I have to say, this one is really hard one to rate, I will likely come back and change my mind on some of the scores.
Basically this was really great entry, this could have been the best entry even, but now it felt like it was only level 1 of a winning entry, and hence it is not going to win as 1 level demo only.
I would say, if this had been level 1, then there be, maybe 2 more levels, and short final fight as level 4, then this would have clearly been 5 star Best Overall entry.
Similarly the Best Christian Category is something I am having trouble deciding what to give now, since basically the teaching was good. Verses were well used to make a game, and teaching was inside the game too, but it felt so rushed now having to get the message through in such a short time.
And Most Fun, I was definetily having start of a 5 star fun, but then it ended before it began. Now it might be only 3 stars or something due to that.
That all in all, the main problem with this is that it was too short. It was heading towards 5 stars in many, but then got interrupted before getting there.
So basically you started running 100 meters run real strong and fast, leading the run, but then you stopped running at 30 meters already.
That basically this was fantastic entry, I really enjoyed everything I saw, but then you stopped it too early.
I was about to say that this was almost commercial quality from graphics, until I realised I actually have one good commercial game in my WII U, that actually looks somewhat similar to this, and even the gameplay is very similar feeling in that one. So actually, this is basically commercial quality already, as long as you keep it this way.
The game I am talking about is called 3Souls:
Take a look at it, since this was a game I enjoyed, it was commercial, and I think it did gain some amount of attention even, and I think your game could become something similar. Your game is basically same quality as this one is, and it felt a lot like playing 3souls, as in, it felt like I was playing a good game.I didnt figure out how to kill those enemies. I got first one killed accidentally, just walked to it I think. Then walked to next one and died.
Slight confusion was on two places. First was when the man told me to light up all the lights in the area. My first thought was it meant those 3 lights that were in that specific area, not all the light in the whole area. However, it wasnt hard to figure out that it meant all the light all around, although I did feel bit confused and even questioned going there forward.
Second slight confusion was about how to continue from that same area. I did quite quick decide to go back to previous area since it seemed like a dead end the new area, and in the previous area I basically instantly tried to jump up the screen, which was the right solution, but that was based upon having played enough games that had similar system (In the 80s/90s). Without having played similar solution games, I dont think I had instantly started trying that.
By other words, that might have needed some more hinting for the player, although I did figure it out quite quickly myself.
And tutorial was also nice and working. If thsoe enemies were killable, then maybe some tutorial about them too had been needed to tell how to kill them, although, only two enemies around, which can easily be avoided, that wasnt much of a problem really.