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A jam submission

SalatanView game page

A student unravels a horrifying truth about their identity.
Submitted by rainslices — 4 minutes, 47 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme Incorporation#44.4394.636
Narrative#54.0914.273
Overall#83.9174.091
Sound#123.4823.636
Visuals#123.3073.455

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

Oh my gods, I don't think I'll ever be able to describe what I felt during the "what's your career path?" scene when I pressed enter and it said wrong. The whole story has an incredible vibe and the feeling that something is really off here is just so well-executed here

Submitted(+1)

This was such a well written and paced story! You really managed to capture that feeling of something being “off” without it being too forceful. I loved how real and vivid the characters felt as well, it really gives the reader a clear image of “this is supposed to be my everyday life but something is off”. Very well executed.

The CG was also super cute! I really loved how you used the vivid colors to symbolize the characters against the otherwise monochrome aesthetic. Awesome work!

Submitted(+1)

Your dialogue and prose is so rich with the mood of the scene, and I have never seen such sharp banter contrasted so mightily with sudden dread. It feels like a hammer is striking my soul. In like a fun way, though!

Developer

thanks so much, glad to hear!!! 🌟🌟

Submitted(+1)

Oooh I love the vibes in this, and that plot twist was great! I also really like the implication of the friendship dynamic in this, especially with how the """"happier"""" ending plays out! 

Developer

thank you sm for playing, glad to hear it!!!! 🌟

Jam Host(+1)

Well this was existentially horrifying. Getting to that CG, then [[spoilers]] trying to find a happier end, then realizing that this /is/ the ‘happier’ end broke me a little. Damn it, Chochi ;_;

Developer(+1)

welcome tu mah sick twisted moind…. 😏(😭)

Jam Host(+1)

YOU!!!! 😭

Submitted(+1)

I want so much more of this game! The building unease filled me with so much dread that carried throughout the game. Even with the endings, I was left with a feeling that worse was to come for everyone involved...

I like the hints to the career path answer, and I found the blinking camera at the end of that scene to be especially unsettling.  Which is how I'd describe the entire game, haha. Very unsettling! I love that everything felt normal until it didn't, and the tone would sort of oscillate between the two. I find the idea that everyone knows something I don't especially chilling.

Finally, I want to say I adore the simple colors of the CG! I especially like how the player's body is blue while the scar is orange, coinciding with the name colors. It makes everything that much more striking.

Great writing, great game, thanks for making it!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much for playing Salatan and letting me know what you loved about it, i appreciate it ahh!! 🌟

Submitted(+1)

I see you, I want to know you, my homestuck legend... But no, seriously, the narration is very humorous and lands all those "haha funny" until it isn't moments. Had me theorizing and revising my theories over and over again and I STILL was thrown for a loop when the actual reveal happened! (´;ω;`)

Developer(+1)

thank you so much for playing Salatan!!! I SWEAR I DIDN’T INTEND FOR MY FIXATION TO BLEED THROUGH THE PRODUCTION (i did, can’t outrun whats already here .) i’m so curious as to what your guesses were, but nonetheless im glad you enjoyed playing!!

Submitted(+1)

The way I was like "time loop" vs "truman show" back and forth and then the twist hit me and I was like "I'VE BEEN HAD"

Submitted(+1)

i realize i probably should make more use of spoiler tags when i write my comments so i will say SPOILERS if you haven’t played the game.

okay so personally i thought the reveal was soooo well done. there’s just enough moments of ? something’s wrong without leaning into it too much so that the player is always on guard but never sees anything wrong. the whole time i was trying to guess what exactly was going on but i def did not get it right and i’m so glad i didn’t because it was so jaw-dropping getting to that part! the groupchat scenes are a perfect bit of levity to keep the player suspended in that state of will-they won’t-they (but also very much homestuck-esque i must say) which makes that plot twist all the more relevant. this would fit perfectly into a dystopian world too, and i feel like this game poses so many questions that linger even after the game (which, you could say, is the point of a psychological horror in the first place)

i’m splitting the paragraph here because too-big paragraphs hurt my eyes, but to proceed with the prev train of thought… the horror of being trapped as someone you’re not with no choice but to continue onwards for the sake of you and everyone else… and yet it feels so bleak and horrific all the same that everyone else is in on it and they’ve chosen to sacrifice you for that purpose. those who walk away from omelas anyone? but regardless, if this is what you’re doing for a jam, i can’t begin to fathom what you might come up with given more time! would love to see more psych horror from you :D

Developer

im so curious what your guess was!! thank you for playing Salatan, i appreciate it so much!! (also can you tell i have been through the trenches of homestuck it has taken over my LIFE AGAIN AGH)

originally i planned a different ending, but i had to change it due to not having enough time to make a cg for it… if i want the ending to hit, i want it to hit hard (pensive look) but hey it’s good to know that the ending delivered regardless!! i should also check out those who walk away from omelas, it sounds like my type of read hehe. thanks again for your comment!!

Submitted(+1)

The delivery of the story in this one feels really expertly done. Probably one of the more realistic portrayals of a groupchat I've read in a while. Almost every line in this is a winner, imo.

The phrase "alarmingly domestic" used within the passage of the game got an audible laugh out of me, and then it continued to get better from there. I loved the choice of music.

Developer(+1)

thank you, appreciate it!! 🌟