Brackeys Game Jam 2023.2

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A jam submission

Into the CavernView game page

Ride a lift into a dark cave and fight monsters while fixing the lift to make it go further down.

Submitted by WhizmageGames — 12 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#324	2.910	4.000
Theme	#561	2.587	3.556
Overall	#597	2.277	3.130
Innovation	#617	2.021	2.778
Graphics	#622	2.264	3.111
Game Design	#663	1.940	2.667
Fun	#665	1.940	2.667

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The first way Into the Cavern fits the "Diving Deeper" theme is the setting of a mine shaft where you literally go deeper and deeper down into the mine. In addition, as you go through each level you get more hints about what is causing the miners to become horrible abominations, thus diving deeper into the secret of the mine, until when you get to the bottom and you get the final pieces of the puzzle to figure out what happened.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, I wrote all of the code and made all of the assets from scratch.

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leomartinchSubmitted2 years ago

Really nice aesthetic, but also creepy. I love it. Very nice aswell that you made all of the assets from scratch, I really like when developers do this instead of just copy pasting things from the asset store

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WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you!

JK5000Submitted2 years ago

The idea is good and I like the games atmosphere. For me the game was a bit too dark, and it's a bit too difficult. But overall a pretty good little jam game.

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WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Yeah, the darkness and the difficulty seem to be the biggest issues. I was mainly focused on the atmosphere, so I'm glad that turned out good.

NikitaGamesSubmitted2 years ago

The game has great potential. It's worth developing gameplay elements

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WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks!

PurpleHPSubmitted2 years ago

I love horror games and this game fits the theme very well. The atmosphere was nice but I think the game was a bit dark, if there are more light sources and health bars I'm sure it would be much better that way. I also like the sound effects, good job.

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WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Yeah, I understand if it's a bit too dark. Funny enough, it used to be even darker! I had to up the intensity of all the lights to get it to what it's like today. Probably should make it even lighter though.

moony42Submitted2 years ago

Not sure if it was intended, but the enemies lurk and spawn in the blind spots of my dead angles, creating a nice horrifying ambiance.

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High Swipe Cube

WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

The enemies spawn locations and movement points are random, but for some reason they like to lurk in the dark. Lucky accident!

kvvoyaSubmitted2 years ago

Nice game! Sadly it was a bit annoying to play it because it was very laggy, but good job! :)

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WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Oh sorry to hear that! I didn't have time to add graphics settings, and UE5 games can be fairly laggy at times.

driannSubmitted2 years ago

I really like it! That was a scary experience lol, the sound design is so good, along the lighting makes it actually scary and tense. I also like the way it fits the theme, I enjoyed it :)

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Bachaco The Game

WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks for playing! My main focus for this jam was the sound design, so I'm glad it ended up good.

530GamesSubmitted2 years ago

I really loved the sound design. I think the atmosphere was really well done!

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Deep Dive: The Caverns Unknown

WhizmageGamesDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you! That means a lot!