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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #13 | 4.182 | 4.182 |
| Controls | #13 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Theme | #18 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Overall | #22 | 3.539 | 3.539 |
| Fun | #31 | 3.409 | 3.409 |
| Audio | #34 | 3.409 | 3.409 |
| Originality | #47 | 3.409 | 3.409 |
| Accessibility | #65 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
v4.5.1.stable.steam [f62fdbde1]
Wildcards Used
Lights Out
Use darkness/night as part of your game
Game Description
Melt the zombies with your lantern!
How does your game tie into the theme?
Decaying zombies melt with the light of your lantern! Your fuel also decays over time.
Source(s)
N/A
Discord Username(s)
mikorid
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
1
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Comments
I really like the art style and gameplay! The game feels cozy, yet tense, somehow, and in the best way possible!
Thank you! 😄
Very cool and fun game! I am terrible at it of course and my strategies seem to fail at every turn but that makes it fun and replayable to see if I can get better! Atmosphere works perfectly with art, darkness, lantern, and music/SFX. Perfect Jam game!
Thank you so much!!!
I love the artstyle, it gives off creepypasta vibes, like this is a hidden cursed Animal Crossing copy or something like that haha.
The characters are cute and have a lot of personality even with how little they appear, and I find the absolutely ridiculous number of zombies that appear to be pretty funny and nerve-wracking at the same time.
Great job!
Thank you!!! I really appreciate that! 😊 I did make a lot of conflicting decisions (like making an isometric horror game - which can completely work, but with my gameplay it plays more like an arcade) - so given that I wanted to go with a conflicting/contrasting art style!! So it's both cute and creepy, arcadey and horror and etc... 😄
I think it nails that contrast, it makes me wanna see a full analog/digital horror arcade game with a similar style, like something inspired by petscop with tons of hidden creepy things just out of view.
This was really fun, good job! I love the different types of zombies and the ending was perfect :D
Thank you!!! This is the first comment I've got about the ending🥲 Makes it worth it!!
LOVE the atmosphere! Fantastic!
Thanks !
I'm really excited from your art style. It's kinda best what I have ever seen for any jam i was entered. Really cool and breathtaking!
Gameplay are nice too, I really like look-stop mechanics in horrors. I have a really great experience with your game.
Excelent submission!
Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊😊
Cool concept, great art and animations, just an all around aesthetic success. Towards the end of the game I actually couldn't beat it, I kept trying to figure out the path to go but I had tried for 10 minutes and couldn't, but that could just as well be a skill issue. Super polished and movement was intuitive, which ultimately made it a fun time. Awesome stuff!
I wish I could go back and make the game a bit easier, because the difficulty wasn't the main point... Lessons learnt! 😄 Thank you so much for playing 😊
Like others have said the atmosphere was great! I couldn't manage to kill all of the second wave but maybe that's just a skill issue on my end. Good job!
Thank you for playing! Yeah, I mainly tested the game with people (including me) that were already good at it, so I got mainly positive responses about game's difficulty 😶. Hindsight is always 20/20!!😄
Great stuff! I loved the atmosphere, and the game was fun
Thank you!
Awesome entry! I love the atmosphere and the sound design here. I could really see this turning into a full release. It had a nice gameplay loop and with some different zombie types, you could make some very cool puzzles! Well done, you should be proud :)
Thank you! 😄
The sound design and the atmosphere are so cool, and the lantern mechanic was pretty fun. Great work!
Thanks!
Saw this earlier on the discord and was excited to try it. Combines the themes incredibly well. Fun and charming on top of it all. Great work.
Thank you very much! 😄
Nice game! A little too difficult for my skills, but I had fun burning zombies.
I noticed that in a couple of places the game froze for a couple of seconds, I assume it was due to loading some elements…
Thanks ! Yeah, mainly shaders 😌
Holy crap those zombies keep ganging up on me. I need like 4 more lanterns! lol
Great little game, I'm not a fan of horror but was able to enjoy it!
Haha, yeah😆 Thank you!
Very awesome satisfying sound on the lantern, huge fan of the atmosphere and look of the game too! Great job!
Thank you so much!
Cute idea, took me a second to get used the lantern melting mechanic but if you expanded after the jam adding a simple tutorial would probably fix it. really fun and really cute. Good use of the theme as well!
Thank you ! Yeah, a tutorial could never hurt 😌
A lovely game! I enjoyed the challenge of red and green zombie mechanics. The strongest point is the atmosphere, in my opinion. There was one point where I think a whole horde of zombies spawned on my but dying is not too punishing so it wasn't a big deal.
You did excellent!
Thank you for playing !