Great story telling, excellent pacing. Very creative!
Play reflection
GRAVIS's itch.io pageNames and Email Addresses of ALL Team Members
Micaela Loubser - micaelaloubser@gmail.com
Ruby Walne - Rubylightful@gmail.com
John Chancey - 2bitdream@gmail.com
Jaco van Hemert - jacovhemert@gmail.com
Chloë Heyns - designsbychloegrace@gmail.com
Austen van der Byl - austenvdb@gmail.com
Categories Your Team is Eligible For
Overall Winner, Diversity, Best Art, Best Audio, Best Narrative, Best Humour(?), Technical Excellence
Comments
This was such a beautiful game, I love all the effects, and uncovering the story piece by piece. Also there is something just soothing about the movement. While not the same mechanics is gave me a bit of an Gris feeling.
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Finding BalanceTruly a beautiful aesthetic with some amazing artwork, and an emotional story to match! Little Sibling did their best. Not even the gods blood could save him. Some truly great work, well done!
I do wish the player character could move with standard keyboard inputs, or if we could hold in the mouse buttons (even if we were to move slower this way) it would be a nice UX change.
I hope to learn more about the flame soon
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Croakers Smackdown Wrestling Managerphilosophical and tragic as always <3 beautiful balance of graphics and space, and I really enjoyed the concept of revealing this story through reflections of the past. Would have enjoyed some involvement in the outcome or some agency, but that was an enjoyable interactive experience. I have watched your work become more cohesive with practice, sound, art, game play, and story were well balanced.
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DUMZIESWell done Garage Bugs! Excellent sound design, movement and atmosphere. Really liked how the ripple felt like exploring fog of war, something very rewarding about seeing a reflection up in the distance and navigating towards it.
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People 1989Woaah, this was sick!
Found the story really engrossing. Really impressed with the length and depth of the story you managed in such a short period. The vibe was right up my alley.
Great sound design and music. The movement and story initiation sfx felt super satisfing. The music loop had a bit of a noticeable pause when restarting, but it's a great track with a wonderful blend of sounds and textures that really brought the atmosphere alive.
Art was also beautiful. Loved how the reflections emerged, and always a sucker for good pixel art. The use of minimal colours also really added to the theme of the narrative.
Would have liked it if the character kept moving when you held in click. It's such a smooth and satisfying movement that it felt a bit annoying having to click the whole time, especially when crossing large distances.
Solid game, and with some added puzzle mechanics or something that breaks up the story discovery a bit, I think this could evolve into something super special.
Really polished and immersive experience, great work!
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A Suitable Match!Really liked how the whole aesthetic just ‘breathed’ and had space 🙌
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People WatchingLovely and thoughtful, was all around just a good experience, and the art and audio worked together perfectly
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A Suitable Match!Phenomenal entry guys! The story, buttery smooth movement, simple but stunning art and evocative music and sounds are so well executed. Feels like a beautifully complete package :)
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A Suitable Match!It was truly a pleasure to play, fantastic work, though i am a little sad i didn't get to see John's great VO work.
I can forgive you for not having it, as you added a text speed slider, the ripples and just amazing atmosphere.
Just in awe of how much you achieved in such a short amount of time!
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Chillin and WatchingThe art, music and sfx and story make this such a work of art. Really love how you achieved those water ripples and reflection aesthetic. Nice done Garage Bugs!
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Don't Feed The GeeseHow do you guys do this in such a short amount of time! Totally Rad!
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Mall-FeasanceThis was honestly fantastic, I was entranced every moment of it. Such a tight experience with a compelling story, and it felt way longer than it was (and I mean that as a big compliment) to the point that when I hit the "loop" I was genuinely surprised. Amazing job everyone!
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TrainspottingYoh! I was so invested in this story and what would happen to the player. Ya'll have made such simple but beautiful world that is so easy to get immersed in. I love this take on the theme and the feeling of movement around the world. Nice work!
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YOU SEE NOWThis was so lovely. The ripples in the water were so good and such a clean mechanic of telling a story.
Really pretty, sound matched perfectly. Loved the story.
Don't know what the coins were for and would have loved some narrative about who you as the player were and how you tie into the story. But those seemed like mechanics for the game further on?
Really a great game, vibes were off the chart <3 well done
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YOU SEE NOWThanks so much! Appreciate the kind words and the feedback.
There is a "core" memory for each section that relies on you unlocking some smaller memories. If you go over the core memory before you've unlocked it you would see a tiny lock with two of those diamond "coins". Good to know that it's not super intuitive of what they do if you haven't seen the lock first, thanks for the feedback!
As you continue through the story... check the resemblance of your character to one of the other characters in the memories ;)
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