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I did start on a game and abandon it, I was wondering if I could use assets from it for the jam?

There’s many good and bad things here.

Good: Artstyle- The CRT filter is good, as well as the few animations available. The theme is well put together.

The best moment of the game is when you have the nightmare that says run. But most importantly, the eerie animation where he pops up.

Bad: Story- It feels like this thing was just put together randomly. Nothing makes any sense. If there was a deeper meaning behind it, I couldn’t tell. There’s a burning toilet randomly in the room, most of the room wasn’t designed. I got all 3 endings without really thinking about it and just doing things, I completed it in 5 mins, which is what your game says it should take.

Attention- I know this game is being given out for free. But you mislead people by putting it at a price of 1$ then discounting it 100% so people try to get it before the sale is over. It’s to get attention to your game. It feels manipulative. If the game was just free at the beginning, it wouldn’t have felt like an effort to trick us into claiming the game.

Here’s the mix:

First, jumpscares are good. But relying too much on them is bad. Because if someone endures multiple jumpscares in a short time, they no longer feel scared by them. It’s because they’re expected at one point.

I would recommend this game for anyone wanting to play a goofy little jumpscare horror game, but probably shouldn’t think too much of it. Just turn off your brain and have fun.

It’s got really really good jumpscares, and if that’s what you want this game is for you.

The problem is the game is a bit disjointed.

Basically the mc never says anything about how odd it is that his sister randomly looks like a zombie and screams at him.

At most, he asked “Why’s it so dark?” at one point in the game when someone turned out the lights. If you can question that, why can’t you question the jumpscare?

The first one made my heart skip a beat, it really was spooky. but it’s too often and as a result stopped being scary. At one point the jumpscares were so common they were expected, so when the end hit, I wasn’t that surprised with the jumpscare.

Personal theory is the sister fell down the stairs, or the side of the ledge near the stairs trying to scare her brother, hence the beginning of the game where she says “I was trying to scare you, I didn’t mean to fall.”

The reason the sis is never around or mentioned by the parents is because they know she’s dead in the box where you find a bear.

The reason mom is crying is because she’s still mourning the loss of her daughter. The father does send you away, saying the sis went to her room, not because she’s there, but because the family has given up on telling the mc she’s dead. So the dad, busy with work, just said “um… she went upstairs.” It’s to get you to go away. They’re probably both just waiting for you to process it.

At least, I think that’s the most sensible way to interpret things.

May we use these? Is there a license restriction?

I spent so much time playing this I almost forgot to rate it before the jam ends lol! Great game! I found the best start for chapter 1 was 2 100 gold turrets and a canon, but I’m still trying to get through the last waves. Really fun!

The polish on the game is pretty insane, the shadows and light were done nicely, I liked the song, and I was intrigued by the story and memories all the way through.

Excellent!

Really well done! The first thing I did was goof up walk on the spikes. As soon as I figured out what I was doing I got the feeling it was a standard retro game. Well put together, especially how the music changes.

If I had to rank the powerups:

dash fireball shadow bolt idk aegis shield

Was very happy to get this screen! Good work!

Very impressive! Excellent work!

I had fun with it! I liked being able to shoot fire diagonally.

I don’t mind showing you where I got the tutorial from but I remember it being a course that I paid for from humble a while back. I don’t know how much it would cost you, but I’ll look around where I found it for you.

Glad you enjoyed it and had fun!

Yes.

I know, some treasures are much more op than others. I hope you got some joy out of it though.

It’s aesthetically pretty and well polished! Great work!

Space is unfortunately not possible. It didn’t mesh well with my webui build.

Yeah, I’ve been getting a couple of complaints on the controls.

Sorry. Hope you had fun with it though.

Glad you thought it was good. Sorry if the audio bugged you. Do you think the game was too loud/soft?

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking some time to play my game.

Sorry if the controls were too awkward for you. Glad you had fun though.

Thank you! Glad you had fun.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for playing!

Controller input doesn’t work? What gamepad are you using (xbox, playstation, custom, etc?) Did you click on the game before using the controller? And lastly what browser are you using?

It’s not a bad idea, in truth I had originally considered making it so that any collision would break invisibility (even picking up a coin) but I judged it too weak. Also, even if I wanted to, I can’t add new features since the jam is closed, the most I can do is fix bugs.

EDIT: Are you using the joystick to try to move the character?

The gamepad controls only use the d-pad and the south button

I’m glad you enjoyed the game and played so thoroughly into the postgame.

Needing to use the mouse after the engagement when your invisibility gets removed is not expected behavior, and if it’s happening, it’s a bug.

Did you use “Z” to confirm or “A” on the controller for dialogue windows? Besides clicking the buttons, those are the only two ways it should be closing.

As per the gameplay, the invisibility treasure you got I judged was too op. I loved the effect too much to nerf it, but still didn’t want it to just make the game too sneaky. The enemies you encountered, as well as the slime swarms were meant to counter it and make approaching each empty room a bit nerve wracking and not as easy as the early levels.

And as much as I’d like to have added a few more things (I originally wanted to make a dragon on the 10th floor with some special abilities for a secret ending, it would have had its own last stand and summon some minions when it last stood and fled) I barely got what I wanted done and spent the day I was expected to take off and relax fixing a few game breaking bugs that never showed up in my earlier tests.

The only issue I had with your game was how I couldn’t both look at the jokes and focus on dodging the drinks!

I still had some fun, got a little past 20.

First, I do like how this game starts you out of danger so you can relax in the safe zone and test out the controls.

Second, the animations and overall gameplay is pretty fun. It’s sort of a fantasy themed bullet hell in a way.

Although it’s probably a bit too hardcore for me, I did have fun playing. I died 11 times trying to get past the second room.

Eventually I made it to the third room but I got quickly obliterated.

If you like roguelikes then feel free to check mine out.

https://infernull.itch.io/1-bit-descent

Thank you for the compliment! Believe it or not, my original scope was actually much much bigger! But I dropped quite a bit when I realized how unrealistic it was.

Wow, this was very impressive, graphically and mechanically. Gave me some warcraft 3 vibes honestly.

I managed to beat the first level on my last goblin standing but no matter how I tried I kept botching the second.

Excellent work, the few bugs I noticed weren’t much of an issue.

Thank you!

Sorry if the controls were a bit too rigid, it’s tile based. I tried a few other ways, but the main character’s sprite and hitbox kept colliding with the walls and enemies in odd ways, and I ended up making it like that.

I’m glad you had fun though!

Thank you for playing my game! I'm glad you enjoyed it. As for the chicken...

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<summary>Chicken</summary>

Assuming you are on your last stand and you are about to be killed, the chicken will take the fatal blow for you. It's a single use treasure.

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Loved the music choices for this, and graphically it was beautiful. I like how the other carts jitter about, as well as how smooth mine worked.

I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong the first couple tries until I realized my goal wasn't to balance the snake, but to adjust his speed for the jumps.

The animations are fantastic! I managed 30 once but couldn't do it again.

I'm a sucker for physics like this. I had more fun than I should have playing with this.

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for playing my game, and again, thanks for the asset!

Used in my entry for the Last Stand gamejam by gamedev.tv

I used 3 catchy retro songs. I also got feedback in my dms that I made good music choices.

Thank you for letting me use them.

Used in my entry for the Last Stand gamejam.

Thank you for the sfx, they worked well with the retro feel I intended to use for my game.

Used in my entry for the Last Stand gamejam.

It's a really good retro font. Thank you for letting us devs use your asset!

Love the game design, I just found out about the cool jam. The monochromatic filter gives it a beauty despite its feeling of dread.

I do find this to be very fun! I will try to complete it! Good work, and I hope to play more by you!

OK, it's fairly obvious she poisoned us.

First, she sends us in the bathroom to get a scissors when she has a knife, something you can point out to her. The goal is to get us out of the kitchen while she messes with the food.

Second, she has the antidote as soon as you start feeling unwell, almost like she planned it, possibly before you were even sucked into the game.

Third, what were the scissors even doing there? Who puts scissors in the bathroom? Was she cutting herself? I doubt it. I think the reason it's in the farthest room is to buy her some time.

Fourth, I have to point out the author made it clear, even if it looked like she was eating, her plate was full. So I'm guessing since we're in a game world, she can play an animation of eating, without actually eating.

I have to ask though... why did she mess with the food? I assume it's some method of keeping us permanently in her world? Dependent on her for survival, maybe?

The first floor worked great, but when the second floor started I ran into a bug where I couldn't continue. The bug was the enemy had 0 hp and I couldn't attack, but could be attacked.