Really good sense of a different world. The blueish-grey tone to everything was a nice choice.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Puzzle Design | #1 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Audio | #2 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Funness | #2 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Characters | #2 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Story | #4 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- A beautiful game, excellently presented and with an tight, impressive story which plays on difficult themes of today's world. A joy to play. Thank you.
- Great looking game with an interesting search mechanic and intriguing setting. It very barely incorporates the theme though.
- A really polished and intriguing Sci-Fi detective story, for a nice game with superb hand-drawn graphics. A game surely not to miss.
Comments
Thank you for the comments here and on the game page, I'll reply to both here.
I'm really happy you enjoyed the game!
Regarding the keypad tone puzzle. I know that for some people these kinds of puzzles are hard (actually, I'm not great at them either!), so I'm glad I included an option to skip them :D
Sorry about the load button! I wanted to have multiple save slots, so clicking the load button would open another interface. Unfortunately for some reason, the save system stopped working and I didn't have enough time to understand why, so I just had a single save slot as a replacement. I also wanted to have autosaves, but that's another thing I had to cut for time reasons. Hopefully, I'll be able to put these things in in a post-jam update.
For the graphics, I used Clip Studio Paint. It's a really good program that has pretty much everything I need for drawing and animation, but it's a commercial product (although it gets regularly discounted).
I don't have a huge experience with Krita, but heard a lot of good things about it. Plus it's free and can do frame-to-frame animation as well.
Grease Pencil looks cool, but I don't know how suitable is for regular illustrations. I've seen some amazing things done with it, but it also inherits Blender's interface which isn't very easy to use.
By the way, I've yet to play Mervin Pissaro (I've been slacking playing jam games lately :D) but it looks really fun!
no problem at all. Just some feedback. Thanks for the info. I have to get into clip studio or Krita yet. grease pencil is definitely a layer under blenders 3d based stuff but that’s where some of the appeal is for me cause you can edit the structure of your drawing in neat ways if you know what you’re doing. Figuring out basic fills etc is a total pain though so it seems like it should be part of a workflow and not a sole painting tool.
This game is great. I'd say it's comprehensive and 100% pro. Everything here works well, allowing me to fully immerse myself in the story. The design, game mechanics, music, puzzles, atmosphere, story, and message are all exceptional.
Just one small issue: I noticed a word that seems to be misplaced:
But it's a minor detail and doesn't really detract from the overall experience.
Congratz!
Barnim
Thank you very much for your comment, JAGS!
The funny thing about that error is that originally I had written "I don't what" and forgot "know". My tester pointed it out... and I corrected it wrongly!!! :D I was a bit too tired at the end of the jam hehe!
I can't upload a new build of the game until voting is over, but that issue will be fixed in a later update for sure. Thanks for pointing it out!
215 days ago(+1)
Thank you very much for your kind words, Ramón! I'm so glad you liked the game. Doctor Volkwein thanks you as well for finding him a suitable name :D
215 days ago(+1)
Thanks again, Kini! You like investigations with text parser input? Who knew? ;)
Congrats again for D-List Diva, super fun game!
215 days ago(+1)
Thank you very much, darqwerful! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game.
The composer will be happy to hear your comment about the music too.
Looking forward to playing your game, I'm ready for more Justin Case adventures! :)
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