Interesting story and nice art, but I would have liked some more gameplay. Maybe watering the plants?

What an interesting little story this is - seeming to try to capture the feeling of percieved failure under pressure.
I played it as part of my massive "10 Horror Games" halloween video (you can find the time code for your game specifically in the description). Thanks for the interesting little piece!

I liked the design and color pallet of that game

MY FAVORITE GAME 

In my opinion you'd have deserved a better placement in the 3rd Alakajam! with this game, but on the other hand, I am pleased that you won the first place in the graphics and sound category. Highly earned! :) With every dark night in your game, the following day is becoming more bleak as well. I thought it was fantastic that you tackled the issue of depression with the serious attitude it deserves. I hope there will be more people to try it out, because it's absolutely worth to investing some minutes in it. <3 That's why I recommended your game in our compilation article about the jam and showed one minute of gameplay in the accompanying video as well. :) Keep up the great work!

Best wishes,
Sebastian

wow

so simple its good

Simple gameplay but a really good game. We loved the pixel art stule and the athmosphere.

Here is a short video we made while playing:

Even though the gameplay was very simplistic, you really managed to create the athmosphere you were aiming for. That combination of dark-ish color for graphics and the "abrasive" background music really created that depression-like athmosphere.

And keeping in mind that you made this in just 48 hours... wow! This is really amazing.

A mature themed version of book HOLES?

Short, bleak, and a little spoopy, Dirt provides an interesting look into one man's struggle on an unsuccessful farm. The pixels are simple, yet effective, and the low tones of the audio work well to set the mood.

I was little scared, but thanks for the gaming experience! :)

In just 48 hours you showed such a strong atmosphere - master.

Really cool game, however the story kinda drops at the end, maybe you could add some clarity? I though that the ghosts could surround his house as the night cutscene began, then they would be gone in the morning and the farmer wouldn't come out.

OpenGL error here ;-;

It's an interesting, thought provoking game for my LP. My main issue is the ambiguity of the ending. It just kinda drops at the end. I hope you can add some clarity for the ending.

It built a really interesting situation for me and then abruptly ended. I feel like it was really going somewhere. Like watching a movie, getting to the end and then thinking.. wait why is there not more?!

The one thing I really think could be worked is the dialog the character says when you have work to do but try to sleep. It breaks the depth and mood of the character/game that you worked hard to build. It comes off as too mechanical. You can watch my reaction to it here:

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