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Nice one :)

The jam started on the 25th, so you’re only one day behind but this is meant to be a fun experience, just do as much as you want/feel you are able to do.

Hey during and for a short while after the jam you can post your jam-related artworks here! It’s good to give constructive feedback to each other.

Hey this is a really nice game! There’s a couple of light bugs that make the end game a bit hard to achieve. The buttons slowly stop working (much better than it was originally) and the end game doesn’t seem to trigger unless the amulet gets used up.

I think a text prompt to tell you why you’re walking down the street at the start of the game would help a little. (Just a simple retelling of the first part of the page overview would be enough) “You’re out Trick or Treating but you forgot to get a costume” or something. An extra sound when the homeowner likes the costume/likes/dislikes the answers would be cool.

The music fits nicely. I could see a bit of a change if/when the charges get low could add to a sense of foreboding.

I wonder if some visual hints on the house as to which homeowner likes which costumes might be a nice detail. It can be subtle and some of the houses could be missing decorations to add a bit of challenge.

The artwork is really nice.

I might like it if I could play the game entirely with the keyboard, maybe pressing 1-4 for the costumes.

Looking forward to future updates!

Thank you :) I was close to getting it in 3 hours but had some physics bugs that slowed me down. Once I went over I thought I might as well take my time with a bit of kink ironing 😅

Thanks :) I am also not very good at stopping it getting hacked xD

The characters are cute! Got to 17 on my 3rd attempt 😅

Nice idea, the game fits the theme well and the visuals add to the surreal feel.

Very fun story!

This is really cool! I could see making this a little rogue-like-y and being able to purchase an ability that hints at what’s below you or gives you a one-time mega jump per run or something.

Sorry for the late reply! Originally it was just before the many-teleport area with the many grinches but eventually managed to get past it. Then I got stuck in the teleport area and couldn’t get past it.

I really like the combination of the themes. The controls are a little fiddly with the inventory cycling. I like the puzzle of having to use the items in the correct way. Having a hard time getting to the end because I keep making boomerang mistakes 😅

Kenney makes CC0 licensed assets. If you pay for them you also get access to the source files for easier modification. https://www.kenney.nl​​ https://kenney.itch.io/

Yeah I wanted to fix the camera in that bit but didn’t get round to it as it required hacking together 2 very different types of movement 😅 I made all the environmental and interactive assets, the characters were heavily modified from Kenney’s character assets. Oh, the music was supposed to loop. D’oh!

Thanks Andy! Was the pile of logs on the table unnecessary? 😅

Really like this! Might be nice to update the hangman artwork to be more Christmas-y themed, maybe some animation between the different hang states would be a nice addition. :)

The portals work well! It would be nice to see some variation in colours to see the different portal connections.

The game looks really nice! All I seem able to do is jump but there don’t seem to be any obstacles or anything?

Looking forward to giving it a go :)

If you’d like to join the Sketchmas Discord server and chat with fellow jam attendees you can join it here.

Day 4 - Decorative

Gouache on mixed media paper.

Day 3 - Wise

Wizard-y owl in his cave of magic

Nice :D

Day 2 - Reflection

Gouache on mixed media paper. First attempt at a portrait style painting.

Day 1 - Bountiful

Gouache on mixed media paper.

Sorry I meant to make a thread called Contributions that you can post your art to. It’s up now!

You could also upload the files to an itch io project, make a project and post them in the description for the page.

https://itch.io/jam/12-days-of-sketching-2023/rate/2245888 This is a project someone did for the 12 Days of Sketching last year.

You can post them to the contributions channel on the Discord. Looking forward to seeing your art 😁

Hey all! You can post your artwork in this thread! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Nice! I’ll try and stop by.

Here are the prompts! See you tomorrow for the first artings!

Day 1 - Bountiful

Day 2 - Reflection

Day 3 - Wise

Day 4 - Decorative

Day 5 - Gifted

Day 6 - Avian, Day 7 - Fern

Day 8 - Subterranean

Day 9 - Misty

Day 10 - Portable

Day 11 - Stone

Day 12 - Starlight

Day 1 - Teleport

Day 2 - Reindeer

Day 3 - Construction

Day 4 - Distance

Day 5 - Crime

Day 6 - Red

Day 7 - Bauble

Day 8 - Home

Day 9 - Food

Day 10 - Fire

Day 11 - Song

Day 12 - Log

I like the overall feel of the game. I was a little confused about when to pee vs when to bark 😅 I guess peeing is for when you want to park the human in a “safe” area? The music and art work well together.

This was an interesting story. I found the navigation a little confusing at places though I appreciate why it was done in some of those places (the multiple click ones) but I liked the creepy and poignant overall vibe and revelation.

Hey, where did you get stuck? 😅

Lovely game, suitably creepy. I suspect this was a problem with the web export but the mouse didn’t match the in-game cursor which made the drawing sections a little tough, it was still fun to try and trace the patterns :)

It’s a cute game. :D Congrats on being the first submission too! The ghost hitbox feels a little too large, especially around the lights. I like the challenge of dodging the light beams and the spikes. The music fits nicely.

Hey I noticed you join again, try this link. https://discord.gg/9keAxjpM64

It should take you directly to the #roles channel then click on one of the icons in that row I highlighted.

Ah, at the bottom of the message in the #roles channel you’ll see some emoji reactions. If you click on the reaction it’ll assign you a role.

There are no prizes for this jam. You will get the personal reward of making something. If you want to sell the game after it’s made that’s entirely up to you.

Weird, I thought I’d fixed that. You can try this one while I update the page. https://discord.gg/9keAxjpM64