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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme interpretation | #106 | 2.124 | 2.375 |
| Storytelling | #108 | 2.460 | 2.750 |
| Overall | #116 | 2.162 | 2.417 |
| Gameplay | #118 | 1.901 | 2.125 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Interesting premise! I was a bit confused at first when the worldbuilding and abilities were thrown at me, but it's nice to not be handheld all the time. Some of the big blocks of texts were a bit difficult to get through information wise, but otherwise I had fun replaying to see what the other characters were like!
Thanks for the comment! I just realized that I never replied. I must have read this while I was at work and forgot. I have admittedly been worldbuilding the universe I set this and pretty much all of my other writing in for a while, so it can definitely be confusing when I try to explain it. Glad you stuck it out. Sorry for the giant walls of text. I was so focused on writing that I forgot to check that. Thanks for all the feedback, and if you are curious about more of my writing, I am making a followup to this game.
This game has an interesting premise! I enjoyed reading about Maze and the other characters in this world. Maze is well-written. I felt like the ending was a bit abrupt (unless there's a dead end glitch or something), so I wasn't sure if the game was actually finished. I played the game through twice to see the different dialogue options as well. Good work, throwing something together like this over 72 hours is an accomplishment!
Yeah, sorry about the ending. I ran out of time to flesh it out more. But glad that you like the characterization because I love fleshing out Maze and their experiences are very personal to me.
Very interesting world, and you do a good job giving us breadcrumbs of how its different. Maze has a really unique power, I don't think I've ever seen that before, so kudos! Great job getting such a large project done in the limited time window!
Thank you so much! I love coming up with unique abilities for my characters, so glad to hear it landed. I was worried that I would not get much done because I had work half the day for every day of the jam, but I did well.