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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.544 | 4.544 |
| Gameboy Soul | #1 | 4.833 | 4.833 |
| Interpretation of the Secondary Theme | #6 | 4.694 | 4.694 |
| Graphics | #6 | 4.750 | 4.750 |
| Gameplay | #11 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #23 | 4.194 | 4.194 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
Its an actual Gameboy DMG game. It about exploring a spooky mansion with ghost and phantoms.
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Loved the character designs in this, and how limited the player movement was to free up the ability to have lots of incremental upgrades. Reminds me a lot of Wario, and impressive you managed to do this on actual hardware!
One of my favorites, the clumsiness fits very well
Never have clunky controls felt better. Operating as the oaf ended up being such a treat
Loved the whole thing, start to finish. Downloaded this to play on my analogue pocket and it works great.
The only thing I have to say is that the boss could have been more interesting. But other than that, it’s perfect, and I wish I could play more levels. I can see this game running on the GB smoothly. Really good. Congratulations.
That's fair I thought the same thing but I was tired and I am not much of a programmer
Played on my DMG trought the "FIN". Impressive jam here ! Everything is top quality !
I really love the concept of this game. it was hard to get used to at first but i got the hang of it eventually. i look forward to seeing more!
Everything about this game was amazing to play. It all feels like it could have been a real gameboy game. The only thing I found weird is that the enemies keep flashing and I thought my game was bugged because I couldn't climb ladders at the start.
Thanks for playing!
Did you play in browser?
the flashing looks more like semi transparency on hardware devices and some emulator. The frame rate is just off a little in the browser emulator. Since you cannot do semi transparent on gameboy the quick flashing is a way to achieve it.
Good to know. I tried an emulator and it was a little better.
I finally got to playing your game and my high expectations were not disappointed. Amazing game that does everything right. Feels like a mix of Wario Land and Luigi's Mansion. The artstyle really looks as if it had been released on Game Boy back in the '90s by Nintendo themselves. Very polished, too. I wouldn't be surprised if you won the game jam 👍
It's a shame we're limited to 5 stars. The adorable graphics and stellar sound design are worthy of more than that. I really liked how you weren't an overpowered super hero. It was a fresh take feeling like a regular person armed with nothing but a flashlight. I also liked the metrovania feel of unlocking additional abilities in order to reach places you couldn't visit before. Excellent submission!
This game was really cool! I had a lot of fun playing it!
The main character looks about as anxious as I am on a day to day basis, so we bonded.
Really great little metroidvania. Took me a few goes to clock how to defeat the boss and I nearly stopped playing when I first saw the height of the jump but I'm glad I stuck around.
Wow! This is such an awesome little game. It's like a tiny complete metroidvania. I love it. The art and sfx are great and I loved the flashlight effect. Great job!
Great entry!! This reminded me a lot of the first Wario games and I love it!!
Loved the game, and the concept fits so well I wish I had thought of it! The character design is peak, and I loved the sprite for when you got an item, nice callback to the wario games! Feels like it was made in the 90s!
Dang cool game
Dang cool game
awesome game, great level design, protagonist and enemies are well designed, loved the way to defeat ghosts.
This is the most gameboy feeling entry I’ve played so far, if it wasn’t for me playing it on my PC monitor I’d have no idea it wasn’t made back in like 1992. Awesome job!