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A jam submission

Time and TideView game page

When a friend mysteriously comes back to life, an other- worldy adventure ensues
Submitted by TakeRefuge — 17 minutes, 33 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#764.2294.229
Audio#963.7713.771
Overall#1513.6953.695
Game Design#2273.6863.686
Theme#2603.8003.800
Innovation#2793.5143.514
Fun#5493.1713.171

Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
It explores the concept of going back in time to when loved ones where Alive

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I scripted everything with a visual scripting tool, and made 99.9 % of the assets,
I did use a paid water shader and paid visual scripting pluginlto aid my process

All the Music was made by the second member of the team, as an original soundtrack for the game, and If I do say so he has done a wonderful job really pulling the whole atmosphere together.

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Submitted(+1)

Nice sounds and graphics! :)

Submitted(+1)

Really good game it really touched me it didnt used the theme really well there were some bugs but for real no compleins one of the best game i playe throught the game jam well done and good luck!!!!!!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for Your review KingCraft, your game was cool too!, I know about some bugs and some are allready fixed along with the animations at the end for an updated release after the jam!

Submitted(+1)

Great concept, I enjoyed the story.  The graphics looked good and the story was captivating enough to keep my playing. The only thing I want to say is that it felt a  lot like a walking simulator and I think that with some game play improvements (enemies, platforming, etc) this could be a really cool game.  Thank you for making it

Developer

Thanks For your feed back, I am glad you like it, I am going to add more to a final build which I am working on, it wont be platforming or enemies though, more one or two puzzles, I will take Walking simulator as a compliment! I made a breakdown video, where I explained that the inspiration was actually from walking simulator games, like Dear Esther... you can find a link to my break down on the main page if you are interested, I mostly talk about how I made the environment tho.

Submitted(+1)

Great work! The graphics are stunning! I like how you have to explore to find out what to do! Although, the music seems a bit hard to listen to. I'm not sure if it's a bug, but it sounded like there were multiple soundtracks playing at the same time. If it's just one soundtrack, it sounded like there were a lot of chords clashing against each other which can sound weird.

The game and story seem really good, but unfortunately my laptop isn't able to run the game very smoothly :(

What I did notice though is that the camera movement felt hard to control. Maybe lowering the sensitivity? The opening animation/cut scene was really great though!

I would love to play the game, but again, my laptop can't handle it. I can already tell that a lot of work was put into this JUST by looking at the graphics, so really nice job!

Developer(+1)

Sorry about the music bug, it has been patched for a version after the game jam is over allready, Im also going to optimize the grapics settings so it can run on lower end pcs... In regards to the controls were you using a mouse or a trackpad to control the camera?

Any way glad you liked what you could.
Cheers

Submitted(+1)

I'm using a mouse. The sensitivity for camera controls never work very well for me in 3D games so maybe it's just me

Submitted(+1)

Amazing graphics, audio, animations and story. RIP friend T_T

Developer

Thank you for playing! :) I am glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted

love how u took the theme to an emotional level, havent seen that before, this game have heart and u can feel it, the astonishing music add a lot, and this game would have felt way different without these fancy graphics, the animations could get a little bit cleaner, i got kinda stuck at the start bc i went to the rocks before the fence so i thought "oh ok so there is nothing there" but i guess that is just me. amazing game, good job!!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for you review I really appreciate that you liked it, Sorry uou got stuck this is a big issue in the game I know, but I will be issuing a patch for the game after the jam as well  as including some quality of life improvements and expanding the story slightly.

Cheers


Submitted

I loved the vibes of this game. At first I didn"t know what to do or where to go, but then I understood. Very nice game, though !

Developer

Thanks Nielisson, Much appreciated your game was great too!

Submitted(+1)

I loved the game, awesome art style and wonderful story. Hope you expand on  it a bit

Developer

Thank you for your feed back. I allready am adding some polish and bug fixes and planning to expand the story and environment somewhat.

Submitted(+1)

Thank you for the experience. It was a touching approach to the theme Rewind. The graphics did a great job at creating the atmosphere. I liked the use of different camera angles. The music also adds to the atmosphere. One thing I found about the music is that after I walked towards the gate, I went back to the house area and two tracks were playing simultaneously. That put a little halt in the experience until the new track came on when I moved towards the stone path. Also, I saw in the credits that the music is an original soundtrack. I always appreciate that. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Good job!

Developer

Thanks for your review and sorry for the bug, I have already patched it but obviously cant update until after the jam, , Im glad you liked the Music, Im very happy with what Denno made for the game, it fit my story so well.
Your game was rad btw.

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game! For only one person I can say you did a good job

Developer

Thank You!

Submitted(+1)

very good story enjoyed it alot

Developer

Thank you very much, I liked your game too!

Submitted(+1)

Good soundtrack and original theme implementation

Developer

Thanks man Appreciated.

Submitted

Wow I really really liked the story! I would love to see more of this!

Developer

Thanks I am already adding polish for a final version post-jam, you can sub for an update if you like.
Cheers Glad you enjoyed..

Your game is so good man, really liked it.

Submitted(+1)

Absolutely loved it, the visuals, the story, the personal touch, the music. It reminds me of "The first tree". Wish there were some sound effects other than the music and also a black box behind the text and indicator of who's talking since the two boys had pretty similiar colored text

Developer

Thanks for your review, and I appreciate your input, I had actually planned to include all the things you mention, but wanted it working start to finish before I added polish in, and alas I ran out of time, maybe version 1.01 will have some of these features.

Submitted(+1)

Very nice story and ambiance, liked the game a lot

Developer

Thanks for your review, Much Appreciated!

Submitted(+1)

Very chill story i love it 🤍, cool art style i wonder how u managed to finish that in 1 week.
Very impressive 

Developer(+1)

Thank you, Solidly working on it every night after work, and thankfully Im at point with blender where I can work pretty quickly! it was still a slog.

Submitted(+1)

very nice mate, its a good exploration game with a nice application of the theme on the story. at some point while looking for the latch to open the gate, the friend disappeared on me lol, i dont know if it was intended.

GL!

Developer

Thanks for the review, I imagine he got stuck in geometry :/ did he appear later on though?

Submitted(+1)

no that i've seen, its ok just keep it up  :D

Submitted(+1)

Wow, this submission felt really personal and explored some very existential concepts. It's also the only one I've seen so far that's about NOT rewinding something, so very creative take on the theme there... Anyway, kudos to your team! This is a nice piece of artwork.

The level was bigger than I was expecting considering its quality, the camera work was solid and the pacing was good for the emotion conveyed. Sometimes I felt like the dialogue was a little rough and broke my immersion, but in another way it made the story more human. One minor game detail: I spotted the gate remote before I found the gate, but nothing happened, so I had to backtrack to the remote later. Anyway, on whole I was impressed by this experience! Thanks for sharing!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for your kind word much appreciated, Yeah the whole thing from a scripting perspective is a bit rough, I am allready Ironing out the kinks for an update after the Jam is over, the initial plan was to record the dialogue, but that was one of the first things thrown into the "ive over scoped this bin" 3 years of tinkering with Blender and unity this is the first game I have completed so Im more than happy despite its flaws.

Submitted(+1)

Congratulations! It's really easy to want to do more, and there just isn't enough time for everything. This was my first game jam game, too, and only the second project I've ever "finished" really.  I'm happy for you finishing your first game, that's really awesome! Keep at it!

Submitted(+1)

Loving the sound for this. 

Developer

THANKS HEAPS

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This is really good! The audio, visuals and game design especially, whole game feels surreal in the best way. Only thing is I wish the friend followed the character more closely so it'd feel more like they're walking together. Also I noticed a little glitch where he would kinda levitate near the sign and his leg would act weird.

Other than that I love it, makes me feel inspired actually.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

wow Thanks for the review, and thanks for letting me know about the glitch, I did actually have a version were they ran closer together and I was going to change it back before the dead line but forgot... I plan to make some updates to the game after the Jam so be sure to check them out!

Appreciate your review.

"Made me feel inspired" is the best review I could have asked for

(+1)

No problem dude and yeah, it kinda inspires me to wanna make a surreal adventure game. I'll be on the lookout for updates also!

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