Devotion - A fairytale

Love the artstyle and puzzles! Do you plan on making any games like this in the future? And did you use any light tools for that effect or was it just drawing by hand?

@ysk Thank you! It's my first time making a puzzle game even though I love the genre. I'll probably try making something more substantial in the same style in the future. The art is mostly made through a compositing palette effect I set up in Blender. UI elements and some touchups has been made by hand though :)

Wow, very cool artstyle and idea!

Hey! The first thing that strike me is a colour palette, that looks very cozy and mysterious at the same time.
Also good work with sounds, it's almost like you can touch those items.
I like a lot the simplicity of this puzzle (not gonna lie i was sitting 10 minutes on the moment with a book):'D

I really loved the artstyle and the atmosphere of that game! Btw I didn't understand how to use note:(

Graphics are top tier, what engine did you use for this? :dove:

@sobigdrasil Hey, thanks! The book was a block for most people who tried it. I made the interactable areas much more noticeable than they where before, but maybe it wasn't enough ^^

@pupirka Thank you! I've added a link to a walkthrough if you find yourself stuck. (You can reveal only as much info you need)

@bonemane Thanks! I wrote it without any "engine" (I'd say the browser is as of an engine as many other things). It's pure JavaScript without any frameworks. Graphics are made in Blender with a post compositing setup I built and then some manual touchup.

It was a fun little puzzle game, had a good time figuring out how to use every item. Also loved the color palette. It really helped enhance the mood!

Absolutely beautiful! The art and music! Had to look at the walkthrough to solve the book, but got the hang of it once I understood to look closer at things.

Amazing artwork and perfect atomsphere.
By the way, how could I unlock the last question mark item?

@missingpixel Thank you!

@fredrik-andersson Nothing wrong in getting a bit of help. Thank you

@justuspan There is a walkthrough linked that you can take a look at. It unlocks if you just wait a couple of seconds after satisfying the beast :)

The graphics are fabulous, very cool effects, and the music, creeeeppy, I got stuck with the note too but thank you for the walkthrough!

This is a fantastic game! I love the art style and the mood. It's creepy and mysterious, but somehow very cute at the same time. It feels like it would fit perfectly for a game boy advance.

I really like the puzzles and the style of interaction, the game expects you think and examine things closely. And it keeps surprising you.

Awesome work!

The graphics are outstanding! Beatiful colors palette.

I had to check solution guide to get through the sign stage, but the idea is quite fun!

That's a great submission ! I love the artstyle, simple yet effective puzzles. Sound ambience is cool too. Congrats.
It's also very interesting to put yourself in the position of a cultist and wonder : to what extreme can I subject myself for devotion / for my belief etc.
Pretty cooolllll

Great pixel art ! Nice ritual simulator too !

Amazing! The art is gorgeous, and the minimal soundtrack and sound effects do a great job of setting the mood. I had to check the walkthrough for hints a couple of times, but I finally got the hang of it and reached the end. Simple and effective, great job!

Looks incredible! I don't really get the music. It feels a bit too chill for whats going on.

I love the game, and the cult-y vibe.

I had to use the walk-through to open the book, since I didn't understand I could click on the screen, to make stuff do something. I think the game teaches me that I couldn't do that, by f.ex. not having me click on the candles to light them with the matches. In the beginning it seems like thing only happens when I use items, so I didn't think to click the book hinges.

Great game, perfectly sized for a jam

@vidarn Thank you

Incredible art, a few were confusing to get the guide was helpful!
I think the candle tripped me up as I didn't see the second on placed down.

Top notch art and theme execution! I was a bit confused about what the goal here was - or rather, how to get forward. Had to peek at the walkthrough at one point, but solved the rest of the things myself. Really well done and polished, kudos!

Awesome art, unique experience doing a ritual and I thought it was going to be hard but it is actually pretty intuitive

Incredible. Sure the best of this jam.

Hi! What a cool game, loved it!

Wow! Artstyle, music, presentation, length and complexity of the game. Everything is perfect for the game jam game!
The music and sfx's were so good to set up the mood

Great art and the sound adds to the atmosphere well. Figured the puzzles out with a bit of trial and error

The art and graphics are amazing! Along with the ambient sound effects and moody music it really immersed me.
Love it, great work!

The color palette is just beautiful and it fits the dark theme so well. Music is also very on point! I must say though that the gameplay is rather simple, I wasn't sure I understood everything, maybe some subtitles would help understanding what's going on. But other than that, very pretty game :)

Great choice of color palette and great job with the atmosphere. I loved playing around with different items and didn't know what to expect next. The puzzles are easy enough to figure out even without any hints, but thanks for providing a walkthrough.

Amazing experience! Good luck with your future projects!

Impresive game, it really make you feel like you are making a ritual

Incredible art and aesthetics! The audio creates a perfect atmosphere. Despite being so simple, there was a lot of me just clicking around randomly, not exactly knowing what was interactable or not sometimes. The maze puzzle 1, 2, 3, 4 was the only one I felt like I could use context clues to discover! That was cool I wish there was more like that! The art really kept me engaged to keep playing this point-and-click puzzle game. I wanted to see all the beautiful item graphics!! Amazing work!

Really nice, solid and cohesive artstyle ! Some puzzles didnt really clicked with me unfortunately so thanks for the walkthrough ! :)

Very polished game! Graphics turned out really nice and atmosphere is fitting.

Art was super good! I played through it all and thought the vibes were great.
I did have to look at the hint for the book because I wasn't quite sure what I could interact with.
Awesome job!

Such a strong entry. The first game that I've played that _really_ made the theme a core part of its identiy.

The walkthrough was helpful. I was so stuck after the knife because I didn't realize I could click on the stuff on the table. Once I understood that, the rest of the game was just the right level of difficulty.

The length was perfect, too. It had enough content to feel like there was something to discover, but it didn't overstay its welcome.

And great color palette choice!

For a compo the graphics and audio are top notch. Doubly impressive that everything is in javascript. I used to do pure javascript for jams too, and it isn't the easiest thing haha.

It looks awesome! Also a very moody game, and the audio fits the game so well... Maybe because I'm tired after finishing my game, but I'd appreciate it if active things could have a hover effect. I feel like I was clicking randomly on stuff to move on. But as I said, maybe I'm just tired and the walkthrough you provided helped a lot, thanks for that!

Graphics looks so good! Love it

The art is really nice (especially love the use of colours) and the audio really helps set the mood. I like the take on the theme, and I appreciated the walkthrough as I got stuck after I put the book down :sweat_smile:

Really cool game :3

Was intrigued by the artstyle during development and it definitely did not dissapoint. Tiny game with great polish, well executed theme and a great amount of mystery. Well done!

Loved it! The art is really nice! The game is quite simple but fun :)

Everyone else has said it already, but the art style for this one is spot on!

Love the game, the art, the music... everything !
The mood is there, it felt like I was summoning demons in my cosy bedroom.
Very good submission !

The mood was excellent. Thanks for the game.

damn, never thought I'd give a high rating to a point'n'click game but this was really well put together, I really like games that have immersive atmosphere and good story telling, and this games is quite immersive! the art style is really good, you did a great job conveying many things with such a limited palette, music is also fitting. overall this goes to show how a game with simple mechanics can also be fun if done right. great job!

Wow what an amazing submission!

This game felt incredibly well thought out, from the choice of art style to the sound design.
Each step towards increasing devotion made sense and while some took a fair bit of time to figure out, eventually reaching that Ah Hah! moment felt very satisfying!

Great work!

The art is gosh-danged *gorgeous!* And I'll push back against what some other people are saying, the music is *incredible.* The dissonance makes it better, not worse, and I *will* die on that hill.

Minor nitpick: it says "ulocked", not "unlocked".

I'm genuinely a little sad that I decided to look for a hint instead of trying to figure out the book myself.

(It seems like other people get caught up at the same place, too; maybe the candles could have been placed one-by-one, to suggest fine interaction and solve two birds with one stone? But I almost feel unworthy of suggesting any part be changed!)

This game deserves to win. :heart:

If clickable items highlighted when hovered over, it would make things a lot more intuitive. The puzzles were creative though, and once I figured out the specifics of interacting with each one, they were very clever!

The mood is on point! Thanks for the pdf hint system, worked well!

Amazing little story with amazing visuals and audio, thanks for the experience!

I loved it! It's simple and effective as a Jam game should be.

Love the colors. Can't play it well in web so I had to download it but really fun game!The mood was perfect!

very neat idea and amazing art! It would be really nice if there was more info on what could be clicked, as I sometimes found myself clicking around the screen for something to interact with.

So cool! As everyone else said, the art is awesome. Love the juice and the idea. Just needs a few more horizontal options so that there are different things to do.

Very impressive game, The art is amazing! Congratulation!

Incredible art!

I did not noticed that new candles were being placed since they were subtle. Maybe they can appear a second after I switch out of the menu so that I can see the table before and after they appear and more easily notice their arrival.

Damn, this is really well polished for a game jam game! you really went all in on the vibes and aesthetics for this, and it takes a lot of confidence and skill to be able to pull that off! which I totally think you did! I also really appreciated the walkthrough, I did have to use it because it wasn't entirely clear which parts were interactable? I guess maybe adding something where hovering over interatable objects would light them up or play some kinda SFX? but really, over all great sound and visual design, great subtle storytelling, and great game!!!

A bit easy, a bit too short, but I love it !

You really nailed the atmosphere, I got caught up instantly.

Really wish there was more.

Love the art and mood of everything. I think I may have gotten softlocked with the hand trapped under the book. If I'm not softlocked then interaction is unclear. It was unclear before this too but that doesn't matter if the game is figuring out how to interact with it. The problem is when I got a walkthrough up and I still can't solve it. Overall great entry and excellent tone.

such an insane atmosphere! each puzzle felt very satisfying to solve, and paired with the realization of what i've done at each step of the journey i couldn't help but get goosebumps! amazing work.

this game art style and mood is excellent!!hope to see more completed content ,love this game

This felt super polished!
The art, colors, sounds, and gamemplay. Great entry!

The game is so good and quite polished ! I spend a lot of time stuck with the book though, but I noticed I wasn't the only one !

Graphic is amazingly polished! It could be a smooth++ experience, if click and clickables show some feedbacks, outlines or sound form ones

Very cool game with strong idea and awsome atmosphere

The color palette is amazing ! Cool use of pixel art ! Did'nt manage to finish the game because there was some interaction that i could'not understand, but i like the mood, it remind me of old flash game where you had to understand the logic of the game

Such an amazing mood!

Your game's level of completion is just so high and it feels so mature—it's utterly mind-blowing. I’ve checked it over and over to make sure it's not a jam project but a compo entry because, honestly, you hardly ever see games at this level from a jam. You're incredibly talented, and I'm really eager to learn a whole lot from you.

The game is very well done! The atmosphere is fantastic, and the concept of devotion is pushed to its maximum! An impressive amount of work in just two days!

Amazing art! The atmosphere is very nicely done, I really like the sound effect of the creature gobbling the hand. Insane that this is a combo entry!

100/10 This is amazingggggg ahhhhh

the graphics and mood are amazing. really well executed, super impressed by this compo entry!

Such a cool game and art style

I take few seconds to understand where to click (like on the books) but when I understand the puzzle side it was more easy ! I had fun and wowwww the art is trully great with such unique side ! Good job

One on the best entries i have seen so far. Exceptional visuals and a very engaging puzzle game!

I'm not a fan of pixel art, but I liked this one!!!

Best art I saw this jam!

Nice graphics
It also seems like I stuck at the book level, never managed to understand what to do then

Everything ties so well together, creates an excellent setting for a story that you tell with so little !

When i saw this in the feed for first time i really want to play it couse of the visuals in It has not disappointed me. Really nice game, nice concept and nice sinergys. A well finished game!!

Such a good little experience. The art is incredible and the theme is spot on!

Superb artwork. It feels very consistent package and nothing sticks out - very rare sight in game jams!

The puzzle solving has similar vibes as old classics like Monkey Island. It gets a bit brute-force'y at times but what I liked about this entry was that there was never too many options available for the player to discover. When the options are so limited, it makes solving the puzzle a lot easier - almost like there was no puzzle at all. I have often called this "restricting the puzzle space".

Overall, well done!

Glad I got through without help, it was super enthralling! The visuals are *the* thing here, the rest just perfectly ties it up together. I'd buy an adventure game with these vibes, even if it was "just" clicking around (and sometimes using a tiny bit of brute force)

the art is superb, very well done!!

Loved the little puzzles and short journey! The massive amount of ratings and comments are well deserved :)

I really like the minimalist style of the graphics and the music. It's very immersive, in a way that you feel like the guy alone in the room doing this. And the outcome also has a nice quality

Love the art, puzzles some of my favourite so far!

I really love the palette choice here, I think the mood of this game was really impressive.

This game looks soo good. Great job and I appreciate the hints, they were very helpful.

Wow I love the art style, great choice of color palette! I stumbled around clicking randomly a few times before finding my way to the next step, but it was a good experience overall.

Love the art!

This is incredible, and the fact that you made it without an engine makes it even crazier! Really brought me back to playing point and click puzzle/adventure games as a kid. Absolutely on point for the theme, and a wonderful experience all around.

I loved this game so much! It was a lot of fun and I loved how it got step by step darker. The graphics were incredible, I loved the audio, and I would honestly love a whole game like that expanded on this! Really well done. I did get a little stumped by the book so I appreciate the spoiler-free walkthrough!

This was a well executed concept! good job! would be good to see some branching in options- maybe expand?

Incredible atmosphere. Felt quite intuitive to do the things. Guess I'm a natural at summoning eldritch entities?

Great art, atmosphere, and puzzles!

I love how music, sounds and art blend together to create an atmosphere! I think it would feel more responsive if the objects you could click where highlighted (or the mouse pointer was changed when hovering over them), but I also understand how the decision not to do it makes the game less obvious and much more mysterious.

Such great aesthetic! Congratulations on the work well done. I finished it up without any hints (super proud haha) and loved the "thank you"s by the end, super cute

I love the art and atmosphere, it's even better if you play in the dark with just the game lighting your room haha

Wow, very very good game !

Loved the atmosphere. The game is amazing.

Not my hand!! Cool game, beautiful art!

The art style is awesome, its looks soo cool, I love it, at first i was confused because the second candle was in the corner and didnt notice, but after that everything was great

The graphics and atmosphere are amazing! The sound effects are great and add a lot to the game. Overall a really fun puzzle game, great work!

Wow, what an immersive puzzle!

Outstanding graphics and atmosphere, too!

It was a pleasure partaking in this ritual! Really well done!

Immersive and fun little story. Thanx

Incredible compo entry! Super polished and great looking, cool audio. Loved the puzzles.

Unusual puzzle and nice art. Music is very atmospheric and calming.

The mood in your game is amazing ! The sound is spot on, as is your pixel art ! It was a great experience :) Very creepy and strange, I'd like to say I need answers but it's even better mysterious as it is...
Spoilers : (You should make the top corner of the book easier to click)

Enjoyed this one a lot for how simple it is, storytelling and mood are perfect and it's one of the things I value the most in games, one fo the things I see that people struggle with is how to open the book but it's an easy fix

Hope you get to do more in the future since I can see this on steam and being popular if it was longer!

oooooooooh now this was something special. Top marks from me on this. Really great stuff.

Thanks for the game! I liked a lot the atmosphere you created with the color scheme, the sound design and even with the obtuse gameplay. I don't usually like "scape" games where I must find out both what and how I have to do something, but I think you have found a nice balance. Also loved the art! :)

Very soothing cthulhu summoning, enjoyed it a lot, I loved that you kept the guidance to a minimum to let us explore

Such an atmospheric little puzzle game, very polished to provide complete experience!
Congrats on COMPO submission, that's a huge work!

Incredible games ! so atmospheric !! Viduals are really strong, gameplay feel good with a tiny touch of puzzle (the drawing I II III IIII). audios are so well made ! story works ! a truelly good game ! and the fact you made it in 48h blow my mind 🤯🤯🤯

really atmospheric! I had to use the walkthrough a couple of times, mostly because I didn't realize you could interact with certain parts of the screen.

Overall five. Very good work!

Amazing! this game is great, i can feel the mood. its simple yet atmospheric game.

I loved the color palette. Very good taste! It gave a very special mood!
It was a simple puzzle, but I liked it. I got lost for a few moments, but I managed to finish.

Congratulations

Very cool little game with fantastic art. Nice atmosphere, I would love to see the concept fleshed out more into a point and click adventure style.

The game process is fluent for me, except the dots on the note mean "click" order (I thought it was something like drawing a line begins with a dot and ends in another and stuck there).

Above all this is a well polished work with legendary art and best atmosphere I've ever seen!

very atmospheric! I fell in love with this style. A very addictive game! It's a pity that it's a very short game, haha

the art and music are great, also the mood, 5 stars on mood, really good and cool game!

No idea what I was doing but I got to the end, so good job on game design! Also love the art style, audio and atmosphere. Feels very polished!

The atmosphere you've managed to create for your game is excellent. Sizing a puzzle is complex, and I found myself mostly clicking around in hopes of finding the solution. The map with the points to indicate the sequence is what resembles a puzzle the most for me, and it's excellently positioned and introduced for the gameplay. This game is a little gem, especially for having been made in 2 days by a single person, so congratulations, it's excellent!

I really liked the mood in this game. It had the perfect length and difficulty for this type of experience! Simultaneously made me feel like I was calmly trying to summon something and doing weird and gross stuff to make it happen while being unfazed about it. Really well executed!

This was one of the best games I have played during this jam, it was awesome, music and sounds were perfect, the puzzles were good, good pacing, I had a ton of fun, no complaints here

Sick vibe and an intriguing point and click "adventure". Reminds me of Inscryption with the music and tone of the whole thing. Love it, great stuff.

Creepy game, loved it :sweat_smile:

Adore the art-style, very unique aesthetic and very well done!

Amazing atmosphere and art style! Was very engaged at finding what to do next. Truly masterful entry.

Nice atmosphere you made! Love the pixel art

Strong vibes and visuals!

A very unique and exquisite puzzle game. Well done!

Wow, amazing work ! Visual art and music serve very well the disturbing atmosphere. Excellent balance of puzzles that require thorough searching despite the small game space. I wish I could have played longer ☺️

Well executed, good graphics and music!

very atmospheric game and nice art

Very nice! Great art, and the minimalistic music is very effective.

What a fantastic little point and click adventure! Really enjoyed this, great and well done!

A very beautiful and atmsospheric game, but the gameplay is completely unintuitive. Without a guide, I wouldn't understand what to do.

Eerie and atmospheric. The music does it for me personally. Despite being a short game, it's still fulfilling and gives you a sense of accomplishment. And to those who're struggling to find their way through the game, you just need to show a little _devotion_ :wink:

Cool idea. Everything was designed to go together well. Loved the music and the art style. Im not going to lie i did look at the walktrhough for the bopk, but solved the rest. Great entry. Good job.

Absolutely amazing game. Probably the best overall in terms of pure quality.

Cool as hell! Tricky but satisfying to keep going to see more of that PERFECT art. Thanks for this.

Love the art style, the music is fitting really well (I feel Death Note vibes), awesome job!

Very nicely done. The vibe is pitch-perfect and it does a good job making you feel like you're moving it forward even though there isn't actually very much for the player to do.

Great choice of color palette. The mood is through the roof! I really liked experimenting with all the items, and I felt the experimentation was very intuitive and fun. I'm glad I wasn't handheld through it, it added to the mystery and fun. The puzzles were challenging enough to keep me engaged without being frustrating. The art and animations are so dang good. The music is very fitting. Overall, just a fantastic jam entry, you should be proud. Thank you for making this!

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absolutely phenomenal insane entry. I have a soft spot for games with this kind of artstyle and also for "escape" genre puzzle games. One of the jam games I've rated highest ever

The game practically oozes atmosphere and is a great example of a very limited and high polish. I'd love to see this extended into a larger puzzle game.

I'm glad I found this fun little puzzle game. It was implemented very well, great job!

A puzzle game created by a master of pixel art, with a slightly terrifying atmosphere. This is very suitable for extending to a larger game. Love this game! Thanks for making this entry.

The graphics and the sfx/music combine to make for a great atmosphere on this well-polished puzzle game. Nice!

This was a fantastic execution on the theme. I thoroughly enjoyed the spooky atmosphere of the music and graphics, and I appreciate that a walkthrough with hints was provided!

Oh my goodness, that was very well executed. I'm taking notes. Amazing art and audio design!

Really neat point and click game! Really appreciated the inclusion of a walkthrough. I loved the art and the sound design for this game and I'm super impressed you were able to make this on your own in the given time. Overall super impressive entry!

Liked the pixel art and the free-form nature of the little puzzles, though maybe they were a bit easy? I thought the interaction worked okay - my biggest stumbling block was on maybe the 5th puzzle involving some triangles I didn't realize were interactive. (I think I should've realized I needed to explore more from the third puzzle.)

Nice cozy game !

A bit unclear regarding what you can interact with at first, but otherwise fun puzzles and great pixel art! Very moody and stylish, especially for being done by one person in 48 hours!

Good job!

Funny little puzzle game, the graphics were simple, but quite beautiful. Well done ! Would love a sequel with more puzzle to solve.

Interesting game, the art style is really nice and the music is simple but eerie. Nice idea to create a walkthrough, had to check it to finish the game. Congratulations

:) Very fun game! I mostly felt like I was clicking around at random, but it was a fun story to watch play out anyway. The mood you've set with the simple sounds and art style is really great.

Overall, a joyful, joyful time! The simple palette you choose for your graphics are just on point! The simple music creates a eerie yet mysterious atmosphere to discover what is that bigger thing you're devoting yourself to to. And in general, just loved how the story unravels to show everything the player needs to know. Really great game!

Pixel art and palette was beautiful! Got to the end, great submission

The mood is amazing!

Fun game, I love the limited color palette and the puzzles. The audio was getting a bit annoying, so I'm glad that there was a toggle for that. Really amazing mood and graphics, I had to consult the walkthrough a bit because it was unclear sometimes on what was clickable or not, and it changes throughout the game! Would love to have some indicator of that, but other than that it's a fantastic game!

Nice little experience, the mood is very cool :) well done

Really cool game! Gorgeous graphics and aesthetics, really sets an incredible mood. Great job!

Hey, I played this on stream! I was hoping to have some cryptic puzzles to solve, but seems you were going more for the art side, which looks absolutely incredible! You can see what happened on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2130698362

Wow, that was amazing - great job! The only thing I feel could be improved upon is the readability of the pixel art - sometimes the objects bleed into each other too much.

Awesome graphics! I got a little stuck on the book - turns out you had to be really precise with the clicking. Thankfully there was a walkthrough :)

everything I like in a game jam game, short, original with a clear and effective gameplay proposal... it's a great little point click right in the theme and everything is super polished... well done

Mysterious, unsettling, and a bit crazy, what else would one want from a game about a summoning ritual? The art direction is great. The only think I would wish for is more complex puzzles, as many of the puzzles boiled down to clicking the only possible thing that there was to click. Great experience regardless.

Super polished, amazing aesthetics! Congrats!

Wow, loved the mood, audio and graphics! I got stuck right before unlocking the last item I believe, after trying to click on the thing in the crack from various angles and failing, I'm curious how it ends though!