Godot Wild Jam #74

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You are a ghost and some mortals are making mess in your house. You have to clean it, while avoiding the ghost hunter.

Submitted by Watchinofoye — 4 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#6	4.067	4.067
Originality	#9	3.933	3.933
Controls	#11	3.533	3.533
Accessibilty	#11	3.067	3.067
Overall	#20	3.381	3.381
Fun	#40	2.933	2.933
Audio	#41	3.000	3.000
Graphics	#53	3.133	3.133

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.3

Wildcards Used
It's Broken and Pursuer

Game Description
You are a ghost in your house and some people are messing with it. To clean the mess, you'll have to possess a mortal to interact with the environment. But beware of the ghost hunter

How does your game tie into the theme?
The player is haunting the house, like a typical ghost in a haunted house.

Source(s)
N/A

Discord Username(s)
Watchinofoye

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
3

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Comments

CodeYBaraSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Cool idea and neat execution.. Having a human pursue a ghost instead of the other way around was a clever twist on the wildcard to me. Audio was also very nice. great!

Submitted

Cooking with Boo

DoctorSquawkSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A charming game with fun mechanics! I enjoyed tracking the hunter through the directional audio. And I also enjoy that one NPC that just shooting a TV

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Ragdoll Revival

WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for this.

I like to put absurd things like that. I'm just a little disappointed I couldn't add more (even if the NPC who dirties the floor on purpose is not trivial either).

Palantir98Submitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

Nice game! The idea was similar to our and I would have loved to add a way to possess things in our game but there was no time for it.

Still, I had fun trying it in your game.

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Creak Them Away

WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!

I'll try that when I have a moment :)

ExocoatlSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Cute and Fun game. Good use of the possession mechanic but do agree with others that it could use a button to leave early. Kind of wish the hunter was more of a threat, kind of just floated right past him at every moment.

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The Paintings of Whisperwind

WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you.

Yes, the difficulty needs to be improved. The ghost is almost unbeatable. In the beginning, the hunter followed the ghost even through walls. I think I should have kept that.

DarkwoodDragonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Fun little game. Would have loved to be able to de-posses a body with a button. Also expected that a person would only be able to clean the things that were the same color as their shirt, but could do everything with every human. A bug I found was that when the possession timer ran out while I was cleaning I could keep cleaning that thing even when not possessing a body.

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WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you ^^

"Also expected that a person would only be able to clean the things that were the same color as their shirt, but could do everything with every human."

Ah, nice idea! That would have been great!

I also think the game needs some adjustments for the difficulty. The ghost is pretty strong compared to the others.

For the bug you mention, I've tried at some moment to make the interactions only possible when the ghost is possessing, but I didn't managed to make it work. Very frustrating...

RetroRabiulSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Good game. Fun playing.

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WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!

GrumpyOldPotatoSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Fun game! Simple, enjoyable and chill

Submitted

An Innocent Cat Game

WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you!

vpeter1119Submitted1 year ago(+1)

I liked how we got to haunt this time instead of being subjected to it. Possessing NPCs is one of my favorite game mechanics, so you got me there.

What would be useful to have is the options to leave / de-possess your host before the time runs out.

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WatchinofoyeDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you very much.

Yes, my girlfriend told me that would be nice to have a key for releasing the body, but I forgot to implement it. On the other hand, I find it more of a challenge for the player to feel trapped in a body when being chased by the hunter. ^^