I’m shocked to hear this was your 3rd game, you got something amazing going. With so little touches, you created a wonderful atmosphere, both visually and auditorily. The game did end up being a little hard in some sections, but genuinely you did an amazing job. Fantastic.
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Burning Guilt's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #4 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Originality | #8 | 4.058 | 4.058 |
| Overall | #10 | 3.772 | 3.772 |
| Fun | #13 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Accessibility | #17 | 3.327 | 3.327 |
| Graphics | #21 | 4.077 | 4.077 |
| Audio | #30 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Controls | #33 | 3.404 | 3.404 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.5
Wildcards Used
Lights Out
Use darkness/night as part of your game
Game Description
Traverse a dark and dimly lit cave with only yourself to light the way.
How does your game tie into the theme?
You are a flame that decays over time, forced to consume other fires to survive, leaving the world—and yourself—slowly fading into darkness and moral decay.
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username(s)
whataboi
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
2
Comments
Wow, this is such an amazing experience!
I feel like a monster but that was super cool, the writing is fire (literally) and the general idea is super nice.
I think this idea could be expanded into either a rage game with Voice acted commentary like Getting Over It but with the deep theming or a chill atmospheric platformer like limbo, both would work.
Great job!
Submitted
ParamnesiaReally fun take on the theme, and beautiful pixel art! I also liked the little bits of text. I tried to beat it, but I'm terrible at platformers and was unable to. Still fun to play though, great job!
Submitted
Fungal JungleThought this was a clever puzzle platformer that had a unique aesthetic and take on the theme. Congrats on the submission!
Submitted
The Ashen Veinheck yeah!!! flame genocide!!!!! wooo!!!!
very well made game, i have very little complaints. it was quite difficult, but it feels very forgiving. the controls are quite intuitive and satisfying to use, i love the charge jump mechanic in particular! i really appreciate you adding a bit of a buffer to the wall climbing as well, it made a huge difference. the only thing i really felt was missing was more of a "tell" for how far you were from detaching from a wall. other than that, the game was difficult but quite satisfying to play :) and the story was very well executed, i liked it a lot
Submitted
Uplift DriftI like it, the controls are interesting and provide a good challenge
The number of times I raged from falling to my death... and the ending; so cruel! Good job :D
Submitted
Umbra City: Decaying LightsReally good combination of mechanics and story. Controls could be a bit finnicky, but was overall very evocative and compelling.
Submitted
The World Is SinkingThis was super fun to play, I love how you integrated the light / darkness into the decay theme, very well done!
Submitted
ShroomHavenWoaw, excelent work! The gameplay is very intense and the mood is on point. A perfect game jam game
Submitted
The Moving SandsDang, nice work! Excellent mechanic and infusion of the theme! My only complaint is no gamepad controls. For this is would have been super easy to add them to the input mapping. Still had a lot of fun.
Submitted
Malformed MalpracticeYes, gamepad == joystick == controller. Since I haven’t tested every controller out there, I’m sure there’s some exceptions but they do a great job trying to keep things uniform. The buttons are referred to by their physical location, if you go to the Input Map and expand the Joystick Buttons section, Button 0 is the “Bottom Action = Sony Cross, Xbox A, Nintendo B” so it doesn’t matter which controller type you have, it’s the bottom button. And at this point in time, most 3rd party controllers are for those systems so register correctly.
Even if you don’t have a gamepad, if you’re just using keyboard I recommend adding the gamepad actions since it’s so easy (and you can note on the your page that gamepad is there but untested if you’re nervous about it).
You knocked it out of the park in terms of atmosphere, what a great presentation. You did so much with so little and I had a great time! :)
Submitted
Malformed MalpracticeVery fun, the atmosphere and tone were great and fit the art and sound perfectly.
Controls were a little finnicky, lots of deaths because I hit the key for just a fraction of a second too long. It was starting to get just a hair too repetitive toward the end, if you were to continue working on this game I'd suggest introducing a new mechanic right around the 4th level after the player feels like they've learned the jumping and all that.
The level design was perfect for the first handful of levels, I was taught new strategies exactly as I needed them and then those were later incorporated into later levels.
I found myself very invested, tried the farthest level (I could get to) quite a few times before giving up because I couldn't figure out the way forward.
Submitted
HauntiquitiesNice little game. The fire sound. I loved it! Pretty immersive
Submitted
The Poison of the Five CrevicesDid you just make peak writing for a game jam? (Also I love how you the theme goes for both the player and the flames that you kill)
Submitted
The Illness & The TowerThe atmosphere is beautiful, evocative. Like others, I found it difficult to navigate the corners… but I had fun! =D
Great job!
Submitted
Last Robotic HopeGreat idea for platformer that is really unique.
Love that mechanic of time pressure, unordinary movement and feeling of jump.
Sometimes i would love to be respawn closer the place i died otherwise that could be annoying when level is pretty long.
Congratulations on your submission!
Submitted
Age of Decay
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