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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Immersive Atmosphere | #1 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Emotional Depth | #6 | 3.900 | 3.900 |
| Innovative Gameplay | #6 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
| Overall | #7 | 4.013 | 4.013 |
| Satisfying Answers | #9 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| General Enjoyment | #10 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Jam Theme | #10 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Puzzle Fairness | #13 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Logical Consistency | #15 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What makes your game a Mystery Game?
A spooky story about uncovering the fate of your lost childhood friend, leading you down a rabbit hole of cults, supernatural entities and small town secrets.
How does your game integrate the jam's theme "Last Message"?
The sequence of event's is sparked by the last instant message sent by your friend sent you seven years ago. This was their "last message"
Does your game use generative AI? And if so, in what way?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great topic and great degree of polish. A lot of work went into this one and it really shows. I dig the art, the story, and the UI. I look forward to seeing more from you!
Full stars from me! I really loved this, the atmosphere was great, super polished, and your style is so cohesive. everything just fits together so well.Also big thanks for the streams where you play jam games, you seem like such a great person!
Great aesthetic and sound design, I just loved the isometric aspect to the environments mixed with more flat comic book style panels for the "loading" screens between areas. Great artistic vision and a classic mystery set up. I agree with others that being able to speed through the dialogue would have been nice and sometimes I felt like I clicked on a map location only to end up in a different spot which felt off, but overall enjoyable.
Wow, I love the retro graphics aesthetic. The game has a very eerie atmosphere, I really like it. And I think the UI is the best. The appearances of the mysterious man with the many-eyed monster are terrifying! Congratulations on the work!
Love the art style! The gameplay was intriguing but slightly confusing to figure out which location I was at and where I should go, and what to do at each place. I found myself clicking everything I could see. Agree with the other posters mentioning some items being tricky to click, and the slow text speed. Loved the Aussie references, and with some work on wayfinding etc. this game could be really good! Nice job.
Really lovely pixel art and atmosphere!
Especially love the cutscenes, in particular when Damion just barged into the room with the flickering screen and of course the ending cutscene!
Would love some options for adjusting sound effects though, in particular the text sounds were too loud compared to the music and everything else.
The text speed is perfect for when you're reading out loud, but not so much when you're reading silently, would love an option to speed it up.
The map icons are a bit wonky, like with the mainstreet and the pub you can only select it if you aim your cursor at the lower part as opposed to the whole thing.
Overall with some additional settings and polish, I really like it!
Really lovely pixel art and atmosphere!
Especially love the cutscenes, in particular when Damion just barged into the room with the flickering screen and of course the ending cutscene!
Would love some options for adjusting sound effects though, in particular the text sounds were too loud compared to the music and everything else.
The text speed is perfect for when you're reading out loud, but not so much when you're reading silently, would love an option to speed it up.
The map icons are a bit wonky, like with the mainstreet and the pub you can only select it if you aim your cursor at the lower part as opposed to the whole thing.
Overall with some additional settings and polish, I really like it!
I like this one so far!
Good atmosphere, simple yet effective pixel art,
But, I miss the possibility to speed up the text tbh.
Overall this is a very good submit!