Dear John

lazenman 2020-10-05 22:32

The atmosphere is excellent especially in the shift in tone with music and the light it did put me on edge. But there are issues like I have to reset the game because I can't leave a zoomed in camera like at the table or the key holder if I already took the item, as well as the lighting in the dark parts on the character and his lack of animation was a little jarring. I think you should keep at these sort of games because the mood really carried my opinion on this game.

tinykidtoo 2020-10-06 00:47

Really cool effects with the clouds and background. A nice mood for this story. Although, I got stuck when the camera zoomed in on the office table. I couldn't get back out of it.

testuser 2020-10-06 04:54

That sucks that this was based on true events...

givit-game-studios 2020-10-06 05:32

Hi all thank you for the playing the game and I am sad about the bug the ending makes the whole experience better. I am going to do patch today to fix the player animation but also fix the camera bug. Again thank you for taking the time to play my game.

mekuri 2020-10-06 18:15

Damn you had me enthralled! A few quirks here and there, but all in all a nice game. I never got what the idea with the chair moving around was? Anyways, I was entertained, you did a splendid job! Thanks for sharing :-)

danyvk 2020-10-06 18:33

Now John is my best friend

ancient-pixel 2020-10-06 18:50

I loved the idea about it being that one room and how the details change a bit. It seems like it just needs a little polishing to be pretty perfect. Eg sometimes it was hard to hit the are for the desk, or i could open the jewelry box without a key. The mood is great, its always a good sign if you dont notice how good the music is, because its just part of the whole thing, instead of being one thing that came out great.

eugenik 2020-10-07 02:18

nice soundtrack.

midorimelody 2020-10-07 03:53

Love the graphics.

etrealjunior 2020-10-07 10:42

I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection

zgragselus 2020-10-07 19:25

One room, many changes.

I enjoyed it, I didn't get the chair though. The game is polished, but I was suffering with pixel hunting a bit. Music was subtle, but built up the mood.

Keep up the good work!

dans17 2020-10-07 21:50

I liked the story, and you did a fantastic job setting the mood! I only wish that there was some more variety of puzzles to solve, rather than just looking for letters.

clemonades 2020-10-08 17:26

Wow, idk how you did this in such a short timeframe. Congrats!

samuel-hollywood-summers 2020-10-09 16:20

I can't interact with the jewelry (US)/ jewellery (UK) box (see spelling!) when I first re-enter the room. I restarted the game and tried again, and both with and without the key, I just can't interact with it. I have not rated the game because I don't really feel like I've experienced it. Am I missing something, or is it a bug?

harrm 2020-10-09 21:53

Cool visuals and narrative, but this lonely room amidst nothing with one man floating inside gives a gloomy impression.

anant-ahuja 2020-10-09 22:10

I really wanted to play and rate your game but the Mac build was super laggy. Like so laggy that I couldn't even click on the play button to start it. The menu was lagging.

heyycap 2020-10-10 02:57

I could not find anything to do past the 1st room. Also, I'm sure the graphics look great on your end but they get really wonky inside the room with crazy dark shadows that make it hard to see where anything is. The background seemed to work though. The music seemed way too epic for the gameplay/story as far as I could tell (I know you opted out of that category).

givit-game-studios 2020-10-12 06:13

@samuel-hollywood-summers in what level did you struggle? Maybe a bit more information can help me out to see if there is a problem. But thank you for playing.

@anant-ahuja sorry to hear that, yeah I haven't tested the game on Mac to properly optimize it, I unfortunatly ran out of time, but I am trying to fix it as a "post" jam entry. So that you can atleast try the game and the experience of it.

@heyycap the hint is the key in level 2. Try that. Can you maybe send me a screenshot of the game so that I can see what you see. Because everything looks fine on my end. You can send via Twitter @givit_games

anrqangel 2020-10-16 19:29

This was quite fun, I love this point and click style, made me nostalgic.. Great graphics, although the walking animation was broken most of the time, good mood and music.. all in all a very good fun game..

twistedhawk 2020-10-23 21:55

This is spectacular! I love the story line, game, and use of the theme to find out the truth of a mystery! Is there multiple endings to it, such as something that is done with the key?