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A jam submission

SubRoutineView game page

Repair servers in a digital world. #ascii #horror
Submitted by GliSpagheTony — 4 hours, 50 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Aesthetics#123.8893.889
Enjoyment (Best Game)#342.7782.778
Creativity#362.8892.889
Sound Design#402.5562.556
Story#541.8891.889
Horror#542.0002.000

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Do you allow SCREAM ZONE to promote your game via social media?

Yes

What game engine did you make this project in?
Unity

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Great aesthetic! I think 50 servers may be too many HAHA!!! Didn't get all the way through!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This is a cool concept and I really like the atmosphere and vibe. The shader is also great. However the mini-games feel like completing captchas and get tiresome fairly quickly. I think there needs to be some other hook to motivate the player to continue, especially to a goal of 50! It also seems like there's some sort of problem with the mouse capture as there are hard stops when turning which I assume is the cursor reaching the edges of the screen.

Submitted(+1)

This was a really unique experience, I really enjoyed playing! The eerie empty atmosphere already had me uneasy, but then the enemies spawning in added to the stress.

Submitted(+1)

The idea of the game is interesting, but maybe the monotonous job is a little too monotonous... I got around to 14 before quitting, as there is no engagement/hook for me to continue.

Also, I like the ascii shader, it gives the game such a unique vibe!

Developer

Thanks, I spent quite a lot of time figuring out how to write the ascii shader. I understand your point about the game's monotomy, I should have made it more fast-paced.

Submitted(+1)

It's not a pacing problem, but rather a matter of engagement. I'm fine with slow-paced games, it's just that the puzzle variety isn't much and no interesting events occuring. Like I've said, the concept is really interesting, but the execution can be improved!

Submitted(+1)

Really cool graphics! I like the concept, would have been cool to have more puzzle variations.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting concept!
Developer(+1)

Thanks, it was fun to see your live reaction ! Something happens after fixing 15 servers, but I guess I made the game too much slow-paced.

Submitted

Oh man, I guess I should've stuck it out a little longer, my fault! I think I was rushing a little, feeling the pressure of trying to play all 82 games this weekend lol

Submitted(+1)

Nice job on the look and feel of the environment, i like the pixelated look. Could use a bit more variety and subtracting the alphabet is hard ;_;
Nice work!

Developer

Thanks for your feedback ! I think there's a bug with alphabet substraction, I tried fixing it but it's still here somehow...

Submitted

I just meant my brain doesn't work well when subtracting the alphabet. There might be bug in the water levels though, i remember clicking on the correct one and it not being right once.

Submitted(+1)

The ambient buzz and endless void of servers is super eerie! This reminds me a lot of my own game! Great Job

Developer(+1)

Thanks ! Yeah your game was really cool and quite spooky !