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A jam submission

CurseBoundView game page

A horrible night to have a curse. A gothic NES-style platformer made for NES Jam.
Submitted by Tattershall Studios — 5 hours, 20 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
NES Feel#882.3822.750
Audio#992.0212.333
Overall#1002.1112.438
Gameplay#1021.9492.250
Graphics#1072.0932.417

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

I REMEMBERED.

I had fun! While confusing at first I enjoyed the exploration without any handholding in the end, and the boss fight was fun. The overall difficulty is adequate for the jam.

The spikes can hit you from very far, also it is a bit complicated to get the fragment from the Throne room because each time the last jump gets you out of the room.

Thanks for sharing!

Submitted

The Hollow Knight?????? Insane, that was so much fun to play.

Submitted(+1)

cool game!

Developer

Thank you so much! I hope it was a fun play!

Submitted(+1)

I finally figured out that the controls include 'z' and 'x' on keyboard to jump and stab/thrust. I didn't see anything about the keyboard keys mapped as D-Pad, A, B, Start, and Select in the screenshots. Maybe, I looked in the wrong place. I'm used to playing with WASD for movement and using keys on the right side of the keyboard for things that 'A' and 'B' are supposed to do ... at least for classic NES-style games. So, it was very difficult for me to play using the arrow keys as movement and 'z' and 'x' to jump and attack. I think the aesthetics in the game are nice and the audio is good. I can't say I made it anywhere far enough to comment fairly on gameplay and such. 

Developer

An honest review of the game! I appreciate that and will take that knowledge going forward!

Submitted

Did you include/map controls for keyboard (Windows)? If so, I cannot start the game to play and rate it. If not, let me know if/when you do, and I will be happy to rate your game.

Developer (1 edit)

if you press enter(start) after loading in, it starts the game you can use wasd (d-pad) to navigate to controls, and press enter.

Developer

theyre also in the screenshots for the game as well. hope this helps!

Submitted(+1)

A nice game with some minor hitbox issues, but nothing too serious. The music and visual atmosphere are a bit strange at first, but they actually fit the theme quite well ! :)

Developer

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!