That scream spike hit effect got me the first time lol. The game has a unique vectorish style really cool! Pretty polished feel with the cutscene between levels.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Design | #21 | 4.491 | 4.491 |
Overall | #43 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
Originality | #114 | 4.396 | 4.396 |
Adherence to the Theme | #293 | 4.314 | 4.314 |
Ranked from 159 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Hey, came here because you left a comment in my game: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/461692. I managed to finish the game, and I must say that it's a pity that the game finishes in the 6th level, because in there is when I started to strategize with both moving in the dark and luring the enemies with the torch. It's a pretty simple but beautifully executed concept. Congrats to the team!
I love it! It's so tense and weird (in a good way), I got a couple of jumpscares on my playthrough.
The mechanics work in a lovely way, this definitely has the perfect balance between suspense and exploration. Definitely in my top 10 this jam.
The art is superb too. Colors are great, the screens look rich yet simple. It's a great art direction overall.
Just at the start the game grabs you, first the ambience then it tells you to press spacebar. You do it, and the light appears and the game is there. Man, that's such an elegant way to present the mechanic, seriously. And it extends to the art assets, and specially the level progress screen. So nice, compact, and elegant!
The artist side of me is appeased. The animator side of me would like the feel of the movement animations and direction change to be a little less sluggish, but the artstyle still carries it through with no problems!
The game can certainly catch you if you get too into it while running from a monster and fall into some spikes. The scream startled me, hahahah. Though i'm not the bravest person around, i do think it means the atmosphere is good, hahaha.
Also really liked how you implemented that the floor can have multiple monsters. Got trapped between those two.
Overall, outstanding!
One other small thing: I actually thought that when a level lighted up, it was because i was going into that level, not that it was done. Foolish of me in hindsight, but it does mean i ended up expecting one more level and felt a bit anticlimatic, hehe.
Looks and sounds great. Fun at first but the levels can get repetitive.
Spectacularly sharp, in its artistic design and implementation all around! I'd like to do the developers a service by pointing out what truly shines about this game, and why you should try it out!
-Clear communication of scope: with the first level being fairly short to complete, then showing one flame in the tower, the player can understand just how much time they're committing to! Short and satisfying!
- Lovely artistic choices! Being a bit of a puzzle/dungeon crawler hybrid that also hedges on wordless tutorials, it's clear how effective the imagery works when the gameplay components are so affordable!
- Healthy lenience in the gameplay keeps anxiety and intrigue in a playful balance! e.g. being able to spot the corners of tiles by rotating the light, flickering the light to gradually scour an unfamiliar area safely, quick respawns meant I could experiment with the game's silent rules with no frustration!
- The game takes its most basic concept and runs the full course: I can see exactly what I subjectively enjoy about this design, and I am ready to be excited for any extensions of it! I could say all of the points above with zero hesitation!
Whether this game continues to grow or remains a solid jam entry, it's a significant and memorable experience for me! Awesome job!
Truly unique and nice artstyle. I had fun playing it all the way through. You should definitely work this through and release it as a complete game, add different enemies, traps, mechanics. Nicely done!
Really well polished. I got scared a couple of time. The mechanic is interesting and works well.
I had only one technical hiccup, sometimes the movement and light jitter a lot.
I play on a recent Mac Mini. Here a video of the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztfvVE3pK3M&feature=youtu.be
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