The small part I played in this was amazing! I fell in love with it instantly! It's a really solid story and has a great amount of polish! I cant wait for the final release!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Character Designs | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
Music | #2 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Voice Acting | #2 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Overall | #3 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Log Line | #4 | 4.818 | 4.818 |
Game Graphic & Logo Design | #4 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Halloween Themed | #5 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Story | #5 | 4.909 | 4.909 |
Sound Effects | #9 | 4.455 | 4.455 |
Game Page Design | #11 | 4.727 | 4.727 |
Accessibility | #15 | 4.545 | 4.545 |
User Interface Design | #36 | 4.455 | 4.455 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Seriously impressive for something made in the span of a game jam! It felt very polished in just about every aspect, and I only downloaded the original one. (I think I'll wait until the full game is out to replay, despite there being a more polished demo already.) Some of the sound effects like the bustling people around the carnival were a little loud and jarring, but that's my biggest complaint. I was also expecting to hear dialogue from the MC since I saw a slider for that, but I assume that will come when the full game releases (or the slider will be removed, either or). Last criticism, it took me a while to figure out what all the buttons at the bottom of the dialogue window meant because I was so enraptured in the gameplay that by the time I wondered, I didn't want to risk messing things up. Maybe adding text alongside the symbols would help that.
As for what I loved, I'll keep it brief despite how much I loved it: The story enraptured me, the character designs and voice work are excellent, and I loved how stylized everything was. The customized menu layouts and the inclusion of picture and music galleries were very welcome surprises. And that's not even mentioning the fact that you apparently not only prepared four single-character routes but also six successive two-character routes—talk about dedication! To your whole team, keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for all your kind words and support, LMC_Jarred! Your comment was shared with the rest of the team and they loved your review! It really means a lot to feel supported and I'm sure the rest of the team feels the same (:
Thank you for all your constructive criticism - it really helps! The sound effects and overall audio levels are definitely being worked on haha. And you guessed right, the MC will have more dialogue in the full game (: I'll definitely see what can be done about the GUI since I don't want it to be a mystery for people.
I know I've thanked you a lot, but I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a helpful and positive comment!
I streamed this game earlier today and quite enjoyed it.
Character design is appealing and the characters themselves interesting one in particular id even say scary although through that one choice kinda cute and honestly it emotionally confuses me but in a good way.
The story is also very interesting, I really want to know more about the place and whatever plan the show mistress seems to have in store for the carnival since there is obviously more to this place than just being a fun carnival.
The Music used in game I love, and it matches the carnival vibe perfectly and the slow start of it on the main screen is quite eerie perfectly letting you know that there is a dark themed element in the game.
As for things I noticed that could be improved I've two things.
One is that on the History menu it would be cool if you added a button where it could auto jump you to the beginning and another where it auto jumps you to the end. At the current moment when I check the history it takes me to text a while back and it takes a while to scroll back down to the most recent text.
The second thing is I played through the game 3 times so far with a different of variation of chosen partners and noticed that at the end the two guy you choose give an outro line before the game ends however on the playthrough where I chose Jude and then Casey at the end I got an outro with Jude and Remy so I assume that isn't supposed to happen?? If it isn't then well that's a thing I thought id bring to your attention.
Anyway other than that overall great game and I look forward the the full release at the end of the month!
One last thing my cat jumped on the computer and somehow brought up a help menu and I can't seem to figure out how to bring it back up T_T Its very likely just me being blind, that or my cat is a computer genius.
Thanks so much for all the helpful and wonderful feedback, Mari_Cat! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment :3
I actually just released a new, more polished demo yesterday and the full game is still to come in about a week or two!Also, I think your cat is a computer genius because not even I know how to do that. xD
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