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It Rhymes with Shmabadook's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #30 | 4.120 | 4.120 |
| Audio | #34 | 3.960 | 3.960 |
| Overall | #35 | 3.960 | 3.960 |
| Visuals | #41 | 4.480 | 4.480 |
| Theme | #73 | 4.120 | 4.120 |
| Gameplay | #162 | 3.520 | 3.520 |
| Innovation | #187 | 3.560 | 3.560 |
Ranked from 25 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?
This game places the player in a surreal world where the environment looks like it is out of a child's pop-up book. It is indeed a very strange place.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
4 audio tracks and a jump scare scream.
Details included in the credits on the main menu.
The unity Starter Asset First Person Controller was also used.
How many people worked on the game?2
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I'm entirely clueless what's going on in this game, but I absolutely love the style! The visuals are very fitting for the environment. These are the scariest fake pngs I've ever seen xD
Good job on that one! Hope to see your games in next jams
Yep I think that sums up the game well lol. We aimed to make it as strange as possible so sounds like that worked.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for playing!
great work, really scary
Thanks for playing!
OMG spooky spooky. I did it in first attempt. What is shmabadook btw? any way good job.
There is a horror movie named the babadook in which there is a spooky pop-up book. This was our main inspiration so shmabadook is just a joke lol
Wabadook? Yabadook? Shamabadook? No... that's not it.
Amazing game! Every part of it felt so polished. The theme and ambience was spot on, and the animations were super interesting, especially with the staircase. Great job!
Lol schmabadook... seems so familiar.......Thanks so much for playing! fun fact, the stairs are on the same script used for the popup and born of waaaay too long going "I wonder what would happen..." Hours later, presto. Moving staircase! lol
amazing game !! the game really feels like a children’s pop up book, I would love a full game like this !
Thanks so much for playing and leaving your kind comment. We were definitely aiming for a popup book feel so I'm glad it came across that way! With more time I would love to do more popup things to really lean into it.
Oh my gosh this was great. The atmosphere was so tense with all the whispering around me and the characters popping up, and I love the 2.5D art style. The trees folding up around me was a great effect, and the stairs were a really cool surprise as well when I figured them out.
I did get VERY lost for a bit (full disclosure I was panicking and I'm sure I was doing things strangely and out of order). I think it may have frozen on me at the end (I had gotten the page on the second level last and was walking out of the doorway that had previously been blocked), but that may have been because I was flailing around like scared toddler and went very off-book.
Good job, and congratulations on a great jam! I'm gonna sleep with the lights on.
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a long and kind review! If you panicked and not sure you did it right, then we did our job well lol When you went out the back door and froze, it should've triggered the winning screen. So you didn't freeze and miss anything else. But thanks for the heads up! now to figure out why it froze.......
I love how you made the trees pop up as you get to the edge of the map, as well as how the stairs appear. Pretty scary environment, keeps you on edge the whole time. Gameplay reminds me of Slender. I got through on the first try, not sure if you can get caught in the end and I'm not willing to find out :) Great job making this!
Thanks so much for playing and leaving us some kind comments!
That was a super great game. Really immersive and horrifying. I was a little confused by the bridge that lead to nowhere though.
Thank you! I'm not sure the bridge you mean. If it was the one inside, maybe you grabbed the document from the ground before finding the path? Another commenter said they did that lol
Ohhhh, yeah that's totally what I did
I didn't even see it until I collected the last page, so I thought it was supposed to be my escape or something
The environment popping up like paperis definitly a novel idea. I also liked how you implemented the staircase.
Appreciate the feedback, thanks for playing!
Wow, the surroundings and sounds convey the atmosphere very well! The screamer was very unexpected. I also liked the way the stairs and the border of the map are made.
Had some moments of creativity during development haha.
Glad that you enjoyed it.
Thanks for playing!
That was AWESOME!!! The art style is amazing. The animated scenery was genius. Love it! I would definitely play a longer version of this game.
One of my favorites from the jam!
Just a note: I was able to grab the higher page from the floor before I got to the platform, don't know if that is intentional.
Thank you for the kind words! We really appreciate it. It was definitely not intentional to reach that from the floor lol So, thanks for the heads up!
Great visual solution, and its application in the gameplay as well, I'll make a note of your idea with the 2D in 3D implementation, you guys are cool =)
thank you so much! It really was just a try it and see what it looks like situation and we loved it so much that it became the whole game haha
thankfully i escaped, what an eerie vibe, what and amazing art direction! really nice atmosphere and amazing execution for it's scope, great entry!
Thank so much for the kind words! Our artist went crazy on this one lol
Woah really cool visual style and pop-up effects! I like the old-school slenderman-style gameplay, too. Great job creating a memorable world!
Definitely inspired by slenderman, love that you picked up on that. Means we did our job well haha.
Thanks for playing!
I adore the art style and the pop-up effect that plays on the trees and stairs, extra points for the about section on the game's page as well
Thank you thank you! We love extra points haha
I love the pop-up effect on the environment, and the movement on the stairs was really cool! Great work on building such a tense atmosphere with such a unique visual style ^^
We had a ton of fun messing around with all the flip effects.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for playing!
I really like the visuals GG !
Thanks for playing!