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A jam submission

Coping PillsView game page

​Play as a national forest guard keeping an eye on your deer population....
Submitted by BobHstone, LynZee — 6 hours, 23 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 12 people so far
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What, if any, Jam-Specific Challenges did you include in your entry?
single room, antagonist's POV

Does your game require playing multiple routes to get the full experience?
That was the idea but currently there's only 1 ending

Approximately how long is your game (in minutes)?
10-20 minutes

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Submitted (1 edit)

Reminds me of Papers Please a little with how you need to follow instructions on which deer to kill and how it tests your moral compass. Saw the twist coming but it was no less effective.

The camera kept getting stuck, which made it hard to do even basic aiming. I also wish the game told you what you did wrong when you make a mistake.

Submitted

I really enjoyed this! Great writing and fun gameplay, would love to play a more  fleshed out version of this! For future development, this is possibly just a me issue;I had a bit of a hard time navigating the interactions. As in, I natually tried to interact with things by clicking, instead of 'E', and this was true all throughout my 3 playthroughs  :') I also had a bit of a hard time figuring out which deer you were supposed to shoot, but I figured it out eventually!

Submitted

Cool game! I liked the descriptions of the deer, several of them were pretty funny. I think the ending might be broken, I was left just pacing around the environment and couldn't figure out what to do next. 

Submitted

Definitely did not see this coming. The story and theme were actually really interesting, especially with how the reports were written and what the deer would say back to you.  With some polish and a few more mechanics, it could be a great project.

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the gameplay overall; it’s quite creative and unique. It’s fun to play, and I can definitely see it becoming a finished project, it has a lot of potential.

Submitted(+1)

Wow this was cool as hell, i liked it! And the funny quotes of them!

But it was a bit hard for me to figure out the correct deer. I tought any abnormal deer is correct, but that wasnt the case. Very good game tho!

Developer (2 edits) (+1)

Thank you so much for playing our game and the kind words! 

The currently requested deer is always seen on the computer :) (Edit: Oh and the UI after scanning says "Target subject" if it's the correct subject, otherwise it will say "Wrong Subject")

I'm going right into your game next, it looks amazing I'm excited :D 

Submitted(+2)

The game is PEAK and I'm having a hard time to believe any game could top it. I just thought this was going to be another anomaly game but nooo, you had to hurt my feelings. Don't worry, I like being sad. Somehow purifying as well, but I don't think the company liked all the mistakes I made after shooting the white one. But honestly, I just love thisss. It's so good, especially the story and gameplay. I need more?

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for your kind words! Hearing this from the team that made "this won't hurt" means a lot to me :D 

We planned on adding more content to this game, like alternative paths and multiple endings. Feedback like yours is already enough to confirm that we should keep working on it <3

I got really inspired by the game "Birds watching" so if you want more gameplay like this I can absolutely recommend to try that game, it's on steam and currently costs a little less than 4€.

Submitted

Well I'll be definitely checking for new updates! And the game you recommended seems interesting, so I went wild and bought it already :D Maybe I have time to check it out after I've reviewed enough jam games. 

(+1)

Hey! I enjoyed the game! It was fun hunting the deer and deciding whether or not I should let them live based on the reports. I definitely felt like I was getting a very one-sided view of the reports XD, which I thought fit the theme well! I did get stuck at the end, though, and didn't know how to proceed.

Developer(+1)

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, thank you!

In case anyone reads this before they get stuck:  During the nightmare scene, try to shoot all deer (except for the black deers) as quickly as possible and you should be good. The computer tells you the coordinates where these deer that are still alive spawned, they are slowly moving towards the player's location.