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A jam submission

8 Hours to MorningView game page

The dark has never felt so long
Submitted by Retsot, chaosrising, Spero86, Barghuest, Bkoto (@emusforgood), Mirisy, CSponge36 — 3 days, 23 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#6143.6913.691
Enjoyment#16453.5883.588
Creativity#19383.8093.809
Artwork#19463.7213.721
Audio#25143.1913.191

Ranked from 68 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Countdown 1: Player has to survive 3 nights. || Coundown 2: Each night counts as 8 turns || Countdown 3: Day lasts only 2-4 minutes raltime.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All assets are in description and in score credits.



2D ENVIRONMENT & PROPS
Kabukidanshi | Isometric Pixel Art Home Interior Pack
MaelleMarylloup | Isometric Decor Asset Packs

UI & ICONS
SunGraphica | 600+ Hand-Drawn Game Icons
Black Hammer | Fantasy Wooden GUI : Free
PONETI | Gothic UI 2
assettrip | Old Paper GUI

SFX
Cyberwave Orchestra | Fantasy Card & Board Game Vol. 1
Cyberwave Orchestra | Fantasy Turn-Based UI Sound Effects
Syntoca | Door, Cabinets & Lockers (Free)

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Retsot Studio

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Submitted(+1)

Very nice game, with cute and charming art. I especially like the card and UI design.

Developer

Thanks a loot!

Submitted

Really fun game made me feel like i was the kid. The monsters were very scary too. The comabt was nice too, just sad that there were very few cards in combat but the variety in the things you collect is good.


Also I dont think your were meant to walk in this place in the garage

Submitted

Good game! Well done :D

I liked the energy/countdown fighting mechanic, it was fun!

Submitted(+1)

There are several things I really liked about this:

  1. It was very nice how the countdown theme was integrated throughout the game mechanics: the countdown to night, the countdown to the parents' return, the countdown to combat ending, and even the "countdown" to running out of resources in combat.
  2. I liked the balance of learning how to best utilize your deck and exploring the house for one-use cards. I was worried that the items would go away after I used them, but they didn't. I appreciate that! It gave me a sense of progression.
  3. Everything took just the right amount of time. The days were just enough time to explore while being short enough that you felt the countdown; combat was long enough to train resources but it didn't drag on; and there were just enough days to fully explore the house without leaving an odd final day with nothing to do.

It's my favorite jam game I've played so far. So, thank you for that!

Submitted(+1)

This game was a lot of fun. The mechanics are easy to pick up, and I liked that we can explore the house to find extra items instead of just playing cards. I survived all three nights, and on the last one, I threw literally everything I had at the monster. LOL. I really enjoyed the game, and I hope you continue developing it after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

This is great. I love the creepy monsters and the fighting fear as a mechanic works really well with a child player character. 

Submitted(+1)

I like how you alternate gameplay, plus artwork and audio are really cozy like it

Submitted(+1)

The game is really fun!

Submitted(+2)

Overall, just a really solid game. I do like the juxtaposition of the cute lil character with the horrific nightmare monstrosities. The turn-based card gameplay is well implemented. Great work.

Submitted(+2)

Nice work! I know the cards had to be limited due to the game jam, but the 'battling fear' theme has so much potential. I'd love to see more cool cards and mechanics exploring that idea in the future.

Submitted(+2)

This is one of the best games I played in the jam. Five stars in every aspect of it. I really liked how the card game is made and finding things is useful for the night. I never liked rpg games, but this one is outstanding. Congratulations.

PD: I forgot to say that the monster is amazing.

Submitted(+1)

Really cool! Bit hard to understand at first but once you to grips it offers a cool twist on slay to spire card style battling. Really enjoyed the exploration, wish I had more time during the day.

Developer

Thank you!  The twist comes from "Spirit Island" 

Submitted

cute main character!

Submitted(+2)

Really enjoyed this one! The day and night loop creates a great atmosphere, and I loved how exploring and collecting items actually mattered during the card battles. At first i didn't quite understand the combat and had to read the how to play on the page, but that's to be expected from nre card games. The monster designs and overall presentation were fantastic, great job!

Submitted(+2)

Rally awesome game! when i started i did not expect a a card battler! and if i saw that thing in my hallway i would not stick around XD

Developer

You can actually see him form time to time  showing up in house

Submitted(+1)

Very fun entry, great job! I enjoy the loop a lot. 

An improvement would be to make the item selection based on a mouse click, since the current method is a bit fickle and hard to line up . 

Submitted(+1)

Great game! We really like the way it plays off of the theme multiple times. The game is a little buggy though, like the rest counter or the items becoming unusable at the right time.

Developer

Yes the rest counter got bugged in last final submission unfortunatelly :( You couldn't use the items?  I will check on this (i know what cna be  the source) but that is case where you used lot of items that have "next card" "next turn"  Thanks for the feedback! I will write it down

Submitted

The actual issue was that we could use the items multiple nights, when that seems like not the intention

Submitted(+1)

The monsters are so scary, good job and making this game guys, it's really amazing!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game! The creatures looked so cool!!!

Submitted(+2)

Awesome, love the inscryption-style puzzles while not in battle! I wish there was a little more variety to combat, but what's already there is EXTREMELY well done, I found myself actually using my consumable items (a very rare feat) and strategizing a little bit. Awesome game!

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