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Letters from Emily's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #15 | 3.203 | 3.333 |
| Innovation | #43 | 2.162 | 2.250 |
| Art Style/Visuals | #46 | 2.402 | 2.500 |
| Overall | #50 | 2.162 | 2.250 |
| Gameplay/Fun | #54 | 1.761 | 1.833 |
| Audio/Sound Design | #63 | 1.281 | 1.333 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game Engine / Tools
Unity
How does your game fit the theme?
Isolation - Deals with themes of loneliness and isolation.
Self-made stuff
Not applicable
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Comments
Sweet story. Good atmosphere!
Nice little game. It was short but I enjoyed it.
Cute story, congrats on finishing a game! :D
Obviously there are lots of little things you could do to polish it, making the letters look more like letters would be particularly nice. Maybe even handwrite them yourself and take pictures of them? That could be really neat.
Well done for a first game!
GAMEPLAY
The strong message effectively engaged with the theme. Not much to do but clicking but a good start for further enhancements.
ART STYLE / VISUALS
The graphics were simple but OK. Maybe in an update add some more variation to the different days and maybe some effects of picking up the letter etc.
AUDIO / SOUND DESIGN
There was no audio, which could be a valuable addition for enhancing the atmosphere in a future update or game.
INNOVATION
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THEME
The theme was effectively touched upon, particularly through the game's strong message.
Good first game job! Definitely keep going like this with your next projects 💪!
Like the story between the two letter writers. Shows how someone taking the time to care and be sympathetic can be really really help someone struggling. Some neutral music would have added to the vibe and if you can, uploading a thumbnail image would make people more likely to play it. (You are allowed to edit your game page in this jam. Just not the actual game file.)
Played and rated!
First of all congrats for making your first game, it's a big step forward 😄
I found the story interesting and it fits the theme pretty well.
To improve the game you could add music, sounds and improve the art style. I think it will help a lot with getting the right atmosphere for the game.
Nice job!
Would appreciate if you check out and rate our game as well:
https://hadilepanda.itch.io/lonely-byte
I like the story, gives me Firewatch vibes and the penpal concept is pretty neat. Only thing is I thought the choices would alter the letters or the story, and on the technical side after finishing the game once, in subsequent playthroughs the next day button stays as finish game instead.
Good Game, please try our game :)
Nice first game! Did it give the vibes you wanted?
cool take on the theme! i really liked your take on a pure narrative game with an isolation twist by having the characters never meet and only communicate via letter; even when they are speaking together, they are still alone. the art was cute too, I liked that. One criticism is that the story was very short and somewhat straightforward, I know it is tough to flesh things out in a gamejam but more character development, side motivations, etc etc would help a lot. I had a fun time playing, good job!
Thank you for playing! Yeah definitely could have fleshed the story out more.