I was like "well, I like the UI setting", but WOW when the game really gets going it has a lot of thought put into it for a gag story. The perfect ending made me beam. This contains rich Harold Essence.
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Harold Gets Screen Time's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Harold's Kind Smile (Host Rating) | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Creativity | #2 | 4.450 | 4.450 |
| Overall | #3 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Harold | #4 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Fun | #7 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Custom Assets
A mouse.
Comments
My thoughts while playing this game:
- The game needs a little bit of a spelling/grammar check. It's not hard to understand, just annoying.
+ A game-making sim? That's different!
+ This story is funny.
- I'm not a fan of choice boxes with no default selection
+ I like how you loop back to a decision point after getting one of the earlier endings so you don't have to go through all of the text again.
+ OMG WHAT HAROLD...not gonna spoil it, but the plot twist is amazing!
+ "Voice acting." Nice.
+ The plot twists keep coming. I love it!
- Is the mapping made with parallax or grid-free doodads? The map doesn't line up with where the icons are.
- Why no Harold battle sprite? Even blowing up a Harold sprite would have made a better enemy sprite.
I did multiple playthroughs, so the thoughts may seem a little out of order. "+" are for things I liked, "-" are for things I didn't like.
Overall, I enjoyed this game and got a few laughs in. Good job!
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Hrld QstHarold sounds like Microsoft Sam confirmed! Really cool concept and a somewhat sweet ending with the google page. Harold would probably be overjoyed to see a game jam dedicated to him!
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Harold's Journey Beyond
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