haha - great video. Actually, you would’ve been better directly grabbing the key rather than distance grab in your case 👍 Great effort though, loved the video!

Thanks for playing and the feedback - great idea on the 'headshot' for the enemies, it's a tried and tested classic so don't know why it didn't enter my head at the time! Seems obvious post Jam...

Admittedly, the jump scare sounds were purposely loud for the Jam - basically to try and make Fist Full of Shrimp crap himself, I think it worked :)

The difficulty options were at the start because I didn't want people to swapping them around mid-game, especially on the wire bit because they get applied immediately - I wanted it to be a choice at the start of what you were letting yourself in for (and it's also obvious if you're at the wrong height at the start, so that's there too).

Firstly, I'm glad I made you say 'oh F#*k off!' a few times - forget the whole Jam thing,  that was my overall goal really :)

Thanks very much for the feedback! Yeah, it was a pretty intense 5-day, I've taken time-lapse videos of the whole process in the devlog section if you want to see how it was made - Dark Panic! 5-Day Halloween Game Jam Dev Log - Dark Panic! by IanLindsey (itch.io)

It's my 2nd Jam, so I see how time is a massive factor - therefore it made sense to make one main bit, then have a selection of 'dark' mini-games to add to it, that way they can be added or removed given the time... Actually I had 5 in mind originally, but I'd rather have 2 polished playable balanced ones than 5 unplayable ones - they do change depending on the level of difficulty too, so they needed extra play testing time to balance all that...

Actually, I might add the other 3 one day :)

As for the lighting & materials, you're in luck! I've already made a kinda tutorial/dev log about my process - it's on something called YouTube:

As for the standing thing - you're absolutely right of course, and it was something that became apparent near the end of the Jam.

I originally planned to make a seated experience, so I started out doing that, put the code in, modelled the environment yadda, yadda - but then as it became more playable, it was clear that it also worked as a standing game too. However, by that point I'd modelled the environment too short and there wasn't enough time to go back and adjust everything, so in the end I opted for that height adjust option - which kinda still works, but ultimately given another day or so I would have just made the environment taller to fit and made it cater for both.

Thanks for playing & glad to be part of the Jam!

Thanks for that! Very honest and open, and also thanks for your input on the discord channel too. Yeah, that zombie jump scare got me every time too, even though I knew it was coming!

Thanks for following the progress, it was an intense week I must admit - the project was just boxes and temp grid textures for like three days, I thought it was going nowhere, but thankfully it blossomed in the end... 

As for the seated/height thing, you're absolutely right, and it was something that I realised too late. I initially wanted to make it a seated experience, but then it became apparent that actually, it would be better stood up... By that point I'd modelled all the environment, but it was too short - noooooo!  So if the player was standing up, it either made the floor too high, or alternately the doors & ceilings too low - by that point it was too late to change, so I opted for the adjustable height solution instead which was doable in the time. Ultimately, given more time I'd alter the environment to fit, then it can be played either seated or standing.

In any case, thanks for playing and the feedback!

haha - thanks! Yeah, I'm a bit bonkers aren't I? Glad you enjoyed it - and I enjoyed the chef's kiss...