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A jam submission

Piranha PitView game page

Play, overcome, and survive the Piranha Pit.
Submitted by Beckett Van Stralen (@vanstral), WONDRID, jpfadil, ada — 1 hour, 14 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme interpretation#173.7003.700
Overall#183.5333.533
Gameplay#243.4003.400
Storytelling#433.5003.500

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The voice acting is really good, and very impressive for the short timeframe you had. I particularly liked the use of sound for memory puzzles.   

Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback! The team really worked hard to make the best game we could within the 72 hours.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

This is what Borderlands 3 should have been 10 Stars

Okay so really quick, want to praise the writing on the host. Taking the V-tuber concept and applying it to horror can be done so many ways, but this absolutely nails it. ( As mentioned, 2k tried to do something similar with their villains in Borderlands 3, and this knocks it outta the water )

That feeling of isolation, of being alone with the host as he watches and constantly commentates. Mixing isolation and this almost crippling sense of paranoia as you realize just how many people might be watching you makes all the other horror elements pop like a fishes eyeball.

Mix that with the audio design, stellar visuals and strategic use of darkness and realistic dialouge. It's easily top 3 of this Jam and deserves as much love as you can give it.

Developer

AHHHH thank you so much!! That is high praise. I'm so glad you loved the game!! The team really cooked on this one, we are so proud of the game and of the jam result!! Thank you!!!

Submitted(+2)

Throwing another sound design compliment onto the pile! Was a very fun experience.

Developer(+1)

Our sound designer absolutely killed it! Thank you for throwing your compliment onto the pile and glad you enjoyed the game!

Submitted(+2)

omg i loved this. having the protagonist's inability to see integrated to the gameplay and narrative like this is clever, and not being able to see also brought another layer to the horror elements in the story. the writing did exactly what it meant to do, and the sound design and voice acting were superb - the voice matched the stereotypical twitch streamer voice and tone perfectly. this nailed the satirical horror genre super well, i had a lot of fun :)

Developer(+1)

Ahhhh thank you so much for the kind comments and thoughtful feedback! I'm so glad you had fun and enjoyed the game, it was a blast to work on with the team!! 

Submitted(+2)

The sound design and voice acting really brought this one home! The maze part was genuinely scary and the mechanics well-implemented. A silly idea with great execution :)

Developer

Thank you so much for your feedback! We tried to lean hard into the silliness of the antagonist character. Glad you enjoyed it!

(+2)

Sound design was definitely the  best I've experienced so far in the jam. Can't say I'm a fan of the genre in general, but I do appreciate what you did with it. Had my heart pumping a little, haha.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing and for your comments! (and for experiencing something outside your preferred genre, heh heh). Hearing that your heart was pumping is good feedback for horror! 

(+2)

The idea of a blind POV really makes the top-notch sound effects shine!

Developer

We had an amazing sound designer on board for this jam, they really knocked it out of the park. Thanks for your feedback!!

(1 edit) (+2)

This game has a depth that I was not expecting.... just for that 10/10

Developer

Oh wow, thank you for the 10/10!! So glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

This is the first game in my list of the entries to rate, that clearly reflects the topic of the jam. The dark and horor narrative is well exucuted; for me personally some parts of the gameplay were confusing, for example: navigating in the maze and a string of choises in the middle, I was a bit lost and needed some clues to guide me.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for your kind comments and for sharing your experience of playing the game! 

(+2)

This was probably the most clearly and well connected to the theme of those I've played. Short, succinct, effective, creative gameplay. Unsettling, but also cathartic. Very well done, team. Thank you for sharing.

Developer

Thank you so much for your kind comment and feedback!!