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A jam submission

Sandy's Last SongView game page

A horror game about a haunted church.

Submitted by Geoff Alday — 1 day, 18 hours before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#8	3.571	3.571
Visuals	#8	3.429	3.429
Audio	#14	2.762	2.762
Overall	#16	2.762	2.762

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Comments

SolartionSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The ghost at the end really scared me :) It's a shame there wasn't any hint or clue to solve the mystery, or maybe I just missed it. But I like how this game is made!

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I.S.E

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Geoff AldayDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks! I’ve been working on an update where you can find a clue about what the correct sequence is.

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deadshotninjaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I very much enjoyed how smooth this game was! The atmosphere was on point for the theme too. Good job.

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The Hunt

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Geoff AldayDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you! I've added a few things to it over the past few days. I will upload a new version this weekend once the voting is done.

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BarribobSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Visuals are nice, and moving around was cool... the frames were fine but for some reason my gpu was maxed at 100% so I was a bit worried and didn't get to finish it. I can run stuff like elden ring without anything like that happening so not entirely sure what was wrong.

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Vanki

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Geoff AldayDeveloper1 year ago (2 edits)

Thanks! I think there might be an issue with either UE5 or something I've inadvertently done. Another person reported the same high GPU utilization. I asked about this in a few Discords, and people generally think UE5 is more GPU-hungry than UE4. Some even referred to that behavior as being typical for UE5.

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Geoff AldayDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

So I did a few experiments to see if I could reduce the GPU utilization. I have a 3090 and am playing the game on my primary monitor, which is an LG 120hz 38" widescreen. I'm not limiting the frame rate on the GPU and have Vsync set to Fast. I had a suspicion the grass foilage might be part of the issue. I think these tests confirmed that is true.

1	Game as uploaded, with grass foilage	FPS 75, 99% FPS 63, GPU Utilization 98%
2	Game as uploaded, no grass foilage	FPS 108, 99% FPS 98, GPU Utilization 97%
3	Game limits FPS to 60, with grass foilage	FPS 60, 99% FPS 55, GPU Utilization 82%
4	Game limits FPS to 60, no grass foilage	FPS 59, 99% FPS 57, GPU Utilization 54%
5	Game limits FPS to 120, with grass foilage	Effectively same as 1
6	Game limits FPS to 120, no grass foilage	Effectively same as 2