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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #22 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Gwizziness | #35 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Overall | #39 | 3.492 | 3.492 |
| Graphics | #48 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Theme | #54 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Fun | #57 | 3.222 | 3.222 |
| Originality | #58 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
| Controls | #61 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow, This is an amazing game! But I dont understand why other people are calling it dark or creepy I though that it was a rather chill game! :D
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Haha, glad you found it chill! I’m impressed that you found the secret ending!
Thanks so much for playing!
Wow hahah that's really impressive, good job!
I enjoyed this game the most, there's no scary monster theres guilt, and our sanity. I don't know what was your original idea when creating this game but I understand this as: we humans are following blindly dictators that just try to help us, it could be political or just about abusive relationship, and as we follow the orders we slowly burn into madness breaking human laws thinking that it will profit us and will be good, the campfire is our life the more adrenaline loot the more we feel "alive" and we want more and more yet we search and we cannot find, and nothing will satisfy so we take our life.
This was great to read through. It’s incredible to see what you connected to the gameplay! It wasn’t our intention at all to make the game about anything symbolic in particular, but I definitely see your allegorical interpretation. Our main idea was purely about choice. Is there really ever only one option? Maybe you should try and see what other (less obvious) choices you can make or ways to interpret what you’re being told?
Thanks so much for playing!
Impressive game, loved the atmosphere, the twist. I wouldn't mind if I ran a little faster, be it for chasing [redacted] or just going to another place.
Keep up the amazing work!
Glad you enjoyed it :D I'll definitely make running a little faster
That turned dark very quick. Good game.
I want it to be darker lol
This game is truly legendary, and the concept is simple. I will support you regardless.
Thanks for the comment! I do plan on building more on it and filling up the narrative.
I need to be better about reading descriptions. I thought this would just be a simple little game about building a campfire; had no idea it was horror. I was having a bit of trouble finding enough sticks so I wandered into the other campsite early. Heard the dog barking and was like, 'Aww, doggy' and then he wouldn't stop so I jokingly swung the axe. I sat their for about 30 seconds trying to process what had happened. All in all, 5/5 stars across the board. I was not expecting it to be what it was. Despite it's short length, it feels like a full game that I might see on steam for $5 or something. Incredibly well done.
I laughed out loud reading your comment xD I'm really glad you enjoyed the game, it was meant to be a little shocking so I guess it did its job.
Simple graphics yet nice.
Thanks for playing :)
Well done, great atmosphere. The book to give objectives worked really well. Technical: I felt the game was too dark at times, made it hard to navigate and I got lost and stuck in trees sometimes. I played in a sunny room, a gamma slider would be nice. Also it made my laptop slowly burn, maybe because of my screen resolution (2496x1664) but worked well on my desktop pc.
Thanks for playing! I think the particles really have a toll on computers but I have a mac so since it ran on mine, I assumed it ran on any other computer lol.
Decent one guys, strong atmosphere how I like it, though not my genre personally. But big, scary game - Rodrigo, try our game, I know YOU will love it. You’ll see what I mean
(link to submission is /jam/gwueble-jam-2026/rate/4832320, but click my profile for the web version)
Thanks for the comment! Will check it out
You better get me better instructions in the next life, Gary!
But ngl, i didn't expect this to be what happens lol, no idea how to get secret ending though.
Secret ending is pretty difficult to find, but it starts with being normal and not burning the stuff after logs lol
It's a pretty robust, neat little game. The gameplay was in fact a bit of slow burn but somehow, I had a nice time playing the game.