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A jam submission

Ghost ControlView game page

Looks like there's a haunting tonight, use the power of your keyboard to fight the ghosts!
Submitted by Zacksly (@_Zacksly) — 15 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#414.3484.348
Overall#1533.9573.957
Fun#3353.6963.696
Presentation#5923.8263.826

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Ghost Control is all about managing the loss and gain of control. Every keyboard key you have acts as a movement and an attack, but when once you press it, that control is deactivated until the next round. Even worse, if you run out of controls to press, its game over.

Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

cool idea! great game that is simple to play, challenging to master :) good work!

Submitted

great idea ! love the minimalist aesthetic :)

Submitted

This is a gem.  Excellent gameplay, atmosphere, and presentation.  It's fun, intuitive, and just the right amount of challenge (thanks to the multiple difficulty options).  Great job.

Submitted(+1)

Great game! I had the same thing where I pressed alt and killed myself a few times lol. The aesthetic is real nice and it's a really creative concept. The only thing I was gonna say is I wish the game was harder but then I remembered the difficulty select. Seriously awesome job, I really enjoyed it!

Submitted

I had so much fun playing this! The are well fleshed out and polished with some great music/visuals to back it. Amazing work :D.

Submitted

Very original and well executed ! Well done!

Submitted

This game is one of the most original, fun games I've played yet. You totally deserve way more ratings on it. 

Submitted

Nice concept! Sometimes it is kind of confusing why all the keys deactivate, but overall it's a pretty simple to start and hard to master game. Good job!

Developer

Thanks! About the keys deactivating, is it possible you pressed the alt key? The alt key turns all the activated keys off and all the deactivated keys back to on. If it's not the alt key there's a bug I need to fix hiding somewhere.

Submitted(+1)

Oh yeah it was probably the Alt key, sorry i didn't catch that while playing :D I noticed even the shift key does something to the keys. Maybe you could color them in a different way or let the player know in some way that they are "special" keys, like the space bar. Anyways the alt key is a nice touch now that i know it works :D Nice one!

Submitted

nice game useing the hole keyboard to  mov is very smart

Developer

Thanks, and thanks for playing!

Submitted (1 edit)

This would be a genius typing tutor akin to number munchers for elementary school math =D

I don’t have a PC, but the game runs fine in wine, another bonus!

Developer

You know, I thought about that part-way through development. It might be something I need to look into... thanks for playing!