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A jam submission

The Book of NepentheView project page

Submitted by small_grey_owl — 3 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#14.3334.333
Enjoyment#24.1114.111
Overall#43.9813.981
Adherence to the Theme#163.5003.500

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Awesome story, I love the cliffhanger, the interaction, the magic, the names

Developer

Thank you very much for the kind words - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

awesome take on necromancy!

Developer

Thanks - I try to keep my magic systems interesting

Submitted

it just made a lot of sense for an Elf to have an elegant more sophisticated approach to that type of magic...atypical to the usual weirdo holed up in a cave in a black robe playing with dead bodies lol

Submitted(+1)

Not since Nix have I seen such a clever take on necromancy. Well done!

Developer

Thank you - that honestly means a lot to me coming from the writer of 'Victory for Hydra'!

Submitted (1 edit)

Great respectful mood and character-driven story, and you still got a fight in there! The sympathetic necromancy is very cool.

Developer

Thank you very much; I'm glad you liked it.

Submitted

I enjoyed how the necromancy functioned in this. Good work!

Developer

Thanks very much! I like magic and magic systems in fantasy stories and I try to make my magic unique. I'm glad you liked it!

Submitted

Very original use of the theme, I quite enjoyed this and the depth of the necromancers character was well beyond the few words allowed. This could easily be expanded to novella length.

Developer

Thank you very much for the kind words. I may well expand on the story; if/when I do, it will be available here.

Submitted

like the portrail of the necromancer in this one, someone focus on the balance between life and death, but still seen by the religious ones as just another one of thoses that disrupt the rightfull rest for their own gain

Developer

Thank you - I've always thought that necromancy need not be always evil.

Submitted (1 edit)

Excellent stuff. I'm genuinely blown away.

You did a great twist on the theme and some very interesting character building... though I do wish we'd gotten a bit more perspective on what turned Quinel/Josef against his former mentor but I really loved their exchange ad it's just left me wanting more.


Edit: Accidentally double posted, sorry for that!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the complement - I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

I wanted go more into the background of the two characters as well, but there's only so much room in 1000 words!

Submitted

Looking forward to more of them in the next lore jam, then!

Developer

I'm glad!

Submitted(+1)

Thematically this work is really stunning with the whole One Page concept, the elf gives me Morrigan vibes hardcore. 

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words!