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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Atmosphere | #16 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Sound | #41 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Overall | #57 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
| Theme | #60 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
| Gameplay | #68 | 2.636 | 2.636 |
| Polish | #75 | 2.636 | 2.636 |
| Art | #87 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The atmosphere was dense and felt very tangible, but I had quite some trouble just running the game: There were some drops and stutters, sometimes lasting several seconds. Additionally with a touchpad on laptop, the controls were very cumbersome, but that is nothing I would hold against the game on a jam scope.
I got stuck on the bottles puzzle, like many others, apparently, and overall I felt like I progressed through some of the others without understanding why. I wasn't sure, if the poems were supposed to be part of the puzzles or rather the reward for solving them. I couldn't sort or classify them in any way either, so it left me with a feeling of "Is this wrong or am i doing it wrong?" Essentially I would have liked more clarity on how to interact with the poems, really.
Really neat game! I'm a big fan of poetry, so this one was a treat! I also got stuck on the bottle puzzle, but everything else went fairly smoothly. My game did end up with the camera tilting really severely after I grabbed the chain, and somehow managed to be upside down for a large portion until I managed to get myself upright? My camera never fully straightened itself after that--not sure if that was a bug or intentional, but did take me by surprise. All in all, loved the atmosphere though, really cool concept! Great job! :)
As a poet, I absolutely loved this game. I was fascinated by how the assets act as a kind of scenery, helping to create a dreamlike atmosphere. I also got stuck on the bottle puzzle – thanks for explaining it in another comment. It would never have occurred to me that a game like this could exist, so well done for creating something so original <3
Interesting experience that was a little rough around the edges, I don't think i understand poetry enough to fully parse the contents of the narrative, but what i saw and played i liked. c:
Thanks for playing and doing the streams. I missed this one but I’ll definitely rewatch my game’s playthrough and some others as well
Oh, I wanted to continue, but unfortunately I couldn't figure out the bottles puzzles. I am not a native english speaker, so I don't fully understand such poems, but from what I understood and the music choice, I was still up for this adventure! Well done on the atmosphere!
Thanks a lot <3
It seems the second puzzle is everyone`s struggle : (
I will leave the solution here, if you would like to give it another go
Solution
You have to eat the pie (left of the glass) and drink wine from orange bottle (don't try to mix drinks). The order should not matterDetails
I wanted to indicate "the canary wine" line, but did not quite give enough indication of what different bottles areOoooh, I have to Interact while holding it, haven't tried this, I was just dragging and releasing the bottles to try solutions. I guess the way it is now it's less intuitive. It didn't cross my mind to try this. Nice ending, btw!
And don't feel bad about this, it's just a bit unclear. In my game, no one even realises that there's some bigger objective! Lessons learnt, we just became better at game design!
Beautiful poetry, fun game! Very clever use of game mechanics to interact with the writing
Really nice atmosphere, the use of 2d sprites made me feel like everything was scenography and i was on the stage trying to figure out what my next line is!
A really cathartic experience. The mix of visuals and soundtrack with the poetry really meshed well.
I also ran into a problem with the 2nd poem, after interacting with the item on the far left it blocked me from the actual solution, but after restarting the game and leaving that item to last I was able to get it!
I really enjoyed it!
Very cool!! Really like the use of sprites here, something about crossing 2d and 3d is exciting and fun. Finished the game, beautiful experience.
(Got stuck on the 2nd poem - the one with the mermaid. I thought I had to drink a combination of colors or something.. took me a while to figure it out haha)
Thank youu!
I’m so glad to have discovered cc0/public domain images before this jam. Really helped me with modeling & texturing. I’, glad you’ve liked the style