This game ended up winning my second Indie Game Contest! Due to winning I have donated towards the development of your next project!
As for the game itself:
• The story was fun with a lot of humour, greatly amplified by the writing and voice acting. It was also great to see references to other games in the arcades which is something I have always had a soft spot for.
• The enemy design was really well done, you wouldn't bat an eye if you saw it in any dinosaur book along side real dinosaurs. A lot of the time when people make a fictional dinosaur I think they overdo it by going too over the top in the design to the point it seems almost more alien than something that would have existed at the time. The sounds and the way it came at you was also pretty terrifying.
• The design of the mall actually felt really natural, could have been practically any of the malls where I live. Also, thanks to the design of the mall with it's tight corners it really added a sense of tension as you progressed down it's halls. Never really knowing where the thing could come from next or what else you could potentially find if you took just one wrong turn. The environmental story telling of the spears being stuck all over the environment also added to the tension since until you see the dinosaur you really don't know what to expect.
• I've mentioned it slightly before but the voice acting was really well done. You managed to find a perfect balance between comedy and horror so while the voice acting and writing would make you laugh at times it never lessened the tension you felt while progressing through the game. I find when a developer tries to add humour to a horror game it often feels forced or out of place but in this game it almost gave a parody feel to it while maintaining that horror feel. In some ways I think it actually made the horror aspect better because since you started with a bit a humour it lowered my defences for what turned out to be an actually scary reveal.
Overall out of the 5 indie games that were in this contest your game was by far the most enjoyable to me. I do apologize that due to current personal situations the donation wasn't as big as it usually is but I will be sure to keep an eye out for future releases and include your work in future contests so keep up the awesome work.
Lastly, thank you for putting in the time and effort to make the game. It's no small feat to conceptualize and then produce something like this and that isn't lost on me. Thank you for keeping the game industry interesting and enjoyable. Indie developers have been carrying the industry in a lot of ways for a long time now.
All the best as always.
I'm excited to see what you come up with next. I also realized after playing Blood Mall and looking more closely at your profile that many of your previous games have also brought me a lot of entertainment in the past. It seems you have a great track record in making enjoyable indie games. I really appreciate all the time you've put into it. Keep up the great work.