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A jam submission

Spine-Chilling Story of Abnormal Ramen (1.3)View game page

3 people, 1 death, 10 horror endings
Submitted by Re_Caff (@Recaff2) — 19 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Category: Music#384.3004.300
Story#384.4004.400
Overall#444.4004.400
Visuals#594.5004.500
Category: Cinematography#604.0004.000
Category: Voice Acting#1252.1002.100

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Content Warnings
blood, blood and gore, tobacco reference, violence, language

Log Line
Your friend tried a special ramen and now he can't eat anything else... Literally. Can you save him?

Team Credits & Cast
ReCaff

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No

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

First word, as a fan of Junji Ito, it's very great with all the spiral imagery. The music sound design is awesome as well, which really elevates the unsettling experience. Background art and text stylings are also very well put together. Such a great experience, I also really like the many music references (though I think without the Bea(t)les there won't be much grunge or garage rock to be had)

I can see there's a theme about finding your own voice amidst the crowding noises and individualism as well, about who we are and who we will be, growth and relationship fractures as well. I really like the supernatural stuffs, connect ramens with *stuffs*, who would have thought that those can be used together. I've managed to get around 5 endings, with the best one I think that I've unlocked is the Uzumaki reference.

Some small nitpicks: 1. there are still some typos here and there but pretty minor, 2. I do wish there are more hints for which items to take but I guess it's fine since you do not want to railroad the player too much.

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such a detailed review! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game and that it left a positive impression.

Regarding the hints: yes, perhaps it would have made sense to create some sort of catalog, marking possible paths to endings and item hints. Maybe I'll do something similar in the next project. 

(I can say that the best ending is the same actions and choices as for Uzumaki's ending, but you need to bring water and rinse your eye.)

Regarding the typos, that's true, unfortunately. English isn't my native language, and I was worried the translation would be completely incomprehensible. Thank you for your attention, I will review the text again.

Thank you for playing! Your review is what motivates me to create!

Submitted(+2)

This is a fantastic game with absolutely stunning visuals! Everything from the character designs and backgrounds to the special effects and user interface is incredibly well-crafted and cohesive. I especially loved the 3D model viewer and the creative animations. The main character is wonderfully developed - a truly touching, strong, and caring individual. The game does an excellent job of exploring the characters' personalities and emotions, creating a compelling contrast with the unsettling horror elements. The story is unique and effectively creepy. The dialogue is also very charming. I recommend everyone to play this game 💗

Submitted(+1)

This is so good!!! :0

The art is great, the UI is amazing, but story is comprehensive, but the most of all, the MUSIC.

The music in this game is SO GOOD, one of the BEST I've seen!!! :D

It adds so much to the story; it is incredible! Every song is super-well produced, and I genuinely jammed with every single one.

And also the sprites are just SO expressive and stylish, another great thing!

The fact that there are like TEN endings is so incredible for so short a team frame! I got dead end, because I'm an idiot. :D

In summary, just a great game, everything works, all of its stylish, just, just great!

Oh also, do you think you could possibly play my submission? Its my first one and I'm trying to get as much feedback as possible, and yours is WAY better than mine, you could offer such great advice!!! :D

Anyways though, that's all I got, have an excellent day, good luck with judging, they're gonna love it!

 ^^

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing the game, I'm im glad you like it! Yes, I already played your game and wrote a review on the main page. Your game is great, and I've recommended it to several of my friends!

Submitted(+1)

omg thank you so much, I had mo idea that was you 😭😭

I appreciate it, have a great day!! ^^

Submitted(+1)

You made a post about the English translation so I tried to be on the lookout for anything related to that. Overall I think it was really well done!

 There were a few instances where you used a word that wasn't technically wrong but didn't really fit with the context of the scene/the tone of the story or the characters relationship, but it was nothing too serious. As an example... The use of console so much was a a bit odd since I think most people would just refer to it by the consoles name not as 'the console' 

I found a few lines that were not translated. The route I took to find it was 1. Call the police 2. Don't say anything Its a line Maya says once entering the ramen shop. 

After I equipped the flash light, the text was not translated. It also then said "I taking flashlight with me" which is not grammatically correct, it should say "I took the flashlight with me"

A line while Maya got stuck in the vent was not translated.

A great opening scene, I loved hearing the character go on about ramen in such specific detail only for it to pan over to Yan, completely dissatisfied with the ramen lol

The art is really good! I really love the designs for the two main characters a lot, especially Maya. I also did genuinely jump when I saw that eye in my ramen, that scene was done very well.

Loved the story, it was a very creepy and fun visual novel to read through. I got a dead end my first try. I liked the little ending card. Good job! :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer! I'll probably ask someone I know to proofread the text next time to fix the issues you pointed out. I was worried the text was completely bad, but it looks like it wasn't. 

I checked the code again and realized the untranslated strings were a Renpai error. I'll try to fix that in the future.

I'm glad you liked the game. I'll play your novel; it's already on my list!