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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Category: Cinematography | #16 | 4.700 | 4.700 |
| Category: Music | #22 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Overall Experience | #22 | 4.800 | 4.800 |
| Story | #25 | 4.700 | 4.700 |
| Category: Voice Acting | #76 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
| Visuals | #110 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Content Warnings
This game contains mild language and themes centered around familial loss.
Log Line
On Halloween, an old jester doll finds himself comforting a grieving girl.
Team Credits & Cast
Skywardsister - Writing & Music / Ray Gill - Character Art & Sound Design / SkywardWarriorCG - Background Art, Music, & Sound Design / halnye - UI Design & Programming
Work Start Date
9/1/26
Which engines and/or plugins did you use? (NaniNovel, Light.VN, etc.)
Ren'Py
University League Participant
No
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Comments
A melancholy and lovely little story about grief and connection! The artwork, UI design, and music are all terrific, and the game feels dynamic and engaging even with relatively limited assets. The phone was a particularly nice, immersive touch. Beautiful work!
This was a very beautiful and sad game, that also gives a bit of anxiety around the father figure. I got ending #8, which I'm not entirely sure is the true ending but it was a very lovely ending and I'm glad that I got it. Cute art and great story. A fantastic submission :)
Now that hit me in the feels. It told me a lot, without telling me directly, and the story it tells quickly makes me wanna know more about what happened to the girl. I love the extra ways the game used Ren'py, having the player use the phone and needing to click on objects definitely adds a lot and gives you the feeling of a doll trying to look around for answers.
The music, UI, Backgrounds, stellar work for everyone involved.
Having played Shell Brunch Studio's other games, I'm loving the style and unique ideas on display. Hope to see more in the future!
"I lost my only friend and I didn't know until it was too late."
Oh my poor heart, this one made me cry.
Took me four tries to get the good ending but I did not give up.
I can't even think of any criticism. The music, the art, the story all worked perfectly together. I liked that you could click on the things in her room. And the UI was so lovely.
Thank you for making this game.
I remember playing this one before the voting period started, so made sure to download again to see how the story turns out. I got ending #8, though I am curious about the others, too. Very nice job, heartwarming little story! The UI is quite impressive and I love that it takes place from the perspective of the doll. Very unique and interesting! I can tell a lot of care and consideration was put into it. ♥
it was immediately heartwrenching, things involving kids or old people always get me emotional lol
I really liked the reveal in Ending 8, which I managed to get directly, I'm not sure if I got all the other endings, but I did go back to try the other ones.
I also liked the phone UI, though I found it hard to navigate, but I blame that on my Renpy-brain lol
In any case, it was very good
Super high appealing ui, nice sprites, music and bgs, and a cute heartwarming story. This game is awesome and you can tell all the effort the team put in!!