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So, here's how it went for me: first time, I accidentally hit Ctrl+W and closed the tab while in the town, so I had to restart. I got through the horror part, but managed to walk past the staircase back up and fell off the floor of the world, so I started again. I hit a wall telling me I shouldn't be here and may have to restart, but that was fixed by going back for a bit. Then I stumbled through the wall in the final room without checking out the submit button, so I went through the whole game another time. I literally played in a loop, in a game that's all about being in a loop of developing a game. And then, at the end, the game just loops back to the start.

What can I say, you nailed the theme in the most meta, fourth-wall-breaking way possible.

On a more serious note, a suggestion for next time: try finding an interesting gameplay mechanic first, and then worry about the theming. Also, 2D may be the easier start.

Oh and I read the pause menu of course. And the sign in the first room that said "Attempt: 3" when I got back there at the end.

Anyways, congratulations on your first game jam!

Oh my god! I really appreciate the in depth feedback. I cant explain how much that means to me! 

It's fascinating that having to constantly restart and retry the game still kinda just... fits the theme lol. Because after you submit the game, it does indeed just loop back to the start. But I'm honored you gave it so many tries! 

You're totally right about finding a mechanic first though. I was too indecisive the first two days so kind of just threw this together at the end because I was so stressed out about nothing working. The goal was to submit a game no matter what. For the future though, I will definitely try and be more organized!

Regarding 2D however, I have no gift for art. I'm a developer at heart. I would've benefitted from a team where we can share expertise but given the last minute nature of this jam for me, I couldn't do that. 

I'm glad you read the whole pause menu lol. It was just me doing stuff on the last day as an excuse while I should've been adding music to everything :) 

Thank you so much for playing and providing feedback!

It's an impressive game considering how late you decided on it!

Regarding 2D, there are great assets just like for 3D. Having an artist on your team is great of course, but you can make great stuff with free assets as well. Or you can go with some minimalist style to create something decent yourself. But of course, it's totally fine to just go with whatever you want :)