This was a pretty emotional game, especially because it was written based on (correct me if I'm wrong) your own experiences of grief. The story was definitely the highlight here- I'll be honest, I don't really understand what I was even doing with the gameplay besides cranking like a madman and tapping the d-pad when that didn't do anything. Also, I hate to say it for a game that's trying to tackle a serious subject, but the ghost sound effect was really goofy. It undercut the tension a bit, especially when I somehow glitched it into playing on a loop while attempting to have a heartfelt conversation with the dad, which made that scene unintentionally funny. Besides that though, the writing really resonated with me. A solid entry!
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I ran into that issue with the sound once but just ran out of time to debug it. The whole bad spirit gameplay idea can't just hours before deadline.
The game was inspired by some of my own grief. Thank you for playing. I hope to carve out some time this weekend to address a number of issues and balance gameplay more.