Ghost Snap

Lovely graphics, great game! I included it in my GM48: One Tool, Many Uses compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/le9JcWgAZag

It is an amazing game, loved the art, the sound, also I loved the way you made this fatal frame top down, good job!

The controller thing really confused me at first. Anyway no big deal but since someone already told you about it maybe say something in the description, it would have saved me 5 mins.

Art and music were great, even if the loop was too short and it started from the beginning every room (especially infuriating at the start with the 3 pre game screens).

The idea is pretty fun, but some details are still missing and it's even more noticeable since the game seems so polished at first :

• like other have said, taking damage isn't clear enough.
• same thing for empty batteries, there was a few times when I kept trying to take pics without noticing I had no battery left. even bigger of a problem with the theme, since the light is supposed to be from your phone, but is still there when you need to charge it.
• the levels are pretty much all the same, and the best strategy was just to go near the charge thing and spam photos at ghosts

Pretty good art and sound!

Not exactly sure how it relates to the theme (I guess you have light thanks to your phone but it doesn't feel like a substantial enough use), but it was nice to progress.

Not fond of how you kite the enemies to get some distance to snap them. Also they can still hurt you in their dying animation :T

Also, at the intro, the music keeps repeating; would have been nice if it was just kept playing.

Phenomenal art and sound. Great controls. Stable as a rock. And fit within the theme.

My only hiccup was that even after you incapacitate the enemies they can still hurt you while fading away, which made it a bit awkward at times.

Also, wish there had been some other puzzle mechanics incorporated. The light was sort of a passive thing, so it didn't feel like a tool with multiple uses. Just the ability to take pictures. Even something as simple as an enemy that is only stunned instead of killed, would have changed it up enough to make the game-play feel more on par with the graphics.

this looked great and played awesome. The one issue I did run into was that I had an xbox one controller plugged in and started using keyboard so nothing worked. I picked up the controller and I could move but that was it. I'm guessing controller support was maybe thought of last minute. I got mine in like 2 minutes before submission time haha. Once I unplugged the controller everything was good. I really liked how the camera doubled as a way to see in the dark in areas you hadn't looked so you could scope out the area and you could even attack from a distance so I thought that was a cool design for the them of one tool many uses. Also liked how you had to recharge it because there a moment where I was in panic b/c I had no charges and baddies were trying to get me haha but I made it to the charge station. It reminded me of the fatal frame series but way less stressful thank goodness haha.

Decent game. I liked the concept, art and music, however the controls led to problems and the polish was not there. Small things, like the music jarringly starting again when you die, and not having any visual indication of taking damage, drag the game down a bit. The long delay between holding up your camera, and getting to the point where you can actually attack for decent damage, lead to frustrating situations, and make the best strategy to group up all enemies and then spam camera. Overall though, definitely a great effort and a solid experience.

P.S On second thought, the game also does not follow the theme at all. It seems like it was made completely seperate from the theme.

Very nice aesthetics and presentation in this game! Especially the art, which with some polishing up could be final game quality. The sound effects do leave a bit to be desired (getting hit has no sound, for example) but the sounds that are there are quite good and the music is good too.

The gameplay idea is really unique and works mostly well, though it felt a little clunky to use the phone at first and the ideas are not yet taken very far. I wish there was more. It ended just as soon as I started getting a feel for it, and you never really get to use the phone for more than two things (shooting and illuminating).

I had a good time, and I could definitely see this become a solid standalone (non game-jam) game if it had more time for polish and the gameplay was worked on. Good job!

A lovely little game. Nice graphics, nice music, nice sound. Left me craving for more, maybe some new mechanics later on?