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A jam submission

Audition TapesView game page

A chilling VHS analog horror game in your browser.
Submitted by HugBug (@gohugbug)
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#124.0004.000
Concept#413.4553.455
Overall#413.3183.318
Enjoyment#483.0003.000
Use of the Limitation#712.8182.818

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
This is a solo dev project, but with hired help for voice acting. Writing, code, 3D modeling, video editing, design by me, Hugbug. Trailer video editing and voice acting by Noa. Character voice acting by Carissa F. and Tj Trueh.

Software used
BBEdit, Photoshop, Premiere, SketchUp, Audacity, Quicktime player, Google Docs.

Use of the limitation
The story has multiple protagonists who filled out applications to make audition tapes. Whoa, so creative! Hahaha. :)

Cookies eaten
Lot of peanut butter bars, and a embarrassing number of energy drinks.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Wow! This is incredibly innovative and polished. The game page is the most beautiful one I've seen on this site. There is a bug I encountered where I walked backwards immediately when the second audition started and I ended up clipping through the school's entrance doors and couldn't get back in. Apart from that, this was a great experience! Absolutely love the atmosphere you've created in this game :)

Submitted(+1)

Great looking, nice web page integration, would love to see a Point & Click in this style menu style.
the scope of this project feels absolutely massive :o

Submitted(+1)

Nice work! Though I wish you finished it sooner, it feels a bit too late for this jam. I love your attention to the main page, and making your own engine sounds like a lot of work. Thanks for this!

Submitted

I loved it! Great concept, excellent use of the limitation, and a fantastic presentation. Great job!

Submitted

AHHHHHHH, this is scary.

Submitted

Presentation around this game is a work of art. Gameplay wise it seemed to not make much sense? Walking through an unopened door without a key was how I eventually won, I think it's safe to say that gameplay was cut short.

Developer

Oh wow, that's a big bug. I don't suppose you remember what door you were able to walk through? Was it the office door? The metal gate? Thanks so much for reporting!

Submitted

The metal gate, unless I missed that I picked up the key, and the animation didn't play.

Developer

Yep, that's a bug! I was able to recreate it and know how to fix it. Thanks so much for the report!

Submitted(+1)

wow, that was so cool, I would so play this as a full game. I am shocked by how few people have rated this fantastic work!

Submitted(+3)

That's because the game was submit 18 hours ago

What is the point to make a game jam with a countdown if you can submit so late after the dead line, its really questionable....

Developer

It is a little weird. I'm fully expecting that what ratings I get to ding me for that, as they should. :) I'm just glad to have been able to get a playable game even if it was late.

Submitted

the WASD / arrow keys dont seem to work for me :( the presentation is reaally on point so far though. I’ll try other browsers to see if it works better

Submitted

Ok so it does work on Firefox but I’m too scared to play xD which is a good sign but I’m also really susceptible to horror games so I’m sorry if I can’t play more of your game even though it really looks awesome and immersive :’)

Developer

Thanks for trying! What browser and OS did you have trouble on?

Submitted

I used google chrome. Let me go back and send you what I had on console

Submitted

Oh nevermind it does work on chrome now :O