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A jam submission

FixationView game page

Change is inevitable.
Submitted by ABlotOfInk (@BlotOfInk), mercycamore, reena doeblessings, necrominty — 5 days, 7 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall Experience#394.6674.667
Category: Voice Acting#404.0004.000
Story#604.4174.417
Category: Music#834.0834.083
Visuals#874.5004.500
Category: Cinematography#1213.7503.750

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Content Warnings
Kidnapping, Body Horror, Medical Horror, Nonconsensual Surgery, Corpses, Gore, Violence, Death, Cannibalism, Emetophobia (mild), Needles, Narcotics, Nonconsensual contact, Profanity

Log Line
Being exceptional is all well and good, until it earns you the wrong kind of attention. You might be able to escape from what this doctor has planned for you-- but can you do it intact?

Team Credits & Cast
@aBlotofInk, @necrominty, @mercycamore Original Score by Reena Pang (@doeblessings) Voice Acting by Max Ngoh

Work Start Date
09/01

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

University League Participant

No

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Comments

Submitted (1 edit) (+4)

Wow! I am very intrigued and even more amazed at how much was completed in this game jam! Where to start? The artwork very colorful and intriguing. Loved the UI elements and the mechanics of the dice roll. The music was very captivating and I found myself jamming out to it! The voice acting, TOP NOTCH. I’m excited to see more! Mad science rules! Muhahaha! 

Submitted(+4)

Really appreciated that you included "fawn" in your list of trauma responses.  That one gets missed a lot.  I also liked how the four trauma responses represent survival tactics because that is exactly what they are and I've never seen anyone else use them that way in gameplay.
Hope you consider expanding  this game!  I'd really like it if I had more of a chance to grow dependent on the original stat build  so that post-op could feel more devastating.

P.S.
"Oh what a beautiful monster I've made" is my daily affirmation now.

Developer

Thank you so much we're all so glad you liked it! The moment where traditional rpg stats switch over to the four F's was that zinger moment that ultimately made us really inspired to make this game idea for Spooktober! Glad the concept landed well for you! We do have one extra ending planned for the fawnners that we didn't get around to doing for the jam. 

YEAH! Go be your beautiful monster self!! >:3

Submitted(+4)

Complete masterpiece. From the delightfully eye-catching UI to the stats and dice roll mechanics (and the nail-biting tension as you wait for the results) to the sound design (the footsteps following me freaked me out!) this is cool as all hell. The growly voice acting is perfect for scene-setting. The fact that there's different 'classes' for your character is so, so cool, and they all tell such an interesting story that you're missing out if you don't try all of them. I went through a LOT of playthroughs to get that damn doctor locked up for life, and I finally got him! I feel so pumped. 

There was one ending where the text started escaping off the bottom of the page and jumped around slightly, but I'm having trouble remembering which one now. I think it was either the sewer escape or the failed phone call? I meant to make a note for you guys, but. Well. I was having fun. 😂

Developer(+1)

Wow thank you! It means a ton that you cared enough about the story to explore getting so many endings. XD There's not many 'good' endings, but I'm glad you figured one out!

Right now we're working on patching a couple typos and trying to make a browser version available before buckling in on a larger patch. So I'll be sure to add in a note to double check all the endings for any stray text. Thank you!

Submitted(+4)

This game deserves WAY more attention. 

Ridiculously good soundtrack (which you should totally upload or make available to listen to somewhere), multiple smoothly implemented game mechanics that are easy to understand and don't feel out of place (massive accomplishment), and a very visually appealing art-style that is both CREEPY and cool. You all did such an amazing job with this and I am absolutely hyped to see whatever updates or followups you all do with this or other projects. 

Really great and inspiring work. 

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you enjoyed the music!! Rest assured we will upload a streamable / downloadable version at some point in the near future, probably not long after judging is completed. 🦌🪽

Submitted(+4)

PEAK! What a fantastic story and gameplay! The voice acting is flawless, and the way you added RPG mechanics into the game is great. The art is unique, and the different ways you can play the story (with the variety of characters and stats) is wholesome. I really loved your game, amazing job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for playing and enjoying! Made our day to hear such nice words :D 

Submitted

You welcome guys :) Keep doing it!

(+4)

The twist with stats was fantastic!! Oh how I love when characters are stripped from their main virtue and advantage.  Really enjoyed timed choices and how careful you need to be with them. Still trying to get all possible endings but my main critique is lack of ending gallery or just numeration of sorts. Overall really fun game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for your kind words! Yeah we're hoping to get a lot of those quality of life features in the coming months, we just didn't quite manage it during the jam time. I'm hoping to upload an endings guide sometime this week too!