I really like the art style, and the core idea is solid for a jam game. It has lots of nice little polish elements too, like the automap. It is very nearly an extremely solid submission.

However, you built a game where the core game loop is navigating a maze while avoiding a looming monster—and then implemented the core mechanic of such a game loop, movement, poorly.

Here's my playthrough video:

Cool littler crawler! I wasn't able to finish, but I had fun nonetheless. I think if the pills could stack or the 'respawn' timer on cthulu was increased it might help a bit, basically if you use the pills too far away and walk past he catches right up to you and it's impossible to get away. Movement was solid and I liked the handdrawn graphics. Well done!

Ah, I wish I could have escaped Cthulhus clutches, after he found me, one last time. I used my pills, but could not get away fast enough. The game is super creepy and a very well made version of 3D Monster Maze. Thanks for the heart attack :)

Very nice and effective aesthetics. The labyrinth is really nice as well! Movement felt a bit slow, because I was trying to press buttons too fast and it would eat my first input. Overall nice little game!

Nice game. After several attempts, we were finally able to open the door. I liked the evil visual design, which was impactful. Personally, I thought the pill could have been stackable. It might make it easier.

Nice mazerunning game. First time I got caught as I was looking at the fifth key, second time I escaped haha. Was rather enjoyable, though I would've liked movement to be a bit snappier. Would've helped with the whole theme of being chased. Mechanics were good, aesthetics were very pleasant.

Simple but challenging.
The music really sells the dread.  It was pretty tense when the Cthulhu was in pursuit.
I noticed the movement seemed a lot more responsive after I restarted.  I dunno if it has a small data leak somewhere.
Playthrough: The Baleful Dreams by Phoplunker

Yes I escaped! 

Graphics style works great. Plain but efficient. The game loop is also basic but works well. The movement could be a bit more fluent, and maybe slightly faster. If you don't time the movement correctly it feels un-responsive. The game was generally fun to play but there were not much combat. More like being chased pac-man style.

Anyway solid entry. Good job!

I like the crayon drawn world in which I find myself.

Those pills sure are effective!

Only found 3 keys, alas.

Then I was driven insane. Or had a heart attack. Whichever.

Good game.

That was very well done, very nice feelings I got out of this, tense, strategic and also scary, I was able to escape and even tbaged Cthulhu infront of the door while he was stunned, very very cool :')

I escaped ! For now ...

The game looks great, I love the look of the horror, the drawings on the wall, and the shadow thing is pretty cool. The oppressive atmosphere is very well rendered by this shadow as well as the sound. I'm very happy you went with turn-based gameplay, the game took me a few tries and was very fun to play to me.

Small nitpick, I think the game could play smoother, like the person before me said as soon as you press a movement button and the character won't move it feels bad.

Overall this was a super cool entry, thanks for sharing.

Man, that freak’ll really get you, huh? It seems like your best bet is to just get lucky – I found three keys by casual avoidance, but once he got a whiff of me, I couldn’t seem to get far enough away to lose him for good, even with pills.

Something about the delay between movements doesn’t feel good to me. But I liked the scribbly animated padded walls.