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How does your game interpret and use the Theme / Halloween?
The way our game interprets the 'Halloween' theme is more the ambience of fall; bright orange and yellow leaves, sun shining past the folliage, and the echos of leaves rustling around. Additionally, we added traditional 'Halloween' items, like pumpkins and creepy sounds.
They way our game interpreted the theme: "It only comes out at night" is mainly through our owl; the antagonist of the game which only comes out at night. In an attempt to feed your kids, you must go out at night, dodging the risk of dying a brutal death in your attempt for food.
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Have you participated in a game jam before this one?
Roughly how much time did you spend developing? (in hours)
65
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Made by the four of us at H.O.N.K. over about four days in Godot. thanks for playing!
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I love the idea of playing as a little mouse looking for food for its babies while trying to avoid an owl. It’s so cute, but just thinking about the trip back makes me nervous! LOL ...hahah... If you get a chance, we’d love for you to try our jam entry and leave a rating too.
those tiny pink mice in the stump sold the whole idea for me. i liked going from that quiet little den to grass taller than my head with the orange trees lighting up the sky. i took the long way around a root and could still see the canopy from the clearing but once i was back in the grass i couldnt tell which tree hid the den.
id put something low and recognizable near home like three pale stones leading to the stump. even better if the den gave you a little scent pulse when you stop moving so theres a way back after dark without sticking an arrow on the screen the whole time. i also tried holding click on the big yellow pumpkin at the grass edge and couldnt tell whether it was scenery or whether i was too far away. a small hand icon only on food you can actually grab and a ring that fills while you hold would clear that up. one easy pickup on the way out of the stump would let you try bringing food back and see what feeding the litter changes before you head for the deeper woods.
if anyone on the honk team is up for a turn playing the cat id love for each of you to try purr or treat the midnight reef and leave your own rating and feedback.
fun to be in the perspective on a mouse. i must admit i had trouble learning the controls, overall nice effort. the music was wonderful.
I liked the idea for the game but as it is it needs more work.
The idea of looking for food for food for your kids is fine, but I got lost easily. There could be some landmarks, or stuff like rocks, so I could climb on top and look for the den. There are also some bugs. It feels like every pumpkin had a huge hitbox around it.
The presentation could use some more polish too. I'm cool with low-poly graphics, but it seem like the only sound in your game is the music. Adding some forest and... mouse sounds would add to the atmosphere.
As for the theme, you could have explored it more too. I didn't get to the owl (sorry), and the Halloween was only represented by fall colors and pumpkins.
Over all- I appreciate the ambition, but I think you overshot. For a 4 day jam it's better to cut scope and deliver more polished, short experience than a bigger one, that's overscoped.
I got lost the moment i moved out but i liked the Idea with the owl. The music fits the mood and was calming at Day time.
Fast moving, I got lost where is my den. Maybe some indicator where is home? fun game when get the controls in my head. Music is just great, calm background music. Great job.