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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #109 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Creativity | #135 | 3.900 | 3.900 |
| Overall | #167 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Presentation | #322 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Cassidy
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Nope - I've completed at least one game jam before.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game is a set of minigames centered around "Start" buttons and pressing or otherwise activating them.
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Wow just amazing, at first I though it would be a series of 2D minigames which were no doubt very creative but when it switched from 2d to 3d..., that's what you call creativity
And that last horror game/minigame was pretty well made, got scared when the goldenguy came running like crazy lol, also the implementation of flashlight was cleverly implemented in gameplay...I thought they couldnt catch you if your flashlight is off and when i went very close to one of them..damn it was scary
Just amazing , and I hope for more :D
you have started the game is crazy
WOW I wasn't expecting that last part, it's great and really made me nervous haha. Very creative interpretation for the jam theme, great job i loved it!
Hey nifty change from the 2D to the 3D game !
Nice assets assuming you made them yourself!
Nice polish on the game, good luck for the rating period :).
Thanks for checking it out!
I made pretty much nothing, asset wise, which obviously saved a LOT of time and effort. Even the buttons were made with Godot's built-in style stuff! You can find links to all the premade assets in the credits.
the beginning where the start button messes with you is really funny . It took me a while to figure out after that , which i thought was a word game. I got scared mid playing . Other than that the game is fun
You tricked me! 😂
I thought it was one of those minigame collection or fight the start button type of game, didn't expect a
horror game,very well done tho, caught me super off guard, that part was honestly the best part. Other than that. can't really say much besides adding more polish, you got a really good foundation here, the tiny lore bits was fun to notice.Overall this was great, good job!
very well made game!! i enjoyed the main menu "fight" against the start button. i needed to play the game with hints because without a tutorial i really struggled to understand what to do and i was blocked in the first mini-game. but even with hints i had fun! sadly i didnt play the horror mini game because im really afraid of horror genre, but since it gave the vibe to quit the game i guess u made it pretty good! i liked the minimal art style too!
I like the variety of minigames. The last one made me really scared; I'm not good at horror games.
The game was absolutely amazing! I love the concept of pressing the start button and then each level becoming a mini-game built around the start button itself. From the first game where the start button runs away from the mouse to the Scrabble-style game where you have to drag the letters S-T-A-R-T together without hitting obstacles — it’s such a creative idea. That Scrabble game took me a while to figure out, so my constructive feedback would be to add a quick instruction or hint. At first, I kept clicking, thinking that might work, and when I accidentally grabbed letters that were touching the blocks, I got stuck. Once I understood how it worked, though, I really enjoyed it.
The maze game was so much fun! The fact that the exit button smashes through the walls and chases you absolutely stunned me. I was not prepared. On my first playthrough, my son was talking to me, and I didn’t even realize I had died. I was like, “How do you even die in a maze game?” Watching the animation the next round made me laugh so hard — it was awesome and such a brilliant twist.
The other game that looked like Guitar Hero was also a blast. Clicking the start buttons while avoiding the exit button, and building progress to 100% before moving forward, felt like such a fresh, unique challenge.
And then the surprise ending… wow. The last scary game genuinely caught me off guard. When the monsters started chasing me, I actually felt tense and scared — it was such an unexpected and thrilling twist. It felt like the game kept building up in creativity and surprise right to the end.
Overall, this game is absolutely top-notch — genuine gameplay I’ve never seen anywhere else. The creativity is amazing, and your skills have clearly leveled up. I would honestly buy this game. Incredible work!
Thanks for the detailed feedback. A few other comments mentioned finding parts confusing but didn't go into specifics, so I was wondering (though I had some suspicion)! I totally agree about the instructions/hints. In fact, I did hastily add a hint option like 10 minutes before submitting but didn't really indicate anywhere that it existed (except mentioning a settings menu in the description), and even then they're not very good, so I'm not surprised it didn't help!
Thanks so much for the kind words, they genuinely mean a lot!
Wow what a bunch of cool minigames! That last one snuck up on me, good job!
Amazing! Really didn't see that genre switch coming, I doodoed my pants, it was really fun though. Really impressed you were able to do all of this in just 10 days, very well polished. Good job!
i was having fun with the minigames but the change to the horror game was something i really didnt expect, very original and it was scary too, good job!!
Nice game! Love the atmosphere, and really made me use my flashlights just when absolute necessary. Very cool idea, and I admit I'ts close to mine as well (Not the horror part, just the ending being the start). If you want check my game out, I believe it will be a good experience!
I couldn't figure out what to do at first. Even when i created the word start I didnt realize all i had to do is click it!
But man my poor little heart sure did some overtime there. That's for sure a great way to get started on a heartattack! I really like how it started totally chill, then you started feeling the stress with the maze and then absolute terror at the end! Great scaling right there! I really enjoyed it, great work!
I really enjoyed the game and how it transitioned from an unsuspecting positive game to a dark horror game. The minigames at the start were really cool and then the horror segment gave very strong slenderman vibes. I definitely got scared haha! Great work and I look forward to seeing updates for this game if you plan on it!
ok i'm scared
Amazing. I knew what i Was getting, a series of minigames but cllearly I did not knowhahah. This is exaclty what I wanted, I think this is thhe best or at least most unique way I've seen this concept of trying to start the game has been pulled off, I love how the exit button chases you in the maze, such a creative way to add a challenge. The horror game, THE HORROR GAME, I can't believe you made a horrar game just for this but it made it so muich better. It was too scary, like it should not have been as scary as it was. At first I was super scared then I realized they were super blind if you don't flash your light so I was chliling, Then I was trolling and one of them actually chased my and I let out a lil scream :( The game was really good, my only complaint? I want more. Super underrated game deserves way more plays.
Hearing this made my day! Thanks for checking it out and for the kind words!
They are kind but they're also true haha, you have every right to be happy, if you make more minigames I would love to play them :)
fun game, please never make a horror game again, I'm scared ;-;
I found this very enjoyable to play. I really love these types of games, it reminded me of this is not a game. I was a little confused at the start but I wish it lasted longer, I loved it!
So i got pretty scared W
yea mee tooo :(