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Really nice graphics and cool idea! It's pretty tricky to get used to the movement system with the grappling, but a fun game once you get the hang of it. Great job!

Great concept! Some of the controls were a little finicky and I couldn't quite get a hang of when it was going to shoot vs walk, but I like the idea and art style!

Super juicy and fun game! Good use of color to pop out the important aspects and simple design. Really excellent job!!!

Sound effects and music were really great. Took a lot of getting used to the movement, but a fun little game! Great job!!

The destruction is super satisfying! Game is pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it, but really well executed. Also, the invoice at the end made me laugh! Great job!

Really clever concept and cool art style! Like the subtle zooming in as time gets lower. Really excellent game!

Super fun! Level 3 was super hard, but I really like the concept and the execution!

Super fun little game. The music rocks and the noise when you hit the ghosts is super fun. Really a well-executed game!

The art on the page was really different from the game itself, which I thought was pretty funny when I first loaded in. But the game is a great little action game. I liked the T-Posing Oogie Boogie in the middle hahaha. Very fun - great job!

The "clap" noise and animations when the ghosts die were really satisfying! A very fun little game with good art! The music was a little repetitive, but that always comes with the time crunch. Great job!

The atmosphere and lighting was great. I like the 2D/3D style! Some of the UI was a little glitchy and showed up behind objects and it'd be nice if some of the objects picked up automatically. But those are minor things - really excellent game and good job!

Really great game! I liked the lighting and sound design a ton. Fun and quick to play. Excellent job!

Thank you for the great review! It was a blast to make and glad you enjoyed it :-)

This was one of the best games I've played from the jam! The graphics are really clean and nice. The mechanics are satisfying and the shotgun movement was fun to master. The level design was also really nice, which is pretty rare for a game jam game. Excellent job!

I love the 2.5d style. Really excellent job with the game - wish it were longer!

I really like the polish on this! The lighting was really cool - especially the fire bullets. Some of the text was a little outside the screen when I played, but still readable and fun. Great job!

Always cool to see a 3D game in a game jam! The audio was really excellent and UI was clean. The ending was a little fast, since I just ran out as soon as the ritual started. But really great job!

Really great graphics! The interface is also really crisp. Well done!

Thank you!

Thank you!! Good to see fellow shotgun shack-ers in the jam! 

Thank you very much for the kind words!!! It was a blast to make and we are so happy you enjoyed it :-)

https://itch.io/jam/mini-jam-117-ghosts/rate/1749619

Thank you so much for playing and making the video! It's great to see how someone else plays the game and interprets our clues :-)

Since we had the time crunch, we didn't include as much of a tutorial or guide. We added some more explanation on the itch.io page so hopefully it's easier for folks to get the mechanics (even if the visions themselves are very hard to guess depending on which you get). 

Thank you so much! It's our first game jam, so great to get feedback!

We used the Stable Diffusion AI generator to make the visions since AI art tends to be really unsettling and weird anyway lol. We fed it a ton of phrases and made upwards of 1,500 images for us to pick from for the different clues. 

Thank you so much for checking it out and glad you liked it!

Love the aesthetic and polish! The CRT shader and UI do a great job with that retro-vibe. Excellent work on this!

Really incredible job! Love the UI and use of lights to guide the player - rather than a text "this is how to play" tutorial. Really polished for a game jam!

Very cute - great job!

Really liked the presentation. Clean, retro graphics and good UI that isn't just health-bars. Excellent job!

The intro didn't seem to load right for me - everything was just moving around and it took a while to find the menu. Once I got in the game looked really nice - I liked the lighting. A tutorial would be great, since it took me a while to figure out the jumping and speed mechanics. Great job!

Great job finishing the jam! I haven't done any game programming in Java, so it's cool to see other languages being used. Not sure if it's possible, but would be great to have a .exe file instead of .jar so it's a little easier for those of us who don't have Java installed.

Great job! I think a little more explanation on the mechanics could be helpful (and the font is a little tough to read), but I like the pokemon-style combat.

Took a little getting used to the controls (was trying to play on trackpad), but I like the concept! It's a tricky game and the level variation was nice! Great job :-)