The music is great I really liked how you had to put the cd into the boombox to get it going. That moment doubles as a secret micro tutorial on the controls so that's awesome! I like the music because its both a bit hectic and sets the tone but it's also not so distracting that I'm not able to focus, well done! I would certainly say that it fits the atmosphere!
I like the art overall! I really like the hand made feel of the whole game. It's refreshing and desirable at this juncture in game dev to see hand designed artwork and pixel art. Nice of you to shout out your tooling right in the game menu too that's a nice touch!
One random thought was that despite the name being count down not much "counts down" obviously the time pressure is there but the clock itself counts up. I'd consider making it count down from 96:00
Couple of minor bugs I experienced: I filled up my crafting with items just to realize I had to sleep. I click on the pillow with the items still selected (solution A and Reactive for example) and then they are gone when I wake up. not back on the table but gone forever. I'd expect them to be cleared before sleeping. Other one is that loading up the crafter with Salt and then Water in the 1 and 2 slots respectively did not produce salt water for me but water and salt in the 1 and 2 slots respectively did produce salt water so I assume there's a minor bug there.
Didn't stop me from getting ending 1/2 though. Love the little guy moving at the end. Good game thanks for sharing!
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wow thank you so much for the feedback! i tried to aim for a retro style in the art and music and i think they turned out pretty good. i also did get what you mean about the whole no actuals counting down part, but i also didnt want the alarm clock to be a timer but rather an actual clock, i thought about maybe adding a time in the last 8 hours or so (Day 5) but ultimately decided not to.
Thank you so much for letting me know about the bugs, the crafting system is a bit flawed, it was my first time ever making one, but ill definitley be looking into it and fixing it before the deadline!