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God Veins

By dagon

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2243.8121
Fun3883.4421
Innovation2573.5521
Theme1884.0721
Graphics4693.5721
Audio3383.4420
Humor2.3415
Mood84.5520

Comments

derllie 2025-04-08 13:45

You really put some effort into this game, very cool!

alexis-brochec 2025-04-08 13:49

Really cool concept. Great entry, Maybe we should block the left access until the other elevators are open. Because I didn't accidentally skip days.

tugaryn 2025-04-08 14:06

Cool atmosphere likes It's a little unclear what's needed plus I don't know if they get things randomly. But thanks well done!

dazylude 2025-04-08 14:26

A fun experience, enjoyed some of the events, especially the "big red arrow, 'gold here'" one. Got the gold needed to buy the bibles to help out 3 other guys hunted by the monster-devils from it (b^_^)b

frogtownmatt 2025-04-08 14:38

It took me like 4 tries but I finally found god. Very cool game with such a tiny constrained scope. The feeling of opening a lift and seeing no response after sending them on a dangerous task, it was great. Great job, fun game.

koolruz 2025-04-08 14:51

Really moody and creepy (in a good way)! I loved the CRT scanline filter you had going as well. I agree with the above commenter that you might want to give the player a hint that they need to open the closed elevator doors, because I definitely skipped day 1 as well. Other than that, my only real critique is that the events started looping before the story progressed further (if there is an end-state to it), so it was unclear if I ought to keep playing to get to the end, or if I had seen all that there was to be seen!

Also, the first time I opened the elevator doors and there was nothing to be found there (nor any acknowledgement from the game), it hit hard - Great call just letting the doors open silently, instead of adding any text telling the player that they got no response/a crewmember had died.

dot-ex 2025-04-08 16:07

Снимок экрана 2025-04-08 210618.png God left my game :( I liked the atmosphere

scoobysnacks 2025-04-09 20:31

Wow, the goal is very intriguing - I knew I’d find something creepy eventually. I really liked that you’re not the one going into the caves yourself, but instead you're the one giving orders and supplying the team.

texugo 2025-04-10 13:25

I found God! Nice vibes, great work!

oddmes 2025-04-14 13:09

The premise is very intriguing and minimalizm in mechanics is really well placed. The best narrative delivery I've seen in this LD. But in the end, I felt messages and a jumpscare doesn't live up to the premise.

borabee 2025-04-14 21:06

Consegui finalmente depois de 3 tentativas! hehe

Achei que você conseguiu criar uma ambientação muito boa no jogo. Misturando os controles simples, arte minimalista e a trilha sonora, passou muito forte essa sensação de tensão de ter que tomar as decisões, tendo a vida desses exploradores na sua mão, mas também uma certa falta de controle. O gameplay é simples, mas tem esses pequenos detalhes que criam muita imersão, tipo pedirem alguma coisa urgente e você não ter dinheiro pra mandar, você só abrir o tubo e não chegar nenhuma mensagem.... Isso foi muito impactante :') As histórias que eles iam contando também, que se misturavam com coisas da vida pessoal deles, mostravam um pouco de personalidade e também um pouco de loucura e que te faziam se perguntar onde eles tão se metendo... Enquanto você está na sua salinha...

Outra coisa que achei legal foi que você usou o tema de uma forma até que previsível (exploradores indo cada vez mais fundo), mas conseguiu se diferenciar da maioria com essa temática forte da história por trás e também pela diferença de não ser o próprio personagem do jogador que está descendo.

Enfim, parabéns pelo jogo, ficou bem divertido e brilhou muito nessa parte de mood e de causar uma reação emocional no jogador!

xivo 2025-04-15 15:45

Potencial absurdo esse. A gameplay é bem simples, mas a narrativa e o mistério todo me deixaram muito engajado do começo ao fim, ansioso pra ver os resultados das minhas escolhas num dado dia. Bom trabalho! Gostei bastante!

perrin 2025-04-19 12:36

Wonderfully bleak mood and it really executes a lot with very little. I will say you seem to lose people and get locked out perhaps too easily. Having someone demand a $500 bible when I have nothing like that kind of income is tough to get past without just giving up.

piero-pbes-studio 2025-04-21 07:01

oh yeah it's a god mine...

yopox 2025-04-21 13:39

It would be nice to warn about the jumpscare :( I needed a bible right from the start but it is too expensive.