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A jam submission

Forgotten HolidaysView game page

Submitted by GallowsDev — 14 hours, 45 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Visuals#1914.0424.042
Enjoyment#2033.6253.625
Gameplay#2523.3333.333
Overall#2893.4033.403
Theme#3383.5423.542
Audio#4933.0003.000
Innovation#5722.8752.875

Ranked from 24 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?
The game takes place in strange forgotten holidays that have morphed as time passed.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
- Unity assets such as Flat kit. Character Movement Fundamentals, Mecanim / Kevin Iglesias animations. Feel. Quibli.

- Royalty Free Music by Kevin MacLeod

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Comments

Submitted

I like the feeling of the game, and I will repeat what everybody's saying - the game has the same feeling as those PS1 games. For me it felt a bit like MediEvil because of the sinister music :)

Submitted

Pretty cool game! It reminds me of some old dungeon crawlers. It's quite fun once you get the hang of the combat :D

Submitted

Very cool art direction would love to see where the project goes!

Submitted

Very cool art direction would love to see where the project goes!

Submitted(+1)

Hey honestly gameplay wise the feeling is so good, I opened the game and just said WAOUU for the art of the character really nice.
It was nice to play and the combat feeling is good

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate you taking the time out of your day to play and give feedback. 

Submitted(+1)

This is very cool Tim Burton's Dark Souls. I like how everything was very intuitive without you needed to write any tutorial, it was clear that fountain was healing and that its tarkov kinda mechanic from the start. There is one little bug tho, you can buy same items from shop more than once... but who cares its really stylish and fun! Good job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, thats a huge compliment! I had a feeling about the double items, but due to time constraints hoped no one would buy two lol. Appreciate you playing

Submitted(+1)

Oh yeah, I really liked this game, def made me feel super nostalgic, thanks 

Developer

Thanks for playing! I will check out your game once I get free time tonight. 

Submitted

Remind medievil on PSX mixed with Jack from burton ! I like it ! Gameplay is a bit cluncky (and sometimes hard, like the fights are pretty hard ahah) but regarding the scope and the size of the game, i'm not suprised also.

I think you got a strong base to continue something on that, for real ! 

Feel free to test our game :)

Developer

Thank you, both of those are definitely inspirations. I appreciate you playing and your feedback.

I will test out your game once I get home later tonight. 

Submitted(+1)

I really like the stylized artsyle and environment in your game. Reminds me of 3Ds games + The Nighmare Before Christmas (1993)  movie. But also the characters assets like trees, the bridge and fluid with their textures help so much in addition to a aesthetical color pallet. Very nicely done! My only issue is that mechanically it is a bit simple. As soon as you figure out the timing you beat all the enemies. And i don't know if it was a bug for me but the different difficulties gave me always the same amount of gold per kill. 

Overall i really liked it a lot would love to see more different maps :0  

Developer

That is a huge compliment and I am glad since anything Burton has always been my inspiration. 

The goal was to give more gold, have varying enemies / different worlds to make it less simple, but due to time constraints and life I had to put on hold. I appreciate you taking your time to play and give your thoughts! 

Submitted(+1)

I really hope you plan on continuing this game, because I really think It’s a solid baseline. For what it’s worth, I’d be very interested myself in knowing how a “full game” from this would look like.

If I can suggest a few changes :

  1. Either give the Player 50 Coins at the beginning, or give them a basic defense option they could use from the beginning (like, a roll?)
  2. Specify to who the multipliers apply to (at first, I thought they were supposed to go both ways).

Very good

Developer

Thank you, that means a lot. 

My goal for a game like this has been inspired by FATE or Champions of Norrath.

I think both of those suggestions are good and once I am able to add more armor the gold will be necessary. I appreciate you playing and taking the time to provide feedback!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Reminded me of The Nightmare Before Christmas (never played it but I know it through the Kingdom Hearts series!)  Good job!

Developer

Huge compliment, that's definitely an inspiration!

Submitted

well done!

Developer

Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

The atmosphere giving me the nostalgic feeling like ps1 games, and Mr. Coffinski is a very cool character! I wish it has more enemy with different behaviour, but overall great job! I enjoyed playing ur game!

Developer

Thank you! I hope to add variety in the future.

Submitted(+1)

I’m totally in love with the visuals here (yeah, I know I’m biased haha). The concept feels super cool and nostalgic,for me, it’s passing on the vibes of a DreamCast game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words! A DreamCast game is a huge compliment

Submitted(+1)

Really nice visuals. Loved the coffin shopkeeper!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Coffinski is a damn cool character! Overall really fun game but a bit repetetive. Artstyle on the other hand top tier :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I am a big fan of Mr. Coffiniski. Hopefully I can develop further when I have time to get rid of its repetitive nature. 

Submitted(+1)

I really dig the visuals, gives me huge psx vibes which i like. Gameplay is also pretty fun, just wish there was more then 1 area to fight ghouls, but besides that it was really fun!

Great game! Keep it up!❤

Developer

I appreciate you playing! I wish I had time for the other holidays as well. Hopefully I can develop further after the jam concludes.

Submitted(+1)

This is really good LOL, I love the artstyle and gameplay! would love to see more development in mechanics and story otherwise this is really cool and well polished for a jam!!

Developer

I hope to develop more enemies and worlds after the jam is over! Thank you for playing it 

Submitted(+1)

Hey there ! Really liked the game vibe and the universe chosen. Your  page looks so pretty ! Wouldve liked to win more gold as ennemies get stronger, and the game is a bit repetitive, but i definitly fw the vibe

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Yeah I wish I had the time to add that, at this point there is no incentive to climb higher difficulties.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game anyway, well done

Developer

Goal was to add a ranged enemy aswell, not sure that will happen before the jam is over however.