Pretty cute and fun! Love the concept! It's rather short as expected, so it leaves you wanting more. The art is beautifully made. The atmosphere is fantastic.
My only criticism would be the environmental hazards don't really make sense with the plot--why would the house kill you if it wants you to join the family? Also since all the gameplay is supposed to be stalling the MC until she succumbs, it doesn't make sense to punish the player for exploring and checking everything in the house by making it kill you.
I think instead maybe the sense of danger could be you are running out of time but you keep backtracking the same rooms so you feel trapped and failing to escape? Maybe have clock tower bells chime to show time has passed? Maybe have the paintings get more and more "HURRY GO GO!!" to make you feel rushed and scared? This is just my ramblings though, not that this is the "better" idea just me having fun. This game got my writing brain thinking so that means I love it!!
I really loved the art and it was the fun, short horror romp I was looking for! Scratches a good itch, and I seriously love the concept of "it's not that you have to survive, it's that you have to hurry," because that sort of fear I feel is underrepresented in the genre nowadays! And for a short game, it was well polished. Loved it!
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