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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #36 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Special Object Implementation | #36 | 3.462 | 3.462 |
| Theme Implementation | #39 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Overall | #41 | 3.154 | 3.154 |
| Gameplay | #46 | 2.885 | 2.885 |
| Fun Factor | #55 | 2.885 | 2.885 |
| Audio | #68 | 2.654 | 2.654 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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John Whistleton was exiled by evil corporate overlords who despise whistles to a place known as the Frozen Void. He must journey across this dangerous land and, with the help of magical whistles, defeat the Elven Crystal Queen and her constructs.
Features:
- roguelike
- procedural generated levels with multiple floors (trapdoors lead to the next floor)
- freezing mechanic
- 8 Whistles with different powers
- 7 enemies
- 2 bosses
Originally we intended to include proper 2D lighting, but Unity decided it won't work properly in builds, so shadows are broken and everything is lit full-bright.
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Had fun playing it, even if it is hard, that's how roguelike generally are. Think you could give a reward upon defeating a boss. You could also put some sfx and vfx to make the game feel more impactful, considering you guys are a team of 5. Otherwise very cool game!
WOW, pretty good adventure game, cool atmosphere. My only gripe was the mouse pointer, on the white background I couldn't see it, mainly later in the game when I was paying attention to all the enemies and the barrage of bullets coming at me. Maybe some red or blue cursor would help. Other than that, pretty cool what you achieved in just a few days, I'm genuinely surprised. Good job!
I dig the atmosphere~ Hope to come back around to defeat the Queen!
The art on the cover looks great! kudos to whoever drew that hahahaha
too bad the lighting in the screenshots are not in the game though, it looked great
I think yall did an excellent job. This is a game that I would actually play and try to beat. I was able to get past one boss, but I didn't seem to find to many health replenishing items to keep me going like the fires were available. The only other small thing is that the basic whistle attack was a little shrill. lol but these are quick fixes to a great game! And the art is awesome!
I See the thunbails, WOW, I see Rogue WOW, I see the content WOW, I'm LIKE DAMN I love it already!
I don't know if I was so hyped up that I couldn't help but be disappointed. First of all, I saw that I don't have the same visuals as on the screenshots. I don't know if it's just me or if there was a problem during the web export, which wouldn't surprise me. The game is very easy overall, perhaps with the reduce field of vision effect, it would have been better yes. I spent more time wandering around endlessly than actually encountering any difficulties. There is definitly a big potential, but I think it should be a bit faster or with a smaller map, it killed the fun for me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm just giving my opinion on what I think would improve the game. It's still good, you had a lot of ambition with a very broad scope, and managing to do that during a game jam is already an achievement. Well done!
Dark atmosphere is there. Great melancholic vibes. Whistle seem a bit 'force'. Why does the mage use whistle as a weapon? Still great work!
I love it! The art direction is super cool and the gameplay is enjoyable.
Decent scope, but quite hard. (Even more so, because bullets can pass through the walls.) :D
I like the art style and sound design. :)
Nice but hard! At first I was about to complain that the game is a little too easy but then I met the boss who obliterated me in a few seconds! Maybe the path to the boss is a bit too long because that's when the fun really started to kick in! I'll try again because I really want to get to the other bosses I see in the screenshots. Talking about that, I noticed the game looked different in my browser than in your screenshots. Is that a bug on my end?
Fun game. The art is really nice, but I don't get why he's wearing a gold dollar chain :D I don't like the warmth mechanic as for some precedurally generated levels the fire is too far away to go exploring
This boss was very unexpected, haha.
I even lost :')
Beautiful cover art and atmosphere. Took me a second to realize the walls do damage. A lot of gameplay for the short period of time!
Cool atmosphere and fun gameplay!
fun gameplay and art but the temperature bar keeps on ruining my run most the time
I couldn't understand how to attack, actually, just whistle, but it was going only below me. It wasn't going where I was pointing my player. If there was a page with the inputs, I would have more fun. Really lovely art!
wish the settings had more audio controls for sfx the enemies were a bit loud, seems like you have a lot of content but I wasn't able to beat the first floor of enemies after 4 attempts, good use of the theme tho the cold aesthetic is nice, and cool art style!