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A jam submission

places i go when i close my eyesView game page

close your eyes and look inward.
Submitted by bero — 4 days, 14 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#434.2294.229
Visuals#894.2974.297
Innovation#1163.7093.709
Overall#2683.4423.442
Enjoyment#4583.1893.189
Gameplay#5212.8862.886
Audio#8362.3432.343

Ranked from 175 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
i mean the theme is strange places and the whole game is literally the weirdest place most people visit every single night but never pay attention to. the stuff you see when you close your eyes for long enough yk? it happens to everyone, but turning it into a game environment with its own emotions feels strange and brain scratching in the best way.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
none. everything was made procedurally in lua by me :), every procedural shape every shitty little particle, sfx, palette shifts, even the garbage typing sound for text. no ripped sprites or snippets

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted(+1)

Really awesome game! I dig the art style.

Submitted(+1)

The game has an interesting atmosphere. But what exactly am I supposed to do? I keep clicking on the circles, and on the eye, but nothing happens.

Developer

arrow keys man

Submitted(+1)

This is a really cool game but I will complain about the sound design. This is a really smart concept and love all the really fun patterns.

Submitted(+1)

This would have been interesting to play more than the first couple levels, but I had to quit because of the discordant audio.

It's definitely a strange place to venture into, though!

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed the concept, the audio was a bit off at some points.

Submitted(+1)

This game has some very cool art and the gameplay is also serviceable. I have a couple issues though. I think the music is really hard to listen to with how high pitched it is all the time. I also think the text was hard to read since it blended into the background a lot of the time. Other than that it is pretty creative and cool. 

Submitted(+1)

Very pretty.  I'd love a prompt telling you how to actually play and slightly more contrast between the targets and the background though.

Submitted(+1)

This is realy amazing. The feeling you get while playing is incredible. The visuals and even the slightly obnoxious sounds all tie in together to make a great experience. Really awesome!

Submitted(+1)

I can't believe 1 person did all this in 7 days!!!

Submitted(+1)

I love the atmosphere and the strange, eerie feeling was so feel created. Cool game:D

Submitted(+1)

This was a strange and nostalgic experience, despite the shrieking beeps when the game pauses to give you text boxes. I like the concept of trying to sleep but no getting to it (I can relate). Very narrative and pro-aesthetic! Strange places indeed.

Submitted(+1)

Definitely one of the strangest games I've played. I really loved the visuals, even though I had no idea what was going on. Gameplay was a bit too easy, but the dialogue and visuals made it interesting enough to play.

Submitted(+1)

It was a nice game, the visuals were amazing and I loved the theme.  It was a bit easy, some levels finished almost the moment I begun, but honestly I was there for the stream of thought.  The music was fun but there were moments with a high pitched ring that made me end up playing muted.  If wasn't for that I was really enjoying the audio ambience

Submitted(+1)

Very unique game!

Submitted(+1)

I liked how the audio got more stressful as you tried to sleep, but thoughts kept coming in

Submitted(+1)

The visuals are fascinating and even cooler that they're procedurally generated

Submitted(+1)

Interesting execution and visual theme, I felt claustrophobic playing it for whatever reason, I wish the things would be smaller so I have more place to move around. The sound is a bit annoying but i get it that it goes with the theme.

Submitted(+1)

What a beautifully chaotic game! I absolutely loved the little distractions that keep you up at night sprinkled in... Brilliant concept, fantastic visuals and storytelling! 

Submitted(+1)

Very unique and crazy game. Some more work on the challenges and level design would make it more interesting for more players, but I'm sure that was not the point. Good job!

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Not sure if it is just me, but I can't make it past the 2nd dialog screen. I keep pressing 2 or clicking with no next dialog? Like the color palette so far

Developer(+1)

bro it’s Z

(+1)

haha my bad

I really like the artwork and the theme and concept! I always close my eyes to see the floaties at night too. 
But after the first level on the next dialog, the music holds on 1 note and it was piercing and zoom through the dialog or had to mute to continue. I thought the writing was fun to read and wanted to continue, but it was hard.
Other things that I like was objectives. Great work!

Submitted

hahah same I pressed 2 for so long

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