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Themed Horror Game Jam #16

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A jam submission

Love You To PiecesView game page

A Valentine's themed, LGBT-centric Slasher/Visual Novel
Submitted by soulsoftea (@Soulsoftea) — 6 days, 10 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Horror#23.6673.667
Presentation#24.5004.500
Overall#43.6113.611
Story#73.6673.667
Theme#93.0003.000
Creativity#103.6673.667
Gameplay#143.1673.167

Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How did you choose to implement the Theme: State of Anarchy in your game?
The villain/slasher for sure. I'd say she is the epitome of anarchy and chaos.

Did you implement any of the optional Bonus Challenges, and if so, which ones?
2-Menacing Masks: Not a "mask" but she does wear face paint/makeup that severely...uh, "enhances" her appearance.

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Comments

RosiaSubmitted69 days ago

This was a really solid experience, loved the art! and you’ve managed to build up some great tension for the player. Would absolutely love to see this taken further!

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Muttering Rain
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Bullhead StudiosSubmitted71 days ago

This was really enjoyable. I loved the end cutscene too. Wasn't scary but I don't know how to make a visual novel scary.

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Flesh and Bones: Alone
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soulsofteaDeveloper69 days ago(+1)

Hi Bullhead!

It's always good to hear from a fellow indiedev, especially one who also loves and develops horror titles as well. ^^

Yeahhh...I do understand that. The VN format is so static, it is very hard to illicit fear in the same way that something moving/real-time can. So we're going for tension, creepiness, dread and disgust. Hopefully you felt some of that while playing the demo. Thank you though for the comment!!!

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Bullhead StudiosSubmitted69 days ago

Oh also, and this is just me, but when I played it, the limited voice acting kind of took me out of it. It just felt out of place. i know a lot of VNs have limited voice acting, but to me, it just was weird. But granted I was super hyper when I played it (you'll know what I mean once I upload my play through of it), but it just wasn't doing it for me. I don't like saying that but it just felt off. 

Either way though I loved what I played and am looking forward to the full version! Hope to see more cut scene like things in the full version!

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soulsofteaDeveloper64 days ago

Oh wow, you did a playthrough!? OMG, Bullhead thank you so much! <3

I will definitely be watching it this weekend. 

And yeah as for the limited VO, hmmm, I wonder if it's just a case of the VA's performances that made it feel off, or if it's just the concept of this kind of VO happening in a *horror* VN? I know in more typical VN's (otome, dating sims) it usually works, but perhaps for horror VN's it's not quite so effective.

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Bullhead StudiosSubmitted64 days ago

Hope you enjoy the video! Please don't be too offended by it, I was a little hyper while making it.

But to me, the voice acting was off because it was in random places, and sometimes repeated the same few quotes just a few minutes apart, and they rarely matched with what the text was saying.

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Bullhead StudiosSubmitted65 days ago

Here are some more of my thoughts
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Ancava74 days ago

Loved the art and the slasher!! I never thought of a drag queen villain and I really dig that idea, finding it a very creative and fun decision that could open a lot of possibilities for the story.  In a short time you give so much personality to the characters and  establish a creepy atmosphere. And the gore scene! it surprised me with its brutality and it was incredible. I hope you finish this game and I will be waiting for that!

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soulsofteaDeveloper69 days ago(+1)

Hi Ancava, sorry about the late reply (the week got away from me)

Anyways, thank you so much for the indepth and supportive comment! It's so fulfilling to hear that the tone and "soul" of the game is being totally seen and experienced by yourself and others, in the way we intended. 

I can't wait to share the full game when it's ready, and you'll definitely be updated when that happens. The demo is also such a short slice of the entire game, I think you'll really like the carnage in store for players.

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