Historically Accurate Game Jam 5

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The Blind JaskierView game page

A prohibition era speakeasy management simulation game

Submitted by Hikari 🎈, inann, Enya, ramfa — 4 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Graphics	#7	4.200	4.200
Thematic Relevancy	#7	4.300	4.300
Historical Accuracy	#9	4.100	4.100
Audio	#11	3.650	3.650
Overall	#12	3.750	3.750
Gameplay	#25	3.400	3.400

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

On what countries' history is the game based ?
The United States of America

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Welcome to The Blind Jaskier, a basement speakeasy in Prohibition era New York.
On the first floor, you run a soda shop as a front for your illegal establishment.
As the owner, make decisions on who to let in, how to restock your supply, and keep your operation financially afloat.

Inspired by the US Prohibition era of the 1920s.

Credit the makers of any assets you used below:
Music - "Blackbottom Stomp" by Jelly Roll Morton

Art - "1920s Butterick Autumn 1924 Quarterly Sewing Pattern Catalog 84"
Customers - Men from various fashion magazines from the period
Photo of 1920s maid illustration found on Pinterest
Speakeasy secret door illustration - Fanny Brice Goucho

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Errol 🦇Submitted4 years ago(+1)

The graphics are amazing - an original concept that really makes the game stand out! I really liked the passwords, too. Sometimes it didn't feel like the options made a difference to gameplay, and it would've been nice to see different ending cards for different outcomes. Great game overall though!

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The Curse of Nodens

jonathanmccSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Very slick presentation - love the Cotton Club 20s style font for the titles.
Interesting trying to sort out the possible stooges from the real customers - anyone on the guest list was let in, and anyone else who came close to the password, I let in too.
Unfortunately, even though I bought in the best hooch, I managed to poison all my customers and lost.

At least I didn't get raided :).

The graphical style is really well done with the illegal bar below the shop.
Maybe some more clues of what each option is going to do in the morning section would help, and it would be good if the customer was highlighted in the guest list - I had to scan the list for each customer which became tedious pretty quickly.

It defintely has potential - maybe you could expand the management role to include breaking up fights, paying off the police etc

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Scéal - The Story Of Ireland

OSGSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Very nice game! I like how you interpreted the realities of the time as game mechanics. My only gripe is that the text was hard to read at times. Overall, nice job!

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Cape of Torments

EnyaDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you for playing!
Was that in the web version or the downloadable one? Was the size the problem or the text bleeding in the background?

OSGSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

It's the background when reading the names of the guests, it's a bit of an eye-sore to me because I have to constantly compare with the list.

EnyaDeveloper4 years ago

Gotcha! I'll see what we can do about it! Thank you so much.

Charlestone0Submitted4 years ago(+1)

Really liked the graphics and the way you combined 3d with 2d assets.

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Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago (1 edit)

Hey thanks for giving it a play! I appreciate it! :D

Robin Toller HovlerSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Really nice and unique looking game, liked the vibe and the music! A very cool style and I could definitely see me spending a lot more time with this game in the event of more content and more meat. :)

I did, however - struggle a bit with understanding the mechanics behind it. As others have said before me, I see - I got the message about poisoning my customers very often and I don't see what I'm doing wrong? Even if I put prices low, choosing to keep original content and import - I don't get the poisoning message noticeably less than if I would go the opposite way. And also, I get a lot of broken hearts, like, in many days I have 100% broken hearts even if alcohol is imported, unthinned and low-priced? :o The fact that I didn't really see my choices having any impact made me think I've understood something wrong? :)

Gameplay-wise ranking would probably be a bit less from me - but the look, story and sound of the game is a lot of stars!

I will definitely get back to give this game another go if there is some hint of what I should change or think about when playing. :D

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Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Wow, thank you for the feedback and sharing your thoughts, I really appreciate that! I can definitely see how the feedback from the customers can be confusing, I'll definitely give it a think on how to communicate the logic of the customers better and hopefully add it into the game! I'll definitely be sure to drop a message if I can get to it! Thanks again! :D

Robin Toller HovlerSubmitted4 years ago

Cool! I will be waiting eagerly for it! :D

Tymedust GamesSubmitted4 years ago(+1)

Great graphics and music, both really complementing each other. I liked that you had to double check your guest list for the right people. Overall had a lot of fun with it, great concept. :)

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The Skirmish at Bender

Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago(+1)

Thank you for checking it out!

TrevorocalypseSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

I'd like to formally apologize to the hundreds of people I've poisoned, but this game is too enjoyable to stop anytime soon. They knew the risk lol

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Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago(+1)

lol absolutely valid, thanks so much for playing!

sampyxisSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Love the 2d cut outs - great game.

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Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago (1 edit)

Thank you for playing! :D

MaiGamesDevSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Good most alcoholic-game!

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The Battle of Bubat

Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago

Thanks for giving it a look! :D

luthfialdiheSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

Great concept! However, the game's screen size is too large for my small screen; this leads to me not being able to read the How to Play fully. The gameplay is simple but fascinating though. I really enjoyed declining and approving customer's password. Overall, great job!

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Bandel Battalion

EnyaDeveloper4 years ago

Thank you for playing and for the kind words :3 The screen size being a problem is something we will definitely try to fix in the next build.

Ibrahim208Submitted4 years ago(+2)

i just got 'you poisoned your costumers' message everytime i played lol

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EnyaDeveloper4 years ago

That can happen a lot yea, yea. Game balancing is a challenge, but also, there are choices that allow you to reduce chance of poisoning ;)

We may come back to adjusting some things and add a proper tutorial period later tho. Thank you for your feedback!

AleshaniSubmitted4 years ago(+2)

I absolutely loved it ! Like your graphics choices, the music and the gameplay. If I had to make one negative point, I didn't get why my clients were mad when I took all the options to make them happy.

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Hikari 🎈Developer4 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much for playing and leaving feedback Aleshani! We'll definitely take it and try to work it into the next iteration!