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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Look (Visual fidelity, art direction, aesthetics) | #12 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Heart (Overall love put into the game) | #13 | 3.900 | 3.900 |
| Playability (Gameplay and technical stability) | #15 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
| Immersion (Usage of theme, incorporation of atmosphere) | #15 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Originality (Innovation and creative use of systems) | #16 | 2.700 | 2.700 |
| Sound (Audio, music, sfx, cohesion between them) | #18 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
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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A short, maze-runner like horror game
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Awesome game, the premise is kind of funny to me and the enemy is really cute. I really love the shadows, they kind of give the illusion of looking down from really high walls/pillars. Really fun.
Even gnomes can't escape cruel working conditions. Bessie scared the shit out of me; good job at the horror element of the game. I'm not sure if it's actually implemented or not, but mining the uranium should totally attract Bessie since it creates a surprisingly loud sound, which should echo and reach Bessie. Maybe multiple Bessie's could add more to the game, too?
Conceptually, gnomes mining uranium is both hilarious and novel.
Really enjoyed playing this game, especially I really liked the way the corridors are lighted with the gnome's lamp. I had some trouble running away from Bessie because I had trouble sprinting. I felt like it didn't work for me but maybe that's just because I'm quite inexperienced at playing games.
Don't worry, no one's inexperienced at anything! There is supposed to be a stamina bar at the bottom of your screen, but I was rushing to put the GUI together near the end of the submission period, and Godot put the stamina bar somewhere in some unseen place and I didn't have time to fix it😅
Really good game with a good horror vibe. Bessie is huge!
Was able to collect all of them without getting caught but I got curious what getting caught is like so I intentionally got hit and was not disappointed.
Didn't have music or much sound effects but with the vibe you were going for it didn't feel like it needed it.
Love the pixel art and the design of the gnome and Bessie. Wish I could see the take on the pixel art village.
Good Game!
Thank you for the positive feedback! I do intend to make this game more than it currently is in future updates, if I'm allowed to do that, and I most likely will be adding a couple of new sounds, as well as potentially better animations and jump scares :)
HAHA omg I knew it was coming but you still got me. You did a good job making this scary! Idk if intentional but when hugging the right wall the lamp kind of gets covered. Honestly it made it kinda fun because I couldn't hug the wall, or it'd get dark and more scary.
The little problem with the lamp is indeed a bug that I intend to fix in the future, but maybe I could make a hard mode where your lamp sometimes goes dark for a period of time to amp up the fun and scariness. Thanks for the idea!