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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Cleverness | #755 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Playability | #1432 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Artistic Style | #1655 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- it felt like the AI was too agressive, and overall it felt cluncky to move around 3 characters, maybe scaling it down a bit would feel better.
- The game is definitely playable. I think the premise is fun, but being attacked by the monsters really didn't deter me from winning. Great job with the game. It's definitely an accomplishment, as I completed it! Can't wait to see what you've got next!
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
yes
Tell us about your game!
Description:
Imagine a horror game in a board-game-like environment. Enter the old basement of a long dead (?) alchemist with a party of characters. Find the hidden items and escape the basement in time before you turn insane by the horrors that live down there.
How to play:
- Select the character you want to move with the mouse and control them with the buttons on the right side of the screen.
- Do not look at disturbing beings for too long. Keep your health and sanity in check!
- Sanity recovers, health does not!
- After you retrieved all the items [or you just cannot stand the horrors anymore], escape the basement by navigating the characters to the top of the stairs. Once a player exits the basement, they can not return.
- After every player got back to safety, your score is calculated. [Feel free to try the game multiple times to get the highest scores!]
[- I recommend playing in fullscreen for the best imersive experience]
Stuff:
- Thank you very much for playing my game!
- Feel free to leave comments!
- Good luck to everyone that is participating in this game jam!
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Notes, if you get confused [includes some spoilers]:
- There is a monster in the basement [big surprise, I know].
- The monster is the ghost of the old alchemist [maybe he actually was partially successfull with the philosopher stone]
- Since the monster is a ghost, it can move [and attack] through walls. You are safe nowhere.
- When a character loses their sanity, they turn into another monster that haunts the remaining characters as well.
Extra Notes
Design-Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kHq-Zp1fcebl8Y2nVyE1MLB2prkYbtd2zBklVlYZQGU/edit?usp=sharing
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Comments
Nice game concept!
I wish it would be a bit more polished with some music and sfx. It could be great idea to add more items or challenges to the game - and more monsters? ^^
Good job!
Thank you so much!
Yeah, I totally agree! Music and sound effects would add a lot to the gameplay and emersion. Unfortunately I don't know anything about sound production and I was already on a tight schedule finishing before the deadline.
As for more various gameplay, I also completely agree! Originally for the prototype I wanted to have at least also some furniture you have to move around but again, as for every project loke this, I underestimated everything, haha.
Man I loved this, it reminded me of a few board games Death May Die, Mansions of Madness and Arkham Horror. Unfortunately I neglected two of the the characters and ran from the ghost but I made it out alive with all the artifacts ... so win for the dead alchemist and a win for me haha.
Thank you so much for the nice comment!
Yeah, I wanted to go exactly for this boardgame like feeling and I kinda still plan on making a physical cooperative game out of it somehow.
I think your experience is a quite common one for the firt run, haha. I hope that after players get used to the mechanics and how to protect the characters from the monster it gets more of a puzzling game then just run and hope, hahaha.