I started playing adventure games a bit after the text parser era, so I had no nostalgia bias, and this still drew me in immediately. Great atmosphere and really charming, witty style of writing. Super fun, loved it!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #17 | 3.840 | 3.840 |
| Mental Engagement | #20 | 3.640 | 3.640 |
| Atmosphere | #22 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Lasting Impression | #25 | 3.640 | 3.640 |
| Overall | #30 | 3.573 | 3.573 |
| Characterization | #60 | 3.280 | 3.280 |
| Emotional Engagement | #61 | 2.840 | 2.840 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I enjoyed this! I hadn’t played a text parser game for many years, and I like how it makes you think rather than just clicking on stuff and being told what happens. Puzzles were fair (a modern twist!) and I like the little jokes when you do stuff wrong.
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The Alignment ParadoxBoy, I miss boomboxes with decent tape decks ...
This is the crispest 320x200 resolution I've seen in a long time.
I was immediately sold on your game when I saw the cover. An oldschool parser? Without dead ends and silly, unpredictable deaths every five seconds? Yes please!
You really nailed the feel of the old Sierra games. It looks awesome. The puzzles weren't outlandish, but they weren't too easy either. I never got stuck, so the game had a really nice flow for me. And I liked the slightly unsettling tone of the story.
Very entertaining game. I'll definitely check out your other projects once the jam is over.
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Under the SeaSome of the puzzles were a bit difficult to figure out, a dictionary or at least a simplified one could be useful. That was the only bad thing about the game. Writing was surreal, visuals were amazing, and it seemed to be well polished.
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Tomato Potato RevolutionNice job! Really dug what you did here. The game had a really cool atmosphere and old adventure vibe to it. The story had me intrigued - wish I could have found out more about it.
In terms of sticking points, I just had a couple small ones. I would have personally preferred if walking didn't continue once you let go of a movement key. The other one was I had a bit of difficulty knowing what I should type into the parser. Some suggestions about what you could type into the parser and how to structure commands would have been nice.
Overall, excellent work!
Very cool nostalgic entry! Put me right back in the 90s on the dos computer. It was fun trying out commands, and failing the majority of them. I had to watch a video to understand how to operate the boombox, other than that I had a blast and found it all quite intuitive. Some more background music/sfx would be welcome, but it's also part of the vibe to have very little audio.
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The Enigma of Mr. XReally nice game, I enjoyed it a lot! The puzzles were intuitive which is great because I wasn't stuck anywhere. The story and setting are quite interesting too. Some more sound effects would be nice but other than that I can't think of any points of improvement. Well done!
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The Lost Borealis ExpeditionGreat game!! I like the design and the game style!! Good job!! For me it taken a lot of time to finish it and I had to use a video of another person playing the game to know how to do a thing and progress, but I’m not very adapted to that type of games, so it’s because it taken me more time But for people than like and enjoy this type of games, they will enjoy it surely :D
I really enjoyed The Corruption Within and Elsewhere in the Night, so I had high hopes for this. I liked the wild dream logic and the ease of play. Most puzzles were pretty solvable just by analyzing whatever nouns were popping up when I typed look. As always, you've nailed the retro aesthetic visually but with a cool narrative that was worth experiencing. Good work!
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My Mother & MeNice :-) - the EGA colors and the character's design were really able to make me jump into the past - I had some problems figuring out a couple of actions (I'm seriously rusty) but I liked the experience :-)
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Twisted Times in TwinsmouthNice little game. Love the colors. Some issue with knowing what I want to do but trying to figure out how to tell it to the game, but that's par for the course. I quite enjoyed it.
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Saure Gurken: AudiospawnAs expected, a very nice entry. I love the C64 look and feel. I got stumped at the radio puzzle for a while, but after it clicked it was a very nice one.
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No Rest for the WickedEver since I played this with my partner I cannot stop chanting "Warp Cinema! Warp Cinema!" at him.
Great game, great sense of style and color
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Magenta: IN SPACE (Chapter 1)Fun game, really captured the old school Sierra graphics and that feeling when you solve a puzzle. Great work!
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