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A jam submission

By The SeaView game page

The unspoilt coastline just turned sour
Submitted by jonwhiteley — 42 minutes, 53 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narration#251.9053.500
Overall#261.9053.500
Originality#271.9053.500
Theme#271.9053.500

Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I really like the general feel of this, especially the humour and the sound design. I noticed another comment mentions there being a puzzle - I couldn't find any myself. I spoke to everyone I could find/went into every building I saw and then backtracked around the town a few times to see if I'd missed something, but no luck. If there's actually a goal, maybe it isn't quite clear enough?

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

fun game!

I enjoyed the simple but effective graphics and setting, and everything that looked like it should have been interactible was.

I thought the hold-to-progress didn't go as fast as it took to read many text passages (especially when it was a non-choice confirmation), but it wasn't a big deal.

When I got deeper into the puzzle, I sometimes wished that new options would open up at higher points in the dialogue tree, but I didn't have to try too hard to make the magic happen.

Also, the ambience and sfx/music worked very well and added a lot to the mood!

edit: PS. I played this because it popped up at the top of my list of "submissions that needed votes" - I noticed you'd made this with Unity, and they do have an option to export in webGL which allows in-browser plays on itch. I've found it does make a big difference for people popping by and playing it!

Submitted(+1)

This was really good. The world was just as big and detailed as it needed to be, and each character had a purpose and character (I liked the Old Lady and the Museum clerk the best). I really thought the keyboard UI was intuitive. Felt like a mini Disco Elysium. Also high five for finishing a jam with a young kid.

(+1)

It looks like this is your first jam game? Good for you! And I can tell that you put a lot of work into building the world and everything. But I did find it somewhat hard to interpret, with the big colored rectangles representing people and everything.

Submitted(+1)

I don't have a windows machine to play your game unfortunately, but I wish I did. From the description and screenshots its clear you put a lot of work into it. I hope others who do have windows machines post comments about their experiences.