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snuffysam2 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I really don't understand the scream when you die. Just seems totally random, the rest of the game isn't particularly horror-y... maybe if the game glitches had more of a horror element to them, but you're just trying to maintain a bunch of normal arcade cabinets. Why is there a horrible scream sound lol.

The tutorial was good and helped me understand the gameplay. Wow some of these differences are subtle though, and make you wait a while to spot.

Instead of a scream at the end, maybe the end card should tell you what you missed instead?

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SuperAwesomeH2 days ago

Hello, thanks for playing my game.

For the horror part, yes you are right that it's not that horror-y because the original plan was to draw horror assets for the game jam but I found that it was hard for me and I need to learn pixel art and Aseprite first, that's why I added that there was only ONE horror element, particularly the scream.

Now let me explain the scream: After you insert a token on a corrupted cabinet, a hand grabs you from inside the machine and sends you inside the machine, which the player then screams then gets corrupted (hence the breaking voice of the scream). I found I needed to learn how to draw and animate that first, because I barely have experience with art, so I apologize.

And for the end card telling you what you missed, I think that's a bad idea as this: reduces replayability, streamability, puzzle solving feeling, and the psychological horror element of the fear of the unknown. These were the assumed reasons why Exit 8 and That's Not My Neighbor don't show you what you missed in the end as well.

Thanks for the feedback!

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snuffysam2 days ago

Do Exit 8 and That's Not My Neighbor have random elements? When I replayed the levels, an arcade cabinet that was broken on the first level on my first attempt was working on my second attempt. So it seems to me like the broken element on each arcade cabinet is random for each level rather than a puzzle you'd get a second chance to look at and solve, but correct me if I'm wrong here.

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SuperAwesomeH1 day ago

Yes, both Exit 8 and That's Not My Neighbor have random elements.

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