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I really enjoyed playing your game. As you said, you should definitely be proud of it! I left my comment on your submission page.

My game is The Last Wave.

The Last Wave is a mystery game heavily inspired by "Return of the Obra Dinn", blending deductive puzzle-solving with visual novel storytelling. You'll partner with a Saja (Korean grim reaper) to unravel mysteries of the deceased. The playtime is 20-30 minutes.

The game features a unique mechanic where you must match each dead soul's name, location, and wave to help them recover their identity.

If you're interested in my game, I'd love for you to give our game a try!

flavedogame3 days ago

This is a lovely game, I normally not a big fan of narrative games in jam but this is a good one.

I like saja and I think he is handsome lol. I feel his shock expression kind of remind me of ace attorney, and I like it. I like how the story and the detective part in the game. It's not as heavy as return of the obra dinn for sure but has it's own difficulty and fun.

Some suggestions I think..

I can understand this is a story happen in korea so all the name are korean names, but I think it is a little hard for foreigner to remember the names during the game, especially remembering name is an important part in the game lol. I do appretiate for the culture explain of the name convention in Korea.

I think number of names match character is not enough, so it's quite easy to crack the game by try all the combinations lol. I know it is not a correct way to play the game, but when it is easier that way, player might choose to do that and lose the important detective part of the game.

Another part I don't really enjoyed, is the wave mini game. first, the game itself is not challenging or fun, especially after play it for several times. second, I can not know which wave is who until I get to that wave and listen, so if I know A's name, I might need to try to get all waves and find out who is A, then match it, which is kind of annoying because, as I said, the wave mini game itself is not that fun.

These are just some of my inputs, overall this is a really great story and game, good job and I'd love to play more of it!

Adaid1 day ago

Thank you so much for playing the game. This is really detailed and high-quality feedback!

I put a lot of my personal taste into Saja's character, so I'm really happy you liked him. I had no idea while making it, but it's funny how the game ended up with such a ace attorney vibe lol. I think it's probably because I love that detective game series just as much as Return of the Obra Dinn, so it must have influenced me a lot.

I really relate to all the feedback you've given. I'm seriously considering whether to officially release this game later, and if that happens, I'll try my best to incorporate your suggestions.

I want to keep the Korean names for the characters, so I'm thinking about changing them to names that are more familiar or easier to remember for English-speaking users (for example: Yuna, Eugene, Jay).

As for the wave mini-game, I deeply agree with you, and I've received similar feedback from other users as well. I'm considering making it more puzzle-like and fun, and improving it so that once you match a puzzle correctly, you don't have to do it again.

Once again, thank you so much for your helpful input!

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