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A jam submission

THE NINE WIDOWS OF ASHView game page

Submitted by Harihar — 11 hours, 24 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 10 people so far
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Submitted (1 edit)

Super gripping module with some snappy visual design.

Other than maybe using some cover art depicting the Widows or some specks of ash for texture, I actually would be strangely happy without additional art in this. Everything was right where you’d want it to be. The use of the page headers/footers to quickly indicate what is below was brilliant, though would probably be better leveraged for a much longer work.

Host(+1)

This entry doesn't seem to be using the assigned title: "Covenant of Ash and Sorrow"
I'm looking through my messages to see if a deviation was requested, but if not I'm sorry to say I may to have to disqualify this entry for not following the rules of the jam.

Submitted

Thinking best intent, I wonder if they just misinterpreted “use and reflect the title.” The designer did at least explicitly state in the module that it was for “assigned theme: Covenant of Ash and Sorrow.” Understandable if dq’d but stinks because this is actually pretty darn solid.

Host(+2)

Yeah, I think you're probably right that it was just confusion on the writers part. But I still may need to disqualify it from prizes.

Submitted

Very elegant design for the layout. Easy to read, easy to follow and easy on the eyes.

Submitted(+1)

You layout here is super-slick: palette, fonts, spacing, the lot. Really nicely put together. Strong theme and evocative prose too. Very well done.

Submitted(+1)

Looming dread indeed! This definitely has a mood, and I quite like the clean layout!

A few favorite things:

  • The premise is killer, both as a concept and as it is written
  • Surfacing at the ash cistern
  • Very useful internal pointers (e.g., "full reference on p. 4")

I would love an example or two of how the Beneath might manifest!

"fine as flour, warm as a held hand." Nice!