This is brilliant! I always wanted to explore an abandoned shopping centre but there aren't any near me, haha.

I generally don't like investigative elements in VNs as a player, but I thought that side of things in this was pretty engaging, as well as the torch effect being very cool! I don't normally like torches in regular horror games because it usually means I'm going to die or be too scared to continue playing xD but in a VN, I feel perfectly safe so I can appreciate the effect more :3 All the other effects throughout were incredibly nifty too! Oh, and the soundtrack and atmospheric SFX were really great! Lovely sound design ^-^ I'm surprised this doesn't have more comments!

I don't know if you've fixed it but I didn't seem to experience any lag as others have mentioned :3 

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I did, however, manage to get stuck, haha. I feel kinda stupid cos all the other parts of the game up until now were easy enough for me to figure out, but I got stuck on the part with the monster and not looking at it >.< I just don't really know what I'm supposed to do so I feel a bit stupid x3 haha. Love the mechanic though! Reminds me of when I first played the VR game Here They Lie :3 I was so blown away by the fact that characters reacted to you looking at them!

Loved what I could play but for me the game lagged badly after the part where you used the screwdriver on the door (first attempt to get out)

Really tense and the writing had good pacing!  I like the mix between normal horror and the little bits of cynical humor in Alex's voice.  Also really enjoyed the flashlight/search effect!