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A jam submission

Stardust GhostView game page

Survivor-like with visual novel elements. Your PC broke down, and you have one week left to defeat the final boss!
Submitted by slrp, Douglas Asted (@douglas_asted), Vitor Yoiti (@vitoryoiti) — 1 hour, 23 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#3763.8893.889
Artwork#4784.2784.278
Creativity#20823.7783.778
Enjoyment#20983.4723.472
Audio#22343.2503.250

Ranked from 36 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?
The main character's favourite MMO is shutting down, and doesn't have much time left to beat it's final boss.

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Submitted(+1)

I beat the demon queen! Your character designs and duo art styles are lovely and I enjoyed playing.

Critiques: I couldn't tell if I was being hit or not in the survivors game. The demon queen was the easier part of the game instead of the hardest. After recruiting the janitor, I didn't know how to play with him so I talked to him again. Thankfully, he didn't disappear once I went to the computer and booted up the game.

Submitted(+2)

The blend of visual novel and survivors is something I never knew I needed! I also like the contrast between the monochrome store and the full-color minigame. Character design was also nice! Great job!

Submitted(+1)

this was a cute game that works as a quick self contained story but genuinely could be fleshed out soo much. maybe its the artstyle but the plot feels like it was pulled out of an old manga in the best way possible!!! 

Submitted(+1)

would be great if there are upgrades and roguelike elements. great game!

Developer

That was the initial idea, that other NPCs would give various bonuses in a rogue-lite style. However time constraints so the inner game did suffer unfortunately, still glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

The library's art and the battle's CRT style are really nice. I think having more different enemies and mechanics would help, as would having a boss with different phases. 

Submitted(+1)

Well, i think the demon queen fight should be harder. Since i beaten her before befriending the rest of the gang. Well beside that, everything is really great

Submitted(+1)

I love the combination of  gameplay mechanics into a visual novel as well, as how the 2D and 3D look really came together. The contrast between the monotone VN part and coloured styles really added depth to the narrative! well done!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

I really liked the art style and the concept of combining a visual novel with a Vampire Survivors style game, even if it’s a simplified take on the formula.

In the end, it’s essentially two games in one, and that takes a lot of work and effort, which definitely deserves recognition.

Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Woah this is very interesting. I did not expect it to turn into vampire survivors!

The art is beautiful, very impressive for just four days!!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you found it interesting! I'll be sure to pass your kind words along to our artist (who isn't on itch). Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

If they ever make a story mode for Vampire Survivors, I hope it's something like this.

A very nice and sweet little game. Great job! 😊

Submitted(+1)

A really good game with great art, audio and honestly a lot of stuff for just a 4 day game jam.

Developer(+1)

I appreciate you taking the time to play it! I'm glad you liked it.

Submitted(+1)

Great game! I've managed to get everyone to join the fight. The only critique I can think of would be maybe lacking some gameplay juice and better feedback. More sound effects would also do a lot here.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing, and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I agree the game could benefit from more polish on the sound. I had plans to improve the sound design during the survivor-like gameplay and add more sound effects to the visual novel sections, but I decided to prioritize getting more of the soundtrack finished before the deadline.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll definitely keep it in mind if we revisit the game after the jam.

Submitted(+1)

Very impressive for four days nice art

Submitted(+1)

What a cute little story. I'm guessing the survivors part was added to fit within the narrative structure and time limit.

Submitted(+1)

It's a really well made game, it's impressive to think this was made in 4 days, the sprites, the library, the dialogues... there is so much stuff.
I think I hit a bug where after becoming too powerful too fast, the day just skipped to day49 and I had unlimited time and an insane attack speed in the computer minigame. It was so much fun seeing everything getting annihilated by just passing close to them lol.
Anyways it's a great game, and I think it's really well made, even if I usually don't like this genre.

Developer(+1)

I noticed this day skipping bug as well, after the deadline unfortunately! It's not the end of the world as it doesnt completely break the game, but yeah the balancing is sort of wack because of it. Thank you so much for the  kind words, we're really proud it all got tied together into something pretty coherent in the end!

Submitted(+1)

really impressive you were able to get two separate styles of game done in such a short period of time. love the art. I managed to beat the queen without any help, but I did talk to the other characters. The janitor said he'd join me but I didn't see his character (not sure if he gave a buff or something instead?) I didn't figure out how to ascend my class for the librarian. Great game tho! great job 

Developer

Interesting! I haven't seen that bug before with the janitor, i'll look into it. He is meant to join you as an extra character. The ascend your class stuff all comes from reading the strategy guide, again I could have made that clearer in game I suppose.

Submitted(+1)

The art and the dialouge options are amazing!

Submitted(+1)

cool concept of mixing gameplays! :) 

Submitted(+1)

Cute! Pretty unique narrative framing and the VN / Bullet Hell hybrid is a really unique choice.

Submitted(+1)

nice art, good that it is not only talking with NPCs (you can also move and play a game on the computer). Character in computer game sometimes shot but bullet dissapeared. maybe ghost appeared dunno. Great jam game

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