I haven't finished the game yet, but I don't know if I'll be able to. :/ The description is... certainly right about the objectives being obtuse, at least. I do really love the atmosphere and the art direction and such! The beginning was very nice. But I have almost the entire map unlocked by now, and I've scoured everything multiple times, and I just feel like at this point I'm wandering through the same areas over and over trying to find something I've missed. There is no direction or objective, so there's nothing to really point me where I'm supposed to go or what I'm supposed to be doing. It's quite frustrating. Even the things I *have* unlocked, have sometimes seemed to lead me nowhere and not really accomplish anything? But maybe that's just because I'm missing something again. It's a huge game, so even when I did resort to looking for a walkthrough in order to progress, the other player had done things out of order from me, and I struggled to find where they had gotten things I had missed. Even now, I'm not entirely sure what's going on or who the characters are either, and so I don't feel particularly invested in them. Maybe it would all come together later on in the game, but again, I don't know if I'll be able to make it to that point.
TL;DR: An open-world puzzle game is fascinating in theory, but I wish it was perhaps broken into multiple smaller goals with or something.
Wow, the game is really fully released? I'll purchase it as soon as I find the purchase option (where has it gone? Yesterday it was still here)! Congratulations to the release! :D
That's wonderful to hear! I can't wait so I'll buy it here on itch as soon as it's available. :) One shy question: Do you intend to treat the itch.io version the same way as the Steam version? I don't want to imply anything at all, but I've become a bit cautious since unfortunately I made the experience that there are some devs out there that tend to neglect their games on all other platforms other than Steam after release. It's no problem if the release of updates to the itch-version takes a bit longer (I know the procedures to update games are much easier to handle on Steam) but some games have basically been abandoned here.
For me, updating the game on itch is far easier. I expect any updates will appear here first. The only difference will be the lack of Steam Achievements and Cloud Saves - and because of this the itch.io version will be $1 cheaper.
I absolutely loved this game! I loved the atmosphere and I felt that the puzzles were the right difficulty and I can't wait for the full game! The only that really bothered me was having to use the mouse button for the item menu instead of one of the keyboard keys. (or maybe i'm just dumb and couldn't figure out which one it is lol)
Glad you liked it. There's a fairly large overhaul in the works at the moment, hoping to have some news about that soon. For the inventory, you should be able to use space to select items, you shouldn't need to touch the mouse at any point.
I was able to use the space bar to interact with the world like the enter key would, but it wouldn't let me bring up the menu in general if I wanted to look at the items or re-read some of the documents. I'm on windows 10 if that helps
I'll have a look in to it but I have a feeling if it was a bug I've already fixed it on my current build when I re-worked the controls. Thanks for the report though!
well i cant get the light on in the basement (that room in the pic and thats what i have for items) and the pocket watch and the whiskey bottle filled with water.
edit: i also dont know what to do with the ouija board and didnt open the 2nd safe yet
Oh I see, you're basically at the end of the demo here, opening the second safe is what you should do next. But there isn't much to see after that point.
There's a fairly major update in the works, i'm not sure if i'll update the demo or just hold off until the game is finished. But life is a bit mad right now and I've given up trying to predict when I'll be able to finish this off!
But yeah, I am still working on this, and I am excited about what's to come. I have some time off work coming up, maybe once I've sorted through all my notes I can post some information then.
Just bought the game. I have a Mac. When I download it all I see is something called "Game" and when I try to open it I get an error message that says "The application "Game" cannot be opened."
Hmm, it's been a while since I've tested the mac version. It's a bit tricky to borrow a mac from someone in these times, but i'll see if I can get someone to do some testing for me. I reckon it's either some security settings not letting you open a file downloaded from the internet or some recent(ish) mac update that I need to account for.
In the meantime, i'll contact itch.io to sort out a refund (there isn't a way for me to do this manually).
This was spectacular! Wow, how come nobody's talking about this game. When is the full version coming out? I reached the coffin and the demo ended... Does that mean I've done everything? I didn't use the seed at all. Appreciate any help to finish the parts I missed.
Firstly, thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it!
You don't get to use the seed for much in the demo. I'll release a new demo in the near future once i'm finished working on a big-ish change. The full game will be here for October.
You never fail to impress! Hope you have fun doing it!
But like all games, it does have a bug I randomly found when spamming the enter button, if there is a clip here than please watch:
If not it's fine. This is really good and I like the games mechanics and more new aspects to the game! Keep it up you two! This must've took a long time to produce!
This is on PC my mac wouldn't play 32-bit games anymore because thats a new feature of the 1.15 update and sometimes when it's 64-bit it still wont work.
Bonjour, nous sommes des joueurs français. Votre jeu est au TOP. Seulement nous avons eu quelque problème au niveau du code du coffre de l'office, nous avons trouver les chiffres et aussi nous avons compris que quand il manquer un chiffre cela signifier que le chiffre ne pouvait pas être placer a cette endroit mais la façon de placer les chiffres ne suivait aucune logique ( ou peut etre pas )
Unlocking the combination cabinet is probably the point where most players get stuck. The note on the cabinet is meant to provide a clue for what order you should input the numbers. But it seems most players have difficulty working out what the clues mean.
I'll be re-working this puzzle in the next update, hopefully it'll make a bit more sense and be easier to solve.
Thanks so much for the feedback, it's really helpful.
I have play it with my friends and i can tell you that after few minutes we was negociating for who will played the game because it's was soo scary, it's never give me that effect before.
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I haven't finished the game yet, but I don't know if I'll be able to. :/ The description is... certainly right about the objectives being obtuse, at least. I do really love the atmosphere and the art direction and such! The beginning was very nice. But I have almost the entire map unlocked by now, and I've scoured everything multiple times, and I just feel like at this point I'm wandering through the same areas over and over trying to find something I've missed. There is no direction or objective, so there's nothing to really point me where I'm supposed to go or what I'm supposed to be doing. It's quite frustrating. Even the things I *have* unlocked, have sometimes seemed to lead me nowhere and not really accomplish anything? But maybe that's just because I'm missing something again. It's a huge game, so even when I did resort to looking for a walkthrough in order to progress, the other player had done things out of order from me, and I struggled to find where they had gotten things I had missed. Even now, I'm not entirely sure what's going on or who the characters are either, and so I don't feel particularly invested in them. Maybe it would all come together later on in the game, but again, I don't know if I'll be able to make it to that point.
TL;DR: An open-world puzzle game is fascinating in theory, but I wish it was perhaps broken into multiple smaller goals with or something.
Wow, the game is really fully released? I'll purchase it as soon as I find the purchase option (where has it gone? Yesterday it was still here)! Congratulations to the release! :D
It'll be up on itch.io soon! And releasing on Steam for November, if you'd prefer to wait for that.
That's wonderful to hear! I can't wait so I'll buy it here on itch as soon as it's available. :) One shy question: Do you intend to treat the itch.io version the same way as the Steam version? I don't want to imply anything at all, but I've become a bit cautious since unfortunately I made the experience that there are some devs out there that tend to neglect their games on all other platforms other than Steam after release. It's no problem if the release of updates to the itch-version takes a bit longer (I know the procedures to update games are much easier to handle on Steam) but some games have basically been abandoned here.
For me, updating the game on itch is far easier. I expect any updates will appear here first. The only difference will be the lack of Steam Achievements and Cloud Saves - and because of this the itch.io version will be $1 cheaper.
Okay, should be live now.
Just purchased and downloaded! But I wait with playing until it's properly dark outside. :)
I just began playing. Is it intentional that there is a (invisible) hole two steps left from the three seats both northwards and at the southern wall?
Oh wow, no it is not. Thanks for the report.
just popping in to congratulate you on the release! WOO!!!
Cheers, it's been a long journey!
I absolutely loved this game! I loved the atmosphere and I felt that the puzzles were the right difficulty and I can't wait for the full game! The only that really bothered me was having to use the mouse button for the item menu instead of one of the keyboard keys. (or maybe i'm just dumb and couldn't figure out which one it is lol)
Glad you liked it. There's a fairly large overhaul in the works at the moment, hoping to have some news about that soon. For the inventory, you should be able to use space to select items, you shouldn't need to touch the mouse at any point.
I was able to use the space bar to interact with the world like the enter key would, but it wouldn't let me bring up the menu in general if I wanted to look at the items or re-read some of the documents. I'm on windows 10 if that helps
I'll have a look in to it but I have a feeling if it was a bug I've already fixed it on my current build when I re-worked the controls. Thanks for the report though!
im stuck, the walkthrough i found seem to have been from an earlier version so not helping me :(
What are you stuck with?
well i cant get the light on in the basement (that room in the pic and thats what i have for items) and the pocket watch and the whiskey bottle filled with water.
edit: i also dont know what to do with the ouija board and didnt open the 2nd safe yet
Oh I see, you're basically at the end of the demo here, opening the second safe is what you should do next. But there isn't much to see after that point.
Will there be a new update coming soon? Like in a few months or a few weeks?
There's a fairly major update in the works, i'm not sure if i'll update the demo or just hold off until the game is finished. But life is a bit mad right now and I've given up trying to predict when I'll be able to finish this off!
But yeah, I am still working on this, and I am excited about what's to come. I have some time off work coming up, maybe once I've sorted through all my notes I can post some information then.
Thanks for checking in, it really helps.
Just bought the game. I have a Mac. When I download it all I see is something called "Game" and when I try to open it I get an error message that says "The application "Game" cannot be opened."
Hmm, it's been a while since I've tested the mac version. It's a bit tricky to borrow a mac from someone in these times, but i'll see if I can get someone to do some testing for me. I reckon it's either some security settings not letting you open a file downloaded from the internet or some recent(ish) mac update that I need to account for.
In the meantime, i'll contact itch.io to sort out a refund (there isn't a way for me to do this manually).
What OS version are you running?
oh. my. gosh.
i loved this game! this is exactly the type of game i live for. can't wait to see a full release! i threw y'all a few bucks (well deserved!) <3
Thanks so much, really appreciate the support.
I know I've been a bit quiet with updates this year but the full release is on the way. Thanks!
This was spectacular! Wow, how come nobody's talking about this game. When is the full version coming out? I reached the coffin and the demo ended... Does that mean I've done everything? I didn't use the seed at all. Appreciate any help to finish the parts I missed.
Firstly, thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it!
You don't get to use the seed for much in the demo. I'll release a new demo in the near future once i'm finished working on a big-ish change. The full game will be here for October.
You never fail to impress! Hope you have fun doing it!
But like all games, it does have a bug I randomly found when spamming the enter button, if there is a clip here than please watch:
If not it's fine. This is really good and I like the games mechanics and more new aspects to the game! Keep it up you two! This must've took a long time to produce!-Chasetnt.
Added to The Great Bug Fix Sticky Note on my wall, thanks.
This is on the mac version?
This is on PC my mac wouldn't play 32-bit games anymore because thats a new feature of the 1.15 update and sometimes when it's 64-bit it still wont work.
-Chasetnt
Bonjour, nous sommes des joueurs français. Votre jeu est au TOP. Seulement nous avons eu quelque problème au niveau du code du coffre de l'office, nous avons trouver les chiffres et aussi nous avons compris que quand il manquer un chiffre cela signifier que le chiffre ne pouvait pas être placer a cette endroit mais la façon de placer les chiffres ne suivait aucune logique ( ou peut etre pas )
Firstly, thanks for playing!
Unlocking the combination cabinet is probably the point where most players get stuck. The note on the cabinet is meant to provide a clue for what order you should input the numbers. But it seems most players have difficulty working out what the clues mean.
I'll be re-working this puzzle in the next update, hopefully it'll make a bit more sense and be easier to solve.
Thanks so much for the feedback, it's really helpful.
Hey i tried the updated version, much better, and im glad the puzzles we tried in the first video now work lol
Thanks for playing! Happy to see things are working better.
if only there was a mac version ;(
Mac version will be ready for the 5th.
Apologies for the delay!
Oh okay ! Great new : D
Mac version is up!
YES !
I have play it with my friends and i can tell you that after few minutes we was negociating for who will played the game because it's was soo scary, it's never give me that effect before.
dude i want the full game! Lol i was getting into it then the warning label came on. Heres my playthrough.