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Paranormal '98's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| gHosts' Choice | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Aesthetics | #8 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Story | #23 | 3.840 | 3.840 |
| Enjoyment (Best Game) | #57 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Horror | #69 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
| Sound Design | #104 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Yes
Which engine did you use to create this game?
Unity
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This is one of the scariest entries I've played so far! You guys have absolutely nailed the atmosphere and the setting and environment were really well done. Played this with a friend and we were freaking out trying to find the object xD
Thank you so much for the kind words! It makes us super happy to hear that!
Really enjoyed your game as well and I do think it has one of the best stories in the jam!
Very atmospheric, stylish, and cohesive entry! The environment is wonderful, evoking noir comic book vibes, at the same time having an underlying cosmic horror feel to the investigation. It plays so fluidly and the narrative is delivered to the player in an informed, yet convincing manner. The mechanics of looking at objects feels terrific, and had me so intrigued about investigating other cases and deducing which code to mark on what object. The hint system is welcome, and I used it even after deducing it for myself, and was welcomed to be informed further about the case. Terrific art direction and sound design, my only complaint is that I want more! Great work team!
Wow, thanks a lot! Couldn't hope for better feedback, glad to hear that for a proof of concept we hit most of the goals we set out to hit. And it means a lot coming from you guys, you made a hell of a game over there.
Cool game. Looks awesome. Mechanics make you think, at first it is difficult to understand what is required.
Thanks for playing! It does take some time getting into for sure.
Very good premise for a game and an excellent style! Unfortunately, I found the sigil right away so it ended up not needing to look at any of the other objects in the room, although reading the other comments I think I might have gotten lucky. I do however, think it would have been a little more interesting to not have been told what entity we were looking for and have the player suss it out themselves with the context clues in the room, but this is a very promising start if it were to be expanded out into a longer and larger game.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, there were internal discussions on how to tackle giving hints, and in a longer game the idea of first identifying what you're meant to look for definitely would be a feature.
Really cool game going off the concept of the player's observation skills. Had me hooked till the end of the level and honestly with making this in a week, you guys did a phenomenal job! Obviously, with a game like this, it doesn't tackle horror in the traditional way but it still has just enough to give a chilling and creepy tone. The only criticism i have is that when I exited out of the elevator, the camera kept rotating downwards to the right when walking around. Aside from that minor bug, this was a really solid experience!
Thanks very much! We were definitely trying to stuff in as much atmosphere as we could, glad to know that it's hitting. And thanks for the bug report~
Excellent game! It's polished, intriguing, and unique! Definitely agree with the other comments - more entities would be fun!
Thanks! Glad you liked it~
So clean and pretty! Got hooked and had a great time playing. Love the style ❤️
Thanks very much! We loved yours as well =)
Really cool game with a great style and feel about it. Would definitely play for much longer with varying individual case files. Great work guys!
Thanks very much! Very much enjoyed yours as well!
Really cool that this game has multiple endings. The comic book art style looks very cool.
Thanks for playing!
Really enjoyed your game, can see a lot of work went into it. The atmosphere is nicely creepy and I got startled in the end (I died). Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for trying out the game!
The game made me a bit dizzy trying to find the mark, and I had to take a hint. I love the black and white visuals and the assets you created. It's a really good game!
Seems like the paranormality has started to affect you through the screen :O
Thanks for checking out the game!
The art is great. And mechinics is interesting, seems like it could become a big project, hope you continue to develop it. The hint made my life too easy, I found the eye quickly after looking at it)
I found an interesting issue: the game allows you to crawl by pressing ctrl+wasd, but when you press ctrl+w browser tab closes (I use chrome and it's a hotkey here) and you need to restore the tab and start the game from the beginning. Probably you do not need the crawling mechanics at all? Or you can use some other key for it.
Overall, really cool game, good job!
Thanks for letting us know! Didn't realize Ctrl+W also closes Firefox tabs as well. Might have to add a warning on page for now.
Its not too optimized for the browser for some people so we do recommend downloading it and playing it there!
I really like the visual and the world building. I read all the manual before starting as I was interested in all the different kind of spirits. I couldn't find the eye thought, so maybe I'll try again later.
This game is super clean! Concept is very cool and visually looks fantastic, and plays well to boot. I hope you continue this and I can't wait to hunt for the other entities! I will definitely be back for more. It took me a while to find the eye but I was so excited when I did.
Loved the visual style of this so its an easy 5/5 on the aesthetics! could only find 3 of the 4 endings though
Thank you so much for the kind words! We had lots of fun making the aesthetics.
Hint: If you stick around too long something might happen to you investigator
Note taken
Brilliant atmosphere! I got so scared during the room exploration lol. Same here, It took me some time to find the eye, overall a super cool game!
Loved everything about this game except how I literally could not find that eye no matter how much I looked. Had to stop since I could feel myself close to getting heated lmao. Still, amazing work.
Hey~ sorry to hear that, we're working on solutions of giving the player some help without straight up giving away the answer- we'll likely update the game before the end of the week!
Very cool! I really loved the transition from the mainly 2D intro to the 3D environment - it caught me off guard and was a very pleasant surprise!
Thank you very much! We very much enjoyed making the environment, glad to hear you're enjoying it as well =)
Really awesome art, and an interesting mechanic, took me a bit but I found the eye I my third try! It seems this is hinting at a much larger game with more mechanics and I like the multiple endings as well, I would definitely check this out as a full game. Also I found a bug where if you hold right click and left click at the same time, the noise for viewing and putting down an object plays over and over again rapidly.
Glad you enjoyed it! Definitely hints of bigger and more ambitious things in here haha~
And tyvm for the bug report, will be investigating that.
i loved the atmosphere, the book and dialogue were both well written and the concept is great. after four attempts i could not find the eye, i feel like i looked at everything but maybe it was just too subtle for me. even given that, i still really enjoyed this and would love to see an expanded version of it cause the execution and idea are just so good.
Hey~ thanks for the comment! We were actually just discussing the idea of hints or some other way of helping the player with the solution. You know how it is with puzzles- you never know how hard/easy something is until other people play it =P
yeah and of course no matter what you do someone still isn't gonna get it and you definitely don't want to make it too easy. my first thought would be to add a sort of chromatic shimmering if you were looking towards it to simulate the idea of it effecting your mental state but that would make it wayyy to easy so a hint system probably is best. great work either way!