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A jam submission

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The Fear of Light
Submitted by MercGames — 5 days, 20 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme / Limitation(s)#383.0643.250
Audio#412.9463.125
Overall#442.8283.000
Quality#462.9463.125
How Fun#512.5932.750
Gameplay#562.4752.625

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Rule of Three Limitation used?

Yes

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

It's hard to see what to see what is in front of you at times, thankfully, the light can be easily seen. Having to find a way around or bait one of the entities to continue toward your destination was a nice experience. Overall, I had a great time playing the game.

Submitted(+1)

from a technical standpoint i appreciate the visual style, but i felt at times i could not see in front of me.

that aside, its a lot of fun! the monster chases are terrifying!

Submitted(+1)

Great work!

I had some spooky moments here and there, having to creep around the place or find another pathway since it was blocked.

Some feedback:

  • Some footsteps would help the audio and make me feel like I have a "presence" in the game world.
  • It would be nice to know which keys I have on me.
  • (spoilers) Not enough reaction time to read text on the last sequence, feels like an almost guaranteed gameover. (plus you have to hit the walk forward key again) I ended up looking behind me because I was still curious what I light was lol.
  • Some reactions from the monsters if they're chasing you or notice you. It was just a silent chase, and it felt like I always had to look behind me to see if the monster was still chasing me or not.