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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Story | #5 | 4.318 | 4.318 |
| Sound | #78 | 3.591 | 3.591 |
| Music | #86 | 3.712 | 3.712 |
| Aesthetics | #90 | 4.136 | 4.136 |
| Overall | #176 | 3.606 | 3.606 |
| Fun | #289 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Mechanics | #390 | 2.985 | 2.985 |
| Theme | #411 | 3.242 | 3.242 |
Ranked from 66 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?
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Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Background Scenery: Dungeons and Caves Asset Pack ---------------------------------------------- Lornn Character/Sprite Artist (Brother/Sister Characters) ------------------------ 'xLyn' Fantasy Items Pack Artist ClaraNoctis Witch character and other halloween assets images by brgfx on Freepik "Spooky Character" Asset pack Artist Credit "Matvey Grobovoy (oniwarabe) Sprite Monster Slime Artist -------------------------------------------------- WitPOP Owl Ghost a.k.a. the 'fairy' Artist Credit ---------------------------- Holly_CRCFMP Royalty Free Sounds ---------------------------------------------------------- Pixabay water droplet female crying fairy wing flapping body fall sound ---------------------------- Sound Effect by thekids15 from Pixabay witch cackle ------------------------------------------------ by Ghostie Ghost......"""""" -Elegant Key Artist --------------------------------------------------------- -FoozleCC
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Pretty good. I played to get all endings, at first I couldn't die, picked all the right paths by chance, then I died constantly picking all the other paths haha.
Good work!
Thank you so much! Played and rated yours.
I have heard of RenPy but this is my first time playing a product made from it, very cool. Great accessibility options, surprised to see save/load options in a gamejam.
Story was very well-written, gripping. I made my way out by sneaking past the witch! Play length was scoped well for a game jam too.
Smooth playthrough, no bugs. Plenty of art assets too! Must have taken a lot of effort!
Solid entry!
This was our first visual novel game as well, and we quite liked it. The immersion was awesome. Nice job!
Wow, this was my first visual novel game! And it was pretty neat!
As just about everybody has said, the art and atmosphere of this game was great! Really good job on enforcing the feel of the game!
Awesome job, very well done!
Dripping with atmosphere- got mauled to death by a zombie 10/10
only thing I would say was the scream SFX were quite loud and sudden! they make good jumpscares but also quite unsettling, which I guess is a positive when you look at it!
Good writing, better atmosphere and good use of audio- well done!
It took a few tries but I was able to escape The Witch's Grasp! Fell into a few traps along the way but I liked how I was able to get right back in there. A well written and engaging story and the atmosphere created by the sounds and visuals were excellent!
Nice job!
Thank you, fairy god-owl, for helping me save my sister!
Great atmosphere, it felt very tense for a visual novel. :) The sound effects were also very well done. I managed two successful escapes and two failures.
One thing I noticed...
It feels like there's a line missing here. Sister's talking as if responding to something, like if Brother said "You're/We're safe" or a similar sentiment.
LoL I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I know -- finding a free fairy was found to be impossible, but that owl worked almost perfectly so she was chosen lol 🤣 glad you liked her!
As for typo, yup it does seem a little weird! I saved this via screenshot and will add it to my fix it report for after! Thank you so much for seeing this. I've gone through it so much I feel like I'm blind to any mistakes anymore. I had to have like 2 others go through it with me before we submitted it lol 🤣
Thank you again for playing! 😀
Wow congratulations on your first jam. You all did so well. The art and environment is amazing along with the music and sounds. I can tell that the scream is actually of one of the team members and not AI generated. I managed to get two endings. I'll definitely try to get every ending later just for the sake curiosity.
Thank you so much for your feedback and your enjoyment of the game! I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks again! :D
Gretat art and sounds giving an atmospheric game
Thank you so much! I was lucky to have found art that matched so well. The artists are all credited in the description above if you see any of the art you want to use in future projects yourself :) Thanks again!
Very fun and engaging game. I liked the way it was presented, the script was well written, and the sound effects and graphics really added to the spookiness! The back button was appreciated too! Well done on your submission.
Thank you so much ! I appreciate you and your feedback. Isn't that back and skip button great?! I can't read a novel without one lol Thank you again!
Superbly put together, the UI and art is excellent with a well written script. Reminds of the 'choose your adventure' books from when i was a boy (which is a fair time ago now :D). Well done!
I love those books when I was younger too!! It was one reasons visual novels appealed to me so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for reading it.
Well done game, congrats. We survived!
Congratulations on surviving! whoohoo! Thanks for playing
Really liked the story, progression of it and the descriptive, engaging writing especially on how the characters were feeling. Very nice job especially for first game as well, this is excellent.
Thank you so much for your feedback and I am so glad you enjoyed the story! :D
Pretty well made for game jam game. 5 stars on the board!
Aww Thank you so much! I appreciate you! :D
What a nice, well-written story. The sound and visuals instantly set the stage for the adventure.
Thank you so much. I went to college for creative writing and finally think I found my niche. So, it's nice to hear that after two decades of sitting on this degree maybe I did. Thank you so much. :)
I really love this kind of games. I died too soon I guess about 2-3 minutes. Glowing eye creature killed me :) Atmosphere, musics and story... Good job!
thank you so much and oh no! lol keep going, 5 endings in total. lol :D But for reals, thank you so much I appreciate you playing!
You did a fantastic job! Especially with the different endings of a complete story, all in such a short time. Also, I really liked the atmosphere! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your feedback. :)
Love the blood curdling scream! Cool little intro to the witch, too-- puff of vapors.
I thought I'd done a cool thing there lol my brother and husband laughed a little at it XD but thank you for being team Teharra! LOL And that scream is an amazing sound effect right?! Thank you again!
Very nice! I liked the audio parts and the storytelling.
Thank you so much
Cool to see another game with story. I survived my first try, I'll come back later for different endings :)
I love story games and visual novels of all sorts! I think it's my niche of what I'd like to create for the most part. Thank you for enjoying it and definitely play them all for sure! 5 endings in total. :)
mine has some witty dialogue (at least I hope so), maybe you'd like it ;)
Omgosh I was laughing LOL so yes, I did like it. Favorite dialogue was "You crazy birch!" LOL That one got me. You're doing great! I like my games relatable and the way people talk so I appreciated your story a lot :D I will play more when or if more is added.
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