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💀 SCREAM JAM 2023 💀

Hosted by Kitsch Digital, ryan zone · #ScreamJam
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A jam submission

DOWN HORSEView game page

Submitted by Joshua Roland (@jxshuarxland) — 18 hours, 42 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Story#833.2123.800
Horror#973.2123.800
Enjoyment (Best Game)#1543.0433.600
Aesthetics#2313.0433.600
Sound Design#2922.3662.800

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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  • Creates a uniquely unsettling niche in a way that is refreshing for surreal horror. No tropes, no jump scares, no corridors, just the true horror of coming to terms with the power of the bond between a man and his horse. One of the most distinctively odd experiences of the jam.

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Knife Fight GamesSubmitted2 years ago

Wow, that was pretty upsetting! Great use of body horror, this is the kind of freaky stuff I love to see in games

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Photoshooter
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Magic HatSubmitted2 years ago

Poor horse… I have found the scalpel at the end but didn’t get to grab it, I was supposed to do something with it ? Good job !

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Recorded_003_
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Darius Emanuel NeagSubmitted2 years ago

Well...I've expected anything but this. It was like a fever dream. Good job on this!

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Trick-or-Turbo
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1.0.1StudiosSubmitted2 years ago

Good job! :D

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Mantable: Doll House
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sloppypapatv2 years ago

why the long face?

super bizarre in the best of ways. 

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ELI SMOLHASubmitted2 years ago(+1)

That was... Yes, that was really good. Too short sadly, but I appreciated originality and final twist (hah badaboom-tssss).
Scalpel is kinda hard to find and even harder to grab tho. 

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Voice in Fire
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Crashin' Thrashin' Seranatis2 years ago

hey, gave it a play, props to making it, also did a vidya. I heard the sound queue but as uou see, soent a minute waiting and looking around, couldn't find anything else though.

Still, good stuff, hope It does well in the Jam and here's muh vidya 

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ELI SMOLHASubmitted2 years ago

Near the door on the floor there is an item.

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Crashin' Thrashin' Seranatis2 years ago

I'll have to give it another run soon then and update the vidya.

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Dorkfishie2 years ago

Does the game end after the "11 months later" screen?

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Joshua RolandDeveloper2 years ago

It's not meant to, there's another build for download you can try labelled _DX11 that might work for you if the main build is causing crashes.

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Dorkfishie2 years ago

It's not crashing. After the "11 months later" screen, the game works perfectly fine. It's just that nothing else seems to happen after the horse dies.

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Joshua RolandDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Ah ok, yes there is more to see if you look around. There's a sound cue to listen for.

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Dorkfishie2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I heard the sound cue. Now what?

EDIT: Never mind, I found the scalpel. Creepy game!

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