The Deepest Down

• In the beginning, I had a strong feeling of being lost in the best possible way. I never felt I was supposed to find what I found. I don't think this feeling would be possible to achieve without this amount of content.
• I got all 15 discoveries. I found all of them very memorable and like that they aren't limited to a character or object. My favourites are dancers, glutton, lightbulb and infinite hall (even though I've seen stuff like that before). The void looks quite simple but yet very effective.
• I really dislike that you have to investigate discoveries before you discover them. In the end, I looked everywhere to find the last two discoveries, but it turned out I simply had forgotten to inspect two of them.
• Love the tutorial. I had almost forgot it since there was so much else packed into the game. But it taught me everything I needed the right way.
• I like that there are almost no dead ends. It would have been tedious to walk back and forth all the time.

I liked the jump, what I don't like is that now my little finger is in pain after hold shift for 20+ minutes. I definitely would have liked a toggle for that :(

The game is really good though. I really wanted to see everything even though I'm not a fan of spooky stuff. I don't know if the whole thing's supposed to represent something more concrete than a weird cave, but the different things to find were pretty creative.

I got half-stuck before the end with the face. I probably would have made the mouth more apparent, or maybe commented on it to help a little, because I didn't think to feed it at first. Also the voids were a little loud compared to the rest of the game. And since I'm here with the nitpicks, I don't think top left is the best place for descriptions and stuff like that. In fullscreen it can be pretty far from the center, and that usually where the peripheral view info is, so it felt a bit weird to look there for important stuff.

Oh and I'm pretty sure a bunch of items should have disappeared after their use 😬

But yeah great game overall.

-1 for the ending.

Pretty nice and eerie experience. Really well polished, insane job on that!

You nailed the theme super well with the feeling you've created here.

I also had some problems with the jump mechanic, but I do realize you did that on purpose, so I kind of respect that decision. It's just that normally I like to jump around so make walking more fun, and since there is quite some walking in this game, it would've given me a better time if I could jump more freely. But I understand that you're trying to create a different feeling than "a good time" so haha I totally understand. Maybe there would be a way to have middeground between a non frustrating jump and creating that feeling you were going for.

Anyway, I just typed a million words about the jump mechanic while I could've just written: you made an amazing game, well done! Can't wait to see your next entry.

I enjoyed every moment of this right to the end! This game is so polished I'm surprised you had time to sleep during the 48 hours.

You definitely know how to build atosphere in SPADES! I really liked this one, the creepy nature, the great art, the all-too-realistic jump (which threw me off at first), the feeling of helplessness you create in the player (though that might be because I'm bad at puzzles!) and the sense of wonder when you find something new - it's all been executed very well, nice one! :)

11 out of 10, would go say "hi" to friend again. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1181819117?t=01h01m40s

Really great game. I completed it and saw the ending. Stellar work. The jumping mechanic was a bit stiff, but the ambience, tricky room layout, music, sound effects really all worked together to create something special.

Okay, I should say that I like the game! I was getting pissed as I can't find the door at the end of a hallway after walking for like 10 minutes, and then I decided to go back and BAM moment of realization. The controls were a bit confusing since there were so many and we were sent to the game without any prior knowledge of a story or a path to take. But overall I'd say it's pretty good!

loved this. got all but 2 of the secrets. honestly pretty scary too. the confusing layout and sense of feeling lost contribute to the theme massively. my only criticism is that the platforming feels a little janky sometimes, but that's not that big of a deal - this isn't a platformer, clearly. good stuff!!!

This is a really great game that fits the theme of 'Discovery' really well. I love how you have a small bubble of vision.