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A jam submission

PurgatorioView game page

Awaken among strangers in a labyrinthine tower. Descend into the unknown and uncover their secrets in a post-war 1940s.
Submitted by Izzyyyx, REV, BloodborneFan2436, nad — 3 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Story#1214.0174.400
Overall Experience#1623.8344.200
Category: Music#1703.2863.600
Visuals#1763.8344.200
Category: Voice Acting#3211.2781.400
Category: Cinematography#3741.6431.800

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Content Warnings
Drug reference, Violence, Gambling reference, Mature Themes, Strong Language, Suggestions of Domestic Violence (Not Depicted but could be implied), Distressing Themes

Log Line
Awaken among strangers in a labyrinthine tower. Descend into the unknown and uncover their secrets in a post-war 1940s.

Team Credits & Cast
REV - Writing, Design ISAAC ALLEN - Programming, Writing, Design. Music KEVIN ALLEN - Music NAD - Graphic Design, Backgrounds, Design BloodborneFan2436/lvl99_dark_lord - ALL THE WONDERFUL SPRITES AND DRAWN ARTWORK, Design

Work Start Date
23/09/2026

Which engines and/or plugins did you use? (NaniNovel, Light.VN, etc.)
Renpy

University League Participant

No

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

First of all, congratulations on the title! I was browsing the games in the "Submissions in Need of Ratings" category, and yours was the first one to catch my attention. And I'm glad it did, even though I ended up playing it at 3–4 AM, right before going to bed. 😂

The story is fantastic! Congratulations on the visuals and audio as well, but the story was definitely my favorite part. I was curious to find out what would happen to Jack right up until the very end. I think I chose the most humane and empathetic options, because in the end, Jack seems to pass on peacefully, without any soul-searching or confessions.

In my opinion, this game deserves more votes! Anyway, good luck with your future projects! 👏

Developer

Thank you for the kind words, im glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Wow!!! You've done a great job making an incredibly intense and evocative game, especially given your start date. The character art is incredible, the music track (while a bit short) is extremely cool and uncanny in a very cool Paprika-like way that fits the weird mechanical purgatory perfectly, and the individual characters all feel quite strong and intriguingly complicated - which all means I can't wait until we get to see more of the doctor's story when you add it. The pacing throughout too is really impressive - the hit of the painting interaction landed extremely well, and after that I had a thought along the lines of "oh boy, here we go, this is going to be Good." And it was! I replayed a bit to explore each character's path, and that was also something very nicely tender and bittersweet. Even the backgrounds, while clearly a little less detailed than the sprites, had a really good vibe (though I'd love to see those weird landscapes rendered out too!). Hugely impressive job all around - big big congrats to the whole team!!!!

Developer(+1)

oh my daysss that's so nice of you, so glad you enjoyed and thank you so much for playing, especially the multiple paths! we'd definitely love to add more so your interest is greatly appreciated ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡

Submitted(+2)

Really good stuff you have here! I loved the art, and while there wasn't enough music for the runtime, I did really enjoy the atmosphere of the song. I would say the weakest point was the sound, getting some SFX from freesound would bring this to the next level. My favorite character was probably Florence but I also really appreciated the distinct look of the priest.

I agree that 5 days for something of this consistent quality is impressive - with more time I'm sure your team can create something really stunning. Great work by you guys !! 

Developer

thank you so much!! and yarr for certain, we'd love to flesh it out further, especially with the SFX and such, really appreciate you playing! <3◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜

(+3)

im so intrigued by the story and the character art done by BBF is absolutely stunning. everyone here did a great job, especially for 5 days of work. i dont have half the skill to make something like this in that amount of time. if you guys are planning to flesh it out post game jam i cant wait to see more!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such a lovely review! <3 We are definitely looking to polish up the game and add some cut content in the coming weeks. Appreciate you checking us out :D

(+4)

This game was clearly made by very attractive people. The music was fitting and atmospheric. the art was gorgeous. Henry is clearly 5 apples tall. Overall i enjoyed the game, my compliments to the chef!

(+3)

Is good.  Scared me.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing <3

(+3)

Enjoyed your game.  Will play again to see if outcome changes depending on choices.