ARGENTUM FORM by blackotus
A man arrives at his home after a long day of work, like all other days.
A comfortable home, with all modern day amenities. A nice car in the garage.
A gorgeous woman waiting for him. A baby on the way.
A common life that is everything the average 1960s citizen could dream of.
But in 10 seconds, his world will be turned upside down and his once comfortable life will be forever changed.
Or will it?
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CONTROLS
C/Z - Rotate rooms
Arrow Keys - Walk around
Space - Examine items, open doors
Check red items to find clues to the whereabouts of your loved one.
A comfortable home, with all modern day amenities. A nice car in the garage.
A gorgeous woman waiting for him. A baby on the way.
A common life that is everything the average 1960s citizen could dream of.
But in 10 seconds, his world will be turned upside down and his once comfortable life will be forever changed.
Or will it?
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CONTROLS
C/Z - Rotate rooms
Arrow Keys - Walk around
Space - Examine items, open doors
Check red items to find clues to the whereabouts of your loved one.
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.97 | 14 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.80 | 36 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.07 | 228 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.25 | 54 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.28 | 328 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.42 | 114 |
| Mood(Jam) | 4.37 | 3 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.06 | 294 |
Thanks for the input!
Ironically enough, we were going for a more point'n'click aproach, but the game worked better with keyboard controls. We could improve that in the future.
Thanks again for the feedback!
Thanks for the feedback! :D
Thanks for the kind words! :D We're glad you enjoyed the experience and got in the game's mood!
@jrbitt
Thank you! We're always glad to know people enjoyed the mood of the game! :)
Thank you, glad to know you enjoyed it!
@ShellfishGames
Thanks for the feedback! It's nice to know you got so much into the game, it means a lot to us!
Again, thanks for the feedback :)
Thanks for the feedback! It's very important for us. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good stuff!
Thanks for the feedback! :D It comes highly appreciated!
@Kohijin
Thank you for the feedback! We're happy to know you enjoyed the game! :)
@johnfn
Thank you for your feedback, it's important so we can keep improving our work more and more! :D
@Reverend Speed
Thanks for the kind words and feedback! It means a lot to us!
@dook
Thank you very much for you appreciation and feedback! It means a lot! :)
Thanks for the feedback! We're glad you enjoyed the game, and always looking to improve our work! :)
Thanks for the feedback, we're always looking to improve!
@lprunk
Glad you enjoyed the experience!
Thanks for the feedback, it is very important for us! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Well done- I couldn't find the last red thing (I'm assuming there were 10 but I got 9). I love the noir feel and the graphics/audio were fantastic!
Thanks for the kind words and feedback! They're very important for us! :D
@BenWhi
Glad you enjoyed the game, thanks for taking the time to provide feedback!
@davidwparker
Thanks for the feedback, we're always looking to improve!
I did get stuck looking for the last item, and it can get confusing about where i am in the house and what room connects to what. Perhaps a map would come in handy (not sure if you've played Gone Home, but it has a handy map for exploring a house). Not sure how the theme fits into it either. Every object i encountered gave an increasing number (which is handy in knowing how many objects are left), but i didn't get to the end so not sure how 10 seconds fits.
For 72 hours, you guys pulled off one hell of a game.
Thanks for playing our game!
@hoqjed
Thanks for the feedback, its very precious for us!
The way the theme fits in the game becomes clearer in the ending :)
Thanks for playing our game! :D
We're glad you appreciated the game!
@MegaMasterX
Thank you! Having all the effort recognized is a great reward!
@immanuela
Thank you for the rating, it is very important to us! We're very happy you enjoyed Argentum Form! :)
@loxo
Thank you very much, this feedback is a great motivator!
Thanks for taking the time to send us feedback! It's very important so we can continue to improve :)
Also, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for appreciating our work! :)
@zlowrance
Thanks for taking the time to give us feedback!
@ratalaika
Thank you! :D
Great mood and game experience!
I might be stupid but I really don't get the 10 seconds theme in this... I finished the game but it is still obscure to me... I don't want to lower my rates on this basis : can you please explain it to me?
Hi! Thank you for your feedback!
We don't want to give away too many details, as not to spoil the game for other players.
We aimed for a subjective use of the 10 seconds theme, avoiding an action-based game.
So we used the 10 seconds at the start of the game directly, and then, indirectly, associated them
to the items the player collects, as if they were fragments, memories or allucinations in a brief second,
reconstructing the story of what possibly happened to the characters.
We can say this: the answer is not in the ending itself, but during the gameplay!
Thanks again for playing our game! :)
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
Such an amazing work of art this is. The atmospheric suspense is just relentless and unforgiving.
Wonderful job!
Graphics and mood 5/5
Thank you very much for your kind words and appreciation!
@Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
Thank you for the feedback, it means a lot! :)
@supermaximo93
Thankk YOU for playing our game and taking the time to give us feedback! XD
I totally loved the feelings that the game gave me during the whole story. Everything is coherent (gp, graphics, sfx) and contribute to this special atmosphere.
At the beginning I got stuck because I didn't read about the controls, but my bad.
I'm happy you wrote a comment on my page, I could have miss your entry and never play it. Thank you.
Thank YOU for telling us your thoughts on the game!
This kind of feedback is very important for us, and we're very moved to know the game affected you in such a way. It's really motivational and rewarding.
Thanks again for playing our game :)
@Jupiter_Hadley
Thanks for the feedback, and thanks a lot for featuring Argentum Form on your video! :D
@Hayawi
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! We're always glad to have feedback! :)
@Hypnohustla
@Antidote
@Pol
Thank you all for playing the game and providing us with your feedback! :D
A minor bug: one of the items (the picture, I think) was left highlighted in red after clicking on them.
The rotation mechanism was pretty cool, but yeah, lost my way easily. Also, really impressive that it was done in 3 days.
At first I got stuck, because I didn't read the instructions, and didn't know I could rotate the room...
The Audio was really great and created an impressive mood.
@oajfh
@psychomonster
@Diptoman
@klianc09
@Tifu
@N427
@Oxygamer
@murilo
Thank you all for playing the game and taking the time to provide us with precious feedback! :)
The level of polish in this game is just crazy - the household items' consistency and completeness, the visual storytelling, the light effects, the creepy film grain. Unbelievable! Sound design was spot on too. I honestly would love to see this concept expanded!
Here, take all these stars in your ratings. hahaha
Also, with earphones in, that static sound seriously wrecked my eardrums. Definitely unsettling!
Thank you for playing our game and taking the time to give us feedback!
It makes us very happy to know you liked the game so much, it's a great reward for all the effort put into development, to see it recognized.
And thanks for the stars, they'll be put to good use! ;P
@Solifuge
Thank you for the feedback, and for playing Argentum Form!
Loved it the camera vignette and other effects are great. Please of the direct control, not such a fan of point and click this feels better. At first I thought all the rooms weren't really behaving themselves but actually they seemed to stay put, no freaky 4D antichamber effects. Once I realised that moving around felt easier I like how that emulates the shock and disorientation of the guy losing his wife. I also liked how you could tell where in the house you were with the furniture and all their positioning started to make sense.
However to be completely honest I really don't know what to think of it. One thing is that I can't really see the draw of a game like this. There is too little story(A majority of it left up to interpretation) to state it is a story driven game and I was waiting for a reveal that never came. There is too little gameplay to consider it a gameplay driven game as well. The main challenge lies in finding the rooms, as finding the objects is really easy if you just enter each room and spin the camera.
The only real advice I can give would be to strengthen either the story or the gameplay. Storywise you just need to add more to it. Maybe place suspicious rooms that insinuate something or perhaps flashes of the mans memories as he entered certain rooms which would fill in more of what happened. Gameplay wise would be trickier. This would involve adding a new gameplay mechanic. The obvious choice for a point and click style game would be puzzles. Collecting codes, solving riddles, etc.
Just a thought.
But great entry =)
Hahahaha, epic win :P
@darkshadow
@AidanAK47
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@epiplon
Thank you all for your valuable feedback, and thanks for playing Argentum Form!
It's great to hear your feedback, thank you!
@SecondDimension
@PaperBlurt
@kraj0t
@DaanVanYperen
@Ken Ichi
Thank all of you for playing our game and taking the time to provide feedback!
The kind words are a great motivational! :)
that being said. crap this game is creepy. kudos
Oh, and a minimap! I got lost TONS of times..
@OldPeculier
@withoutpillow
@infernet89
Thank you all for playing Argentum Form and providing feedback! :)
hahaha :p
@Capro
@Sestren
Thanks for playing our game and providing feedback! :)
Thanks for playing the game, and for the feedback, Jason! :)
I wonder where is this 'normal place'? :)
good job! (and sorry my bad english xD)
@tripleVisionGames
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Thank all of you for taking the time to play and rate Argentum Form, and provide us with feedback!