I like the vignettes that make this up - nice little sketches of a character forming
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A Goat Against The Wall's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Originality | #17 | 3.200 | 3.545 |
Narration | #22 | 2.544 | 2.818 |
Overall | #23 | 2.544 | 2.818 |
Theme | #24 | 2.462 | 2.727 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
I enjoyed how the story skips around and got the sense that the decisions I made would impact how my life turned out. Like everyone else mentioned the endings are abrupt and would benefit from better signalling that this game is meant to be replayed.
very unsettling and strange atmosphere which I think worked well for the intrigue.
Like the comments below, I hit unexpected ends, and I had trouble connecting that the sequences seemed to be related/chronoligically skipped; I thought at first I'd hit a bug or clicked on the wrong option, but then I got it on replays.
Replaying it to try over (and some different options), I was a little disoriented by the card game, and I wondered if it had any effect on the gameplay. (I wasn't sure?)
I found myself expecting some kind of grisly end to the paths! I think I was driven by hoping to see what might happen by the end.
PS. I myself had a bit of trouble reading as the game loaded text due to the scrolling/animating lines.
Same comment. Wasn't sure if I hit a bug or the end. Started thinking it was intentional given the game description.
Since this is my first game jam, I don't where (or if) people find time to play test stuff to sort out things like this. But in addition to enjoying playing your game, I also appreciate learning from it.
Now that I know, I'm going to go back and try for the whole. Thanks!
Ran into a freeze right at "Yes mom, I have to keep trying" (red text) or something similar, which is too bad since it seemed like the story was just picking up. The text was very small on my Mac, but after zooming I was able to read. Apart from the technical issues, I get a feeling that there's something real here.
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