| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #4 | 4.296 | 4.296 |
| Visuals | #4 | 4.787 | 4.787 |
| Overall | #10 | 4.082 | 4.082 |
| Enjoyment | #65 | 3.954 | 3.954 |
| Innovation | #72 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Theme | #78 | 4.102 | 4.102 |
| Gameplay | #189 | 3.463 | 3.463 |
Ranked from 108 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
The theme “Strange Places” is embodied through every delivery.
Each apartment is its own unsettling micro-world: strange silhouettes, eerie behaviors, and uncomfortable vibes.
What should be a normal workplace slowly becomes a collection of dangerous places.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Some of the SFX.
How many people worked on the game?3
Yo ! I'm using Aseprite to do all my Pixel Art now ! And some custom dither brushes i've made ! :)
Oh, WOW ! Thank's a lot for that ! (i'm the artist reading that while eating bread with cacao and peanut butter, and god damn, my day start good with that comment)
Amazing presentation, artstyle & atmosphere! One of the most well put jam pages I've seen.
The game though felt a bit lacking for me (maybe because the art set the bar too high? idk) as it felt more of a deduction game than one with random chances and the key to winning was memorizing the outcomes till you get a clean playthrough
also "Most likely a Reyna player" seems like I got called out xD
Oh, god damn ! Thank's a lot for that constructive comment !
We're 3 (A prog/designer, a musician, and an artist), it's the artist behind this who answer right now ahah What you said about the art is going straight to my heart, for real ahah Thank's a lot !
Regarding the randomness, thank's for the example (cause it's not easy sometimes as a creator, when you know the game, to exactly understand the incomprehension sometimes), i'll redo some run and indeed, the gamer scene feel a bit unfair, i honestly though that we have put a more harsh text for him, like you feel his anger, and it will be the clue to be carefull, but no, it feel normal, so i completely get the unfairness ! ahah
It'll definitely help for the post-itch.io update we will do (will fix/polished some stuff like that).
It's fun that you're talking about steam, because we're thinking (not necessarly for this game) to make a bigger experience to sell on steam !
Thank's a lot again, that's super encouraging to us !
If I can give you my 2 cents from game design side: You have 2 options here:
A) Give the player more clues: The player could ring on other doors to get information from neighbor about the client, ask people how he met infront of the building or listen to the police / news radio to get information about strange persons with a certein description ( in this case "We have again received a report about a man with headphones who attacked a cashier."). The information also must not relate to the current client, but to a following one that comes later.
B) lower the punishment: Currently you die if you choose wrong, you could also implement a health system (e.g. 3 times wrong descision and you are dead) or give the player disadvantage on the next client (e.g. you dont get stabbed but punshed and lose the option to go up to the client).
As someone how already released a game on steam (due it was kind of a flop it only selled ~500 copies, but I learned a lot) feel free to ask anything :) Steam games need 2 things,1) a good game and 2) good marketing. Your visuals are definetly a Eye catcher what is really good for marketing.
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