Days of Horror #1: Theatre of the Grotesque

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The Dollhouse TheatreView game page

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Submitted by llogan

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#1	5.000	5.000
Story	#1	5.000	5.000
Theme	#1	5.000	5.000
Overall	#2	4.500	4.500
Presentation	#2	4.500	4.500
Horror	#4	4.000	4.000
Gameplay	#5	3.500	3.500

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How did you implement the Theme: Theatre of the Grotesque in your game?
The game is set in a theatre where the mad director's performances progressively get more gruesome.

Did you implement any of the Bonus Challenges, and if so, which ones?
1. Body Horror: This game implements the body horror theme in gore and loss of bodily control.
2. Stick to the Script: Each level of this game is a performance where the player, as the Director, controls the actors to fulfill the play's theme.
3. Animal Masks: The art critic in the audience wears a raven mask.

Does your game contain AI-generated assets?

Comments

WilyMasterAlchemistSubmitted311 days ago(+1)

Hello! I loved playing your game and thought it was so interesting the way you went with the theme.

Things I liked:

Loved the dialogue on the actors like they were helpless
the interludes with the directors thoughts were awesome
The final act was a beautiful shock. Loved the ending
presentation was very good throughout. A month is a short time to make a game and to have a complete one, even submitted late, is impressive.

There was really only 1 thing that bothered me:

It felt like act 2 needed more control than I had to complete. I didn’t understand how the puppets would move and it made the section a tad frusterating. It wasn’t unplayable I Just got stuck for longer than I’d like to admit lol.

Great game and thank you for letting me play it. You did awesome :)

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lloganDeveloper310 days ago(+1)

Hi! Thanks so much for your review and the wonderful compliments!

Since it’s a QWOP-like game, the controls are meant to be weird, but I didn’t make explicit instructions, so I hoped it was clear/intuitive enough. Act 2 has more room to properly explore the controls, but I do agree that Act 2 is more annoying. I just really got used to testing it over and over.

I've updated the game to reach Act 2's win condition a little easier.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed my game!