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Heya fellas! :D

Stew here, and I'm looking for a CODING partner! :>

The project is rather ambitious, after a few years' of game jam's I'm confident I can create something super cool, and need YOUR help! >:]

The main obstacle will be that the game's to feature a POKER GAMEPLAY MECHANIC!!!

You'll play as a grim (literally) guest to this mysterious stranger in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and in between hands will learn more about the story, this barren world, and depending on how well you do, get a special ending!

If you're ready to get competitive, be consistent, and hopefully WIN, just hit me up on discord @dr_stufoo, and we'll chat there! :D

- Kudos, Stew

dr_stufoo doesn't work?? D:
If it doesn't, you can send me yours! :D

Hey fellas, it's Stew! :D

I've a lot of experience with game jams' and collaboration, and I'm recruiting a big team for a pretty ambitious project! :>

I'm in need of:

- Composers

- SFX designers

- UI and Logo Artists

- Background Artists

If you're interested, just dm me on discord @dr_stufoo with a portfolio or a few examples! I'm mostly looking for people with experience, there'll be a team-discord, and I'll likely be recording the journey to make into a YouTube video for my channel as well!

- Best regards,

 Stew!

Heya m8! :D

I'm startin' to put together a team real early, would love to chat!! :>

discord is dr_stufoo!

Hey fellas, I'm Stew, and I'm looking for some 2-D artists! :D

I'm actively developing the idea, and am just putting together a team!

I also need composers and coders!! :>

If you're interested, hit me up on discord @dr_stufoo!!

Oh that's cool! :0

I'm so sorry, having to scrap something you've worked so fricking hard on sucks, but I genuinely think it really helps strengthen your story, 'cuz unimagineable horrors are always scarier than imaginable horrors, at least in my opinion. ^^

Again, one of my favorite submissions, voice acting easily my favorite, have a good 'un!

OMG thank you so much!!! :0

I really really appreciate it!!! ^^

I'll tell you how to get the endings below, just 'cuz its sliiiightly unorthodox,  but anyways yeah, this is my first Vn ever, I've never even played one before this so I didn't know things like Renpy existed, I'd have been able to save SO MUCH time!!! :c

By all means, the writing on this is genuinely abysmal (no offence, self), I spent like 3 weeks on the programming that the writing only had a fraction of the depth I wanted, so I'm DEFINATELY going to be creating a full-version, this isn't even close to being finished, some of the writing is on the literal first draft. XD

Anywho though, for the endings, only 1 of the stats matter, Sadism.

For Marauder:

Getting 0 Sadism gets the good ending.  [Kill no one]

Getting at least 1 Sadism gets the neutral Ending.

Getting max Sadism AND killing the professor at least once gets the bad ending. :]

Also, for the barkeep, to get the good ending, go with the girl, bad ending, dont go with the girl.

That's it. Literally no stats matter 😭

You can even get one ending, load back into that same save, and then just choose the other one. :D

There's only a slight difference in the barkeep one however, really the Marauder has the most dynamic endings. ^^

Have an amazing day m8, you made mine! :D

omg that's so nice! D:

Thanks so much!!! !! :D

I really appreciate it, good fricking luck with judging m8, I bet y'all entry is gonna score super high! >:D

omg thank you so much! :0

I really appreciate it, I'm a bit upset that I wasn't able to really refine the story much past a draft, cuz I had to program everything, but I'll revamp it sooner or later! >:]

I really appreciate the feedback, have an excellent jam!!! ^^

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! It means a lot from you, y'alls sprites were some of my favorite in all 40 of the submissions I've played! :D

You can't tell, but every sprite was supposed to be a boil frame animation, because I really hate when sprites look static, but eh, time constraints. :c

Also sorry, the morality system I didn't have a lot of time to fully utilize, only 1 of the stats matters for the endings, Sadism.

For Marauder:

Getting 0 Sadism gets the good ending.  [Kill no one]

Getting at least 1 Sadism gets the neutral Ending.

Getting max Sadism AND killing the professor at least once gets the bad ending. :D

I should have put that in the game page!

Also, for the barkeep, to get the good ending, go with the girl, bad ending, dont go with the girl.

That's it. Literally no stats matter 😭

You can even get one ending, load back into that same save, and then just choose the other one. :D

Anyways though, I definitely need to put this on the page, thanks so much for letting me know, and thanks so much for playing my game, I really appreciate it!! ^^

Oh yeah, if y'all are gonna play it today, I'll still be at work lol, so you can just play it and I'll watch it later! ^^

I was watching the cutscene y'all played and I loved it by the way, y'all ffinding the fun text was hilarious! XD (it's intended to be super low, so it just has a very slight wobble, but i went over board  😭 )

Have a good one guys, I really appreciate y'all! :D

P.S. ( it's pronounced "stew"  😭 )

OMG thank you so much!! ^^

Holy frick, this is so professional! :0

So many choices, so many characters, so much polish! :D

I love how like, they just INSTANTLY start murdering zombies, like there's just a pale-ish girl with some bruises, they don't even know what's going on yet for sure, and they're like "yep, let's kill her," NO HESITATION WHATSOEVER, they just literally be crushing in random student's skulls.  😭 

No remorse whatsoever, not like "OH THAT WAS HORRIFYING, I'M SO SORRY," they're just like, fricking, "hope I don't gotta kill more ugly creatures," LIKE THESE WERE PEOPLE 10 MINUTES AGO HOLY FRICK

Favorite character is Ian, least favorite is Amber, leave my boy alone, lad.

Oh, also the timed choices thing is also super nice! ^^

EXCEPT, ONCE I GOT ENDING 1, IT SAID I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DIE IN THE APOCALYPSE, WHEN I WAS KILLED BY A FELLOW STUDENT, WHO OBVIOUSLY WAS FIRST, IT WASNT ME, IM NOT  T   H  A    T   BAD!!! >:c

Anywas though lol, the sprite mechanics were also really well-handled, with everyone moving to make way for other characters and certain characters leaving and stuff, looks really fluid! :D

The only thing I'd say is that, like most visual novels, the sprites look really stiff, it's hard to get immersed when they're always making the same pose for every interaction/not blinking, idle animation would do wonders here, but not a lot VNs have them, so nothing against you. :D

That's about all I got, a really good VN, pretty underrated too! D:

If you don't mind, do you think you could play my game? I'm looking to get feedback, I'd really appreciate it! :D

Anyways though, have a good day, and good luck with judging!! >:]

Holy frick, this is so professional! :0

So many choices, so many characters, so much polish! :D

I love how like, they just INSTANTLY start murdering zombies, like there's just a pale-ish girl with some bruises, they don't even know what's going on yet for sure, and they're like "yep, let's kill her," NO HESITATION WHATSOEVER, they just literally be crushing in random student's skulls.  😭 

No remorse whatsoever, not like "OH THAT WAS HORRIFYING, I'M SO SORRY," they're just like, fricking, "hope I don't gotta kill more ugly creatures," LIKE THESE WERE PEOPLE 10 MINUTES AGO HOLY FRICK

Favorite character is Ian, least favorite is Amber, leave my boy alone, lad.

Oh, also the timed choices thing is also super nice! ^^

EXCEPT, ONCE I GOT ENDING 1, IT SAID I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO DIE IN THE APOCALYPSE, WHEN I WAS KILLED BY A FELLOW STUDENT, WHO OBVIOUSLY WAS FIRST, IT WASNT ME, IM NOT  T   H  A    T   BAD!!! >:c

Anywas though lol, the sprite mechanics were also really well-handled, with everyone moving to make way for other characters and certain characters leaving and stuff, looks really fluid! :D

The only thing I'd say is that, like most visual novels, the sprites look really stiff, it's hard to get immersed when they're always making the same pose for every interaction/not blinking, idle animation would do wonders here, but not a lot VNs have them, so nothing against you. :D

That's about all I got, a really good VN, pretty underrated too! D:

If you don't mind, do you think you could play my game? I'm looking to get feedback, I'd really appreciate it! :D

Anyways though, have a good day, and good luck with judging!! >:]

OMG, I love, love, LOVE the character designs here! :D

It's really good, the style is amazing! ^^

I got stuck at the cross-word section, because I just suck at crosswords, (I GOT A FEW RIGHT), so I'd reccommend a hint section or something, but I'm actually reall surprised with how polished it is, with actually putting in the letters when you get one and stuff. :0

As for music, if you don't have time to get any, I'd reccomend just getting a looping wind/ambience effect, it's basically silence, but it gives the feel something's about to happen, COULD happen, ya just don't know when. ^^ Gives a really empty feeling!

A bit sad that this didn't get finished though, but hey, we all got lives! :D

Overall though, a nice game, hopefully ya get around to finishing it! =]

Oh, also, if you don't mind, do you think you could perhaps play my submission? I'd really appreciate it, I could really use feedback. ^^

Anyways, have a good day m8, good luck with judgin'! :D

OMG, I love, love, LOVE the character designs here! :D

It's really good, the style is amazing! ^^

I got stuck at the cross-word section, because I just suck at crosswords, (I GOT A FEW RIGHT), so I'd reccommend a hint section or something, but I'm actually reall surprised with how polished it is, with actually putting in the letters when you get one and stuff. :0

As for music, if you don't have time to get any, I'd reccomend just getting a looping wind/ambience effect, it's basically silence, but it gives the feel something's about to happen, COULD happen, ya just don't know when. ^^ Gives a really empty feeling!

A bit sad that this didn't get finished though, but hey, we all got lives! :D

Overall though, a nice game, hopefully ya get around to finishing it! =]

Oh, also, if you don't mind, do you think you could perhaps play my submission? I'd really appreciate it, I could really use feedback. ^^

Anyways, have a good day m8, good luck with judgin'! :D

Holy frick, this is maybe the best one I've played ever, WHAT THE FRICK?

This is literally a 5/5 in every way.

The story is told MASTERFULLY, the tone is set before you even start playing. This game saves automatically? You can't save yourself? WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME LIKE THAT?!?

And the way it's telling the before and after between the professor and him walking home, is its just fricking, its so enticing! Genuinely the most fluid story-telling I've ever seen in one of these, it's just, it's, ITS GREAT!

The visuals too, they're just, they're perfect! The TREES HAVE EYES, and nobody fricking asks questions? WHAT? And the silhouettes within the cabin talking, the pov makes it look like you're stalking them, its just, again, MASTERFUL! And the flashlight mechanics? Hello? Shining some things brighter than others depending on how far away they are? Holy polish? What? How even? What?

The music sets such a great tone, with the chilling ambience, the perfect transition to

THE VOICE ACTING! HOLY FRICK!

This is literally the only submission I've played where the voice-acting is a necessary, and GREAT thing, it didn't feel like I was listening to some guy/girl recording something, I was listening to a grandmother telling a story, its just so immersive, they gave their ALL! GAVE THAT GRANNY A GRAMMY! 

And cinematography, like the visuals, is its just masterful! Walking forward, steadily creeping, KNOWING there's something waiting, just not knowing WHAT or WHEN, is its, SO FRICKING GREAT! Finding a pile of skulls is also amazing, its, everything about this is good! The ONLY thing I would change, is the opening cutscene I believe shows one of the monsters, but it would be SO MUCH BETTER to have it entirely up to interpretaion/imagination, completely cementing the psycological horror, no jumpscares, just pure imagined fear.

Anyways though, this is literally the only submission I've given a 5/5 for EVERY category, and holy frick it deserves it. I'm definately reccomending this to other people, and am pretty sure you're going to win one of the prizes, probably voice-acting frankly.

If you don't mind, do you think you could play mine, please? I'm trying to get feedback on it and to get it from you would be such an honor!

Anyways though, yeah this is just, AMAZING, everyone involved gave their A-Game, and HOLY FRICK WHY IS THERE ONLY 2 RATINGS WHY HAS NOBODY ELSE SEEN THIS WHAAAAAAAA

Holy frick, this is maybe the best one I've played ever, WHAT THE FRICK?

This is literally a 5/5 in every way.

The story is told MASTERFULLY, the tone is set before you even start playing. This game saves automatically? You can't save yourself? WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME LIKE THAT?!?

And the way it's telling the before and after between the professor and him walking home, is its just fricking, its so enticing! Genuinely the most fluid story-telling I've ever seen in one of these, it's just, it's, ITS GREAT!

The visuals too, they're just, they're perfect! The TREES HAVE EYES, and nobody fricking asks questions? WHAT? And the silhouettes within the cabin talking, the pov makes it look like you're stalking them, its just, again, MASTERFUL! And the flashlight mechanics? Hello? Shining some things brighter than others depending on how far away they are? Holy polish? What? How even? What?

The music sets such a great tone, with the chilling ambience, the perfect transition to

THE VOICE ACTING! HOLY FRICK!

This is literally the only submission I've played where the voice-acting is a necessary, and GREAT thing, it didn't feel like I was listening to some guy/girl recording something, I was listening to a grandmother telling a story, its just so immersive, they gave their ALL! GAVE THAT GRANNY A GRAMMY! 

And cinematography, like the visuals, is its just masterful! Walking forward, steadily creeping, KNOWING there's something waiting, just not knowing WHAT or WHEN, is its, SO FRICKING GREAT! Finding a pile of skulls is also amazing, its, everything about this is good! The ONLY thing I would change, is the opening cutscene I believe shows one of the monsters, but it would be SO MUCH BETTER to have it entirely up to interpretaion/imagination, completely cementing the psycological horror, no jumpscares, just pure imagined fear.

Anyways though, this is literally the only submission I've given a 5/5 for EVERY category, and holy frick it deserves it. I'm definately reccomending this to other people, and am pretty sure you're going to win one of the prizes, probably voice-acting frankly.

If you don't mind, do you think you could play mine, please? I'm trying to get feedback on it and to get it from you would be such an honor!

Anyways though, yeah this is just, AMAZING, everyone involved gave their A-Game, and HOLY FRICK WHY IS THERE ONLY 2 RATINGS WHY HAS NOBODY ELSE SEEN THIS WHAAAAAAAA

This is SUCH a cute game, omg! :0

The art is AMAZING, every single sprite is adorable, every background has a ton of cool details, it's just, a genuine joy to look at!

Also amazing, is the MUSIC! For fricking real, the music playing before/during/after Yarn appears, is just, it's great!

It just adds SO MUCH depth, masterful stuff here.

The UI and Dialogue Systems work amazing too, and you ever have a custom cursor??? :0

Genuinely SO MUCH polish here, it's amazing!

And it's your FIRST GAME??? WHAT???!!! :0

This is also so fricking underrated, it deserves so many more plays! >:[

Overall, just a great game, I'm reccomending this to people definately, I hope ya get more plays!! :0

By the way, do you think you could play my game? It'd help me a ton, its also my first ever VN. ^^

Anyways though, have a good day, and good luck with judging, they're gonna love it!

omg thank you so much, I had mo idea that was you 😭😭

I appreciate it, have a great day!! ^^

OH WOW! :0

This isn't even a VN submission, this is a full-fledged professional game!!! :D

EVERYTHING is so polished! 

The UI is beautiful, the transitions, amazing, the interactions are so great, the characters are lovable, the art-design is completely consistent and very stylish, it's just, ITS SO GOOD! D:

In more detail, the amount of work put into the UI is probably the most I've EVER SEEN in one of these games, every button is custom made, there's a TIME SYSTEM? It's just, it's so fricking good!

The writing is also PNENOMINAL, every character acts distinctly, the world-building is incredible, there're no typos, a fitting font, it's just INCREDIBLY polished, like the rest of the game!

The background's are also amazing, just, absolutely wonderful!

Overall, a solid 9/10, an incredible game, and UNDERRATED AS HECK?!!?? WHAT?!?! WHY AREN'T PEOPLE PLAYING THIS MORE?!? WHAT?! THAT DOESN"T< THAT DOESNT MAKE SCNEFNEHBNFHB EHFBGE#VFRGHBE#

Oh, also, do you think you could play my submission? I'm trying to get feedback, and you certainly have A LOT of experience! ^^

Have an excellent day m8, good luck with judging, they'll love it!!

This is really nice! :D

The cg art is really nice, the creature's are really disturbing, the music is really nice too!

I didn't see in bugs in the bug-free version either, I'd probably update it to be the one on the page, it's not locked anymore. ^^

The voice acting is also really exquisite, I freaking loved the Manager's first line XD

And of course the MC's VA certainly put a WHOLE lot of passion into his role!

Also this is one of the only submissions that's actually pretty spooky, so congrats on that! :D

Overall, a real nice game, excellent work! >:]

If you don't mind, do you think you could play my submission? I'm trying to get feedback, its my first VN lol.

Anyways, good luck with judging, have a great day m8! :D

This is so good! :0

I got the Dead-Ending, ('cuz I'm an idiot), but I of course went back to get a taste of the world-building, and there's so much! Past human-monster wars, mail crows for some reason, and a lotta small details that add depth to it!

The sprites are all beautiful, but it's no secret that MITTENS MY BELOVED is definately the highlight, like holy wow, I need a mittens spin-off, right now!

The backgrounds are absolutely stunning and fit in very well to the aesthetic of the game, and just, it's just really good overall! :D

Anyways, have a great day, and good luck with judging, they're gonna love it! :D

(P.S. tysm for playing my game by the way!! ^^)

Heya, thanks so much for playing the game!! :0

Thank you so much!!!

Also yeah, up to this Jam I had literally never played a VN ever, let alone know there were engines like Renpy, I could have saved SO MANY HOURS that could've been put to writing! :sob:

But yeah next time I'll know what to do, the Jam's been super informative!

Also thank you, thank you, and thank you! ^^

I really appreciate the feedback, thanks so much for playing the game!!!!

Have an excellent day! :D

This is so good!!! :0

The art is great, the UI is amazing, but story is comprehensive, but the most of all, the MUSIC.

The music in this game is SO GOOD, one of the BEST I've seen!!! :D

It adds so much to the story; it is incredible! Every song is super-well produced, and I genuinely jammed with every single one.

And also the sprites are just SO expressive and stylish, another great thing!

The fact that there are like TEN endings is so incredible for so short a team frame! I got dead end, because I'm an idiot. :D

In summary, just a great game, everything works, all of its stylish, just, just great!

Oh also, do you think you could possibly play my submission? Its my first one and I'm trying to get as much feedback as possible, and yours is WAY better than mine, you could offer such great advice!!! :D

Anyways though, that's all I got, have an excellent day, good luck with judging, they're gonna love it!

 ^^

OMG, this is SO COOL! :0

The cgs are all masterpieces, the sprites are cute, the UI looks beautiful, the voice actings nice, it's a 5/5!

It is really, really short, but it's MUCH better to have a short masterpiece, then a long boring game! ^^

Overall, just a super great game, excellent work!

Have an excellent day m8, hope you get the recognition you need, this is so underrated! :D

Omg, thank you so much!!! :0

Also yeah I did all the writing and programming, so there wasn't as much depth to the story as id have hoped, but Im still really proud of it!!

I never really thought of releasing it on steam, id definitely have to revamp the story and some of the mechanics, but it seems pretty well recieved so far, once the Jam ends and I get the ratings I'll have to go from there! :0

Thank you so much for all the kind words, I really really appreciate it, have an amazing day!!!

That means a lot!! :0

Thanks so much, also I'm about to play your submission, so stay tuned for that. :D

OMG, thank you so much!!! :0

I really really appreciate, it's my first VN, and I had almost no experience, so I didn't know what the control's norms were, hahah! XD

Thank you so much for your kind words, I really, really appreciate it, have a WONDERFUL day!!! :D

This is REALLY good! :D

I was initally sad about the lack of music, but that's literally the best dialogue sound I've ever heard, scratches the brain! :D

The art is REALLY GOOD! Like wow, the mix of pixel art and I think photo-bashing and everything is just SO GOOD! =)

The story too is really nice, and the character's are incredibly well-developed! >:]

Overall, a REALLY good game, very underated, I hope you get the recognition you deserve! :0

Oh also, if you don't mind, do you think you could possibly play my game? I would really appreciate it, I'm looking for all the feedback I can get!

Anyways, good luck with judging!

OHHH, THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!! :0

MASTEEFUL STORYTELLING IM TELLONG YA

Oh, wow! This is super amazing!!! :0

So much to love about this!!

1: THE ART! Holy moly, this art is SO WELL MADE, every sprite is a painting, it's FILLED with beautiful cgs, the animated cover is WONDERFUL, the tired lady has so much character to her, all in all, it's just, IT'S GREAT!

2: The Story! There was a lot of clever branching and choices that felt like they had meaning, I played through and got Ending 3, (because I'm a jerk), and the cg colors matching the tone of the writing is amazing! (red as a primary when angry, blue as a primary when frightened), the painting style is just absolute peak! :sob:

3: The UI and interactivity! The UI is beautiful, the text font is wonderful, there are some cool rich text effects, the only critque I have here is that, while the puzzle mini-game looks wonderful, and works symbolically really nice, HOLY FRICK IT DOES NOT WORK! I TRIED FOR SO LONG, AND I GOT 1 PIECE! I FIT IT EXACTLY, IDK IF THERE'S AN ORDER OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT AIN'T RIGHT!!! >:c

Eventually, I was super relieved to find that you could skip it via the space key, and though I wish it would say that sooner, the fact that it has a failsafe like that in the first place is an AMAZING feature!

Overall, while not my cup of tea personally, this game knows what it wants to be and is GREAT AT BEING IT! I'd say it's criminally underrated, and please give your artist several raises instantly.

Have a good day m8, good luck with judgin'! :D

OKAY, THIS IS NOW IN MY TOP 3 GAMES OF THIS JAM, HOLY FRICK

THIS IS SO GOOD

WHOA

Okay, first off, all of the art is AMAZING! Your style is wonderful, every sprite is fully rendered, the characters are both incredibly expressive, and incrediby detailed.

All of the UI is so fricking polished, unexpectedly so for a game like this, every single element felt carefully designed, each button a place, each panel a location, it's just, it's SO MASTERFULLY DONE!

The story was a BIT hard to follow, just 'cuz I had a lil' difficulty switching the language to English, and I'm unfamiliar with the mythology, but I caught on really quickly and it's really, really good!

ALSO THE INTERACTABLE OBJECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED, THANK GOODNESS, THAT'S SO USEFUL, EVERY GAME SHOULD HAVE THOSE!!!

Again, I can't stress how incredibly cute and well-made the sprites are, the costume's are adorable, BUT ALSO, the backgrounds and CG's are just, they're, they're great, for gorsh sake, THERE'S A PUMPKIN SMOKING A PUNT, WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR?

I just cannot even finish how incredibly good this game is, AND ITS SO UNDERRATED? HOW HAVE PEOPLE NOT PLAYED THIS? WHAT? WUH... WHAT?

Okay, anyways, just gonna wrap things up here, I have no notes, 5/5, a wonderful game, I really hope you get the recognition you deserve soon. Have an excellent day! :D

(oh also, if you don't mind, do you think you could possibly play my game? I'm trying to get feedback on it and you certainly have MUCH more experience than me :sob:, I'd really appreciate if you played it ^^)

OMG IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!! :0

I hope it helps, it's really representive of the game now though! :D

Excellent! :D

I just downloaded it, I'll play later and make sure things run alright! ^^