Star-Dogged Moon by Ree Rolph
A horror-themed visual novel inspired by A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. The intention was to focus on the central character Jack performing the same ritual, century after century, to desperately maintain the status quo. Unfortunately, I ran out of time before I got to that bit, so this really doesn't fit very well with the theme. The writing's pretty rushed. The art's good though. Best run in fullscreen, or the UI may be buggy .
Made in Unity and Ink.
Writing + Gameplay: Ree Rolph
Art: Vak
Assorted Programming : Piotrus Watson



| Youtube | https://github.com/Laithlie/stardoggedmoon |
| Youtube | https://laithlie.itch.io/star-dogged-moon |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/star-dogged-moon |
Ratings
| Overall | 993th | 3.368⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1182th | 3⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1036th | 3.122⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1367th | 2.944⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 414th | 3.974⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 146th | 4.053⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 49🗨️ |
Thanks for using this piece.
Artistic view conceptual and good design in minimal time. Music scared me, great for a horror. Well done!
Gameplay is a little blurry
Some impressions:
- The art was great, and fit the music perfectly. The overall mood of the game was amazing - kudos!
- It was strange that the dialogue you chose was repeated on the screen after you clicked on it. It might have felt better without it.
- The punctuation/grammar was a bit off sometimes, and sometimes the dialogue was cut off.
- It was unclear what was clickable/unclickable, some hover effects might have helped.
- Story was really interesting, I wish it was longer :D
The first line ended with "I have a young girl who would" and the second line ended with "You draw your power from".
Yeah, might just be a resolution issue but thought I'd let you guys know.
I wish the game UX was better designed though, maybe with some hover feedback, typewriting effect, words emphasized (color/bold). It could make the experience less rough and attract more players.