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A jam submission

I SWEAR THERE WAS A DOORView game page

Brackeys Game Jam 2026.1!
Submitted by Boju — 1 hour, 27 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#2543.5243.524
Theme#2663.6433.643
Audio#2733.3573.357
Overall#3283.3573.357
Gameplay#3403.1903.190
Visuals#3553.6673.667
Innovation#6382.7622.762

Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
Aesthetics weren't enough for us. I Swear There Was A Door features a procedural dungeon system that is constantly overwriting itself. The goal was to create a game where even the places you've been to before feel strange and unfamiliar. Turn back to a previous room, and it might not be the same as you left it! Hence, the name: "I Swear There Was A Door." We hope our game elicits the same response you have as when you swear there was a door.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
None.

How many people worked on the game?
5

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Submitted

Hey getting some last minute ratings in! I've been looking for a non euclidean game this whole jam, and this is the closest I've found! nice art and atmosphere, I think the concept is super solid. If I had one nit pick its that the gun feels kinda weak, like it's not really doing much, but that purely aesthetic. overall nice job, I was hoping someone would make a game like this.

Submitted

Great art and cool music, easy to understand and fun experience overall. One thing that would be nice is some kind of bullets when shooting.

Submitted

I really liked the character and the way he holds the ak. Also really good work with the elevator and giving the player the understanding how everything works without any explanations! Overall a nice experience.

Submitted

Nice visuals and it actually did a good job with the procedural room mechanism that brings the feeling that the last door you just entered might not be the same when you came back to the previous door sometimes. I do feel like the layout of the "next room" and spawning of the enemies can be a bit unfair, as sometimes the door just teleport me a the weird corner next to a doorway that had me stuck and there can be 3 enemies spawned too close to me that it's impossible for me to escape and shoot, lead to soft locks or game over.

But still, nice to see that procedural dungeon can be done like this in a week!

Submitted

Very cool idea, and well executed! Great job.

Submitted

Thank you for making this game. I had fun. Very well-made, polished game, and I can see the programmer knows what he is doing. Some tips for the future. Camera shake when firing gives the guns ummfff. Hit stops (Google hit stops) add a lot more juice when taking damage. Otherwise, your scene controller is very well made. I enjoyed it a lot.

Submitted

Nice game. Love the music and visuals, however, some more sounds except gunshots would be nice. Took a while to figure out how to earn money on 1 level :D

Submitted

Love the gameplay, really cool and funny

Submitted

nice game but i think i encountered a bug. after unlocking the second stage where the first enemies spawn i entered the elevator and as i went out i was in a room with only one exit. this exit led me to another room with no exit so i just had these 2 rooms to go back and forth between :/


other then this i think the enemies hitbox could have been a bit more forgiving and a pause menu with a slider to adjust volume would have been great!


Still had fun, and i really enjoyed the pixel art style gameworld!

Submitted

Full adrenaline!! Every new level felt exciting, good bridge using elevator in between. The music &  artsyle slapped hard

Submitted

Very fun game! That was super cool, and I totally got lost over and over. Great job

Submitted

Pretty nice! I enjoyed it. I just think the first two levels had a few too many empty rooms; other than that, I really enjoyed playing.

Submitted

really fun and funny, though my lack of spatial awareness made me struggle to see the layout changes (except for that one time where i ended up out of bounds) got to third floor and was struggling lmao

Submitted

cute intro and title drop, fun game, bumpin music, nice vibe very slick game!

those red beasties are hard to kill though

Submitted

awesome game! the intro sequence is funny and creative, and i loved all of the music! the piano and acoustic guitar in the first level's song are really pretty. i found myself in the void outside of a room a couple of times, but i was able to get back in by going through the door from the opposite side. visuals look good, i love the player sprite. amazing work!

Submitted

Great game! Took me some time to figure out the boxes were destructible

Submitted

Solid game. I enjoyed the music very much, the visuals were good, game designworks. I did manage to get out of bounds on the first floor somehow, and entered dark emptiness, which I don't know if it was intentional. Nice job with the game!

Submitted

Takes a bit of time to get going, but fun when it does. The intro squeuence to the title drop is great. 

Potentially needs something pushing the player deeper sooner - at the moment the longer you spend collecting coins on the first floor the easier the rest of the game is (since you already have lots of coins)

Submitted

Really fun! Love the gameplay and art style!

Submitted (1 edit)

Game is enjoyable. Really good mechanics of changing rooms, but playing some time i found some lagging texture, but it's okay. Good lack in Jam, feel free to check our game!

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