THERPGMAKERADDICT'S PROFILE

author=BerryRMN
First of all, I thank you for giving a review of this game and that you enjoyed it despite its glaring directional issues. Being that it is mostly silent storytelling, I do not want to handhold the player with tutorial images. I could have conveyed that a little better though.

author=BerryRMN
The difficulty is a major consensus that people seem to be having, especially with the first boss.

author=BerryRMN
Such are the woes of it being a jam entry.

author=BerryRMN
As for the save files, they don't get deleted per se but you will lose access to them, seeing as this game is meant to be played only once. Though I can't be certain if that's a good design choice or not, it is an intentional design I chose to convey to the player that you saved them and there's no need to reset just to replay them.

author=BerryRMN
Once again, I appreciate that you took the time to give a review. And it is an honor to receive a relatively high rating.

author=Beregon

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author=Beregon

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author=Beregon
You don't get a game over right after running out of Endurance, first, you get a Frostbite status and your Endurance is reset to full. If you run out of Endurance with Frostbite on, you get a game over. Frostbite can be removed by healing at the doctor's office or after walking like 1000 steps. Thought this was a better way to handle it than a straight up game over.

Tbh, you shouldn't ever run out of Endurance unless you try to, since the vast majority of the buildings have multiple entrances from multiple sides and you can always go through buildings to recharge Endurance.

Uh ok, anyway I always play safe, going to heal after each expedition (visiting each building I mean). So ok not too terrible anyway nice addition and feature!

author=Beregon
Regarding the ending:

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The scenes after the credits were the last thing I made and they were entirely unplanned. I added them in a spur-of-the-moment decision, since I thought it would give the game more closure.

Which part do you find odd btw, what Amarok did at that lake?

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since it turns out that despite the apparent outcome... he is dead anyway!

Well:

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The ending is a loose adaptation of one legend about Amarok. In it, a grieving widower hunts the Amarok and in the end, he tries to hide from the Amarok in a cave, but Amarok drags his soul out of a nearby puddle of water (maybe because the underworld in this mythology is supposed to be located underwater?), resulting in his death. Because no one can hide from the Amarok. In another version, he simply attacks him as a normal wolf would, but instead of causing any visible injuries, he rips his soul out of his body. That's what Amarok does. That's why there were no claw marks on the Groundskeeper in the Tunnels area.

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Oh, ok, I got it, but since there is no visible attack or other active action this was not clear... now I understand the parallel with the groundskeeper

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Yeah, I knew there was probably gonna be some confusion, that's what I get for using pictures for Amarok :D When he starts dragging his soul from the lake, I added a Bite sound to indicate it and at the end, I added that animation that plays out when he either hunts you and you run out of time or when you run into a keelut during the last part. This was my attempt to make the story even more fitting with the event theme, since I wasn't sure if my previous attempts were enough. Did you find the ending fitting or would you think another one would be better?