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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #693 | 4.117 | 4.117 |
| Narrative | #802 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Audio | #1811 | 3.267 | 3.267 |
| Creativity | #2902 | 3.505 | 3.505 |
| Enjoyment | #3021 | 3.126 | 3.126 |
Ranked from 206 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The player is stuck in a loop (repetitive sequence) that can only be broken if anomalies are found within the loop.
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The artwork is amazing! Had a lot of fun playing :)
Great visuals and really cool anomaly game! I havent played anomaly games before because I thought they'd be boring but this was definitely enjoyable and had me paying close attention the environment. Good stuff :)
Awesome graphics!
Well done! :D
Loved the music and art but would love the loop to be explored a bit more, and maybe some kind of resolution at the end?
thanks for playing! perhaps if we build it out more there can be more of a resolution for sure
Good vibe and concept. The game has simple and fun for me, want to play it more.
i've seen this concept a few times now in this jam. the train setting is a good choice for it. nice job!
I got thrown off more than a few times by the grab handles disappearing and reappearing from one car to the next and that apparently not being the correct anomaly, but otherwise I really like the concept - I think you could make it way spookier, too >:)
yep makes sense, fair to call out - pasting a response i wrote for a similar previous comment. hope this helps!
"the initial idea was that every train car would be unique in its own way, and that anomalies are spooky variations of any of these train cars. so then the game loop would require you to remember not just one train car in the train, but all of them.
in the end we didn't have time to make the train cars too unique (would require a LOT more art assets), so we settled with chair colors and handlebars as ways to differentiate the cars. but then i totally get how those could get misconstrued as anomalies. i think if we did make the cars different enough, this wouldn't be that much of an issue, but i could stand corrected."
Simple idea but good execution. Nice art and atmosphere.
Cool concept and great execution!
Absolutely love the vibes of the pixel art!
Give my game a rating if u want as well :)
thanks for playing, rated!
Cool idea! I love the pixel art and simplistic controls.
loved it, the idea is the same as in my game
Loved your PixelArt!
I would love your rating to my game! its Pixel Art too, take a look
Amazing polish for this one! I only wish it would show you the difference after you lose, so you would know what to look for
love the pixel art! as other said before, I had trouble understanding it and finding the differences
Loved this game
It was a bit hard to understand at first but once I got it I loved it
glad you stuck around long enough to figure it out!
it was too interesting i couldnt stop :D
Nice game. It was a bit hard for me to spot the differences.
I especially liked the art and sound, it's well done! Simple concept, a pixel art Exit 8, but it works fine.
It wasn't clear at first that I had to cycle through many wagons to find the different one, I thought it would be one among the first 3.
Good job!
thanks for playing, and glad to hear you figured it out! definitely agree a clearer tutorial would have been really helpful
The atmosphere and audio are oozing with style. Very cool. I waited so long to see if something was going to happen to the lady and never did. Also I got really frustrated with the game at one point because I couldn't spot the difference and just hit up on the doors randomly hoping to get it. Otherwise pretty fun. Aesthetics are on point tho.
thanks for playing! didn't think about adding an easter egg on the lady, but a great idea!
some anomalies are harder than others, so on some runs you might be staring a lot, but other runs they'll be obvious :)
Solid game. I liked it, and it can be terrifying. It is hard to get into at the beginning but later I got I had to spot the anomalies. Good game