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A jam submission

through death's doorView game page

Sent to clean up after a questionable death... Surely no one will die.
Submitted by dodo (@415x2) — 1 hour, 19 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#244.4294.429
Engagement#254.0004.000
Overall#443.7503.750
Gameplay#573.4293.429
Theme#863.1433.143

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (1 edit)

Hello! I enjoyed the game, the mistery was interesting and the art of the MC is pretty cool!

I want though to give some observations:
The timeloop didn't feel like a mechanic at all, since after dying you resume the investigation from where you left: the timeloop has no loop (except at the end). Also the deaths most of the time happened trough text and without clarity - It's not a problem for the only text part since it was made for a jam, but most of the time the game did explain how I died only AFTER the death screen, leaving me confused each time on what happened. Once it even didn't explain what happened (the bathroom mirror). Though in general is still better to just show, instead of explaining.

The gameplay is just... interact around and find objects. There is no actual gameplay to the game apart from looking around. I didn't mind that much since the interactions were interesting and sometimes showcased the personality of the protagonist, but for a game about a mystery murder not having any sort of way to chose what to investigate or to give your deductions really made it too linear to be engaging.

And as an extra note, even if the portrait looks very nice, the art of the portrait, the tileset and the character clashes with each others.
But it was still a pretty good game, that's actually pretty commendable for being the first game. Congratulations!
I streamed the game, if you're interested here's the VOD: 

this was so cute and fun!! The mystery wasn't too mysterious, but  I think having so much interaction and showing us parts of Luka's personality and Irene's was really fun. Tho I was left confused about how it was framed as suicide at the end still [thinking emoji]. Overall, a really short, sweet game!! I hope u make more!!

Submitted

This was a lot of fun! The art and music were top notch and really tied it all together, and piecing the narrative together with each clue was really fun. I especially liked all the different deaths and had fun trying to find them (especially that easter egg death from trying to go out the door a second time). Would definitely enjoy another installment with Luka's next case.

My only critique of this game is that the mystery kinda solves itself as long as you interact with everything in the room. I would've liked to see a bit of puzzle solving, or at least a few branching choices where the player has to recall clues, because right now you can just brute force your way to the end and it's not quite the satisfying solution it could've been. But that aside, great stuff!


Developer(+1)

thank you so much for the feedback! i struggled with the mystery aspect a lot since it was my first time making a game, so knowing this perspective is really helpful ٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´

Submitted

Oh wow that's even more impressive for a first game. You definitely have a knack for style in your games!