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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #19 | 1.500 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #20 | 1.500 | 3.000 |
| Thematic Relevance | #22 | 2.500 | 5.000 |
| Historical Accuracy | #23 | 2.000 | 4.000 |
| Audio | #24 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Graphics | #25 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Historical Accuracy
The newspaper that serves as the game's title screen is based off a real newspaper that can be found here https://youtu.be/Clu4lD7A1t8?feature=shared&t=227
The events of the game are also based off the real history of Elijah Lovejoy and his 4 destroyed printing presses.
All Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XoRWWBDjc4
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_museum/id/2167/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clu4lD7A1t8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkZAv5nIsFA
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/elijah-parish-lovejoy-quotes
Thematic Relevance
The theme was famous assassination. Elijah Lovejoy was assassinated for printing what he believed.
Disclaimers
The backgrounds where made my AI and then touched up and put together by me. The 3 character sprites where made by Momonga. The sound was made by kaavee. The idea for the game was mine. And Maddie did playtesting and development. You can play the game in browser at https://s7ygian.itch.io/the-observer-2. The game is identical. The new post was made NOT so I could get in past the deadline, but so people could play my game easier.
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- Keeping in line with your theme of a printing press/journalism in general, I think the format for the main menu (and history section) was a nice touch. Unfortunately, I felt like there was too much text, and would have liked to read something relevant to the buttons above the columns, if I did choose to focus on it.
- Love the UI designs in general, but the AI-generated art creates a dissonance with what was created by your artist for the jam. The differences in pixel ratio/density and lack of touch-up on some sprites don't profess the same level of experience between the artist and the AI. This isn't too in line with our caution against using AI-generated assets, so I'm leaving that disclaimer there.
Other than some type-setting issues, I think this was a lovely thing to add to your game. Thanks for making and sharing this game!
I thought the use of mashing the keyboard to gain inspiration, and then swiping to print papers was very creative.