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A jam submission

Inner | ChildView game page

Created in 48 hours for the GMTK Game Jam 2023
Submitted by juanlam (@thejuanlam), Justin Gast, Logan Kemper — 1 hour, 36 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#15173.5653.565
Presentation#16043.5223.522
Overall#17693.3333.333
Enjoyment#23712.9132.913

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
This game reverses roles on two levels: your interactions at the beginning of the game define your experience in the second half, in this way you are both game designer and player, reversing the role. The second level is the reversal of identity: in the beginning of the game you play as an adult who has to do very important things. But in the second half, you must play as her inner child, and all your actions in the beginning affect your experience at the end.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted

Love the concept, and great art. Keep going.

Submitted

Great visuals and a really cool idea :)
Didn't notice at first that the boxes you tick effect the rest of the game, that's an awesome detail!

Submitted

Some tutorial would be good, but very interesting concept!

Submitted(+1)

it took me a while to know what to do in the binary part,  but nice concept.

Submitted(+1)

I love the twist. The gameplay and story really tie together well in the second half. Also impressed by how many different mechanics you were able to develop in the time limit. I couldn't figure out how to get past the final boss. Is it possible to dodge the streams of binary digits? Or is it intended to be unbeatable?

Developer

So glad you liked it!! :) The trick is to type the stream of binary before they hit you. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, like the idea ! The UI is a bit hard to navigate though, and I couldn't avoid the binary end at the end. Keep it up !

Submitted(+2)

Thanks now I'm sad. That was cool though great job! couldnt figure out how to avoid the binary at the end

Submitted

Also had trouble with that, try typing the numbers.

Developer

In the spirit of role reversal, your sadness brings us joy (because I guess we did it right lol)
And yes the binary is a tricky part, it refers to the emails, you must mash 1 and 0 to stop them

Submitted(+1)

I like the  interesting and different take on the theme. Great doodle art style.    The boss fight at the end was my favorite part. Had a nice message. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Really liked how artsy it is, although I couldn't get past the boss, the binaries would always hit me