Welcome to Madness Bar — a place where the neon never sleeps and the drinks remember more than you do. You’re a bartender serving cocktails to cowboys, witches, and talking rodents. With every customer, you uncover a fragment of your past — and piece together who you really are.
Collect bizarre ingredients, mix impossible drinks, and dive through layers of liquor and lunacy before the night swallows you whole.
Pulp Fiction meets Disco Elysium — with a splash of surreal humor and a rat up its sleeve.
📀 Features - A neon-soaked Tarantino-style atmosphere with a hint of Disco Elysium - Visual hallucinations that intensify with every drink - Ingredient-collection mechanics — fail, and you’ll black out - Linear yet absurd dialogues with the strangest guests imaginable - A diary finale revealing the truth about the bartender - Audio effects that distort your perception — and your sanity
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🧠 Controls
W / A / S / D — Move E — Interact / Grab G — Continue dialogue
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🕺💃 Team “Madness Bar” - 🎨 Ginger_Kyoko (@ginger-kyoko) — Art, Art Lead, Team Lead, Visuals, Story - 🔳 Michael Papushin (@michael-papushin) — 3D Artist - 💻 Kekyr (@kekyr) — Programming - 🧠 sick machine (@sick-machine) — Narrative, Script, Music, Testing, Page Design - 📞 DrDoomer (@drdoomer) — Assistant, Sound Design, Music, Testing Telegram: @annlavrens11 (Anastasia Lavrenova aka Team Lead Ginger_Kyoko) — if u wanna contact us about any questions or collaborate with us, u can write me 😉 G-MAIL:[email protected]
Created in 72 hours — fueled by coffee, chaos, and Tarantino’s ghost.
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📻 What We Learned - One sleepless night can create a whole new genre — alco-noir - One programmer can do miracles (and lose his mind a little) - Art and music can save even the wildest idea
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🍸 What’s Next?
We plan to expand the project after the jam:
- Real dialogue branches - Add different endings - Introduce some new quests - Add new characters and a couple of locations - New mechanics - A full ending that reveals the truth behind the madness
If you liked the game, leave a comment or drop us a message — we’d love to hear from you! ❤️
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📺 Tags / Genres - Horror - Surreal / Experimental - Narrative - Atmospheric - Weird / Short Jam Game
Наливай. Слушай. Сходи с ума — по одной рюмке за раз.
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🎭 Описание
Добро пожаловать в Madness Bar — место, где ночь не кончается, а неон плавится вместе с твоими мыслями. Ты — бармен, который мешает коктейли для ведьм, ковбоев и говорящих крыс. Каждый заказ — это чья-то исповедь, чьё-то безумие и ещё один шаг к тому, чтобы вспомнить, кем ты был… пока алкоголь не стёр границы.
Собирай странные ингредиенты, мешай невозможное и не дай ночи выпить тебя первым.
Pulp Fiction встречает Disco Elysium — под градусом сюрреализма и с крысой, что шепчет рецепты из подсобки.
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📀 Особенности - Атмосфера неонового безумия с духом Тарантино и философией Disco Elysium - Галлюцинации, усиливающиеся с каждым глотком - Механика сбора ингредиентов на время — не успел, и провал в черноту - Диалоги с персонажами, которых лучше не встречать после полуночи - Финал с дневником, раскрывающим правду о бармене - Звуки и эффекты, которые ломают восприятие — и трезвость
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🧠 Управление
W / A / S / D — Двигаться E — Брать / Взаимодействовать G — Продолжить диалог
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🕺💃 Команда “Madness Bar” - 🎨 Ginger_Kyoko (@ginger-kyoko) — арт, арт-лид, тимлид, визуал, сценарий - 🔳 Michael Papushin (@michael-papushin) — 3D-художник - 💻 Kekyr (@kekyr) — программирование - 🧠 sick machine (@sick-machine) — нарратив, музыка, тестирование, оформление страниц - 📞 DrDoomer (@drdoomer) — ассистент, звук, тестирование Telegram: @annlavrens11 (Anastasia Lavrenova , она же тимлид Ginger_Kyoko) — если вы хотите связаться с нами по любым вопросам или сотрудничеству, то можете написать мне 😉 G-MAIL:[email protected]
Создано за 72 часа — на кофе, нервах и вдохновении от Тарантино.
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📻 Что мы узнали? - Даже одна бессонная ночь способна породить новый жанр — алко-нуар - Один программист способен творить чудеса (и слегка потерять рассудок) - Искусство и безумие способны спасти любую идею
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🍸 Что дальше?
После джема мы хотим: - Добавить полноценные развилки в диалогах - Добавить разные концовки - Добавить новых персонажей и пару локаций - Ввести несколько новых квестов - Реализовать механику смешивания коктейлей - И финал, где ты наконец узнаешь всю правду — о баре, о гостях… и о себе.
Если игра тебе понравилась — оставь комментарий, напиши нам или просто подними бокал. Мы наливаем всем! ❤️
The characters look interesting and I like how the theme is approached. Also some systems (like the dialog system) are things that I appreciate. There are however things that can be approved a bit. - The controls are (even sober) quite imprecise. It took me a while to figure out how to approach the bartender. - The room is not very atmospheric (basically just white, without textures). A simple solution may be to make everything darker. - You can avoid the timer by just running away, before the text is fully displayed.
I get that it's a jam game and flat models are to be expected, but its just way too bright. Change the model color to something slightly darker, or better yet just color each of the models to something different. Like a red stool, brown table, blue walls, whatever you want, just to have that little variation even with solid colors would add a lot.
Collision was a little sticky in the small room, I would suggest using colliders with rounded edges to allow for "sliding" around obstacles. Capsule and sphere colliders are your friends.
I like that this was the first Jam game I played with lore and dialogue and the 2d art was really well done.
An interesting idea. But it was annoying that the character was bouncing all the time. The music is annoying, the bartender is looking straight into the soul. Interesting
Liked the atmosphere here and how the characters were made, but as someone already mentioned, it was really hard to move between the chairs, making the whole gameplay uncomfortable
@ulziton Thank you! We tried to cover the topic in several directions so that it would turn out to be not only collecting in the literal sense, but also figuratively.
I liked the weird atmosphere of the game but became quickly annoyed how difficult it was to move around in the bar as it was very tight with the chair and table colliders. Also making the text smaller as it was running made it a bit hard to follow the dialogue. Some textures to the 3d models would add up a lot to the experience and the white text would be then better visible too. Anyway the character models were cool fitted well to the quirky bar.
@dm1tr11 спасибо, я как раз отвечала за арт. Жаль, что с текстом так вышло, ну что поделать, ничего не успевали. Но потом обязательно все допилим, тк идею бросать не собираемся ;)
@stratcat66 Thanks for the comment and corrections. As the art lead, I asked if we could darken the lighting and fill it all in before the deadline, but the programmer and 3D artist said they probably wouldn't have time. As for the timer bug, I'll pass it on to the programmer, thanks:) Overall, we're committed to finishing the game, so if you liked the concept, you can follow us on Itch.
@bobap Oh, thank you so much for the advice. As the art lead (on this game), I was also really confused by the white models, but I was hoping until the very end that we'd at least have time to upload some subdued lighting =_=" And well, flat characters are something of a feature of the project (ideally, I would like low-poly characters, but I'm not sure that a 3D artist would want to bother with that). Ultimately, we want to finish the game after the competishion, so if you're interested in the concept, you can follow us on Itch ;)
@iakovboy Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to finalize everything in three days. But if you're interested in the game's concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@alex-o Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to finalize everything in three days, but we'll definitely take this into account, so thanks for your feedback. However, if you're interested in the game's concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@discjokk Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to finalize everything in three days, but we'll definitely take this into account, so thanks for your feedback. However, if you're interested in the game's concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@eugenik Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to finalize everything in three days, but if you're interested in the game's concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@spacecadet Thanks u! As the art lead, I asked if we could darken the lighting and fill it all in before the deadline, but the programmer and 3D artist said they probably wouldn’t have time. I don't know how I didn't notice the text was unreadable, I must have been too busy drawing and designing... Overall, we’re committed to finishing the game, so if you liked the concept, you can follow us on Itch ;)
@infernalwolf08 Thanks u! As the art lead, I asked if we could darken the lighting and fill it all in before the deadline, but the programmer and 3D artist said they probably wouldn’t have time. Overall, we’re committed to finishing the game, so if you liked the concept, you can follow us on Itch ;)
@zyt Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to finalize everything in three days. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@lotsva Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to finalize everything in three days, but we’ll definitely take this into account, so thanks for your feedback. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@ethanbai Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to finalize everything in three days. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@sergs-workshop Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to finalize everything in three days, but we’ll definitely take this into account, so thanks for your feedback. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
I liked the idea of collecting pieces of identity. Also, I somewhat enjoyed the combination of 2D art in 3D environment. I think that can be really good with some more polishing.
Unfortunately the placement of object made it nearly impossible to navigate the level. I also kept getting weird issue with the bathender where the dialog won't open when I look directly at him. Instead I had to try catching some tiny specific position when its triggered. The rest of characters worked better.
The drunk effect is out of this world haha Pretty cool
I love the graphics in this game, and the underlying premise. It certainly is unique. However, I had a lot of trouble getting around the bar. Often, I would get stuck, and would have to play around with the controls randomly to get unstuck. For example, I once got stuck in the doorway to the bathroom (see screen shot) and it took me a while just to get out.
So, it would be nice to have a bar with more open space to move around in. On the other hand, I didn't mind the flat characters at all — they seemed to fit the surreal mood very well. Overall, it's a very creative game with a lot of potential. I look forward to the expanded game.
Love the art style and the concept. The controls feel a bit tricky at first, but they get better once I am used to them. I think it would be better if the item the player is holding dropped automatically when picking up a new one. I picked up everything before talking to the bartender and then found I had nothing to offer. Or did I miss anything?
I like the comedy of the game and the dialogs. However, I think it is a little bit confusing to me. I got blacked out once I got the three items, if I fail to deliver one item is game over. I guess I must be missing something. Additionally I agree with the comments about the room aesthetics and the controls.
What a weird game :D - I like the graphics, visual effects and bar sound. But I totally had problems with the movement (even before the screen got weird).
Woah, such a cool premise collecting bits of clues around a surreal bar like this. The character portraits are awesome, their designs suit the game's theme pretty well. Also love to see another case of character billboarding in the jam. Really excited to see the game fleshed out more with textured models & lighting. For immediate effect, at this point slapping on just some solid color U3D materials would really help get closer your intended effect.
In terms of gameplay, however, I feel that your game at this stage has a few bits of technical issues which prevented me from focusing on the narrative. Though it should be easily fixable if you plan to further work on it.
- Playing on the web build, it's hard to read some of the character dialogues with the long text crammed into the small speech box, while the complex font also makes the text less legible. It's kind of impossible to fully absorb the text like this especially with the time limit in place. I think breaking some long texts up into smaller dialog segments and using a simpler font for character speech would really help with their readability.
My specific case of text cramming in mind -- this speech by the cowboy:
- For a game about searching for objects in a bar, the map at this point is a bit hard to navigate. I had to constantly jump and squeeze my player through chairs and tables due to their collision box giving me little walk space. Even so I'm frequently stuck. If you plan to make the bar more navigable, I think it's good to try to disable some of the environment props' collisions (e.g. chairs) or just increase the size of the bar with so that tables and chairs can having more walkable space between them.
- While it's not entirely a bad thing for a narrative game to be timed (Outer Wilds is a good example), currently I feel like the timer on this version of your is too tight, which doesn't give me enough time to absorb the narrative. If it's an intended design in your complete vision for the game, perhaps consider giving the player a bit more time.
Either way, it's really impressive that you guys put together a 3D game like this in under 48h. Not to mention you also got an interesting premise and cool design. Good job!
I like the stylistic 2D-billboard characters and the surreal & sleazy narrative setting. It's evident you've put thought and effort into these aspects.
Unfortunately technically the game is so wonky It made it difficult to dive deeper into the story. And since I had to run the game with lowest resolution because of my ancient trash-machine it further messed up my experience 😅
I managed to talk to the two customers of the bar, but not the bartender. I could also pick up the doll and the knife. The doll seemed to disappear from existence when I picked up the knife while holding it.
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If you plan to improve and/or expand the game, I recommend you also upload desktop-builds for different platforms. They always tend to perform better than web-builds in every aspect. Especially on older hardware! 🥔 💻
Hey! you weren't kidding at the weird atmospheric game haha. Great job! I really like the 2D billboard characters. That is absolutely something I might try one day :D It reminds me of another game but for the life of me I cannot name it. I do like the story. Picking up items, its just a great game! Do you think you would keep expanding it? :D
@d3kryption Thanks for the feedback! We're so glad you liked our game so much. Of course, we're still working on its development. Due to time constraints, we had to cut back on gameplay, and we didn't even have time to load music, textures, add dialogue options, and much more. If you're reading the game description, there's a couple of lines there about our plans! After the jam ends, we'll be getting together and planning our work, so you can subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@patuwu Thx u! We didn't have much time to refine it, but we'll definitely do that after the jam. So, if you liked the idea, you can subscribe to our Itch and stay updated! ;)
@dis0rder Thank you so much for your feedback! We really put a lot of effort into our project. Unfortunately, time was running out and we had to cut a lot of gameplay. We didn't have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). Unfortunately, in this version of the game, you can only take one item; if you take a second, it disappears forever (a bug). Incidentally, even I had trouble completing the timed mission due to getting stuck in chairs (we'll fix that later), so I took the item I needed in advance and immediately gave it to the bartender when the timer started. Thanks for the tip about the PC build. I also thought it was a shame we didn't upload it, but it can't be helped. By the way, after the jam, we'll be fine-tuning the game, so if you like the idea, you can subscribe to our Itch and stay tuned for updates! ;)
@helen Thank you very much. Yes, I understand. We'll be fine-tuning the game and fixing this. I couldn't complete the timed quest myself because of this, but I found this solution: I'd grab the item I needed in advance, approach the bartender, and when the timer started, I'd immediately give him the item I needed. By the way, if you liked the game's idea, you can subscribe to our Itch to stay up-to-date with future updates! ;)
@marp Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, we were pressed for time, and we had to cut a lot of gameplay. The main character losing consciousness makes sense, but since it's such a stripped-down concept, it's a bit lost. You can get a glimpse of what it all means by reading the diary at the end, hahaha. We'll definitely make it clearer in future updates. We didn't have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). Unfortunately, in this version of the game, you can only equip one item; if you equip a second one, it disappears forever (bug). If you read the game description, there's a few lines about our plans! After the jam ends, we'll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@rol Hi! Thx u! Yeah, unfortunatelly game have such a problem. In this version you can only equip one item; if you equip a second one, it disappears forever (bug). If you read the game description, there’s a few lines about our plans! After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@artemco Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, we were pressed for time, and we had to cut a lot of gameplay.We’ll definitely make it clearer in future updates. We didn’t have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). By the way, after the jam, we’ll be fine-tuning the game, so if you like the idea, you can subscribe to our Itch and stay tuned for updates! ;)
@gamebuilder Thank you so much for your feedback! Unfortunately, time was running out and we had to cut a lot of gameplay. We didn’t have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). Unfortunately, in this version of the game, you can only take one item; if you take a second, it disappears forever (a bug). Incidentally, even I had trouble completing the timed mission due to getting stuck in chairs (we’ll fix that later), so I took the item I needed in advance and immediately gave it to the bartender when the timer started. If you read the game description, there’s a few lines about our plans! After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@tardis2snej Thanks for the detailed review! It's great that you understood the game's essence, even though the concept was stripped down. Oh, we'll still be working on the graphics and a lot of other things. Time was running out and we had to cut a lot of gameplay. We didn’t have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). Yes, I kept having the same problem with the bartender, and we'll be working on that too. The drunk effect will be even better once the textures, lighting, and cigarette smoke effects are loaded ;)
After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@llevelin Thx u! We didn’t have much time to refine it, but we’ll definitely do that after the jam. So, if you liked the idea, you can subscribe to our Itch and stay updated! ;)
Cool idea with the bartender theme! I like the atmosphere and the direction you were going for. Always nice to see unique concepts like this in the jam
Сложный бар) Читать тяжело, ходить тяжело, но три стакана я опрокинул) 🥃🥃🥃 Хочу отметить звуки создают атмосферу. Моделлер хорошо постарался. Можно было простенькие одноцветные материалы накинуть. Чтобы не было все белым, и было бы вообще отлично, ну если конечно так не задумано) Дизайн персонажей понравился. Наверное очень проработанная история но читать не стал, очень уж это энерго и времязатратно с моим уровнем английского. Но по нарративу ощущается, что бармен маньячелла и зачем-то нас спаивает. Кукла жуткая😰
@kit-gorn Спасибо за отзыв! Мы вложили много сил в наш проект. К сожалению, время поджимало, и нам пришлось вырезать много геймплея. Мы не успели загрузить музыку, текстуры, освещение и даже пару персонажей (и их квесты соответственно). Да, там есть история и смысл, очень хотелось добавить два языка, но увы, программист сказал, что не успеет реализовать. В целом это алко-нуар история про чела, который пребывает в алко забвении и пытается собрать свою личность по кусочкам через общения с подобными странными личностями и вот еще всякие предметы странные находит тоже не просто так. Ну и в этой версии игры можно взять только один предмет, если взять второй, он исчезнет навсегда (баг). Кстати, даже у меня возникли проблемы с прохождением задания на время из-за того, что я застревала в стульях (мы это исправим позже), поэтому я заранее брала нужный предмет и сразу же давала его бармену, как только таймер запускался. Кстати, после джема мы займёмся доработкой игры, так что если вам понравилась идея, подписывайтесь на наш Itch и следите за обновлениями! ;)
Скриншоты и стиль крутые и очень хотелось погрузится в ваш мир алкоголя и безумия, но зачем вы сделали такие коллизии стульев в тесной комнате?! Можно же было оставить их для визуала, но сделать проходимыми 😿 Диалоги (те, которые смог увидеть) написаны хорошо и звуки бара тоже понравились 👍
@ingi Спасибо за комментарий! Насчет коллизии -- это мы уже будем дорабатывать после джема, увы. Наверное, это вопросы к программисту, тут я, как художница -- пас. Торопились и много чего не успели, но многое собираемся доработать и добавить: квесты, механики, диалоги, концовки и пр. Так что, если вам понравилась игра, то можете подписаться на наш Итч и следить за обновлениями. А они обязательно будут ;)
@ciphereo Thx u! I`ve tried! Btw, if u like our game atmosphere u can subscribe on our Itch to stay tuned, coz we planning to cotinue working on this game!
@skale Thank you! Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to finalize everything in three days. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
Interesting artwork and cool concept! It's a shame you weren't able to finish the gameplay (I feel like you were intending to have the conversations play a role in beating the game but didn't have time for that). Also it seems the instructions are mixed up in the description, as pressing E both interacted and progressed the conversation, which threw me off for a bit trying to press G.
One other thing I noticed was that the itch.io full screen button didn't work properly, as I had to use the Unity full screen button instead. Maybe it would be better to just disable the itch one in the settings?
Хорошее начало, молодцы. Я думаю, всё придёт с опытом, главное, чтобы оставалась мотивация. Всегда радует, когда наши молодые ребята пробуют себя в создании игр. Экспериментируйте дальше, не бойтесь ^_^
OMG this is an amazing game! I really love the art part, the mixture of 2D and 3D is very cool and every character are with strong personality. Though it's a little bit hard for me to move between the chairs, but that's not a deduction point for me. Hope you can continue working on it, I beieve the bar will be more coordinated with the overall atmosphere in the future :)
@xpoho Спасибо большое! Мы собираемся продолжать доделывать эту игру, поэтому, если вам понравилась атмосфера, то можете подписаться на наш Итч и следить за обновлениями ;)
@anima-animus049 Thank you so much for your feedback! We're thrilled you enjoyed the art style and the character designs. We appreciate your comment about the movement between chairs – it's something we're definitely looking into for future improvements. We're glad you're enjoying the madness! However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@darianifakina Thank you so much! We're really glad you found the atmosphere immersive and the mechanics engaging. After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
@zshandi-krahn Thanks for the insightful feedback! We're glad you appreciated the artwork and concept. You're right, we had bigger plans for the conversations, but ran out of time. Thanks for pointing out the control issue with E/G – we'll definitely fix that. And good catch on the fullscreen button! We'll look into disabling the Itch.io one. Appreciate you taking the time to play and provide such detailed feedback. However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
@ophiene Thanks a bunch! We put a lot of effort into creating a unique experience, so we're thrilled to hear that you appreciated it. After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
Great job with the characters and dialogue! Definitely didn't expect to be talking to bartender Marilyn Manson hahaha. I liked the drunken effect and how spooky and hard to navigate things got. As people pointed out, the collision of the stools and the environment was a bit frustrating, though maybe it just added to the drunk vibe at the end. It's clear there were many areas you could have polished and integrated better that you didn't have time for. The white 3D environment was quite a bold choice, though I feel you could have made it a bit more cohesive with the 2D characters.
Oh, I love the atmosphere of this game, the dialogue and art are very interesting!!！But sometimes I find it difficult to move around on the map, and it takes me some time to figure out what I need to do HAHAHA
@8212games Привет! Спасибо! Связаться можно со мной в ТГ @annlavrens11 Думаю, что прям в ближайшие месяцы, мы будем заниматься доработкой нашей игры. Но в целом, обсудить возможность коллабы я готова, на крайний случай всегда рада подкинуть идей ;) Ну или может с тобой захочет кто-то отдельно из команды заколлабиться, такое тоже может случиться. Так что пиши. Просто все через меня идет, потому что я самая общительноспособная, ахаха
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There are however things that can be approved a bit.
- The controls are (even sober) quite imprecise. It took me a while to figure out how to approach the bartender.
- The room is not very atmospheric (basically just white, without textures). A simple solution may be to make everything darker.
- You can avoid the timer by just running away, before the text is fully displayed.
Collision was a little sticky in the small room, I would suggest using colliders with rounded edges to allow for "sliding" around obstacles. Capsule and sphere colliders are your friends.
I like that this was the first Jam game I played with lore and dialogue and the 2d art was really well done.
Overall, we're committed to finishing the game, so if you liked the concept, you can follow us on Itch.
And well, flat characters are something of a feature of the project (ideally, I would like low-poly characters, but I'm not sure that a 3D artist would want to bother with that).
Ultimately, we want to finish the game after the competishion, so if you're interested in the concept, you can follow us on Itch ;)
I liked the idea of collecting pieces of identity. Also, I somewhat enjoyed the combination of 2D art in 3D environment. I think that can be really good with some more polishing.
Unfortunately the placement of object made it nearly impossible to navigate the level. I also kept getting weird issue with the bathender where the dialog won't open when I look directly at him. Instead I had to try catching some tiny specific position when its triggered. The rest of characters worked better.
The drunk effect is out of this world haha Pretty cool
So, it would be nice to have a bar with more open space to move around in. On the other hand, I didn't mind the flat characters at all — they seemed to fit the surreal mood very well. Overall, it's a very creative game with a lot of potential. I look forward to the expanded game.
concept is really cool
In terms of gameplay, however, I feel that your game at this stage has a few bits of technical issues which prevented me from focusing on the narrative. Though it should be easily fixable if you plan to further work on it.
- Playing on the web build, it's hard to read some of the character dialogues with the long text crammed into the small speech box, while the complex font also makes the text less legible. It's kind of impossible to fully absorb the text like this especially with the time limit in place. I think breaking some long texts up into smaller dialog segments and using a simpler font for character speech would really help with their readability.
My specific case of text cramming in mind -- this speech by the cowboy:
- For a game about searching for objects in a bar, the map at this point is a bit hard to navigate. I had to constantly jump and squeeze my player through chairs and tables due to their collision box giving me little walk space. Even so I'm frequently stuck. If you plan to make the bar more navigable, I think it's good to try to disable some of the environment props' collisions (e.g. chairs) or just increase the size of the bar with so that tables and chairs can having more walkable space between them.
- While it's not entirely a bad thing for a narrative game to be timed (Outer Wilds is a good example), currently I feel like the timer on this version of your is too tight, which doesn't give me enough time to absorb the narrative. If it's an intended design in your complete vision for the game, perhaps consider giving the player a bit more time.
Either way, it's really impressive that you guys put together a 3D game like this in under 48h. Not to mention you also got an interesting premise and cool design. Good job!
Unfortunately technically the game is so wonky It made it difficult to dive deeper into the story. And since I had to run the game with lowest resolution because of my ancient trash-machine it further messed up my experience 😅
I managed to talk to the two customers of the bar, but not the bartender. I could also pick up the doll and the knife. The doll seemed to disappear from existence when I picked up the knife while holding it.
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If you plan to improve and/or expand the game, I recommend you also upload desktop-builds for different platforms. They always tend to perform better than web-builds in every aspect. Especially on older hardware! 🥔 💻
Keep on jamming!
After the jam ends, we'll be getting together and planning our work, so you can subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
Thanks for the tip about the PC build. I also thought it was a shame we didn't upload it, but it can't be helped.
By the way, after the jam, we'll be fine-tuning the game, so if you like the idea, you can subscribe to our Itch and stay tuned for updates! ;)
By the way, if you liked the game's idea, you can subscribe to our Itch to stay up-to-date with future updates! ;)
We didn't have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively). Unfortunately, in this version of the game, you can only equip one item; if you equip a second one, it disappears forever (bug).
If you read the game description, there's a few lines about our plans! After the jam ends, we'll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
If you read the game description, there’s a few lines about our plans! After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
Oh, we'll still be working on the graphics and a lot of other things. Time was running out and we had to cut a lot of gameplay. We didn’t have time to upload music, textures, lighting, and even a couple of characters (and their quests, respectively).
Yes, I kept having the same problem with the bartender, and we'll be working on that too.
The drunk effect will be even better once the textures, lighting, and cigarette smoke effects are loaded ;)
After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
Хочу отметить звуки создают атмосферу. Моделлер хорошо постарался. Можно было простенькие одноцветные материалы накинуть. Чтобы не было все белым, и было бы вообще отлично, ну если конечно так не задумано) Дизайн персонажей понравился. Наверное очень проработанная история но читать не стал, очень уж это энерго и времязатратно с моим уровнем английского. Но по нарративу ощущается, что бармен маньячелла и зачем-то нас спаивает. Кукла жуткая😰
Ну и в этой версии игры можно взять только один предмет, если взять второй, он исчезнет навсегда (баг). Кстати, даже у меня возникли проблемы с прохождением задания на время из-за того, что я застревала в стульях (мы это исправим позже), поэтому я заранее брала нужный предмет и сразу же давала его бармену, как только таймер запускался.
Кстати, после джема мы займёмся доработкой игры, так что если вам понравилась идея, подписывайтесь на наш Itch и следите за обновлениями! ;)
Диалоги (те, которые смог увидеть) написаны хорошо и звуки бара тоже понравились 👍
Так что, если вам понравилась игра, то можете подписаться на наш Итч и следить за обновлениями. А они обязательно будут ;)
One other thing I noticed was that the itch.io full screen button didn't work properly, as I had to use the Unity full screen button instead. Maybe it would be better to just disable the itch one in the settings?
However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
However, if you’re interested in the game’s concept, you can follow its updates on Itch!
After the jam ends, we’ll get together and plan our work, so subscribe to Itch and stay up-to-date with our updates ;)
Думаю, что прям в ближайшие месяцы, мы будем заниматься доработкой нашей игры. Но в целом, обсудить возможность коллабы я готова, на крайний случай всегда рада подкинуть идей ;)
Ну или может с тобой захочет кто-то отдельно из команды заколлабиться, такое тоже может случиться. Так что пиши. Просто все через меня идет, потому что я самая общительноспособная, ахаха