Very well polished for a game jam entry. The art and music are beautiful and atmospheric, and the gameplay is intuitive. Congrats!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Playability | #258 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Artistic Style | #401 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Theme | #653 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Cleverness | #755 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- I found the art very nice and unique. The sound effects are good. The background music fit the game really well. I liked the different tools we use for solving the puzzles. As well as how the shadow essence acts within the puzzle and causes a bit of annoyance. Awesome job on the game, and I hope to see you make something next Jam as well!
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!
Scrimshaw is a puzzle game with a horror aesthetic that puts you in the role of a crazed researcher using strange alchemical practices to seek an eldritch truth.
The gameplay is based around using various tools to manipulate a grid of differently colored tiles, in order to make it match the objective's grid. It's built to give the player a lot of agency to adapt their strategy on the fly and rewards thoughtful play.
As the game goes on, you get more tools, work on increasingly strange subjects, and have to face the shadows head on.
Extra Notes
Thanks so much for hosting this game jam! It was a lot of fun and a great excuse to make something great with my friends.
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