Ok, you spamming ads was justified, haha! That’s a solid title. Reminds me of resident evil. Looks good on big screen, I wanna play around with GameMaker now.

Game wise, adding map and maybe infinite fuel for super-easy mode would be nice for people like me (I am bad at navigating in general with map or not, and especially bad when there’s a time limit).

I died seeking garage door… i’ll try again later…

not sure about theme “tiny world” here, perhaps visually.

Writing was funny, I’m interested to explore this story further.

Though, the fuel aspect in general - what era is it? nowadays people would use smartphones to light their way.

Great update! It has improved! Some more notes for you: 

1) I am not a fan of the movement being limited to the key I am holding down. If you can only move in cardinal directions, I feel like it would feel more intuitive if I press a different movement key while already holding one down, the newest pressed key would be the direction my character goes, then when I let go of the new one, it would move in the direction of the first one. Maybe this is a preference thing, but just to add some more thoughts to the game

2) I agree with a few other comments that you run out of fuel too fast and are limited in what you can see, so you are discouraged from reading notes and seeing some lore - maybe pausing the timer while reading notes? and any other small things to not penalize players for exploring?

3) The doors you can walk through - I know you mentioned that is intentional, but visually, it still does not work in my opinion - there needs to be some visual indicator that they can walk through the door - either it opens and there is an audio cue, or the door is already open and stays open.

4) The jump scare waits too long to come. The screen completely fades, so I already expect it.

I hope these notes help you improve your game as I see the potential - great entry and great job!!

I really like the concept and the vibe of this game. Pixel art doesn't scare me, but I underestimated this one. I absolutely love the mechanic of light slowly fading out as you struggle to find more fuel for it. I really appreciate the horror games which focus on psychological horror than jump scares.
The art stye is good, the main menu music is..... well, let's say I spent more time on the main menu screen than the game itself and now I can't get the tune out of my head XD.
Talking about in game sound:- I was a little disappointed when I realised that there is no background music, but I guess it works in favor of the overall theme. After all, you are in a haunted house, where the only sound you will hear is doors and floors creaking.

Ok so talking about areas of improvement:-
1. Doors are a little buggy, They only allow you to pass after you approach them from a specific angle.
2. As much as I like the game mechanic, I found that the fuel was burning way too fast, even on easy mode. And by fuel, I don't mean the slider on the bottom left, I mean the circle of vision. You are not just collecting keys and opening doors, you are reading all the notes, trying to figure out what happened and exploring the house as well. Unfortunately, I couldn't complete the game because it was impossible for me to explore the house after half of my fuel is depleted, because the circle of vision gets too small.

I will say that this game has potential.

Great artstyle and gameplay! The darkness slowly increasing is a nice touch, gives that claustrophobic feeling!

I think the art style is great and menu screen is very cool. Game had some bugs and I don't think that it's best place to have restart key [R] next to use key [E] cuz I pushed it accidentally and was sent back to start. I love how the light is slowly going out and you have to gather candles. The Vibrating red text was nice touch and music was nice also. I think doors could've been bigger because it was hard to step through doorways sometimes. Anyways. a very solid nice game, congrats!

Finally got the time to play this one. It is a charming game with a lot of potential! I had fun roaming around and trying to figure out the mysteries of the events that happened.

Good job. Berry! You're talented and very enthusiastic, keep up the good work!

I thought this was a great! Wasn't able to complete it due to a bug, but what I did manage to get through was awesome! The sound effects, general look of the game, music and especially the running out of light intensifying effects was really good. I think I would have preferred the candle to not really "reduce" in size as I ran out of fuel, but instead to just intensify the visual effects on the screen as I ran out. That way I would still be able to maybe find a fuel source even when almost out of fuel. Instead, at a certain point, it becomes more of a situation where I would rather start over than wander around in complete darkness an getting stuck on furniture. 

As for the bug, my screen would just go black. I could still play the game and walk around, read notes, etc, but the screen would be black. It happened three separate times at different times and locations so I'm not sure what exactly is causing the issue. 

Other than that issue it was an awesome time!

The effect when the light nearly goes out is great. Real cranked the intensity up. Multiple time I got stuck on an open door, walked some other way, tried again and could go through, was pretty annoying.

Nice entry. I think I am at the end, but I can't open the garage door? What's the gas for otherwise?

Well done!

Managed to escape :P Got fuel for the vehicle but couldn't open the garage door. Escaped through the front door. Found a bug where I played the whole game while pause menu was on hahaha. 

The artwork, game design and concept are truly brilliant.  Really creepy horror feel.  Only had a quick go on the easy version and even on that the candle burn speed is challenging.   I really wanted to explore more but the candle really stopped me getting very far on a quick play. Will definitely come back to this to play more as soon as I have time. 

I agree with pretty much all christh's comments, so won't repeat what he said.
  
For a 10 day jam, this is an immense achievement, and brilliant concept, hope you get time to keep developing it, you have amazing talent.  

Ok full marks for story - right now I got as far as the garage and I believe I understand what the alternative ending might be. However I'm struggling a lot with the candle burn speed.

Suggestions: I'd like to finish the story but once your light gets low you're just not going to find any fuel, so the game is a bit of a high-pressure memory game at present. If you could tweak the burn speed I think that'd help a lot (I'd consider this a balance / bug fix so no issue doing it now). I'd even say halving the burn speed would be an idea. Also the time pressure means going and reading the fun stuff (turtles!!) is not really possible.

Other things: ahem, player's flashlight uses candles for fuel? I ignored the candles to begin with :) Oh yeah, a semi-bug - I actually found a candle somehow in the dark but got murdered a second later.

Otherwise very cool and congrats, I can see a lot of work went into this one.

Wow, loved this! I didnt realize pixel art games could be scary but to pulled it off, well done. I loved your vfx!

I liked the atmosphere and story of the game! Uncovering the mystery is fun, and itfelt very spooky and creepy.! The jump scare worked when I died the first time! lol!

Getting through the doors going left/right was difficult and thought they were blocked off until I kept trying. The light dimming mechanic was fun but I felt it ran out too quickly and shrank down too much to make it possible to see anything.

I wasn't expecting to play any horror games this jam, I love a good horror so congrats! The art looks really nice, the sound and music work really well for the genre. And I think you have a pretty decent story tied into the gameplay. I didn't get as far as completing the game before I ran out of fuel but I enjoyed the run I had. 

I loved the music, atmosphere and art. I haven't played a lot of horror games but I expected something to happen when the fuel ran out and was ready. I think do the jump scare at an unexpected time. Maybe place a candle in a spot when it's needed the most, to keep the pace.  for example I started in the first room, went left to the body, naturally continued in that direction, by the time I made it to the second room I had nothing left. again I'm not much of a horror game player so take it with a grain of salt. 

It's a nice game!!!

Promising start!

Good job on setting the mood & tone. Art & Lighting work well to complement the themes. 

As mentioned on the main comments page, I encountered a crash to desktop and had a few pain points when exploring.

Overall, it looks like a solid foundation, and I look forward to your future patches/projects.

Have a nice day!