Absolutely astonishing work! You really nailed that old-school PC games vibe. Collecting furniture and being able to place it around your "home" is pleasantly fun and super cool to see in RPGM! The artwork is just *chef's kiss* and, paired with the sound design and music, just makes for pure eye candy. The story was very well done too and does a fantastic job of showing and not telling. If you were to make a more fleshed-out game done in this style, it would be peak! Awesome job!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #1 | 4.933 | 4.933 |
| Creativity | #1 | 4.844 | 4.844 |
| Toasty Rank | #2 | n/a | n/a |
| Adherence to Theme | #3 | 4.756 | 4.756 |
| Enjoyment | #4 | 4.556 | 4.556 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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EEEEE you are too kind, I'm so happy you liked it!!!!
ALSO I am SO curious what you were actually expecting from the game! If you'd be willing to share, please let me know!
AHHHH thank you again!! It definitely has so many bugs and just... jankiness. XD But I'd love to take the systems, iron out their issues, and make a full game out of this some day!
48 days ago(+1)
Yes, it’s RPG Maker MV! 🤩 I just wrote plugins for the building and fighting systems, I’ve been wanting to create systems like this for a while and the game jam seemed like a great time to try it out! Once I iron out the kinks, I’ll release them as free plugins for the community~ so you can recreate this game way better!
48 days ago(+1)
eeee thank you so much!!! I’ll definitely check out the stream! 🤩🤩🤩 (and yes, I got so little sleep during that week hahaha)
THANK YOU ;///;
It definitely WAS a nightmare. Luckily, I was able to take Swagtopus's inventory as a base and then integrate it with my PC98 UI, but it's NOT PERFECT AND STILL HAS BUGS, even with the excellent starting point (because Swagtopus is a much better coder than I am lol). That said, I'll be able to iron out the issues over time, I hope! <3
Was having a lovely time watching "Steve" put all of her stuff into the corner but encountered an error when saving over an existing save file. Was really getting into the atmosphere and the vibe's! The style reminded me a lot of those 90's anime. 10/10 would pew-pew and vibe again.
[I tried pushing F8 for more information but there was no more information :( ]
50 days ago (+1)
What a wonderful experience!
Animations are very cute and the art style and aesthetic is so charming and easy to read. I was immediately so blown away but how cute the FL's walk cycle is and how nice the running looks. The reveal of our neighbor's face and body was Amazing, really made me think of Akira and similar bi-tech body horror designs.
It's so cute that even in the apocalypse, our FL is just wanting to be a cute girl while also bashing in zombie skulls.
Ren is charming and interesting, also. Definitely a win for those that like an unhinged ML/LI. The Shifting Point was genuinely harrowing in the moment.
I am fascinated by how the zombies in this world work and what the surface could possibly look like with the underground being as desolate and uncomfortable as it is.
Love the simplicity of the combat but wish it was more clear when I'm close enough to do melee and not be hit, but that could also just be pure skill issue on my part!
The decorating aspect is really cute but I think needs a few kinks worked out- namely that I can find items up against the wall, but I can't put them against the wall in my room. I also wish we could set items on tables, benches, the top of shelves, or our beds. I would happily sacrifice a lot more inventory space to weird item shapes to have access to more freedom in decorating the room. It would be neat if the decorative lights actually functioned, too!
I couldn't replicate it but there was a funny part where i walked into the closet holding the slippers, and the slippers vanished- but when i came out of the closet I lost a bench, and duplicated a rug and the chaise lounge.
Soda being a free healing item is nice, but I think I would prefer if they could be consumed to regen some stamina faster, or prevent stamina loss for a certain amount of time.
It's beaten into the ground as a desire for all these games, but I would love to be able to choose between a male, female, and perhaps an NB lead, even if we can't choose our appearance!
About an hour in I had a critical error of some kind when I went to save and it forced me to exit the game, losing some progress, but luckily the game is short in this state so it wasn't too bad. Attached below for the sake of bug-fixing. Pushing F8 did nothing.
All around I loved the experience and can't wait to see more from this developer! Let me kiss my man and slay zombies with him forever!!!
50 days ago(+1)
Thank you SO MUCH for this detailed review! It is incredibly helpful and I am so grateful!
I absolutely agree about the decorating kinks you mentioned! It was in the ~vision~ (but just not possible in the scope of 1 week haha). That closet slippers bug you just mentioned is NUTS and I can only assume it's a result of my code being held together with duct tape and prayers, so once I go into the code and properly patch it up, hopefully nothing like that will happen anymore. But interactable furniture, decorations that actually can be placed beside walls, and ABSOLUTELY a customizable main character are in the dreams for the future!
Also, excellent suggestion about the soda healing stamina, omg. Thank you again for playing and leaving such a detailed review! You rock!
50 days ago(+1)
For sure!! I also totally forgot to mention it and I feel silly but the music was Stellar. Muah. Love that. no notes from me there.
I'm so glad anything sounded helpful in my review though! This was a delightful experience and after i put like 90+ minutes in and then saw you estimated the playtime as 30 minutes I was like Ah, yes this is very good. I'm Absorbed and Engaged.
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