Spooktober 5th Annual Visual Novel Jam

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A jam submission

Stares BackView game page

The signs brought you here.

Submitted by StephenW313 (@StephenW313) — 4 days, 5 hours before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Story	#7	4.867	4.867
Music	#16	4.600	4.600
Sound Effects	#21	4.333	4.333
Overall	#29	4.600	4.600
Halloween Themed	#57	4.200	4.200
Log Line	#66	4.133	4.133
Character Designs	#82	4.333	4.333
Voice Acting	#82	2.333	2.333
Game Page Design	#87	3.800	3.800
Accessibility	#91	3.867	3.867
User Interface Design	#105	3.667	3.667
Game Graphic & Logo Design	#106	3.800	3.800

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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ellesig20212 years ago

Telescopes.... NOT EVEN ONCE! The story and ideas presented in this story were very interesting. I enjoyed reading this out loud with my best friend.

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AimVTuber2 years ago(+1)

Really suspenseful, especially during the telescope parts, and I like that it gave me the heebie-jeebies without just outright jumpscaring me. Always a lot to think about after a StephenW313 game !

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belleinpastelSubmitted2 years ago

I really enjoyed this one!! Legit gave me the spooks at some parts. I was totally invested with where the plot was going all the way through.

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This Magical Girl is a B⭐tch

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ebi-himeSubmitted2 years ago

leaving a comment here too because this!!! is really good!!!!!
love how much art there is, the creepy sound effects, and the interactive elements. the only spooktober vn i read so far which managed to legit freak me out haha

aah, it's a bit unfortunate that the game seems to be forced into fullscreen mode(?) and my laptop has an unusual resolution, which meant the sides of the game were cut off throughout my whole playthrough, which made it a bit hard to read all of the text...
but i really enjoyed this entry despite that, which goes to show how good it is!

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Eldritch Idol

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StephenW313Developer2 years ago

I'm so sorry about the fullscreen thing! I set up all the menus so they'd scale for any possible aspect ratio, I wonder why it cut off... I have a bad habit of skipping quality of life options-- definitely gonna try to kick that for future jams. Thanks for letting me know, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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letriumvirat2 years ago

Though I have some reservations on character design, this was an incredible experience. Strong concept, amazing atmosphere. Only wish the end was a bit more climatic. But otherwise, this really was immersive, smart and creepy. Fantastic job

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strawberrybunnz2 years ago

Your games never disappoint

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axus2 years ago

Off to a good start, though I had to turn off a monitor when launching the game, so that it'd show on the monitor I wanted!

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jester862 years ago

This is amazing, and I hope everyone plays it.

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