ECHOES OF THE GNOMES by meylish

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made by meylish for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Gnomes have become an integral part of many areas of human endeavor. Their incredibly flexible genome, a superior biomaterial, has been the key to human progress. But where do the 'wrong' gnomes go? Perhaps they are kept somewhere because they are of interest to scientists? Our game will tell you about this aspect of the mysterious gnome subject.

Our itch -> https://meylish.itch.io/echoes-of-the-gnomes

Ratings

Overall 351th 3.736⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Fun 586th 3.343⭐ 72🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 823th 2.935⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Theme 695th 3.486⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 305th 4.029⭐ 70🧑‍⚖️
Audio 110th 3.942⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Humor 361th 3.373⭐ 69🧑‍⚖️
Mood 116th 4.101⭐ 71🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 123🗨️

Feedback

AxolotlUwU
07. Oct 2024 · 22:08 UTC
Only by a type of game and gnomes i recognised, from where this game can be. It's awesome. Girls(if i'm not mistaken), you rule this world)
Kryakikrya
07. Oct 2024 · 23:45 UTC
Interesting interpretation of FNAF. The animations are smooth and the graphics are quite nice. Good job ᗜˬᗜ
Prussichger
08. Oct 2024 · 01:32 UTC
Very cool sound design, I could feel the atmosphere in my freakin' headphones!
Alexkik1515
08. Oct 2024 · 08:03 UTC
Five nights of dwarfs![ezgif-1-1266be068f.gif](///raw/6d9/64/z/67c65.gif)

Basically its a really interesting game. I were at tension while playing this game). And that dwarf-speaker is really terrifying. I survived at 3 night))
Kirass
08. Oct 2024 · 10:27 UTC
I love fnaf 2. I also thought the game was cool :)
Laura_17
08. Oct 2024 · 10:45 UTC
WOOOW I LIKE THIS GAME!!!
Stingdragon
08. Oct 2024 · 11:39 UTC
That was fun! It was a bit hard to tell when to use the flashlight on that one gnome. But I made it to night three at least! i love the newspapers in between night! The lore is intriguing.
viscera
08. Oct 2024 · 12:16 UTC
КУЛ ГЕЙМ, нам понравилось!!! Звуки хорошие, правда становится напряжно
Rhysss
08. Oct 2024 · 12:18 UTC
though I wasn't an horrible game lover but it is a really good game with nice graphic and well-suited music. nice design. (get shocked when defeated(((()
Otsvar
08. Oct 2024 · 12:30 UTC
Игра классная, чем-то похожа на "One Night at Flumpty's", но выглядит более живой и веселой (в хорошем смысле). Проделана большая работа, скримеры действительно страшные, а механика интересная. Без шуток, это одна из самых крутых игр на Людуме :3
LDJam user 262766
08. Oct 2024 · 13:56 UTC
Funny gnomes and good fnaf clone
captainzo
08. Oct 2024 · 13:57 UTC
Very cool game that looks a lot like fnaf. Good job !
Xlebyshek
08. Oct 2024 · 14:07 UTC
Гномий Фнаф!! Имба
Скримеры прикольные
Jadabech
08. Oct 2024 · 14:08 UTC
I love fnaf-like games. This game is quiet well made, the jumpscares are good, also i love the sound of this game
vector3cat
08. Oct 2024 · 14:38 UTC
cool game! liked the way it looks like fnaf and it was polished pretty well!
there was a bug for me in which every night the music of winning wouldnt go, making me want to mute because of several music of the same being played at the same time...
but i enjoyed it, great job!
Mikhail_Shchapov
08. Oct 2024 · 14:39 UTC
5 ночей с гномами, выглядит классно, играется круто, игра вообще имбень
giraffalope
08. Oct 2024 · 14:52 UTC
Best vibe I've seen yet! I think the enemies couldve benefited a bit more from feedback on hit but was really cool and amazing what you all pulled off in a weekend :)
demiclod
08. Oct 2024 · 16:11 UTC
Very cool! It's like FNAF meets Over the Garden Wall, I love it.
Ecaterina
08. Oct 2024 · 19:30 UTC
The level of immersion is very high. I really like the atmosphere. Brilliant sound design
Joshua_Reumann
08. Oct 2024 · 19:31 UTC
Cool game overall :)
purplexy
08. Oct 2024 · 19:33 UTC
I saw 2D art. It's not gonna be scary I thought. Then I toggled the flashlight a few times, heard a laughter, saw the left door opened, ended up not throwing enough tomatos in time and almost fell off my chair.

10/10
Sutt00
08. Oct 2024 · 19:47 UTC
The atmosphere is great. The way in which information is presented is well done. The audio is good, but unbalanced.
I found myself getting bored during gameplay as it was too slow and too easy. There was no tension after the first monster.
Angrybeard
08. Oct 2024 · 20:00 UTC
very good executed fnaf atmosphere!
angelalb
08. Oct 2024 · 20:10 UTC
I don't know why that was so scary, but it was. Great job!
gudkova_ds
08. Oct 2024 · 20:59 UTC
я бы очень сильно хотела подольше поиграть, но я боюсь хорроров. игра хорошая, спасибо!
codeserk
08. Oct 2024 · 21:06 UTC
_"nah.. this jam game will not be scary"_

_creepy gnome appears in your face_: NOPENOPENOPENOPE

really good job! the atmosphere is really intense :)
Kseniya
08. Oct 2024 · 21:53 UTC
I really like this game! very cool and cute gnomes, I love how they throw tomatoes! great job!
ChewieCB
08. Oct 2024 · 22:38 UTC
Good sound design and building of atmosphere, art was really well executed and I liked the intro slides. The gameplay was quite slow though would have liked to see more gnome types maybe in a fuller release.
Skleembof
08. Oct 2024 · 23:37 UTC
That was terrifying and hilarious at the same time

I loved the newspaper articles about the gnomes in between shifts. They definitely added a lot to the atmosphere of the game and made me more invested in the game. Even though the gameplay was very simple I came away from it with some lingering curiosity about this world where gnomes have been discovered and used as test subjects for various things. Gnomes are such a weird concept for a horror game but it works because they are very strange but also familiar.
IVEN
08. Oct 2024 · 23:39 UTC
*Oh... so this is a horror game... I... I...*

The creepy atmosphere is spot on and it really scared me (yes, I lost, but I swear I had my flashlight on!).
Evelyn_Rudaleva
09. Oct 2024 · 00:41 UTC
Прочитав название подумала что будет смешной шутер, когда игра началась и я услышала музыку, я передумала в это играть....(шутка, я поиграла, скримеры действительно страшные, атмосфера 10/10!)
WimbleBimble
09. Oct 2024 · 00:57 UTC
I love FNAF and this is a perfect example of how to make a fnaf like game. 10/10
LDJam user 387548
09. Oct 2024 · 01:15 UTC
The whole game I was throwing tomatoes to relax, it helped haha, it was really scary that they attacked me but I managed, I really liked the game, well done guys
Vitalina
09. Oct 2024 · 11:04 UTC
I was scared of the scrimmers and it's cool. only on the third night it can happen that the flashlight can run out of power even if you save it :( But still I like this game!
kkh
09. Oct 2024 · 11:06 UTC
its was scary and fun. i felt nostalgic for fnaf
Nedotepa
09. Oct 2024 · 11:34 UTC
В плане арта и атмосферы игра на высшем уровне!!
AriPizE
09. Oct 2024 · 13:37 UTC
I was looking forward to playing your game, but the online version is too big and cuts off important parts of the gameplay. However, the graphics are cool! And the music is great!
Bumble
09. Oct 2024 · 13:58 UTC
The mood in this game is very much on point!

I played it all the way through and really liked the 'cutscenes' in form of newspaper articles and reports, gave it a lot of lore for a 72 hour game :grin:
robin_schmitz
09. Oct 2024 · 17:20 UTC
These scary little gnomes will probably haunt me in my dreams from now on.

So glad I didn't run out of tomatoes. The sound buttons on the walls helped me cope with fear of those gnomes sneaking up on me.

Very cool entry, fun idea and well executed :)
David Soriano
09. Oct 2024 · 18:59 UTC
Wow! Great art and sound. I really like the cinematics in the newspapers to explain the story.
fqds
09. Oct 2024 · 21:50 UTC
cooooooooooolllllllll
Coderah
09. Oct 2024 · 22:25 UTC
overall a silly fun time. love the art, and sounds. Could Definitely use those newspaper stories to actually change something about the parameters between each level rather than just scaling up frequency, and count. Also in the first level I got the speaker gnome like 9 times in a row :D

Good job! YOU JAMMED!
NickHellquist
09. Oct 2024 · 22:28 UTC
Damn near gave me a heart attack! 10/10 for almost killing me ! haha
telo.philippe
09. Oct 2024 · 22:44 UTC
Hahaha I wasn't expecting that
Very well executed! I love the graphics and the atmosphere
And the gnome music at the beginning hahahaha
NikitaStarostin
10. Oct 2024 · 01:31 UTC
Creepy game and awesome creature drawings with an emphasis on sur realism. The artists are good! Only that lacked the correct customization of the game UI under the resolution of the monitor (or it was, just in the browser does not work well, no matter, do not take into account) in general, the game is cool! For the creepiness of JoBlow. Way to go! And the sound design is beautiful. i, being someone who creates sounds for games am delighted. Special kudos from me)
LDJam user 319166
10. Oct 2024 · 03:03 UTC
A little bit creepy for me at the beginning. Nice job of creating this atomsphere! The art is perfect!
stormburpee
10. Oct 2024 · 08:19 UTC
Really fun and creepy FNAF-inspired game! The art and sound design are excellent, creating a spooky atmosphere that kept me on edge. The newspaper cutscenes added great lore, and the gnome concept was both hilarious and terrifying. I did find the pacing a bit slow at times, and some extra variety in gnome behavior would have added more tension. Overall, an impressive entry with lots of potential!
Kotolazer
10. Oct 2024 · 08:39 UTC
It's a very cool atmosphere. The soundtrack is done to perfection. And the appearance of enemies is thought out at the highest level. I have seen a lot of similar games and this one is the most memorable
Laywelin
11. Oct 2024 · 13:48 UTC
Super cool and creepy at the same time! Drawing is top notch, well done :D
Resolution of embedded version on LD website is wrong, but... it somehow forces you to go fullscreen, which is the correct way to experience it, isn't it?! Ahah


WP YOU STARTLED ME OK GET MY VOTE DAMNED
wisstopher
11. Oct 2024 · 22:19 UTC
Good entry, I was creeped out! The art was impressive.
PaulMag
11. Oct 2024 · 22:39 UTC
I didn't quite understand how the flashlight gnome works. He killed me a couple of times even though I hit him with the light several times. The only thing that seemed to work for sure was just constantly blinking the flashlight.

Amazing atmosphere and story!
Yorsh
14. Oct 2024 · 21:42 UTC
What a strong mood! Same as other comments, not sure how the flashlight works on the gnome. Cool art and creepy music. Congrats!

Small advice for Itch, you should export the build with a resolution of 1280x720 so it displays nicely in windowed mode, then we can put it full screen 1920x1080 with the built-in button (in Itch I set the resolution to 1280x760 to include the unity bar at the bottom with said button).
eloc
15. Oct 2024 · 04:42 UTC
Misanthrop slowed down sounds pretty nice. Pretty hilarious game! Made me jump. The tomatoes or flashlight didn't seem to do anything, still enjoyed playing it. Great art style
Skatah J
18. Oct 2024 · 14:59 UTC
I didn't leave you a reviw because tha game did not start for some reason. :) I just wanted to let you know.