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A jam submission

Phantom PhotosView game page

The objects in your family photos don't look like how you remember. Find and destroy all the objects to escape!
Submitted by UMKCGameDevTeam — 8 minutes, 17 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Horror#64.2004.200
Gameplay#133.8003.800
Creativity#144.2004.200
Overall#154.0334.033
Presentation#184.0004.000
Theme#224.2004.200
Story#233.8003.800

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Which Theme did you choose?

Family Secret

How did you implement your chosen Theme into your game?
You find yourself in an old house, and the objects in your family photos don't look like how you remember. Find and destroy all the objects before the time runs out to escape!

Did you implement any of the Bonus Challenges and if so, which ones?
None

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Comments

Submitted

You did well making this game. I like the visuals, sounds and concept. I did have some issues, specifically, the particle effect surrounded my character and I could barely see, I could walk through the washing machines, and the menu hides your mouse so I couldn't click on anything and ESC didn't close it. Overall, good job on the game.

Submitted

Hey! I want to start out by saying that you made a cool horror game. The ambiance is right, the visuals, music, and sound effects make for an unsettling atmosphere, so great job on that!

I do have a few bits of feedback. I'll start out with the core gameplay experience. My first time through, after I burned the book, my character just started smoking, and I didn't really know what to do next, so I just waited for the timer to run out. When I restarted, I read the dialog more closely, and I figured I had to find and burn all the object or something like that. A bit more direction on what exactly I'm supposed to do and how to do it would be helpful. Plus, it's really hard to find the objects with the particle effects around your character. 

Some other minor things: The mouse sensitivity was pretty high for me, so it'd be great to include an option to set it. I also noticed that when you open the pause menu, you can't unpause. (Your mouse is hidden and ESC doesn't close it). The text is also very small for me (possibly an issue with UI scaling settings). The game is very dark, which makes sense for a horror game, but it's also a bit disorienting, so maybe upping the contrast in your lighting would help that while still maintaining the ominous atmosphere. 

Overall, solid entry! I think you nailed the horror aesthetic, just some tightening up in direction and player quality of life would do wonders. Hope this helps!