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A jam submission

up2010769-Sidetracking SpiritsView game page

A short single control horror game.
Submitted by conradschroder — 1 day, 13 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Most Innovative#103.6673.667
Overall#163.3333.333
Best Gameplay#233.0003.000

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Gave me some very "imscared" vibes to me, love the retro artstyle.


Did have what felt like a random death at the start which resulted in a death loop so i had to resinstall the game. Other than that the game is pretty sound and genuinely unnerved me while playing.

Perhaps add a clearer indicater on what spirits are shy and what are more aggressive.

Submitted

A very good game concept.

Love the horror spin to it.

Although I was not able to get very far. Had a hard time figuring out which situation requires which action. The fact that I had to "reinstall" it several times because it always caught me in an infinite death loop didn't really help.

But I love the idea overall, the sound was well done from the keyboard , breathing and the game over screen. And it looks very well made.

Submitted

Very spooky I was worried that my ears might get blown up by a jump scare but thankfully your sound was done well. only thing I would say is maybe give a hint on why you got caught or something like that.  very good game.

Submitted

Not being sure what to expect and not reading any instructions either i barreled into this game and was confronted with some intrusive breathing behind me. Whirling around i died and became confused.

Upon reading the information provided it made much more sense and i played it quite a few times to get the hang of it.

Pretty fun and atmospheric with a really cool art style. Was interesting and different!

Submitted

The horror aspect of this was unexpected, and gave a very "Welcome to The Game" vibe. Enjoyable take on it given the one button control, and having to use audio and visual clues is a good premise.

Submitted

Its a very cool and unique concept to a game. I like the horror spin to it, though it was a bit confusing to learn as the first round I just looked behind me the whole time and then died and was stuck in an infinite death loop on spawn. But regardless it was a cool concept for a game and a great first attempt. Good job! :D (And you actually posted a game which was good in itself)

Submitted

I love this idea so much, it was very loud when i opened it which gave me a mild heart attack :P I absolutely love how you decided to do a horror game, this is a very unique idea, and it was definitely  spooky to play. 

I cant wait to see what other games you make! 

Submitted

Absolutely love this idea, and the 3D environment is done really well, but I feel like there is too little feedback on how to avoid the monsters. You mention that there is a shy one but don't include any way of identifying it, and when you're killed it doesn't tell you what by, so It's difficult to learn from your mistakes while playing. 

Also once you die and are sent back to the main menu you immediately die upon starting the game again, and so have to fully exit the application to restart.

Overall I really like it!