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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall Experience | #124 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
| Category: Music | #134 | 3.588 | 3.588 |
| Visuals | #139 | 4.176 | 4.176 |
| Category: Cinematography | #149 | 3.529 | 3.529 |
| Story | #164 | 3.765 | 3.765 |
| Category: Voice Acting | #223 | 1.765 | 1.765 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Work Start Date
September 10, 2026
Which engines and/or plugins did you use? (NaniNovel, Light.VN, etc.)
Pico 8
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No
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Comments
Beautiful game. I've considered using Pico8 to make narrative games but I've always thought it was impossible to make something good due to the heavy limitations: well you proved me wrong, this is incredible!
Thanks for the feedback! Nowadays, I use PICO-8 to flesh out ideas, and many of my games have been remade. I love coding in Lua. Best wishes from Brazil! If you’d like to check out my work, you can find me on Instagram at @rafaelgameaudio.
I like your idea.
Thanks for the feedback!
Woah this is really cool, I love the interactivity of the objects the scary visual effects and scan lines really make you question what's happening and what's real.
Very cool.
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I work with game audio and am a solo Lua developer; I love PICO-8, even with all its limitations.
This was really good, you managed to pull a lot of tension out of a limited run time.
Thanks for the feedback.
Very cool! You've done a great job using Pico-8 to make something really creepy and atmospheric. Was a little confused about the story, but I think I got the gist, and it was definitely creeping me out! Might need to play again and see if I can follow it a little better and try for the other endings.
Would love to see more! Keep making cool stuff :)
Edit: Also was fun to see another game called Dead Air about spooky radio signals hehe :)
Thanks a lot for the feedback. You know Pico-8 is quite limited, but I did my best. I have some cool games for it on Itch—like *Freddy Krueger*, *Slasher*, and *Gold*, among others. I hope you enjoy them! Follow me on Instagram at @rafaelgameaudio; I post new games there. Thanks again—best regards from Brazil.
This is so cool, I really enjoyed this game, great story and atmosphere, lots of tension, great job!!!
This feedback is important to me, as Pico-8 is extremely restrictive. I try to do my best with it—thanks.
Me and my Partnered played this earlier and we really loved the aesthetic and vibe of the game. The story was a tad confusing but we got the gist of it near the end since the story itself wasn't that long. IT was a bit hard to read some text but that's mainly cause of the theme/retro aesthetic (for example we couldn't tell if the W was a u but it didn't hinder our experience) Overall a neat game!
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, Pico-8 is very restrictive, so getting something out of it is tricky—but I'm learning. I work in game audio; the dev side is a hobby I'm currently learning.