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5 Minutes Before Halloween

By glaas

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall9113.4228
Fun12112.9827
Innovation12602.8827
Theme12463.1328
Graphics5973.7828
Audio2493.8427
Humor4043.2825
Mood2923.8827

Comments

groggdew 2020-10-05 23:14

Great job! I love ur art-style and atmosphere!

glaas 2020-10-05 23:50

@groggdew Thank you so much ! I absolutely loved your entry !

groggdew 2020-10-06 08:21

@glaas thank u<3

aran-ink 2020-10-06 23:38

Loving the music and atmosphere! The controls felt pretty floaty to me, and I found it a little frustrating to move around, especially inside the maze.

A shorter "loop" time might help with encouraging people to play through multiple times to find everything, along with a map of some kind to help remember where things were in previous attempts.

blind-lemon-games 2020-10-07 04:55

love the text effects (very *spoopy*). nice mood, great entry. Also felt frustrated moving around. like the art, nice little world.

frigow 2020-10-07 13:18

Really like the idea, the different character sprites are great and the gameplay "loop" is fun (even with the sometimes clanky controls), very nice entry :D

glaas 2020-10-08 20:02

@aran-ink Thanks for the feedback ! I agree on the duration of the loop. As I will update the game to make it slightly bigger, I might also extend the time. Thanks again ♥

glaas 2020-10-08 20:03

@blind-lemon-games Sp000py :D Yeah I'll rewrite the controls completely, AI was not the way to go. Thanks for the feedback !

glaas 2020-10-08 20:03

@frigow That is so nice of you, thank you so much !! I loved your entry !!

majadroid 2020-10-08 20:11

I really like the mood of the, especially because of the great audio. I also like your character design. Controls could be a bit smoother, maybe WASD-movement? But overall a good game!

tricky-fat-cat 2020-10-08 20:13

The idea is pretty interesting, as it encourage to replay the game and look for something new.

wolfier 2020-10-08 20:17

Personally I would gone with arrows or WASD,

The bar on the top left was incorrect by the seems of it, the game seems to pass you even at 135 points but the bar doesn't fill up all the way. If that was intentional then i would of added a line where you need to pass to win.

The text effects were lovely and the music design/choice was well done, the graphics were well themed.

bentebent 2020-10-08 20:23

Making a game with spooks for October instantly scores point for me, especially when you manage to be on theme as well! The best part is without a doubt chatting with the different characters, it's both charming and funny. I had a good time trying to get a truly Sp000py outfit, well done!

charlotte-raymond 2020-10-08 20:27

I agree with the other players that I wish the motion controls were ASWD or arrow keys, but overall I liked the theme! I was spoooooppyyyy! :) Lovely art and audio!

skleembof 2020-10-08 20:40

Love the theme and the graphics but the movement felt awkward. I like the idea of having to hunt for scary costume parts by talking to people and getting hints but there wasn't enough time to talk to someone and then walk to where you think the costume piece is, but I guess that's part of the game mechanics. Using what you learned in previous nights good work!

probeprob 2020-10-08 20:41

Great game and athmosphere. Was there an item in the maze? I found it hard to search in it. And is 160 the best possible or can you get more? Also very cool graphics.

geraldfingburke 2020-10-08 22:07

Very well done. The theme didn't really come across for me, but it really didn't have to. I had a lot of fun with this one. It took a couple of tries but I finally got the 'Scary' score.

toulou 2020-10-09 17:03

The game looks awesome! I would love to see this kind of style on a full game!

The game in itself is quite charming, I like the interactions with the characters. I agree with the other comments thought, the controls feel weird. I get it works like a point n' click, but often the pathfinding is weird and my character ends up going back because he think I want to go behind a bush instead of in front of.

Aside from that, great game, very fun and cute! Oh and I recognized the reference with the character design ;)

sidonie-go 2020-10-09 18:07

Great job! I love your art and the music :) Maybe you you might have used the keyboard keys instead of the mouse for directional controls for smoother movements.

jvdwijk 2020-10-10 22:26

This was a fun game! The characters had fun dialogue and findings the masks was pretty enjoyable! The movement seemed a bit weird but it did work for the game. Well done ^^

tunahead 2020-10-14 19:38

It was very nice to explore the Map :) And to interact with all the Characters :)

Also...I really loved the Graveyard!