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A jam submission

Chroma SpellView game page

A 2D top-down Arcade Horror Game
Submitted by kachen4826 — 48 minutes, 43 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Polish#323.1433.143
Creativity#343.4293.429
Gameplay#392.7622.762
Overall#442.9642.964
Theme Interpretation#612.5242.524

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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This game is difficult please dont ragequit

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Amazing vibes, I can tell that a lot of work went into this one. The atmosphere was very well done and I love that there were multiple different enemies - seriously good work for 72 hours! 

I have a few points of feedback if you feel like you want to continue polishing it:

  • Even though the instructions on the itch page were thorough, I think the game definitely could benefit from a tutorial as it took me quite a long time to figure out what to do (I understand about the time constraints though, my entry also had this issue!)
  • The CRT screen effects and chromatic abberation looked great, but maybe needed to be toned down slightly as it made it a little difficult to see what was going on (and made the text hard to read)
  • On one run, I had an enemy spawn right next to my starting point, which instantly jump scared me :D  I think no enemies in the starting area would be good.

Overall a very impressive entry, great job!

Developer(+1)

No enemy(except the ghost and hidden) ,could you tell me the entitys you died to? I wanna make sure to look into it to fix the issue! Thank you for a BIG review Its genuinely make my day better since you notice how much work i put into the mechanics TT thanks for giving it a shot :D

Submitted(+1)

I definitely died to Sight and Hearer, though there may have been others :)  I think Hearer was the one that spawned near to me.

Developer(+1)

I will definitrly polishing it and redesign a bunch of things to make a full release thank you :D

Submitted(+1)

To hard for me, but really nice Idea and really good polish, nice entry !

Submitted

To hard for me, but really nice Idea and really good polish, nice entry !

Submitted(+1)

Wasn’t expecting jumpscares in the jam (~v~). Great use of the CRT shader. I was a bit confused at first until attempting several times although I think the difficulty could be tuned a bit. Nicely done game!

Developer

thank you so much :D it was my fault that i didnt make a properly tutorial but overall the game is done and has a lot of mechanics.Thank you for playing it :>

Submitted(+1)

Game seems neat, jumpscares are not for me :')

Developer

Sorry >_< im just obssesed with horror games

Submitted(+1)

I never played a horror game before, so I literally jumped out of my chair when I died. Really cool game though. I particularly like the shaders, although I would recommend dialling them down on the text, as it is quite hard to read. Also, I'd replace the text "empty" in the bottom right with just no text when you don't have an item.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the advice i definitely will improve this game to make a full release cause i think its has potential :>

Submitted(+1)

I definitely agree

Developer(+1)

btw ur game has virus i dont know if it intentional but if u didnt make the virus then your pc might be infected with virus or my windows security system is just cooked

Submitted

When did you try and download it? I uploaded a new build yesterday and windows defender stopped identifying it as one, though Windows Defender will always block an app from an unknown publisher from running (if it looks like https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4299972/i-get-the-windows-pr..., it's fine). If you are concerned, you can use the itch app sandbox, or the newly fixed web version.

There was an issue with it preventing the download due to stupid Windows Defender, but I issued a rebuild and it's fine now, if you want to try redownloading it.

Submitted

Is the issue resolved?

Developer

yes,the file doesnt warn me anymore. i tried it again cause when i play at first the web build doesnt have a play button now it does have it,I really love the ound effect when you chose the option of the story ,I wish when we created story we could see it visually like got bitten by a wolf and show the wolf stuff like that,Its felt uniqe creative idea i hope u developed it further! (sorry for excusing u of puting virus in ur own game i just panic :(  

Submitted(+1)

With the visuals, I was going to do that, but it would be impossible within the Jam time limit. I would definitely do that for a full version though. Thanks for your feedback on the sound design, apart from game design, music is one of my biggest hobbies. (It’s fine. I guess we both jumpscared each other)

Developer

XD cant wait to see your full version!

Submitted(+1)

I like atmosphere. Game is very difficult as you say and i didint completely understand what i sholud to do. Great job

Developer(+1)

i spent too much time on so much game mechanics and have no time to make a proper tutorial :(

Submitted(+1)

Awesome visuals!!

Developer

thank you so much😋

Submitted(+1)

Good, It has a very scary atmosphere, although the gameplay is quite difficult.

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for playing my game.Im sorry for making it a bit too difficult tho😅

Submitted(+1)

Hey! Cool entry with very fine visuals and creative idea. I got some problems to figure out how to use spells properly, but overall very nice looking game with neat jumpscares ;)

Developer

i spent time too much on gameplay,and didnt realize i need to explain the game mechanic to the player properly😅

Submitted(+1)

This was fun, I really love the graphics, and the game play was overall fun as well.

Developer

thanks man :D

Submitted(+1)

The shader effects could be tuned down. I like the vibes though 👌

Developer

i accidentally tturn it too high cause i wanna xperiment with it but forgot to change back cause im very sleepy at the time :<

Submitted(+1)

First thing i wanna point out is how good the graphics are. The old tv screen effect with the RGB pixels and static cycle is SO GOOD. How did you do that, its amazing. There were a few areas where i wasnt clear on what i was supposed to do but overall a really cool game! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks man,I spent too much time on game mechanics but forgot to spare time for a good tutorial or a good introduction to the player of how the games or the mechanics works But tysm man :D

Submitted(+1)

I like your use of the shader combined with the ambient noise. It made for a very spooky atmosphere. Also, the jump scare got me XD

Developer

thank you man it meant so much for me.this is my first game ever to be finished . :D

Submitted(+1)

Like the graphics. Very atmospheric. 

Developer

thanks I thought i was bad at art :D

Jam HostSubmitted (1 edit) (+1)

This seems to be quite broken in web build, but I like the overall idea. 

Developer (2 edits)

Hi the web build is a bit broken cause the shader doesnt work properly in the web,I highly recommend to download and play it!

Sorry if i made my game a bit hard,And thank you so much for trying it out.But if you finish my game and post screenshot it would mean the world to me TT