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A jam submission

VHS-214AView game page

Crime-thriller found footage game where you have to play back the tapes that led up to the murder of a theater kid
Submitted by DiscoGoose — 4 hours, 5 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Story#1052.5343.400
Sound#1512.5343.400
Theme#1562.5343.400
Aesthetics#1862.5343.400
Overall#1982.0872.800
Mechanics#2131.7892.400
Fun#2231.6402.200
Music#2341.3421.800

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
yes, all the assets are free off UnityAssetStore and Sketchfab

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Comments

Submitted

I downloaded the game, because the link says Windows-Linux-Mac, but it appears to be windows-only.  (I'm a mac user).  So I didn't get to try it, but it sounds like a cool game!

(+1)

Really appreciated the found-footage detective vibe — the idea of sifting through tapes to uncover what happened to the theatre kid is compelling and immersive. The aesthetic was strong and the concept unique. A couple of bugs (e.g., tape playback issues and some pathing confusion) held me back a little, but the core vision shines through. Nicely done!

🎮 If you’ve got a moment, I’d love for you to check out my jam game too: Hush Boy, Hush/jam/gamedevtv-halloween-jam-2025/rate/3971977

Submitted

It's kinda bad giving you 3 tapes to choose from and then softlock players to pick the first one. It's like invisible walls in an RPG in the middle of a town. But the idea was really interesting. Playing "detective" is not my thing, but I can see the heart you give to this title.

good notes in almost every category from me :)

Developer

Initially you were supposed to be able to play the tapes in any order, but I didn't have enough time to make different conversations for every combination you could've played the tapes in.

Submitted

I got soft-locked on the first tape by getting the clipboard first. When I tried again in the proper order, I still couldn't hand in the clipboard. I think I clicked the same dialog option twice and messed something up?

Submitted

I really like the aesthetic of the game but had an issue for the tapes not playing. Can you also give feedback for my game?

Submitted

I was excited as it drew me in but I could not get the VHS tapes to play at all. It also took me a long time to even figure out how to insert the tapes. I figured it would be with my mouse. You should include some controls and maybe look into some bug fixes.

Developer

Thank you for the feedback. I'll look into it.