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A jam submission

Ecaroh's DreamView game page

A short dream story with two possible endings.
Submitted by ecaroh.games (@ecaroh_games) — 48 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#74.1184.118
Audio#113.8823.882
Controls#183.4123.412
Overall#193.4793.479
Originality#223.5883.588
Graphics#243.7653.765
Accessibility#392.8822.882
Fun#572.7062.706

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4

Wildcards Used
A fork in the road

Game Description
Horace and Ecaroh find themselves in a strange dream realm....

How does your game tie into the theme?
horace and ecaroh explore a dream world

Source(s)
n/a

Discord Username(s)
goodwincek#3468

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0

My game has an export for Linux, Windows, & Mac and/or is playable through HTML5

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Comments

Submitted

I had a really enjoyable time exploring this! I felt compelled to go back a second time a check out the other path. 

Took me a tiny bit to realize what all I was looking at at first, but I honestly think that fit in with the abstract nature of a dream. The morphing player sprite was quite trippy as well. I played it live if you want to check out my experience!

Developer (1 edit)

really appreciate the stream! Because watching you play, I noticed in your playthroughs Ecaroh and Horace were not seen on screen together until randomly at the very end of your dark path playthrough. I wonder if there was a browser compatibility issue from my web export that broke some of my code... i'll definitely investigate now that I know that can happen! They were supposed to both be on the journey together from the start.

Thanks for your feedback!

Submitted

Happy you were able to check it out! I always find it very rewarding and insightful to get to watch someone play through your game, so I wanted to give that back to others! 

Oh, interesting! There was supposed to be a second sprite following you? 😮

Developer

yeah, if you pause at 2:34:39 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1772103020?t=02h34m39 you can see the 2nd red sprite (that's Ecaroh!) appear below the swamp monster. I'm really not sure how he didn't follow you from the beginning - because in my game scene, both characters were placed next to each other and should spawn on screen as soon as you start. I'll investigate further myself, but may I inquire what browser and OS you're using?

Submitted(+1)

Oh, fascinating! Yeah, I never noticed! 

Specs:

Opera GX LVL4 (core: 96.0.4693.104)
Chromium version: 110.0.5481.192
System: Windows 10 64-bit

Submitted (1 edit)

This art style is incredible man! I did the light ending first, and was a little confused, “Why is the game so weirdly happy?” And then after doing the dark ending, I get why you made this. The ambiance that slowly fades in while the ‘ancient evil’ thing shows up is just incredible. I feel like this would be the perfect ARG-type game, with a really simple surface premise and codes within codes on top of it. The preachiness about one’s choices was a bit much for me, though.

Developer

I appreciate the critique! I think your last point is important so I am more mindful of the rule: "show, don't tell" in my storytelling from now on.

Thank you for playing! My dream game is definitely an ARPG genre, so I hope to get there one day!

Submitted(+1)

You have your own graphic style that fits very well with the atmosphere! the sound design is pretty cool too!

Submitted(+1)

Love the sounds and the atmosphere. It was interesting because the animations and the sfx were eerie, but the dialog text were comforting... it was like a weird dream :). Nice submission!

Submitted(+1)

Very interesting game. Unique art and creepy sound effects. The atmosphere of the game is really on point! I also liked the UI design of your dialogue boxes and you have some well-written dialogue to go along with it!

I went to the swamp side and then the screen turned red and now I just had a static red ball and another red ball flying around randomly. It’s been doing that for a few minutes now so I guess it’s stuck…?

Developer

the swamp monster will never let you leave >: ]

you make a good point though - i don't indicate that you are stuck forever. maybe if you tried to move with the arrows, i could have prompted a dialogue to tell you to refresh the page or include a restart button. that's good design philosophy i should keep in mind from now on. Thank you for that feedback, and i appreciate the kind words :)

Submitted(+1)

Sound design and graphical style choice is sooooo on point. It really makes me feel like I'm in a fever dream. Thanks for the experience!

Developer

i had a lot of fun messing with audacity + Paulstretching to make some cool sounds. I'm glad you enjoyed thanks for playing :)

Submitted(+1)

The eerie ambience is spot on. I was a little lost at first, but I managed. Dialogue is fun and creepy at the same time. Good work!

Developer (1 edit)

thank you! yes i unfortunately did leave out actual boundaries in this quick game, sorry that i let you get lost in the void!

Submitted(+1)

this was so fun and impressive to play! the UI was so pretty, i loved the two main characters, and the dialogue was so charismatic and unique. i really grew to enjoy the characters personalities, and the ending was visually stunning.

Submitted(+1)

- Theme:  Main tie in was through the narrative

- Fun:  It was a fun read through the dialogue

- Controls: Worked, and it was clear where to go

- Graphics:  I really like the artwork and how it animated. The dialogue swapping was cool

- Audio:   The wind in the background was nice and the dialogue sound helped

- A11y:   No feedback

- Originality:  The line at the end to refresh the dream was fun!