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A jam submission

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The final moments of Tyrian Empire captain Kurt - or so it would seem. A submission for the 2025 OPR Writing Jam.
Submitted by TheTabletopLair — 4 hours, 44 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Flow & Clarity#34.2074.316
Overall#63.9504.053
Concepts & Originality#113.9504.053
Adherence to Theme#183.6943.789

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Reminded me of that one Prince of Persia movie, "Sands of Time" or something like that. Regardless, a very neat little story. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

I love the backwards order of events!  Very  fitting with the concept.

(+1)

I enjoyed this story a lot! Well-written descriptions of the events within a limited space. 

Submitted(+1)

That was a blast! Great story-telling and fun read

Submitted(+1)

Really nicely done and can totally envision the P of P reference meets Moria 

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Concepts & Originality 5/5

I'm pretty blown away by this. The story jumps right into the action, is gripping, and the premise is great. 

Flow & Clarity 5/5

I'm very impressed how clearly the narrative flows despite its backwards progression and frequent scene breaks. Also, the blow-by-blow combat is done very well, fast-paced and evocative. You done very good. There's some pretty minor grammatical/punctuation errors that need to be cleaned up, but I'm going to give a 5/5 anyways. 

Adherence to Theme 5/5

The story is focused around the theme and handles it in a very interesting way. Great.

If you want to discuss these comments/ratings, feel free to @ me in the OPR discord.

Submitted(+1)

One of the highlights ofthe jam for me! The premise was fun (very 'Edge of Tomorrow') and I really liked how the scenes you showed seemed to move backwards through the battle: it felt very well-constructed.

Submitted(+1)

Nice read. Particularly enjoyed how the lead character was confused throughout!

Submitted(+1)

This was a fun read! Very Prince of Persia feeling, which was great. A couple of punctuation spots tripped me up while reading, so one or two more editing passes and this will be awesome!