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A jam submission

Fear of ContactView game page

GDS Jam 2021 - First contact with unkown intelligence
Submitted by Wandering_GameDev, wernercg — 33 minutes, 45 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#133.2833.471
Fun#162.7822.941
Overall impression#182.9493.118
Music & Sounds#192.4482.588
Controls#202.5602.706
Innovation#212.3932.529
Visuals#222.9493.118

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Great game, maybe a little too difficult for me, because I didn't manage to escape, but for some others it might be actually easy :) I loved how I could look over my shoulder to see where the alien is, it made the game a little scarier.

Submitted

I enjoyed the narrative around this :D gives it a truly special friendly vibe :)

Submitted

Really good game. Loved the idea. Didn´t manage to escape. But that is ok.:) I love unforgiving games. Will try it for sure again later. 

Developer

Thanks. We are working on post jam version with bit more forgiving difficulty and some small tweaks. We would be glad if you would check that out once it's ready ;)

Submitted

Beautiful graphics, good sound design made a great atmosphere in this game. The best moment was when i missed the alien boi by just a little margin and he just passed me by like usain bolt and touched my soul :D Good runner :)

Developer

You're too kind. Sounds were added in last hour, but we're glad you like the graphics. And yeah those guys have long lengs, you know :D We are working on more forgiving version. Thanks for the comment.

Submitted

This was a lot of fun! Couldn't put it down until I escaped :) And it is cool to see that there is somebody else who took on the "first contact" a little differently like we did :)

Developer

Thanks! How did the run go? I realized just after submition that difficulty is maybe bit too unforgiving for small one shot game like this.

Submitted

It is difficult, but for me it hit the "hard but enjoyable" spot just right. It was a fun challenge where every time I played it I got a little farther, so it was rewarding. I think I spent around 25 minutes playing it. 

One thing that was a bit frustrating was the first alien. You have to hit them with either the first or second stone, and there is a hill in the way that makes it pretty hard. So if this first guy was a little slower, or the hill was not so much in the way, first time players would probably find it a little bit more enjoyable.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your feedback. We are working on post jam version and better phasing of level difficulty should be main update for that.

Submitted

Simple and fun, thanks for the game!

Submitted

Nice runner, although it's annoying that stone can hit hills instead of aliens, so depending on where alien is it can be almost impossible to win. Good controls, matches theme and kinda fun to play.

Developer

Thank you! And I agree with you. We've experiment with the stones a bit in final hours, but in order to work we've ended up with this solution. One shouldn't get too experimentative when deadline is comming closer :)