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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #88 | 4.179 | 4.179 |
| Category: Cinematography | #101 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Overall | #103 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Category: Voice Acting | #110 | 2.250 | 2.250 |
| Category: Music | #116 | 3.393 | 3.393 |
| Story | #127 | 3.536 | 3.536 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Content Warnings
Mild language, references to animal death(non graphic), references to violence (non graphic)
Log Line
Help Amara find love at the fall fair!
Team Credits & Cast
Character sprites, background lineart, writing, and code was done by CarnalMantrap, Background colours and chibi character art were done by artiethebeeboi
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A short cute game! I want to make a fanart of Amara or Eden (though I have alot of stuff to do still, maybe one day!), they are very cute.
Also I liked the carving minigame, I made a cute little face.
OMG that's so nice to hear! If you ever do please let me know I'd wanna see it <3
Thanks for playing and commenting it means a lot :)
If I ever get the opportunity to do it, I'll let you know, do not worry!
And no problem! Have a great day!
The conversations/humor made me smile and I like the visuals. Each character has a harmonious color palette—my favorites in that regard are Amara and Haylie, especially the latter, there’s something soothing about her in general.
It’s something small, but I liked when sprites leaned in during conversations for emphasis, I’ll probably do that in my own games now :)
Overall though, I think Amara and Bonnie are my favorite characters!
OMG thank you so much! I think you're the first person to say Amara is one of your favourites lol main characters always get overlooked in games but she's definitely got a personality to her as well :p Thanks for playing and commenting it means a lot to me, you totally just made my day with this comment :)
I loved the interactivity! Each character was so distinct it was fun talking with them.
Thank you so much! :3
Short and oh so very sweet! Really impressed by how charming each of the characters is just on introduction: each potential partner is charismatic and appealing, and the whole premise is adorable. Loved it--great work!
:) :D I worked a lot on the characters so its good to know they came across as such <3 Thanks for playing and commenting :)
I liked your game! It's so cute and fun. I liked the dialogue with the girls and the pumpkin minigame (it's really cool that the pumpkin ends up on the table). The graphics (especially the sprites) and character designs are really nice! And I liked that you can choose who you go into the tunnel with.
Right now, the game looks like a good basis for a larger story. You could add story, plot events, character development, conflict, and expand the world. Then it could be a sweet, interesting Halloween-themed game!
It would also be great to add more music, sound effects (like the opening of a cage, or sounds in minigames), and improve the game backgrounds a bit.
It would be great to see this game grow into a larger project!
You have a some good ideas, I might look into adding more sound effects and music :)
Thank you for playing and leaving such a detailed comment :) <3
love the colors! also really liked the minigames and the pumpkin carving. (⊙_⊙) <my face when I went into the tunnel with Eden and we took that picture. Great game!
lol I've been seeing a lot of people react that way to Eden so you're not alone there ;P
Thank you so much for commenting I'm glad you liked it :D
So stinkin' cute! I love the pumpkin carving mini game and when the little guy Amara carved was on the table!
I was a little worried that detail would go unnoticed and I was just making unnecessary work for myself so I'm glad you pointed it out lol Thanks for the comment it made my day :p
Fun and colorful style, good job
Thank you so much :)
The chibi characters are super cute! I enjoyed the minigames. I also liked each ending.
Thank you so much I'll be sure to pass on the compliment to artiethebeeboi that you liked his chibi art, he'll love to hear that :) Thank you so much for playing and leaving a nice comment I really appreciate it! <3
CarnalMantrap!!!! 😅🙌You rock so much for coming to the streams, playing my game, commenting about our narrator, and everything you do (with gamedev and design!). All the best with the jam, so glad to have met you. Can't wait for the next installment of your Gleeful Grotesquerie!
Aww thank you so much for such a nice comment! I'm so glad we met too, I've been loving your streams so far! :)
Would be awesome for you to comment on my main game page so I can get your quote in my trailer. Excited to see your thoughts again, good or bad! Good luck 🎉.
This was really cute and despite being short, I had a lot of fun with it! I liked how low-stakes the whole thing was; it made it feel very cozy. In particular I liked that you could choose who to go into the tunnel of love with at pretty much any point and it was all basically down to you to choose who you wanted.
One thing that would have been nice would be if there was a little more to the ending beyond just going into the tunnel of love; if we also got even a brief conversation between Amara and her chosen partner either before, during, or after the tunnel. As it is it felt a little abrupt to simply choose someone and then have it end after seeing the CG.
Overall though this was really fun and cute, and I particularly liked that you took the time to add the minigames in! You did a great job with this; thanks for making such a fun game!
I totally agree about the endings, I thought they felt a bit rushed but by that point in writing I was feeling a bit burnt out and decided to just leave it and maybe come back to it later- and I think I will now that you've reminded me about it. I'm glad you liked the minigames I had fun making them/trying to figure out how to incorporate them with ren'py.
Thanks for playing and commenting, I'll definitely think about ways to make the endings more fleshed out than they are now. :)
Oh how cute! I liked the different endings, and the music was very cozy. The character designs were too nice! I felt myself wanting to know more about these folks and their friendships. You did a great job of giving them depth in such a short amount of time!
I'm so glad you like the characters they mean a lot to me :3 I'm definitely going to do more with them in the future, thanks for playing !
What a cute little game! The world needs more Spooky Little Guys (gender-neutral) - would love to see something longer-form with these characters!
Thanks! I totally agree with needing more spooky guys in the world lol And yeah I have plans to make more games with these characters both long and short form in the future :) Glad you liked it !
I really liked this short and sweet game! The designs were very cute, and I'm a big fan of the overall vibe as a whole. The designs for the backgrounds/characters/games all kinda felt like they clicked into place, which is really nice. Bonnie's definitely my favorite for sure!
Aww thank you! I appreciate hearing that :) Bonnie is definitely really cute glad you liked her !
What a cute game, beautiful art!
The character creation is a highlight. The game is short but super cute. I was enchanted playing it. I'm in love!!!
Thank you so much this made me so happy to read !! <3 Glad you liked it :)
Loved itttttttttt! The art was super sweet, every single character and object had a design that made me smile. I also love the very subtle motions of the characters to express themselves, nice attention to detail!
Thank you so much! Thanks for noticing the little motions they do :3 I thought it would help push the sprites expressions just a little bit further :p
Glad you liked it :) <3
This was super cute! I like how creative the character designs are and the minigames were adorable. My little pumpkin carving made me so happy! Great job and Mori is my favorite :)
OOooooh thank you so much! I love hearing who is everyone's favourite character :3 <3
A super cute little game! The premise was strong, the character designs were adorable, and the point-and-click aspects were well done - plus all the tunnel of love photos were sweet. Would love to see more of the characters / world in the future - the snippets we got were super compelling, and these definitely feel like characters you've flesh out well.
Great job!!!
omg thank you so much for such a sweet comment! Yeah these are characters that I really love a lot/find myself drawing and writing for often. I'm definitely going to be making more games set in this world going forward because it was so fun to make this one :) <3 Glad you liked it!
So cute!
The character designs are the best! I was really impressed that you made a custom cg for every ending. I checked them all out.
I had a lot of fun playing this!
Yeah I really powered through the cg art I'm glad you took the time to check them all out thank you so much! :) :D <3
Loved the character designs and exploration. Was fun to play. The writing was also well done.
Would have loved to see more though🥺
Thank you so much! I'm very happy with the character designs, these are some of my favourite characters I have ever created :)
Honestly I would have loved to make it longer but wanted to prioritize making a shorter experience more polished in case I ran out of time for the jam, though I did finish early so I probably could have made it a bit longer. Either way I have a lot of things I'd like to make with the characters and have already low key started my next visual novel with them lol so there will be more eventually.
Thanks for playing and leaving a comment I really appreciate it :)