Great game. Story games always make me go "Yes" haha
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Return Home's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #319 | 3.450 | 3.450 |
| Visuals | #495 | 3.621 | 3.621 |
| Theme | #612 | 3.221 | 3.221 |
| Overall | #728 | 3.111 | 3.111 |
| Innovation | #787 | 2.964 | 2.964 |
| Enjoyment | #1040 | 2.793 | 2.793 |
| Gameplay | #1069 | 2.614 | 2.614 |
Ranked from 140 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
Return home tells the story of an experienced team of astronauts who, for the first time, something went wrong.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Used assets:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/sci-fi/stylized-astronaut-114298, https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/visual-scripting/meet-and-talk-dialogue-system-free-version-245191, https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/space/mars-pod-121710
How many people worked on the game?2
Comments
I like the story but it is very slow. Overall, some hints for the player would also be nice. I was searching for the rocket for 5 mins and was only able to find it because I thought where the middle of the outer hitbox is. Also, please try to fix the looping sounds bug. They are really annoying. Still, the idea is pretty cool (could need more content) and I also like the style of the game!
If I had some honest feedback, it's that I would speed up the pacing just a hair. The fade when you continue to the next scene is extremely slow and the little bit of interacting also took a long time. I actually had time to pull out my phone and check my messages while repairing the ship, collecting the mineral, etc.
It's a great start though!
Its like a retro horror game! Encountered a few bugs but overall enjoyed the vibe!!
Nice music, though I think I got into some bugs: it was very hard for me to walk, and the dialogues got me stuck a little. For some reason, the pause menu did not work. I restarted the game a few times 😅 I wish it had a build for macOS / Steam Deck / Linux or Web too, but I am a little picky, ahaha.
Nice concept, I liked the music and I enjoyed the feelings that it caused: Like being in space! I wish I had some sort of tutorial, and to move faster, that would have helped me enjoy a little more!
Nice dialogues and style too :D
Kudos! Let me know what you think of my game too ;-) !
I loved the atmosphere of this game (no pun intended)! The music, low poly look, and the character designs really add to the retro-horror feel of the game! I love your interpretation of the jam's theme and how you incorporated it into your game! I could easily see this project being taken further, with a longer story, more tasks for the player to do, and more locations for the player to explore! Overall, great stuff!
The cutscenes were super smooth! The game feels appropriate for the theme, the music was very well composed; great job!
Really cool game! the visuals and audio are amazing, very cool story as well!
very nice game!
Nice game! The sounds and visuals really paint a cool atmosphere, at least everything but the characters haha. But to be honest its really too slow. The interactions, the tasks (even fixing the space capsule took forever for some reason), the dialogue too. When I paused, for some reason I couldn't unpause, and had to close out the game. The story was cool though! Good job, you should both be proud of this!
Pretty cool atmosphere and like the style!
Music and SFX also greatly contributed to the vibe.
I wish i couldve skipped through the text a bit, since i was reading it and then stuck waiting for the next bit.
Otherwise very cool entry!
oh god where do i goooooo
The story is so interesting but i'm stuck wandering this orange rectangle until the end of my days
I like the atmosphere! Unfortunately I found the interaction speed to be far too slow, and it made it really hard to want to stick with it, personally. I enjoyed the bleak sci-fi tone and it definitely lends itself well to the theme. Just wish there was a bit more to do! And I agree with some of the others, having objective markers or something would be a good way to minimise the time between already long interactions.
Keen to see if this gets more work after the game jam and gets fleshed out further!
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Cool game! I liked the story a lot, I was really interested with what was going on and was surprised by the ending. In terms of gameplay I wish it was a bit more fast paced, especially the loading bars when I was interacting with something. Awesome job tho, I enjoyed playing thru the game!
The is great and I loved the feel of walking around the planet! I do think that having an indicator to show a goal point would've helped in directing the player on where to go.
Overall great game!
The game looked awesome! Only feedback i have is the same echo~ Game felt really sluggish, thats all :p
Hello! I really liked the tension you created with the dialog and visuals :3 like the atmosphere itself is lowkey peak :O I know i'm basically saying what everyone else is saying, but id really appreciate it if the interactions were a little faster :3 Cool Game!
faster interactions with more things to do would have been interesting. I also feel the planet surface needs some landmarks so the player knows where they are. Pretty cool story!
Hey i just Played Your Game, Nice Idea and fun visuals, i encountered a minor bug where i couldnt see the tasks that i had to do. overall it was fun.






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