Not sure what I just played, all I know is that it is twisted and makes one question reality. I like!
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Nothing Is Real's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #109 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Graphics | #201 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
| Gameplay | #229 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
| Overall | #232 | 3.023 | 3.023 |
| Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction) | #319 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you work in a team?
I worked solo, but had a few friends test the game a few times.
All the assets were produced by me, with the exception of one Public Domain audio-track.
I think I spent 7+ nights on this project in total.
Was the resolution a challenge?
Yes, and no.
It wasn't a problem for me to implement stuff in such a small space, and the limit drove me to come up with material I wouldn't have produced otherwise.
But there were some really annoying technical issues I had to tackle, especially regarding the text/fonts.
Because of this and some poor decision-making early on, I had to do a LOT of unnecessary work and tinkering.
What did you learn?
A) That you should not underestimate the workload that waits you later on if you try to take shortcuts.
B) Don't leave important things to the last minute.
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Uhh... Let me take that back. These are things that I will never learn!
Comments
Yeah, there’s quite a few rough edges here and there I didn’t have the time to fix.
I also had to leave out a few story-elements and a planned achievement-system.
Adding some polish and implementing the cut content to a v1.1 wouldn’t require that much work, but I always find resuming development post-Jam really difficult for some reason.
4 years ago (+1)
Thanks, I really appreciate it !
The first iteration of the forest was way too easy, so after running a few tests I made it a lot more punishing. I guess finding a good balance is the challenge.
I considered implementing two difficulties to choose from, but didn’t really have the time for that in the end.
4 years ago (+2)
Glad you enjoyed the game!
As for the music, the track you hear in the beginning I recorded specifically for the game using this mobile-Looper, and did some after-edit on Ubuntu-Studio.
The forest-track is an older “test-song” I had lying around, and decided to use in the game.
I made it with this old toy-keyboard (no kidding!) and some of these effect-plugins.
The song that plays when you knock on the door I obviously didn’t produce myself.
It is a part of an oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel from the 1700’s.
4 years ago(+1)
Thanks, man! It makes me happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Wow, I love how you brought up Don Hertzfeldt, since I’m a fan of his work myself. Actually, not that many days ago I was just thinking I should revisit that particular movie after a few years. The same film has made an impact on me as well, since I often find myself reminiscing some of the scenes and dialogue.
So I wouldn’t be that surprised even if there would be some subconscious influences manifesting in my own artistic output.
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