This was weird as fuck but I loved it. Super unique and original and the teleporting ghost scared the shit out of me. I tried a few times but could only make it to 4am! I love how you used the sprites to build the ghosts and monkey spirits. The sound effects were also really unique too, well done there.
Overall the style of this game was great and it's a top contender for this jam in my opinion.
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! It can be hard, sometimes you just get horrendously bad RNG timing with the spirits. I've managed to beat the game a handful of times, along with some of my friends who playtested...but there is some luck involved sometimes.
A few tips for survival:
Effectively Chanting at a well, even for a brief moment, will reset the timer of the current level. Sometimes it is advantageous to hit the most escalated well, even if you can't completely purify it, just to buy a little extra time before a Yurei spooks you or a forest spirit is about to grab your beads.
The forest spirit always comes from the same place on the map. You can almost consider the moment he makes his sound to when he reaches you as a pseudo timer....though his movement speed increases as the night gets later, as does his escape speed! Since he is a forest spirit, he naturally lives in the forest...he isn't afraid of the gong, so that might be a clue as to approximately where he comes from.
The Yurei drag you to the lake...it's almost like they are lonely and want you to join them... :( They are hard to see, but unlike the stealthy forest spirit, they are visible! Unfortunately there isn't much you can about them, though it might be advantageous to make the first move!
Oni start quite slow actually, but as the night draws on, they get faster and faster. If you have a bad beginning of the night, dont hesitate to kite them around for a bit (carefully of course), until you feel you need to use the gong.
Don't forget that you can look around as you are chanting at wells! Plan which one to run to next!
The priest is kinda slow, he's no spring chicken anymore. However, he's a fan of old school FPS games, so you might want to try moving diagonally if you want a little more pep in your proverbial step! This can be helpful for outrunning and kiting ONI if things get over-well-ming.