Very clever and well executed concept! The presentation and music perfectly nails a Dreamcast vibe, and the characters designs are so fun. I liked how the lore makes you wonder about what the previous section and cutscenes could have been about, felt like stumbling on to a forgotten RPG of the era on someone's save data. Combat system was pretty cool too!
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Skremplets IX: Dream Diver's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sticking to the Rules | #9 | 4.406 | 4.406 |
| Overall | #10 | 4.086 | 4.086 |
| Actually Fun | #11 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Covert Environmentalism | #12 | 3.781 | 3.781 |
| Skremplet Revival | #13 | 4.031 | 4.031 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Curse that wretched Bowhardy! I like it how Boyhowdy is the MC, when so many other developers (myself included) have made him the villian... or at least a complete pain in the butt. Really enjoyed the concept everyone, you nailed it! Also, huge shout-out to those cutscenes, they're crazy good.
Great idea, and I love how you went about it. You really nailed the end of game feeling. Running around the town with that orange sunset really made me feel like I was about to finish a long adventure. I also really appreciate how well you were able to imply what the character dynamics have been before this point. And of course, the visuals are fantastic. Really well done. Now you just need to make the first 49 hours and 35 minutes.
Great idea to fit the time limit into the narrative of the game itself. Very nice character models.
Absolutely love the fixed camera angles and overall presentation so much. Hard to pinpoint exactly, but it really has a Dreamcast-very early PS2/GC/Xbox sort of vibe that resonated strongly with me. I also adore the fresh take on turn based combat. Fantastic job everyone!!
Impressive how you really captured that classic JRPG feeling without just relying on using ps1 style visuals. The writing was great and the constant boyhowdy disrespect was 10/10.
Really cool presentation during combat with the animations and the slick UI, overall style is great.






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