The vibes of this novel are perfect. From the art to the music to the writing and even sound effects. I found myself completely charmed by this story from start to finish. Absolutely agree with Camila that June was insanely cute, if anything I was even more smitten. The group chat conversation was spot-on, and made me instantly like all of the characters. I'd love to play a longer version, and I'm strongly considering buying the nsfw version.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Stealth | #3 | 4.186 | 4.381 |
| Aesthetic | #8 | 4.414 | 4.619 |
| Sound | #13 | 3.549 | 3.714 |
| Narrative | #14 | 3.276 | 3.429 |
| Overall | #41 | 2.803 | 2.933 |
| Play | #47 | 2.457 | 2.571 |
| Harmony | #50 | 2.821 | 2.952 |
| Ambition | #51 | 2.639 | 2.762 |
| Novelty | #69 | 2.048 | 2.143 |
| Horny | #72 | 1.547 | 1.619 |
| Kink | #75 | 1.092 | 1.143 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
The cute aesthetic is solid af. This is legit the game I've enjoyed playing the most from this jam since I'm not that into kink stuff, so this chill VN was more my thing. Did I mention the visuals were cute and awesome too. Defo wish this game was longer.
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Satoru Gojo Backshot SimulatorThe vibes in this are so strong! The art is so cute and expressive, and the writing is really charming and really makes it all pop. I didn't feel much impact from my choices, but honestly I didn't mind for a game like this. I loved how many different sorts of little bits there were, from sort of standard VN to the group chat sequence to even arranging flowers! (I especially liked arranging the flowers and got way too into it.) Super impressed by how polished and consistent the whole UX is, great work!
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Elves Wide ShutThis is a beautiful game. The characters, the backgrounds, the GUI, just a feast for the eyes. Nice variety of character designs and body types, highly expressive dialogue portraits, everything.
And the writing! I was sitting here cheering for those disaster lesbians and there friends. Just a really sweet little treat of a game.
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Werewolf DetectiveThe game has really pretty art, and the whole package with art, music, UI and story is super cohesive, everything works together to build up a consistent and very high quality submission!
It was a bit short and the story seems like it was not completed, but with only a month and so much work going into quality art that's completely understandable. Other than that I really have no comments, it's very high quality and it's clear it was made with a lot of care and motivation, very good work!
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Camera CrushI like the style! The art, fonts and menus all form a strongly unified aesthetic theme.
I found the popping text sounds somewhat distracting. The music was very fitting, but the track that starts playing when the phone appears is much louder than the previous one.
The narrative is linear in nature, so the multi-layered choices set some wrong expectations for players. Either removing choice or adding stronger narrative acknowledgement of decisions would help unify them with the storytelling. It was neat to see part of the story being told using the phone. The narrative hook felt a bit weak to me, but just watching the cute characters interact was pleasant!
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Familiar FindersA good concept for someone who wants sweet bubbly fantasy romance. It's aesthetically solid, sound, UI, art style, writing, are all bubbly-cute.
Also, I do enjoy that there are moments of phone UI, or a sort of 'mini game' of designing a bouquet to spice up the normal visual novel reading format. All in all, despite not being into overly sweet cute romance, I was impressed with the overall quality.
Now onto the flaws.
The biggest one is that the game just kind of... ends abruptly very quickly. I took breaks so I couldn't measure the length, but it was maybe 15-20 minutes? I haven't judged the NSFW version because it's paid- but if all the rest of the content is hidden behind that paid version I would rather at least some sort of short ending or conclusion. It's a version, not a demo, right?
It's even more wildly jarring because it's the same song in the scene prior to returning to the title screen.
On a subjective writing note: I want the choices to mean something. Maybe even just a throw away line from Anya about Cam trying Luka/etc's favorite. Something to world build or any other ideas.
Unrelated to any serious judging, hit the skip-text at phone for mass popping noises for the giggles.
I am also mixed if this fits the horny game jam theme, but the main character is maybe lowkey horny on main for a waitress so I feel kinda fits?
TLDR: Good polish and direction, needs more substance.
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Sweet DealHi! Sorry for the misunderstanding... I actually made this as a valentine's day game, and there were a lot of jams on february with that theme that took place in the time frame I made this, so I decided to submit it to all of them. Since there is an optional NFSW version I thought it also fitted this jam, but I totally understand if it doesn't and you decide to disqualify it. I actually love this jam, so maybe next time I'll make a full-on horny game :)
This was a fun little story. The cute characters and style mixed with its calming atmosphere was really relaxing. Thoroughly enjoyable. ~
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Cafe FusionnerI love the art and characters! Maybe after the jam I'll buy the spicy version, but I think for now I have to judge by what's freely available.
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Verdant FangSweet and mellow visual novel. Made me feel all warm and cozy while reading. Just probably a bit too tame for this game jam.
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TentaculordThe artstyle is wonderful, everything feels sweet! Despite being so short and the ending being so abrupt, I had fun with the interactions so far.
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