QGDC Fall 2025 Game Jam

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Submitted by compsup, Zo-We — 39 minutes, 12 seconds before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Final Results	#1	n/a	n/a
Originality - Were you pleasantly surprised by some aspect of the game?	#1	3.689	3.889
Stability - Does the game crash unexplainably and unexpectedly?	#2	4.638	4.889
Audio - Does the game have audio? Does the audio fit the game?	#2	3.689	3.889
Theme Interpretation - How well does the game adhere to the chosen theme?	#2	4.006	4.222
Graphics - Does the game look visually appealing?	#2	4.006	4.222
Gameplay - How does the game feel? Is it fun to play?	#7	2.530	2.667

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Our game fits into the Absurd and Uncanny elements, by having the theme change about 3-4 times in the first 30 seconds, paired with unsettling painting as the background for our title to hit the uncanniness.

We really strived to combine both elements of the game jam's theme, As well as personalizing it with some of our humor.

It also fits in some uncanniness around its core content, the essays that the player is responsible for. There is a simple but noticeable storyline.

List any third party visual assets used (N/A if none)
n/a

List any third party audio assets used (N/A if none)
Wall Clock Ticking.wav by straget -- https://freesound.org/s/405423/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Midnight Lullaby of Fear by Gustavo_Alivera -- https://freesound.org/s/737604/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Very Creepy Ominous Horror Music 1 by Audio_Dread -- https://freesound.org/s/524133/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Fanfare by SpiceProgram -- https://freesound.org/s/365034/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Smoke alarm battery low.wav by Techienanna -- https://freesound.org/s/419239/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

148 BPM Industrial Ambient Loop 4653 (WAV) by looplicator -- https://freesound.org/s/753254/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Credit anyone who worked on your game!
Lauren McQuat
Zoe West

Comments

Vivian WebsterSubmitted1 year ago

Oh this one is real good. Use of visual and audio assets set the tone incredibly well. All the sights and sounds and concepts here are familiar, but the way they are put together is off-putting and ominous.

The gameplay also adds a lot to the atmosphere, but I'm not the biggest fan of it in a vacuum. It's monotonous but that's on purpose.

I've never played a game like this before, good work!

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Nightmare Town?

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kosmicwaffleSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

I really enjoyed this game! I got 10 or so submissions in before failing so I don't know how far it goes. The graphic and audio design was really well done, I think this submission might be my favourite use of the theme!

I think the gameplay was really unique and original, but certain rules (the 13 letter one in particular) made the game so much less fun since instead of reading through the pieces, it encouraged slow and boring gameplay by counting the letters in all the big words which made me skim through the earlier pieces rather than read them fully until the rule with a list of illegal words was added. One more thing, there was a piece that used a long dash instead of the two shorter dashes to represent an em dash and I wasn't sure if I failed that piece because of the em dash rule or not, so sticking to one consistent way of representing em dashes would help a lot!

I really wanna focus on just how cool I find this game concept, it's super original and I really think it could be a fun full-fledged game if your team decides to continue development!