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A jam submission

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Solve impossible puzzles and avoid deadly traps!

Submitted by anindrikson — 20 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Overall	#11	3.633	3.633
Fun	#11	3.531	3.531
Unexpectedness	#19	3.592	3.592
Visuals	#27	3.592	3.592
Gameplay Innovation	#28	3.122	3.122
Audio	#48	2.980	2.980

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Please list any pre-made art/music/code/other assets that you used.
Textures from Megascans.
Free models from Sketchfab.

How many members in your team?

Team of 3

List each team member's role, along with their social media / website links!
Andrei Indrikson - programming, 3D art, bug fixing (https://twitter.com/AndrewIndrikson)
Max Nikitin - 3D art, sound design, bug fixing
Timur Ozdoyev - 3D art, narrative, bug fixing (https://twitter.com/Toivo76334258)

Anything you want to say to players before they play?
WASD to move. Left click to grab/drop objects, right click to throw

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Lor EntertainmentSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

This one is super impressive, and the puzzle design was really well done! Not much I can say that hasn't already been said, but still incredible you got this done in 2 weeks.

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing! Yeah these were rough 2 weeks indeed.

CTJoriginalSubmitted5 years ago

Nice game BUT its too white and it hurts when you are playing it.

The #1 feature are probably blood textures heh

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UNITITLED SHOOTER GAME

DeagleDryanSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I enjoyed my time with the Tie. With the narration and the simple but effective look it draw me in. Definetly the game with the most "Unexpected" Factor this far for me.

Great submission! Well done!

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Thank you for the kind words!

encon-artsSubmitted5 years ago

Big portal vibes! Love it!!

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Don't Push My Button(s)!

Jeff RamosSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Very cool, very nice puzzles, reminds a lot The Bradwell Conspiracy

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Never actually played The Bradwell Conspiracy but I'll give it a try. Thank you for playing, cheers!

anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

The game has been updated:

- added Vsync option (disabled by default);

- added mouse sensitivity slider;

- fixed some janky audio triggers. Also, the player can no longer trigger audio when dead.

Graphene AISubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I loved the puzzles, the game is really well finished!

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Glad you liked it, thank you for playing!

tynitoonSubmitted5 years ago(+2)

Well done ! A portal like with more unexpectedness

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The Legend of Belda

anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

>A portal like with more unexpectedness

And no portals, of course!

NoAverageJ0ESubmitted5 years ago(+2)

I think this is a really neat game. The world/setting is well established very early on and holds a nice tense atmosphere from start to finish, without the need for overly shocking jumps or things of that nature. The tension grows toward the end and I felt you dealt with the final act really nicely. The visuals and applause as the player ascends the corridor before their ultimate fate was bizarre and enthralling.

I'd like to make special mention of the 'company logo' and it's use on all of the doors. That logo is excellent, communicating the theme beautifully before any words are even spoken.

In terms of unexpectedness, some of the puzzles did catch me off guard, in particular the money-path (which was also the one I thought had the best narration).

Very nice job :)

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AsimSubmitted5 years ago

This game reminds me of the Turing test and Rewind. I enjoyed playing it very much but had to stop after the room with 3 cubes and a giant pillar in the middle. Couldn't handle the motion sickness, unfortunately.

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you for playing. Sorry you couldn't finish it. Perhaps we'll add a mouse sensitivity setting in an update or something, that will hopefully help with motion sickness.

watarigarasuSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I think this is my favourite so far

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Nice! Thank you for playing.

Artem Flo / aturbidflow / kubikámiSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Well. Amazing, but I've stuck

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Randomaly Bounty Gunter

Artem Flo / aturbidflow / kubikámiSubmitted5 years ago

Well, completed. Great game. We got questions to you in discord channel. Please join if you can)

Nikhil 123Submitted5 years ago

plz check out mine also and help me in ratings: https://itch.io/jam/unexpectedjam/rate/746820

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watarigarasuSubmitted5 years ago

mine too!!

Nikhil 123Submitted5 years ago

ur game is really good... With unexpectedness in it.... Enjoyed a lot

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Thank you!

wcaleniezioSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

You've made great into the theme. During the whole gameplay I felt little suspense, which effected in even better immersion.

Despite that there were few levels where I was performing some actions, that had desired effects, but I was not sure what exactly happened (for example level with 2 buttons and one cube).

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Thank you for playing the game! The idea of that one is that traps destroy one another if you do everything correctly (the press stomping lasers etc.) But yeah, fair point, we definitely have some 90s game design going on in some of these levels and visual clues are not always clear.

JK5000Submitted5 years ago(+2)

First of all, I do love this game and I love this kind of games. The voice acting and the gameplay idea is really good. The visuals and sound effects is also pretty good. I don't know if I find this game unexpected in a unexpected game jam, but okay it was interesting and fun to play. Overall a really good jam game. Well done.

The only real issue I had, was that the game had a lot of screen tearing, and I would therefore have hoped to see a V-Sync option in the game. I would also have liked a bit of background music. But none of those things is an big issue.

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thank you! We'll probably add Vsync in an update soon - wanted to do that but we were short on time so we ended up forgetting about it.

watarigarasuSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Oh damn. You really play on the mystery of mechanics

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+2)

Thank you for playing!

I'll tell you what - there's an even deeper mystery here.

There are a couple of places in the game where dying is "mandatory" and you cannot progress further without killing yourself. What if I tell you those mandatory deaths aren't that mandatory and you can actually beat the entire game without dying once?

watarigarasuSubmitted5 years ago

I need to reply this game I guess!!

talamanderSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

Fun game, I was having an audio issue when I played only to discover it was my PC. Wish I had known that in the beginning lol

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago

Thank you for playing! Please let us know if you find any bugs with the game.

VYRSSubmitted5 years ago(+1)

I really liked this one. It fits to the theme very well. Gameplay, level designs and puzzle designs is also nice. My favourite thing about this game is the abstract topic and environment. Good luck!

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anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

Thank you for playing the game, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Indeed, the narrative of the game is abstract. We intentionally never mention what kind of goods Tie industries produces or what the job you are being "interviewed" for actually is. Rather, the story is about corporate grind in general.

toivopr5 years ago

I got my Tie and now I'm happy!

anindriksonDeveloper5 years ago(+1)

You'll be better off remembering that you are needed only while you are useful to us. There are no irreplaceable people.

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