Mid-shift, 5149

TS: 21:33 PM, 2025-Oct-5

NO GAME -- NOT SAFE TO OPERATE

Originally inspired by Gab's video "Halloween Stories: Horror Movie - Hidden Object Game" (linked below. I liked the gameplay and  thought  of a cool concept combining it with another I saw on Jack's channel (meant to be a surprise, but I've failed). Other ideas popped up, but after a lot of back and forth, someone close greenlit this over the others.

Unfortunately I struggled to implement the mechanic that tied the experience together. Wasting too much time doing patchwork, and neglecting the wider project. Even If I made it work for the deadline, the rest would be too barebones. Contrasting a meaningful experience. 

Any hope of submitting that idea died. And with death, an opportunity to reword the theme in my favor (something like "Death 'of and idea' is an opportunity 'for a different idea'. ")

And this is what I came up with. 

Thank you to Jacksepticeye, John "Ducky Dev" Szymanski!  and the team who helped put this thing together. The event awakened a sense of primal urgency that helped me break through mental blocks that usually put me in an armbar. To be honest, they still did, and every day since Oct 1st.. But something about this jam made me want to keep going. Maybe I really like the concept I came up with. Or maybe I've matured as a person since 5 days ago.

Either way it probably wouldn't of happened without . So thank you, again.

PS I will continue developing the project for October, because I still think it's a cool idea. Hope to share it in the future.

Halloween Stories: Horror Movie - Hidden Object Game