First of all, I'd like to mention how much I liked the art and the general vibes!  The characters looked really good, some of them were adorable (specially The Fool and the Innocent) , although I do have a little complaint: the lack of feet movement. It definitely works for the fool, but it looked a bit weird on The Hero. I guess it could have been due to time constraints, considering it's a jam, or maybe it was a stylistic choice. In that case, I guess it's subjective. Feet issue aside, the rest of the animations looked really good!

I think you did an amazing job making this game feel like an actual play and the theme of the jam was implemented in a perfect way. It feels like you either know a lot about the topic or you did a lot of research, and that's amazing and something I really appreciate.

The gameplay was definitely on the weaker side, and I wished there was a bit more, maybe puzzles (theather themed puzzles would have been awesome), but it doesn't necessarily mean it makes the experience less enjoyable. I geniunely enjoyed guiding the fool through these beautiful stages (some of the visuals were reaaaalllyy good).

While I didn't find the game scary, there were 2 particular events that were quite unsettling: seeing the fate of the hero, and the arrival of the antagonist.

I do understand that you couldn't implement many of your ideas due to time constraints (totally understandable), and it's also a demo, so it wouldn't be fair to be too harsh and critical of certain aspects I mentioned such as the lack of puzzles or feet movement. I also appreciated the "fake new game" and the talking eye.

But overall, I think this is a really solid entry, with beautiful visuals, an excellent implementation of the theme and a simple but really nice little story that definitely shows your knowledge about the topic.

Congratulations! You did a great job! : D

if this is what you put together on short notice then I'm very excited to see the full thing! As a preview it had me hooked for whatever story this is leading to. Aesthetic and animation is fantastic. Does seem to be a bit buggy in the graveyard scene- most of the graves weren't interactable until I walked back and forth to them repeatedly.

The story was a bit confusing, maybe i just didn't read it right...

Some of the doors are also a bit for the hidden side, I think you could add some sort of visual indicator like you did for the items, I think that was a good call!

Visual Wise I like it a whole bunch, the color marker rough sketches give it a very unique look. The character designs are also very nice, I really liked the fool design, jester boy best boy.

Another thing you might want to add in the future is a character portrait or face near the dialogue boxes, it helps to follow the flow of who's talking way easier, or you could maybe change the colour of the dialogue box according to who's speaking.

Good work overall, Nicely done, hope to see more of it in the future!

(EDIT: I FORGOT TO MENTION, I really liked how you used the theme, most games I played so far are about someone going into a freaky theater/carnival, you guys actually just made the whole setting be a play, cool!)

BUG:

- I don't know how I achieved this, but in the room you encounter the hero for the first time, I think when you spawn in the room if you walk to the left, you will be unable to leave the room to the left, and will also be unable to proceed through the right because a dialogue saying "Wrong Way" will always pop up;