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Still Heart [DEMO]'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #89 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Category: Music | #89 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Overall | #121 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Story | #130 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Category: Cinematography | #181 | 2.417 | 2.417 |
| Category: Voice Acting | #194 | 1.167 | 1.167 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Content Warnings
Language, mentions of violence, and brief mention of underage drinking.
Log Line
A couple years ago, a small town girl vanished without a trace, and only one person knows what happened; you follow Rachel who aware of the truth but refuses to budge. In this demo, you must choose different options in order to unveil more of the story, and put together the pieces yourself.
Team Credits & Cast
Bri - Project Lead & Script Writer & Programmer, Milly - Sprite Artist & Cover Artist, Miscie - Background Artist, zorobatt - Concept Artist & End Credits Artist, Blue - Editor & Contributing Writer, Knight - Programmer, CausticFish - Logo & UI Designer, MountainDweller - Music
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I loved the art and the characters—they’re full of charisma. The theme it explores is interesting, and even though it’s just a demo, it’s a really good game.
a little late in my reply but thank you so much for your kind words!! it means a lot :)
Fun game to play through! Incredible work to everyone who worked on this. I'm really interested in hearing the full story. Hope you consider releasing the entire thing because I'm looking forward to it!
I have one note I wrote down during my playthrough--at the beginning, I don't think telling the player that the protagonist knows something is needed. Like what's said in the summary, that can be found out through context clues. There is fun in looking deeper to get the full story...
thank you for your kind words! and, yeah looking back i do agree that the intro is a bit redundant, i think i forgot to look over that part of the script near the end of development 😭 i do plan on updating the game with minor changes but the intro would definitely get changed!
I LOVED the art style for the sprites so much, your artist has such a wonderful eye for colour they're all so pretty to look at and fit with the background art very well! Great job on this game, I think it looks absolutely beautiful <3
thank you for the kind words! zorobatt and milly both did an amazing job at bringing my character visions to life, and miscie absolutely killed it with the background art! im beyond proud of my team and all the hard work they put in last month; im glad youre a fan of the visuals! thank you for playing the game ^v^
Loved the game, and I've played it multiple times. The character designs are awesome, the writing is so good, and overall, it's truly well-done. I can tell that a lot of love and passion went into this game, and it shows.
thank you for replaying!! i hope you enjoyed the different dialogue branches, i had a lot of fun writing those ^v^ thanks again for the kind and encouraging words june!
Hi, Bri, and team! I played and voted for your game on stream and I'm posting here for your own feedback and promotion. Would be happy if could rate and comment your thoughts on my game submitted to this jam! Enjoy and thanks for your consideration. - Kyle
hi kyle, thanks for taking a look at my game! we all worked very hard on this (and, disclaimer, the "my rom com" poster is not ai, but rather a reference to my chemical romance, as are all of the references on rachels posters (silent hill, etc)) and i appreciate the stream coverage! if you ever decide to finish your playthrough, thatd be awesome! ^.^ congrats on your game submission!
Wow, thanks so much for watch AND clarifying!! That's wonderful. all of the posters looked specific so definitely thought it was original, but yeah I didnt quite get the MCR reference one! You're so welcome for the coverage, it was a rad playthough. Good luck on the jam and developments! If you subscribe, you'll be notified around Day 12/13 for when I do the spillover and replay games, and I'll add yours to the list!! 😃🙌
They removed my game from this jam, but I'd love for your comment on my main game page here: https://bytesizedgamestudio.itch.io/pixel-poe-presents-the-teeth-of-berenice thanks, Bunny!
Really charming demo! I'm definitely intrigued by what truly happened, and would absolutely look forward to a full release. The character designs are also all really great - love the linework, and the way that the strands of hair are rendered. Great job from the whole team!
thank you!! everyone worked really hard and im glad you enjoyed the demo! <3
Really hooked me in with the demo!! I'm excited to see more, I also love the art!! Amazing! :3
thank you!!! im so happy you enjoyed the story so far, and thank you for the kind words!
Fantastic demo—the art is great and I’m so intrigued at where the full story is going! I hope we get to see the rest!
thank you so much for playing! im really happy you liked it :D