Brackeys Game Jam 2026.2

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The Art AppraiserView game page

Clients bring paintings and a story to go with them. Check the book, take up the glass, and decide who is lying.

Submitted by wakedk — 5 hours, 35 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Overall	#7	4.132	4.132
Theme	#10	4.458	4.458
Enjoyment	#13	4.208	4.208
Innovation	#33	4.042	4.042
Audio	#42	3.917	3.917
Visuals	#51	4.458	4.458
Gameplay	#108	3.708	3.708

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
You are an appraiser in an antique shop. Every client brings a painting and a story about who painted it — and every story might be a lie. The only thing you can trust is the reference book and your own eyes: check the canvas, the frame, the signature against the artist's habits, and decide whether the client is honest, a forger, or simply mistaken. Buy a fake and the shop bleeds money; turn away a genuine seller and it bleeds just the same. Trust no one — verify everything.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Engine: Godot 4.7.
Fonts: Spectral, Cousine, Shantell Sans (SIL OFL 1.1), Homemade Apple (Apache 2.0) — all from Google Fonts.
Sound effects: royalty-free clips from the Sonniss #GameAudioGDC bundles (trimmed and normalised).
Win/lose jingles: floraphonic on Pixabay (Pixabay Content Licence).
Client voice bleeps: dmocha's Text/Dialogue Bleeps Pack (CC BY 4.0), credited in-game.
Everything else — all art, the paintings, the two music tracks, all code and writing — was made during the jam.

How many people worked on the game?
2

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Comments

TuurminatorSubmitted9 days ago

Absolutely stunning work, very well done!

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Suspiscious dungeons

BrightspaceSubmitted12 days ago

Fantastic work! The dialogues were fun, and the gameplay works really well. As a player, you're able to make pretty alright deductions (even if I missed the mark by about $50.000 in the end!). It's also great that you guys created all the artworks and artist bios. The music was very fitting as well. Certainly one of the games of the jam that I enjoyed the most.

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Pawn Hub – The Art of the Steal

the topher offerSubmitted12 days ago

This is a hidden gem in this game jam. It is different from all the "Papers please" clones in that it actually makes you interpret the info that you habe. The visuals and the audio work great together and enjoyed playing it all the way through, even though I failed to save the shop. This is truly one of my favorites so far!

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Pawn Hub – The Art of the Steal

IM WXJXNSubmitted13 days ago

BEST GAME AT THE GAME JAM THAT IVE SEEN! NAILED THE VIBE AND THE STORY!!

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Diet clinic edition: TRUST NO ONE

MidnightSubmitted14 days ago(+1)

Really cool game! Great job!

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Shifty lil'Wizzlers

MaovvkaSubmitted14 days ago

An engaging game with potential and a touch of mystery. I would like to see a similar game in the format of a kind of guide to painting styles and artists. Special thanks for the localization into different languages and to the game’s artist. I liked it!

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I Wanna Be The Chill Guy

Nico<3Submitted14 days ago

Interesting game and concept! Not a game for me that's for sure, too much text and reading, which is not my cup of tea. Nevertheless I can see the vision and I'm sure it's an enjoyable experience for other people. Great visuals and audio aswell!

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Don't trust the box

ngoemanSubmitted16 days ago

I ended up enjoying this game more than I thought I would. The fact that all the paintings were made during the jam is very impressive, they really feel like they were made by 16 different artists ! The magnifying glass can feel a bit weird to use in my opinion, in some paintings it’s hard to see where you would get a different description, but it’s not that big of a deal. The game is really well thought out, I would love a bigger release!

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The Case Of The Red Sapphire

wakedkDeveloper16 days ago(+1)

I'm glad you liked it. What you said about the magnifying glass is correct and to the point. That's probably the weakest part. I'm glad you left a review with some helpful advice.

Thank you very much.

FlyingPigSubmitted16 days ago

Honestly, had a hard time reading the info since English is not my first language, but it got really interesting once I bought the correct canvas after observation-feels good! Love the sound design and the notebook interaction. Really nice work! (BTW I beat the game in 7 days XD)

Nitpick: It would be nice if clicking anywhere on the notebook could turn the page.

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Don't Trust The Crowd

wakedkDeveloper16 days ago

It's too bad your language wasn't on our list.
Thanks for the helpful advice.
I'm glad you found it interesting.

lingxuan659-rgbSubmitted16 days ago

Wow, this is the first game I've played in a long time that actually supports multiple languages — so thoughtful! I really love the UI animations too, hahahaha. Also, I'm really curious about how the character voice sound effects were made — they sound so interesting!

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wakedkDeveloper16 days ago

Thank you so much for your review. I’m glad you liked the fact that there are so many languages—since it’s a text-based game, I wanted everyone to feel comfortable playing in the language they know best. For the sound effects, I used this pack: https://dmochas-assets.itch.io/dmochas-bleeps-pack. I wanted to achieve a dialogue effect similar to the one in "Animal Crossing."

Thanks for playing!

lingxuan659-rgbSubmitted16 days ago(+1)

THX!! ;D

gris-grisSubmitted17 days ago

Beautiful game, loved it. At one point our team thought of making an art appraisal game like this, but we wouldn't be able to do it justice as you have. Loved how tricky those forgeries were, some of them were quite devious. Definitely one of my favourite jam games I've played so far.

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Trust No Wanderer

wakedkDeveloper16 days ago

That's the highest praise I could receive.
Thank you :D

jbeeganSubmitted17 days ago

This is a really well done version of this type of game. Love the art theme and how you use it. Really like how many details seem like they might not matter then end up being critical. And some of the ways the paintings can be wrong (wont say due to spoilers) are very clever. Very well done!

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wakedkDeveloper17 days ago(+1)

It's nice that someone appreciated all the little details we put into it. I was really worried that it would all be for nothing and that no one would understand. I'm glad you played it and enjoyed it. Thank you so much.

mellowSubmitted17 days ago

Extremely polished and wonderful interpretation of the theme! The paintings are wonderful and Im really surprised they weren't just copied images from some museum website or something. Really great job on that front, I'm blown away!! I do think that the games needs a bit of balancing as spamming the buy button seems to be a very valid strategy, but other than I LOVED everything about this

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Avoid the Inspector

wakedkDeveloper17 days ago(+1)

Thank you, that's very nice to hear.
We specifically designed it so that buying everything in a row would be a good strategy, but you won't be able to win using it :)
I'm really glad you liked it.

lilPipelineSubmitted17 days ago

This is a genuine work of art ;)

You have done an absolutely fantastic job with this. I was hooked from the start. The calming atmosphere and beautiful visuals really tied it all together. You should be really proud of what you have been able to achieve in 7 days

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The Soaela Scourge

wakedkDeveloper17 days ago

Thank you! It's really nice to hear such praise.

LowlietSubmitted18 days ago

I can tell this is a love letter for the fine arts. I like the use of the theme. Though, I did kind of cheese it by spamming Buy and hoping I net a really expensive piece. The game is really polished and I enjoyed the quaint and charming experience.

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Game Is Work In Progress: The Game

wakedkDeveloper18 days ago

Thank you so much. I'm really glad you liked it :D

Agent0506Submitted20 days ago

Wow! Really good game. In first round, I bought everything (-810$ 😭) but then I discovered it! Great work.

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moranxuegeSubmitted20 days ago

A great game. Small but Interesting enough. I am wondering you actually draw the all 16 pictures by your own? That is amazing! Also, although the theme is trust no one. When I spend time identifying, I only earn 20, 000 bucks. But when I trust everyone, I earn 190, 000 bucks. haha!

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wakedkDeveloper20 days ago

A total of 21 paintings were created, and 2 of them were painted in advance on real canvas and photographed. Thanks for playing - I'm glad you enjoyed it :)