Absolutely! I'd love to keep playing this game and trying to beat my highscore, haha. Especially since I feel like the scoring system is really well done.
I found this game to be strangely relaxing. Something about the sound of the waves and the little bell and the simple animations made me very calmed. I don't know. It's so simple, and yet I really did enjoy this game. Like, I can't even really fully explain why. It's just fun, and cute, and simple. Easy to pick up. 221 is my current high score but I'll keep working at it.
I really liked a lot of different parts of this game.
The first thing that struck me was the music. It's very soothing and nice to listen to. I just kinda wanna sway my head to it, y'know? The sound effects as well are very nice to hear. Overall I'd describe the audio experience as... satisfying? I don't know, it scratches a certain kind of itch.
Then, like, the art. The limited color palette and the pixelated style is very nostalgic. Though, I never had a game boy, or anything like that. I'm too young. It's still there, though. It feels familiar, like a place I've lived for a long time.
The concept, too, is really interesting and fun. I'd love to see more expansions on this idea in the future. The way you decided to do it as an elevator rife with a stranger is so interesting to me. I think if this were part of a full game, like a small cutscene or something, it would be absolutely amazing at character building or just setting a tone. Don't get me wrong, it's great as a standalone, but I cannot tell you how many different ideas this game gave my brain. It's such a beautiful thing when someone's art can inspire others. So, thank you for that.
And congrats on your first Game Jam! Here's to many more to come.
This one was a lot of fun, even though it's not the type of game I usually play! The art is absolutely gorgeous, and I can tell how much effort you put in with that. I'll be honest I was definitely not good at the game, as I said it's not the kind I'm used to playing, but it was enjoyable nonetheless! The music was also a very nice touch, and the sound design in general was very satisfying.
This was so much fun to play! Very simple to learn. I enjoyed the musical aspect a lot. Would you ever consider adding a high score feature? This definitely seems like the kind of game I could keep playing for a long time trying to beat my high score over and over, haha.
Haha yeah! I actually really liked your game, I'm gonna leave a comment for you later when I have more time to do so. It's been great learning through this experience!
By far my favourite detail in this game is that instead of just a simple "back" to get out of the closet the phrasing is "come out". Like, "come out" of the closet. I don't know if it was intentional, but it's the only area of the game that does this, and if it is intentional I think it is very funny.
Did i just stay up until five in the morning to play the cutest game ever?? HELL YES I DID! ok i loved the appreciation for the quaker religion because awhile back i did a ton of research on them because it was super interesting especially since not a lot of people know about them but they had such a big impact on early america and also how culturally accepting they were compared to literally everyone else at the time so i loved this little piece of rep i got to see for them despite me personally being atheist i hope this sort of mindset of the quakers can become more mainstream because its honestly so refreshing. sorry this is just my stream of consciousness as i said its 5 am and im just all hopped up on that gay cowboy brainrot so yeah. anyways this is so good, please make more games??? or else????
the commenter below me captured my feelings exactly and yet my little gay ass who craves attention still feels the need to post my worthless thoughts to the internet. this is what it feels like when im in the car with my dad- its almost uncanny. especially the part where hes like "but you were happy" when im telling him how i cant remember being happy. usually at that point i give up- but in this game, i didn't have to. so that was nice. i kind of got some closure for that since id never bother continuing along that path in real life.
....wow. definitely one of the most awesome games ive played in awhile. so awesome i cant think of a more insightful word to describe what i just experienced. thanks.
AHAHSHHSHDNNCMCM crave has all of my heart and soul i made an account on itch.io JUST to comment this and tell you you're doing an amazing job i just--- i want to hug crave sm also i love zed and them being nonbinary means so much to me???? my deadname is zoey and i often went by z when i had just come out as nb and zed was another nickname i used as well so i really connected to the character and just <33333 tsym please dont cancel this i might cry
