The game is gorgeous, and I like the mechanics. Did not understand how to play at all though.
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Cold Pages's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Art & Design | #1 | 4.447 | 4.615 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #2 | 3.706 | 3.846 |
| Overall | #3 | n/a | n/a |
| Originality | #4 | 3.632 | 3.769 |
| Enjoyment | #7 | 2.446 | 2.538 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thank you for the feedback! The graphics depend on a cell shader, something similar to the one shown in this video.
The itch.io page contains instructions for playing the game, but the game jam release is very difficult due to a low amount of books, so you end up freezing very quickly even if you're good at the game and know what you're doing.
Really great visuals!
If it hadn't been for the instruction on the itch page, I would not have had any clue what to do, so a tutorial would have been nice.
Fun gameplay, but maybe a bit hard. It seemed that the longer the game went on, the faster the cold meter went up and the fire burned for a shorter amount of time each time you added fuel.
Anyway, fun game. Good job!
Submitted
LONG LIVE THE KINGThanks for the feedback - glad you liked it!
Our game was admittedly a bit ambitious for a two-day game jam. We ran out of time to add the books we made to the game, so the amount of burnable items is a lot lower than we anticipated - as a result, it's impossible to stay alive for long. We may make a content patch when the game jam is over to resolve this, as we just need to add more titles (they're randomly spread through the bookshelves anyway).
That's also why we had no tutorial - we would have loved to introduce the mechanics by starting the player off with the first journal entry being read and subsequently tossed in the fire (or something similar!). Trust me, the fact the balancing even works somewhat in the beginning of the game is pure coincidence ;).
The game looks so good, it's crazy!
I had no idea what I was supposed to do though, some kind of instructions would have been a big help
Submitted
LONG LIVE THE KINGThank you!
I've added a short section to the itch page that gives a bit more clarity on instructions;
Goal
Try to stay warm by exploring the labyrinth-like abandoned library, scouring for books that haven't been damaged by the elements & can still be used to fuel the fireplace! But beware: burning books without first immortalising their contents in your mind (in the order in which they occur in the series, you're just obsessive like that!) will lead to you slowly spiralling into insanity, so think carefully about what you sacrifice...
Hopefully that helps!
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