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A jam submission

The HuntView game page

Be careful, you're being HUNTED...
Submitted by WaterPlug (@moistwaterplug) — 3 hours, 27 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
SCARIEST GAME#252.8642.864
BEST GAME#452.5912.591

Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This was a cute game! I finally learned how a bear shits in the woods. I do think you might've gone too big with it, I wandered around for quite a while and despite finding both a microwave and a toilet, I only got one of the ten sodas. I would've appreciated either a smaller map, or a smaller number of sodas to get (without reducing the total amount.) 

Developer

Thanks for your feedback ! I agree.

Submitted(+1)

I liked the atmosphere that the game creates, and the sounds are scary!

Developer

Thank you for playing ! happy to hear that the sounds were quite scary.

Submitted(+1)

Fun, some nice jumps there. I like the use of the light in 8 bit.

Developer

I'm happy you enjoyed it !

Submitted(+1)

I was very spooked by this game! You did a great job finding a balance between scares and this unnerving hunt for the cans. The music was also exceptional, and I enjoyed the player sprite's movement. I agree with a lot of the comments below (size of the space / the volume of the monster's scream), but I also had one small comment as well. A few times I spawned near the outer edge and had a hard time finding what was and what wasn't the out of bounds zone for the game. I think this had to do with the same ground tile across the entire map. Maybe having some sort of visual cue for the out of bounds (maybe a fence, or a wall of trees) would help. But I had a lot of fun playing and thank you for sharing your game!

Developer

I'm so glad you got spooked ! and there is a tree border around the map but I definitely could've downsized the map to help with these problems for sure ! thank you for your feedback.

Submitted(+1)

Nice mood! I liked the idea but I found it really hard to find all the sodas! Maybe adding some kind of way for the player to find them easily (map, roads to follow, radar). Good job!

Developer(+1)

Yeah I had thought of using some sort of mini map so that the player could at least know what all they had explored but didn’t have much time too. Thank you for your feedback !

(+1)

Hey, I really loved this game!  One question, would you happen to know of a tutorial link on how to create that lighting affect where the player can only see in a small radius around them?  I was planning on making that happen for another game jam I'm in but I can't seem to find any info on how to perform the task.  Thanks!

Developer

glad you enjoyed ! And I’m not sure what game engine you’re using but I’m using Unity 2019 and if you’re using that then here’s a fantastic tutorial - https://youtu.be/nkgGyO9VG54

(+1)

Ayeee lucky me I'm using the exact same engine and version as you :D.  Thanks a lot man!!!

Developer

No problem :D

Submitted(+1)

Eerie atmosphere, I enjoyed the DarkWood style halo of light around the character that makes it feel  claustrophobic. 

Developer

Thank you ! that's what I was going for.

Jam Host(+1)

This is a neat survival horror collectathon! The atmosphere is executed well and I like the forest setting, torch lighting and the creepy sound effects that punctuate the atmospheric background hum. The use of flavor through 'easter eggs' is a useful inclusion that added some variety and motivation to find the cans. The monster is a weird, unnerving effigy crossed with something organic and terrible! 

As far as feedback, I think the biggest thing is just that the game world is very large and traversing it with a static enemy that doesn't really 'chase' insofar as it materialises near you can limit the pacing. One idea could be to have batteries for the torch that slowly run out! Other than that maybe a bit more unpredictability in enemy behaviour could be a useful way to program a monster too. 

 Thanks for submitting The Hunt to the SCREAM MACHINE game jam!

- SCREAM CATALOGUE

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your feedback and for the game jam ! I was working on adding a lot more to the enemy but had to scrap it due to running out of time.  Had fun participating !

Submitted(+1)

A little game, cute but it's also scary!

Developer

Thank you so much ! Glad you got a little scare.

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game. Nice audio work but the abrasive enemy sound is a little too loud. I like the artwork and the mood of the cult-y area. I was a little confused about if all 10 sodas spawn at once or if they gradually spawn as you pick them up. Also I found a sock. Good sock.

Developer

Glad you enjoyed it ! I agree the abrasive enemy sound definitely could've been lowered and all the soda spawn in random places every time you click play. Thank you for your feedback.

(+1)

this game is good more than all the sounds :D also do not know what has to do with the theme of jam

Developer

Glad you enjoyed the game ! :D