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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #1133 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
| Fun | #1682 | 2.990 | 2.990 |
| Overall | #1880 | 3.066 | 3.066 |
| Presentation | #2700 | 2.693 | 2.693 |
Ranked from 101 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?
The game fits the theme by joining together two different moments in time with puzzles and exploration.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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I don't usually play text games, but this was a fun one that held my attention for a while. good puzzles! some visuals would be super helpful to tell the story :)
very bold move making a text-based adventure game. I liked the time travel mechanic and overall the comedic concept.
As someone who moved away from their hometown a year ago, this really made me miss home. It's a good use of the theme to use the "joined together" past in both a literal and a figurative sense. Really good job!
Nice idea! This is of course the first text adventure game I've seen here and it does it well. The game tries to lay out everything clearly by switching colours when in different timelines and having the text pop-up and all of that. I have one nitpick however and that is your goal isn't clearly stated, the setting is described well and why you're there, but not what we're doing in the apartment (something about a hook?). Also the multiple options that suddenly appear can appear jarring. That's just some criticism I have for the game, other than that, great entry to the jam!
Thank you for playing!! We tried to state the initial goal (finding the coat) in the opening, but it definitely could've been more clear in places, something I've definitely learned moving forward. The idea was that you're exploring the past of your apartment to find something you lost and recapturing it in the future.
Nice text adventure and nice take on the theme! Very interesting story until where I played, but I fear I wasn't able to find the note that my landlord left (didn't seem to have the option to look at it in the hallway). Overall really good idea and great fit, well done!
Thank you for playing! The landlord note appears in the past, but disappears once you find the handle and screws and install them.
Great to see how you used the theme to make a text adventure game!
I like the fact that the buttons' color changes when you have already explored them, makes it easier to figure out what to do next. Also the bowl in the bathroom that gives hints was a great touch to the game!
I did get stuck at one point though, the bowl of hints didn't help either. I had checked all rooms and places, tried every button (in both present and past) but the story didn't seem to progress any further, I loved the game nonetheless!
Overall, an amazing entry to the jam! Great job!
Thank you so much for playing! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Where did you get stuck? There is an ending to the game, once you finish both puzzles.
I had assembled the coat hanger, found the knitting yarn and also the old coat
Great text adventure! I loved how the times were joined together.
Great to see that that you have done something different with a text game that has an intriguing story and puzzles. Nice work.
I didn't expect to find a text game submitted to this jam, but I certainly wasn't disappointed! Good job.
As someone who also writes stories, I was really intrigued by this one! I loved the attention to detail. As a short story, this was very effective one. The ending hit an emotional note between melancholic and hopeful. I hope you keep making games like these!
Well made text adventure, good job. Time travel toilet is cool, I wish I had one :D
Nice a text-based game, a bit a change of pace from what we see a lot in this jam! I thought it was very well written, and a unique story too. Never imagined flushing a toilet could warp time?? Also liked the change of text color to show what time period you are in. I'm not quite an expert in these types of games so at one point I was a little lost on what to do, I think it was after the coat was hung. At that point it kinda turned into randomly clicking all the options, and the toilet hint was just mentioning how it goes between time periods. Eventually though I noticed something that mentioned yarn on a balcony (maybe I was reading too fast before to see) and then it continued. Got to finished and very nice little ending! Anyways great job with this, I enjoyed this little trek through time!!
amazing game, a climatic cinematic experience
Nice easy going text adventure. Heartwarming ending.
I think the criticism for me here is that there is too much text, which might sound odd, but you have to know the format.
I like it! The idea of traveling back and forth to make sure I had my coat was a fun and original idea. I really like how there was a hint system built in as well. It was cool how revisiting locations in the different time periods had different messages. Really creative idea. I wish the message when you got an item was a little more highlighted or there was a way to check your inventory. Overall, great game for a game jam!
Wow... This is the first time playing a text adventure. I was never attracted to them, but I don't know why I got stuck to this one until the end. The writing is really impressive, engaging and pleasant. I loved the humorous idea of timetravelling via toilet flushing :-). I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would have maybe a suggestion, but not sure if it detriments to gameplay. I personally had a hard time remembering which choices I took, while exploring a certain moment in the past or present. I would have loved to have the choices grayed out, or have an indication once I checked/explored an option.
Congrats nonetheless!!
Really fun little text adventure! And well written. A little more signposting of new important bits of text would be really useful. I found the knitting needles whilst I was still thinking about getting the coat hung up so was a bit lost on what I was meant to do after I'd got the coat back. Also wasn't clear to me why scarf was where you end up finding it, so I ended up just backtracking through everywhere which wasn't the best but a pretty common thing with text adventures.
A really well made text adventure, good job
This game is a interesting one. Although I'm not a fan of text adventures, still found it fun. Only thing i could ask for is more.