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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sticking to the Rules | #10 | 4.392 | 4.630 |
| Actually Fun | #19 | 3.584 | 3.778 |
| Overall | #21 | 3.672 | 3.870 |
| Covert Environmentalism | #23 | 3.233 | 3.407 |
| Skremplet Revival | #23 | 3.479 | 3.667 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Really love this one. Fun exploration, strong vibe, and well-written too. Unfortunately, I made Binman Barry a nudist, so I couldn't use the sweater, but the image conjured in my mind of my horrendous little naked green man was worth that sacrifice. Great work on this!
Really fun blast from the past. The amount of writing involved in making this is off the charts and it really nails the vibe of those old choose your own adventure books.
Great writing and really well designed. Really impressive how you managed to implement the branching paths and that the character traits actually matter.
Great dungeon crawler vibes in text form! I really enjoyed the consequences of my Skremplet creation, unwittingly depriving myself of armour and extra inventory lol. The writing is charming and paced well, I was always eager to read about what would be around the next corner. Awesome work!
Really fun text-based dungeon crawler with great writing and a fantastic atmosphere. I loved exploring, and the design of the world/map flowed really well, yet remained continuously surprising throughout. Great work! Super imaginative!
This is a very well-designed dungeon crawler! I really liked how the dungeon was laid out along with the quests and some puzzles that incentivized exploration. Your writing did a great job at selling the environment and the story that kept me engaged throughout. Awesome job!
I never really considered text based adventures my thing, but I was thoroughly hooked from beginning to end! Your writing is sooo good and charming! Also, turn based battles makes so much sense in a text based game and really changed my perspective on what a text based game could be.
I love text adventures! The map you made for adventuring in the dungeon was so cool. The UI was simple and clean and retro, which made reading the story nice. I loved the story. Your story hooked me.
I was surprised by just how much you were able to pack into this text based dungeon adventure. So many options throughout. The rewind function was a really great qol feature.
Awesome Dungeon Crawler, I managed to explore the Green, Blue, and Red areas. However, I was only able to kill the Skeleton with the Fragile Body. Had a lot more luck killing Stoker with the Second Heart :D Need to do some more exploring but had fun reading the descriptions of each area. I did get locked on Pastroiche and the fight wouldn't continue after attacking, so the Rewind function was really helpful for getting unstuck
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah turns out I broke the code for Pastoriche's fight at the last minute. Luckily it's the one fight in the game that doesn't matter because it takes place in a dream, so you didn't miss much.