out of Sylvania: Last Stand so I was hoping you would like ours as well 😀
Hey Akaki Akakievitch,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey five0nine.studio,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey Odyssey Frontiers,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey porkrind,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago(+1)
Thanks for playing Lazarus! I had a lot of fun enjoying you and Purp's game and shooting some zombies with lemonades that must be as sour as the sweetness of your Jim puns :D
Thank you for the feedback regarding the difficulty in navigating the UI options and that has been a recurring difficulty for players. We will look to improve the entire UI post jam.
Hey LazarusCraven,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
Hey skykone,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago(+1)
We were heavily inspired by the zombie mode in Call of Duty so the fact you got that vibe is probably one the biggest compliments we could get!
Thanks for playing and I really enjoyed you and Lazarus's submission providing me the opportunity to ally with the Grim Reaper :D
168 days ago(+1)
Hey Purp,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
168 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much Purp for the note back and for wishlisting our game! We’re excited to keep pushing forward and hope you enjoy the demo if you get a chance to try it out. Thanks again for being part of the journey! 🦇
Thanks so much for the feedback busride! Your suggestions for improvements to the UI make a lot of sense and our team will look to improve those post jam. I also like your idea for the ticking down to represent damage as the walls and doors are being "torn down" by the vamps. Appreciate you taking the time to play our game and I will play Siege of Rozvir and am excited to check our your submission.
Hey busride studio,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
1 year ago (+1)
Hi Alex! Thanks so much for making it over to our page and playing. It’s very rewarding to hear you describe your gameplay experience with our game as many of the feelings you were describing were what we hoped players might feel!
For any others reading this comment please go check out Alex’s game One Last Siege! It’s got an addicting and intense gameplay loop of defending against waves and has some fun resource balancing ☺️
Hey AlextheDev,
About a year ago, you took the time to play Dracs After Dusk during the 2024 game jam. We just wanted to say a huge thank you for supporting us back then—it truly meant a lot!
Fast forward a year later...we’re excited to share that Dracs After Dusk now has a playable free demo on Steam! That game jam version was the very beginning, and your feedback helped shape what the game has become. We’ve added tons of new features, updates, and polish—and we’d love for you to check out how far it's come. If you're up for it, you can check out the demo on Steam here (Feel free to wishlist too if you enjoy it!)
Thanks again for being part of the game’s origin story—we can’t wait to hear what you think of the updated version!
– The Olive Hill Studios Team
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