Hey, thanks for trying out our game, we enjoyed your gameplay reactions.
Yes indeed it was meant to be for 2-minute horror jam but since it was our first game, we decided to put it in the 'My First Game' Jam catagory.
If you are confused about what happened, Nikki commited a suicide but her unrested soul, not realising that she has died wanders the house. It is why she can't pick up the glass to drink water or doesn't get a reply back from her mom when she says 'It's me'.
The shadow that you see upstairs is yet another wandering spirit which was a hint that Nikki is dead because normal alive human beings don't see ghosts/spirits, only other spirits can.
She comes back listening to her mother crying and upon seeing her corpse remembers she has killed herself.
We understand that due to short nature of the game it might not have been enough for some people to slip into it.
We'll make sure to make good use for your feedback. Thank you. :)