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A jam submission

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A corrupted soul's guide to repairing their reincarnation cycle.
Submitted by Aiwi (@Alkaliii_) — 6 hours, 18 minutes before the deadline

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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#133.6833.833
Matched the theme#263.3633.500
Gameplay#442.7222.833
Overall#532.7222.833
Art style#812.1622.250
Audio#881.6811.750

Ranked from 12 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)

Great writing! I like how background and text colors changed based on what was happening in the story. You did a good job making the navigation between conversations really intuitive, and making it clear what you were supposed to be doing without explicitly telling us what to do. 

Submitted(+1)

Well written and liked the story concept!

Developer(+1)

Thank You!

Submitted(+1)

It took me almost 30 minutes to figure out that the story wasn't finished yet (my bad XD). I thought this had a really interesting setup! Had a bit of foreshadowing in the beginning while talking to Ralph (didn't read the little header description thing, so I didn't know what I was getting myself into). I have to say that the sudden shift of background color from black to white was kinda blinding (unfortunately had brightness on high...) so maybe try to avoid that a bit more in the future as it could affect some people. Or maybe have a slow color transition from black to white (I never used twine before, so I don't know if thats possible). Besides that, I liked how you played around with the text and background colors. The colors were all well coordinated and defined, so players know if a sentence is a testimony or if its the character inner dialogue just from the colors alone.

I liked the way you written some of the characters witness reports! The all caps and extension of letters to words adds a lot to their personality, which I really enjoyed! There were a few grammatical errors that I picked up while playing through that I don't think were intentional, but idk. I also feel like there was an inconsistency with the info given, not gonna spoil just in case, but it was somewhere in the "consult colleagues on site" section (only a minor inconsistency that doesn't affect the game that much anyway). Also I thought that the "truth" behind the mystery was a bit too on the nose, but I still enjoyed the journey getting to that truth! Reading through the mysteries and trying to piece things together was fun! The end part also was a really neat bookend to the narrative!

All in all, I could see a lot of the fragments of what your original scope of the game was supposed to be, and I see a lot of potential with a story like this! Hopefully you continue making this game and see it through to the end! Nice work! P.S. I really liked the amount of customization you gave to the player in the settings :)

Developer(+1)

Sorry about the unfinished state. I probably should of put (WIP) in the title. Ill try to look out for that inconsistency as I continue to work on the game. The ending was a bit rushed so maybe ill rework it to be a bit better. Thank you for your feedback!!!

Submitted(+1)

Very rare (for me) to play a text game. I could not finish it. It would be great if you have some images/sounds at certain moment to illustrate the story. 

I think the game logo and name reminds me: Operating System and Programming Language, so I thought it was about that before playing your game ;P 

By the way, you made me laugh when I clicked on settings and it was written: There are none lol.

Developer

Ill consider adding more media as I work on it. I planned to have images but had to reallocate my work time to finish the story up to a playable state. Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

This is a really nice text based game, in the beginning the story is pretty interesting and it starts off with some good concepts, however it ends up being a detective game, and, probably due to the lack of time, the plot does not end with anything as related to the theme as the beginning

Developer

True, I also noticed as I worked on the game how it was straying from the main jam theme. I'm thinking about adding more pitfalls so reincarnation becomes a more apparent theme. Thanks for your feedback!