| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall fun and playability | #87 | 2.765 | 2.765 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Theme incorporation
This is an exploration through ancient ruins and has lots of twists directly inspired by Lovecraft works.
Nice little game!
I got off the grid after a while, so I walked around halfway into the walls. Combat was a bit slow and it was a lot of just waiting for it to resolve. The game has several promising touches. I like the pistol and knife variations, and the floor puzzle in the beginning. More of those and some more decorations and we got something really good!
My favorite part was the puzzle right at the beginning. More of that and less combat would have been great for my taste. The early text was interesting but scrolled too slowly for me so I had to test my patience to read it. I loved the hand drawn monsters too, those were great.
The handdrawn graphic are very nice and the movement and battle system work well enough. The battles just take a bit to long, so I dreaded monsters coming up. Tone that down a bit and we have a nice one there. Oh, the sound was WAY to loud!
I tried to beat it, but the combat was just too slow.
I got the misalignment and the no ruby glitch too.
Here it is. I sped it up a bit: Tenessee Wilson and the Search for the Eye of Doom by Cobolt Games
Unfortunately the first 10 minutes got corrupted.
You never fight any ruby skeleton and then you don't get any ruby and can't complete the game, right? I think bumping into a red skeleton make you fight an emerald one. If it's the case I think I've seen what the game has to offer.
There are several things I really like. First you took the time to put a real structure with 2 puzzles plus the event with the doors which close, it adds to the pacing, I really like that, we don't all take the time to do that. I also like the movement which basically goes as fast as you click, I also really like the art of the enemies. The combat system is perfectly fine in theory.
Also Hollywood clip ;) .
I think waiting through the enemy turn takes too long especially as your options are limited and you will end up just mashing a weapon button, which would not be a problem if fights took 3 seconds, it should haste when you mash the button and that would be fine.
Overall that was a cool entry, thanks for sharing.
Thanks, thats right. this was a bug I couldnt fix unfortunately. I agree about the combat. Should have made the enemies a little squishier and easier to hit, but really had no time to test play enough to get the balance down on the combat.. Did you figure out the gem puzzle on the door? just curious? It's a pretty good one. Thanks for playing!
I think this one has a lot of potential. The pun/title screen got a laugh out of me. The puzzles were good and made it feel like an adventure in an old temple and the combat could be fixed up to be pretty enjoyable. I did get off grid every time I played through, the rest/search buttons don't seem to do anything and the combat is brutally difficult and after 4-5 tries I've given up. I think with some polish this could go from "good" to "great"
from what i played it is really nice, but it crashes randomly in my virtual machine. sometimes mid fight and i am not able to continue. i really liked the idea and the visuals of this
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