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I think it would've benefitted a lot from an actual tutorial! Was pretty confusing at first but a fun idea for sure!

This was QUALITY. I really love the 3D movement it genuinely looks really good and the animations and dialogue are very charming. I hope you'd continue working on the game!! No notes on the game itself so far :)

This was quite polished! I enjoyed the run and dodging mechanics. You have successfully made me scared of all chairs in my own apartment haha.

Even though this doesn't have music (which I prefer having), the sound effect of you moving around is so oddly satisfying hahaa. For your first game jam submission this is very polished!! (it is my team's first as well lol)  I could see how you could expand on this idea and I hope you do!! Congrats :)

I really enjoyed the deduction and the premise!! There are a few things to note tho:

• Web version's resolution is very tiny and I couldn't make it full screen either, had to zoom in to play
• Audio and sound is quite quiet, had it on full volume on speakers and I could barely hear it.
•  Would've been beneficial if the game had voice lines (yeah the time constraints for the jam does NOT help haha)
• The font for "listen", "dispatch", and "ignore" feel a bit out of place
• It would've been cool if you found a way to show the player the consequences of their choices a bit more than just the results at the end!

I would totally play this again if you decide to work on the game post jam!!  It was very fun playing as the ranger and I thought the tips Marv gave was quite creative too!! Cool entry :)

Awww I do understand!!! As a composer it would also drive me insane if I didn't get enough time to finish the pieces :sob: If the game gets updates and the music get updates as well please do let me know!! I really did like your tracks :) Your layering idea is very cool!! We did something similar haha

Oh wow an underrated gem!! I got the good ending first try :D Loved the art and the sound design a lot!! Did you guys compose the music as well? The eerie atmosphere of the game is done very well. I only have a few things to point out: 

• Adding menu music would have been nice
• Adding a clicking sound effect when you're pressing buttons on the screen would've been good 
• The background art and the character isn't consistent, but that may have been intentional and to be honest I kind of dig it? Mixed feelings on that, I liked how jarring it is compared to the background I guess
• Like somebody else said, black text over a dark background on the itch page is a bit hard to read

Honestly all of these points are incredibly nitpicky, You guys deserve more ratings!!

It's Undertale!! I enjoyed the puzzles but I will say, the background music loop is a bit off putting because of how short it is, and I think playing it on itch was a little weird coz the resolution is too high it wouldn't fit on my laptop screen perfectly (or at least it felt like that). I also agree with the first comment how the controls being a lie would turn people off from playing your game, coz I did feel a little frustrated even knowing that the controls might be different based on your description coz I thought the game wasn't working for at least a few seconds. I did very much enjoy the hidden trails and all that so props to that!! 

This should be more popular! I would say the sound effects were a bit overwhelming (especially the one where you're picking them up, would've been better if it's just a short sound effect instead of a full voice line), I would prefer if all of it is just gibberish. I really enjoyed that last credit scene where the developers all get their own pods!! I also didn't realise you actually get more than line of dialogue until the third level and it was not clear you're supposed to click on the dialogue box for the extra line, the controls are a little bit unclear in that sense. Other than that, this is such a charming space themed logic puzzle game, the art was cute and the music was fitting!! Good entry :)

Wish I could play the game but it's only on windows :( 

Loved the game!! The music is perfect for the vibes :) I enjoy the stealth mechanic so much!!

Nice use of the theme! Would've been cool to have some sound effects or background music I think, and I wished the last level was a bit more like the previous ones where you can't just simply trust the numbers like you normally do. It was very fun and I loved your twist on minesweeper! I agree with everyone else and thought the second level was the hardest purely because my brain was still figuring out the pattern but it was still pretty intuitive. Wish there were other modifiers for the last level (and the 4th one)!

I would've given you a higher rating for the audio if it weren't for the fact that it absolutely blasted my ears when the beat dropped in the menu, the dynamic range is a bit wide and could've used more compression, maybe the default volume could've been lower (just for reference my ears were blasted even though I was using my laptop speakers), and for some reason the music sounded a bit too piercing at first as well but that might just be personal preference on my end. All my complaints aside, the music DID make me feel tense and stressed as intended throughout the entire game and I do feel like it was very fitting, so props to the composer!!

The game has potential!! I LOVE the idea of AI compromising communication, but since the game isn't finished I don't think it was implemented properly yet. The way the game works feels a lot like escape room games back then!! I wonder if it was in any way inspired by that? I did wish there was a bit more to just the mechanics of the game. I would also say that the font size was quite tiny on my screen, not sure if it's my laptop's problem but it felt like I had to squint to read it.

Spoiler alert!!!! ||I did very much like the temperature hint thing, I'm not sure what it's supposed to do but if you do end up continuing to develop this game I'd like to see where it leads.||

Either way, cool entry, cool idea, would like to see where this leads :)

Thank you so much for your kind comment!! We might take your suggestion and continue working on this when we have time since we had plenty of things that are left unfinished. I am personally very flattered that you liked the music quite a bit haha, it means a lot!!

Cute idea!! The dialogues were very quirky and I did like the humour. I do really love the 2.5 D art as well, it really reminded me of Don't Starve!!
One thing I would add in the game is to notify the player when there is an exclamation mark to check, or maybe give them some sort of map so that they could see where the exclamation marks are!! I did think I was just walking around trying to figure out where the new dialogues are so it would be a helpful addition!!

This was a wonderful jam entry, thank you for the treat :)

Trying to keep this comment spoiler free.
This is a beautiful game, and I genuinely loved the sound design as well! I will say the fact that the wisps still stays even after following its trail makes it kind of confusing, and it was not very clear what happens during the "good ending" but I loved your play on the theme!! I also loved the world building elements and just the vibe of the game so much and obviously the 2.5D art is gorgeous. I really do wonder how you guys were able to pull this off in such a short amount of time! Thank you for gracing my eyes hahaha

P.S. The idea of the game was surprisingly very similar to our first idea our team had except we realised the way our initial idea developed had a scope far too big for us to even begin trying to do it for a game jam, especially on our first one.. so I'm genuinely very impressed by how you guys were able to keep the scope small and execute the idea so well!! Well done :)

Nice job :) Fits the theme quite well, I quite like the idea! I assume the hands were supposed to go where your actual mouse goes? It doesn't do that right now so the controls were a bit weird, but apart from that, nice.

P.S. You made this on scratch??? Dang

Hello! I really enjoyed the opening scene and liked your take on the theme. My main critic would be about the clunky movement, it feels like or looks like it accelerates at first and felt kind of weird. I wish there was a bit more to the story but obviously this is a game jam so it's hard to blame you!! Did seem like the end came a bit too soon but I do think you have a pretty good narrative idea here and I could see it being developed well!! I must say the intro humanoid art is weirdly charming haha :)

Aside from the sprites being layered a bit weirdly, I did very much enjoy the game! It's a very ragebaiting puzzle game but very satisfying once you get it. 

Really liked the dimension idea!! I like how it plays as well, though I would say the puzzles felt less like puzzles and it just required trial and error like Fresh said. This is nicely done :)

Hi! I will check out your game as well :)

https://purepani.itch.io/whispers-of-the-forest

Oh did you press tab? I assume you did since you realised you could, but if you didn't, press tab! Sorry for the buggy experience :(

P.S. That UI bug is beautiful

Addicting.

Aside from the pillars not aligning well with the perspective everything else is amazing (I almost feel bad for being nitpicky). I really enjoyed this game, really liked how the music was layered when you tell the minions to go, found your interpretation of the theme interesting (though I wish it was implemented in the game play as well), and you guys even had time to add the voice lines!! Very cool level design, thoroughly enjoyed it and would complete the game some time. Oh yeah it doesn't feel repetitive coz there is new mechanics every few levels as well!! Pacing was good too!! anyway im yapping at this point, good game.

Would be nice with sound effects I think!! The game is quite addicting but I suppose the game could be a bit more balanced because I was able to get to the goal on day 2 or day 3 on the first 2 goals. I like the cute animations on the like icons and loved your itch page!! helps with immersion :)

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the concept and the music :)

Hello! It would be nice if you could check out our game :) It's our first game jam (except for me it's my second lol)

https://purepani.itch.io/whispers-of-the-forest

Thanks! :)

I enjoyed the vibes of this game and being the villain, the humour was good!! It is clear that the game is decently polished and I enjoy the cute animations of the heroes. There was a pretty big difficulty spike at the end, might just be because I don't play these types of games normally? But I had fun!

P.S. the full screen screwed up the cross placement haha, no time to make the dungeon? XD 

Oh my goodness thank you for recognising our ideas!! Genuinely flattered that you relaunched the game just to listen to it again :sob: I really appreciate your encouragement :) We have fixed the font size, hopefully this helps!! 

Thank you for your feedback!! The font size is now fixed (as of a day or two ago? I don't remember) and I appreciate your compliments :)

You know what that's totally fair (referring to the part about not understanding why the first level was a lie) !! This is more so a shell of our original idea after all :sob: Thank you for checking the game out!!

Hey!! I really did enjoy the premise and had fun playing, while I know this is a game jam game it would've been cool if it was multiplayer :). I will say that I didn't quite enjoy keeping track of the game by looking at the top right corner only and would've maybe liked text bubbles for each character instead? I really did like the art but would've liked a bit more life to our characters (animations would've been cool)!! It was also sort of surprising how the track that's being played in the play area felt the most repetitive despite it being the scene we would spend the most time in (the soundtrack is good! I love the jazz). I feel like most of the things I have to say are just me nitpicking but I loved it!! Kudos to y'all for pulling this off in a week!!

SORRY none of us own a windows computer, but we will find a way to see if it is just your laptop or if it’s genuinely buggy!! Thank you for commenting anyway :)

That was great execution on the idea!! I really enjoyed the levels and the deduction is very fun (went through 30 levels in one sitting lol). However, I did think that some of the items were too powerful. Will try to actually beat this game some time :)

Thanks!! I'm very flattered
There was in fact a lot more to our idea but we didn't realise how hard it was to learn the game engine within a week!! Maybe we will keep updating the game after the game jam :)

This idea is fun!! Was hoping it was less luck based but it was quite entertaining. Time to sit with my thoughts and stay locked in the dungeon forever I guess XD (Hope you add the exit after the jam!)