This is one of my favorite indie games. The gameplay and aesthetics are really fun, the mechanics are intuitive and the environment is interesting.
I love exploration in games, and this is filled to the brim with it. While the game doesn't focus on it too much, there are plenty of interesting lore hints that enhance the experience.
I managed to get two endings (don't know if there are more), and both of them felt so cool, I kept thinking "wow, that actually worked?"
Overall, the game is short and sweet (I got one ending in 5 in-game days, the other one in 11), but has potential to be played for longer thanks to the survival mechanics.
Ахаха. Тут челик продаёт саундтрек к игре за бакс, когда сама игра БЕСПЛАТНА. Он что думает, что никто не догадается просто прочекать папку с музыкой? Или найти её где-нибдь, если всё это возможно, конечно же) Но что бы там ни было, лучше бы он просто оставил ссылку на свой кошелёк, раз уж хочется донатиков...
Lovely little game! Not everything is well-conveyed, and the fact you can clown on the Devil Himself by tricking him into giving you free wood (and are actively rewarded for employing this silly strategy) detracts from the horror a bit, but the central mechanics and the atmosphere are very solid.
Yep, I believe the game to be far from horror as well since it doesn't dive deeper into that genre and it makes you focus more on survival strategy than the atmosphere.
Same for me as well but after walking forward awhile I saw the land but the demon had to kill me in order to get on it (I was actually under the map and couldn't get up). After that I was able to continue even after beating the game. I found some weird things and the people I killed were ghosts I think. Idk. But it would've been easier if I restarted all the way back home rather than having to walk a big way just to get killed. One more thing that was odd is that the boss spawned at the same place even though I beat him meaning I could beat the game a second time in the same file. Lol.
Hey Lum, I loved the game!! The one issue I am having is that after completing it once and attempting to continue that file the whole game starts up super bright and I have no hud nor do I start back in my home. I would love to keep playing for other endings. All in all this was an awesome experience!
Hey, thanks so much! Unfortunately, that is a known bug that I haven't been able to fix yet. Apologies for that, I don't know when a fix will come out. I know this isn't a great answer, but the only way to get the other ending would be to start a new game :(
Hello. I recently got the game after seeing Let’s Game It Out play it. I can’t get out of bed for some reason, I tried clicking all the keys but I get stuck and then it just moves on to the next day. Halp QAQ, I rlly want to play.
That's strange. Did you by any chance enable the Gamepad on the menu? That could make it so the keyboard controls don't work, but you can still disable it through the menu or by pressing ESC.
Also, just to be sure, are you using the arrow keys?
yo, i download the game but it says the unityPlayer.dll player is not found and said i should re-download it and i did but its the same result. also here's the platform i'm using right now
platform:Lenovo ideapad 330 operating system: windows 10 (and i download on "THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME 1.6.1 (windows).zip")
heres the thing i tried executing it in the zip and now i extracted the zip and its no longer asking about the dll its now asking the folder even tho its ontop of the contents
Yeah, you need to extract the .zip, then run the .exe file from the extracted folder.
I'm not sure what the folder error you're running into is, but if you keep running into issues with this it might make more sense to just download the game from Steam. It's still free!
It sounds like this is an issue with how you're extracting the zip, or where you're running it. But I think I'd have to actually see what you're doing to be able to help. Regardless, the Steam version should run fine for you.
Game was amazing! Really great gameplay! This game deserves more players! One of the best aspects of the game is that the player must collect essential resources to survive.
Oh god, that was amazing! This adventure was exciting and I loved this game so much, I will buy it on steam and replay again;D
oh, and also I completed both endings, and after trying this save I popped into a white space with no way out, I just walk in an endless white void, is this meant?
I know I'm late to the party, but I have to say, I really enjoyed the slow dismal suspense of this game! I didn't come into it expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised! Well done!
Really enjoyed this game! I liked it so much I decided to pay for it on Steam.
What I think makes this game so successful as an experience is the following:
- Resource management aspect of game excourages exploration, rather than being just an annoy end unto itself. I never felt I was collecting resources just for the sake of continuing to collect resources. I collected resources because they allowed me to keep exploring.
- Exploring was fun and always brought something new and rewarding right around each corner. The player isn't searching forever for the same thing over and over. The map is appropriately sized and there are creative new tools, locations, and secrets to find every in-game day.
- Controls are simple and very affective. I love the "look around" function which makes navigating easier without the need for a full map.
- Music and sound is great. Perfect atmospher and good audio clues for danger.
- A story without tons of reading or dialogue. There isn't anything wrong with story telling that uses reading and such, but it's great to have a game visually tell a story that you have to use you imagination a little to fill in blanks.
Really impressive game for a Game Jam! I look forward to playing more of your games.
Really great game, but unfortunately my experience was kinda ruined by bugs (v1.4), *spoiler* when reaching the boss fight in the roses field it bugged:
1° no boss spawned and only single random fireballs spawned in the area, making me have to reset or kill myself in the balls; 2° after, from this point, exiting and returning to the game, the boss spawned, but after ''killing'' it, he stood in the place.
Whenever I beat the final boss, he just kind of stops moving and nothing happens. I can't hit him. I can't leave. All I can do is Save and Quit, which starts the fight over again. This has happened twice, so its not just a fluke.
First off, I have so many questions. So I've beaten the game and gotten both endings, and I would really like to know how depthy the story is. My friend and I have MANY theories as to what the backstory may be, and are itching to know what the intended story actually is.
So basically, is there a twisted, psychologically messed up backstory?
And is there a third-tier bucket?
Also, this is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I downloaded this game originally as a joke because of the title, and ended up playing it for over 3 hours straight until beating it. This game shouldn't be free.
On that note, is there a way that I can donate through steam?
Wow, thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked the game so much.
So, first of all: I really don't like telling people what the 'intended story' is. There is one I have in my head, but if I were to just tell you what it all meant, it would really ruin whatever mystery was left. I think coming up with theories is the real fun part of the story, and because of how its presented, it's open for many interpretations! So please, keep coming up with theories and discussing with others!! And sorry if that answer is disappointing, I just think its important for the game to maintain a sense of mystery.
I will be clear about this though: there isn't a third tier bucket :(
If you want to support me via Steam, then you can always purchase the OST and/or the Making Of digital book! I believe OST is $1.99 USD and Making Of is $4.99 USD.
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Hi I wanted to ask why in the top right corner of my map there's no faded ghost like island like there is for other players?
This is one of my favorite indie games. The gameplay and aesthetics are really fun, the mechanics are intuitive and the environment is interesting.
I love exploration in games, and this is filled to the brim with it. While the game doesn't focus on it too much, there are plenty of interesting lore hints that enhance the experience.
I managed to get two endings (don't know if there are more), and both of them felt so cool, I kept thinking "wow, that actually worked?"
Overall, the game is short and sweet (I got one ending in 5 in-game days, the other one in 11), but has potential to be played for longer thanks to the survival mechanics.
I really recommend playing this!
Looking for a new horror game to play, but i don’t do well with jumpscares. does this have any?
Nope!
ty!
Ахаха. Тут челик продаёт саундтрек к игре за бакс, когда сама игра БЕСПЛАТНА. Он что думает, что никто не догадается просто прочекать папку с музыкой? Или найти её где-нибдь, если всё это возможно, конечно же) Но что бы там ни было, лучше бы он просто оставил ссылку на свой кошелёк, раз уж хочется донатиков...
Lovely little game! Not everything is well-conveyed, and the fact you can clown on the Devil Himself by tricking him into giving you free wood (and are actively rewarded for employing this silly strategy) detracts from the horror a bit, but the central mechanics and the atmosphere are very solid.
Yep, I believe the game to be far from horror as well since it doesn't dive deeper into that genre and it makes you focus more on survival strategy than the atmosphere.
Was this inspired by the game Darkwood? It seems very similar (in a good way).
it was *not*! I actually played Darkwood for the very first time this year, and I felt some similarities though. But those were purely coincidence!
I wish you could craft stuff so there would be more to the game. Good game anyway.
Same for me as well but after walking forward awhile I saw the land but the demon had to kill me in order to get on it (I was actually under the map and couldn't get up). After that I was able to continue even after beating the game. I found some weird things and the people I killed were ghosts I think. Idk. But it would've been easier if I restarted all the way back home rather than having to walk a big way just to get killed. One more thing that was odd is that the boss spawned at the same place even though I beat him meaning I could beat the game a second time in the same file. Lol.
Hey Lum, I loved the game!! The one issue I am having is that after completing it once and attempting to continue that file the whole game starts up super bright and I have no hud nor do I start back in my home. I would love to keep playing for other endings. All in all this was an awesome experience!
Hey, thanks so much! Unfortunately, that is a known bug that I haven't been able to fix yet. Apologies for that, I don't know when a fix will come out. I know this isn't a great answer, but the only way to get the other ending would be to start a new game :(
Yup, I’m also getting this bug, I thought it was ’the end’, glad to know that it isn’t an actual ending.
Hello. I recently got the game after seeing Let’s Game It Out play it. I can’t get out of bed for some reason, I tried clicking all the keys but I get stuck and then it just moves on to the next day. Halp QAQ, I rlly want to play.
That's strange. Did you by any chance enable the Gamepad on the menu? That could make it so the keyboard controls don't work, but you can still disable it through the menu or by pressing ESC.
Also, just to be sure, are you using the arrow keys?
No, I exit and ran it multiple times and I made sure gamepad was off. I was using wsd.
You need to use the arrow keys to move around, *not* WASD.
Are you still not able to get out of bed when using the arrow keys?
OML. That was a dumb mistake. Its working perfectly fine now. I had a lot of fun, thanks for the wonderful game.
No worries! Thanks for playing! 😀
yo, i download the game but it says the unityPlayer.dll player is not found and said i should re-download it and i did but its the same result. also here's the platform i'm using right now
platform:Lenovo ideapad 330
operating system: windows 10 (and i download on "THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME 1.6.1 (windows).zip")
please help me with this
I'm looking into the issue now, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'll try to follow up later tonight!
When you extract and download the game, it should extract as a folder with the contents:
THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME (windows)_DATA
UnityPlayer.dll
THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME (windows).exe
When you run the .exe, is the .exe still located in the folder?
That error you ran into will happen if the .exe is not in the same location as the UnityPlayer.dll and THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME (windows)_DATA folder.
heres the thing i tried executing it in the zip and now i extracted the zip and its no longer asking about the dll its now asking the folder even tho its ontop of the contents
Yeah, you need to extract the .zip, then run the .exe file from the extracted folder.
I'm not sure what the folder error you're running into is, but if you keep running into issues with this it might make more sense to just download the game from Steam. It's still free!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/993170/THE_DEVIL_HAUNTS_ME/
Alright thanks lum sorry for the trouble thanks for trying. And ill do that
Also the folder error if there's any familiar errors like me this is what the error said to me when i try and start the .exe
"There should be 'THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME (windows)_Data'
folder next to the executable"
Stay safe out there too! Keep up the good work!
No worries Thirty!
It sounds like this is an issue with how you're extracting the zip, or where you're running it. But I think I'd have to actually see what you're doing to be able to help. Regardless, the Steam version should run fine for you.
Take care! Thanks for the interest in my game 😀
It said if I bought the bundle I would get the making of thing too, but it isn't showing on the download page.
sent you an email!
Thank you!
Game was amazing! Really great gameplay! This game deserves more players! One of the best aspects of the game is that the player must collect essential resources to survive.
Ghost deers.
Oh god, that was amazing! This adventure was exciting and I loved this game so much, I will buy it on steam and replay again;D
oh, and also I completed both endings, and after trying this save I popped into a white space with no way out, I just walk in an endless white void, is this meant?
WAIT! There is more than one ending?!
I know I'm late to the party, but I have to say, I really enjoyed the slow dismal suspense of this game! I didn't come into it expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised! Well done!
Wait, I didn't know it got onto steam!
Really enjoyed this game! I liked it so much I decided to pay for it on Steam.
What I think makes this game so successful as an experience is the following:
- Resource management aspect of game excourages exploration, rather than being just an annoy end unto itself. I never felt I was collecting resources just for the sake of continuing to collect resources. I collected resources because they allowed me to keep exploring.
- Exploring was fun and always brought something new and rewarding right around each corner. The player isn't searching forever for the same thing over and over. The map is appropriately sized and there are creative new tools, locations, and secrets to find every in-game day.
- Controls are simple and very affective. I love the "look around" function which makes navigating easier without the need for a full map.
- Music and sound is great. Perfect atmospher and good audio clues for danger.
- A story without tons of reading or dialogue. There isn't anything wrong with story telling that uses reading and such, but it's great to have a game visually tell a story that you have to use you imagination a little to fill in blanks.
Really impressive game for a Game Jam! I look forward to playing more of your games.
too slow for me. I don't want to grind to hear a story...I should get a story first as a reason to grind.
Really great game, but unfortunately my experience was kinda ruined by bugs (v1.4), *spoiler* when reaching the boss fight in the roses field it bugged:
1° no boss spawned and only single random fireballs spawned in the area, making me have to reset or kill myself in the balls;
2° after, from this point, exiting and returning to the game, the boss spawned, but after ''killing'' it, he stood in the place.
I'm sorry to hear that! It's a bug I've known about, but have been having a hell of a time trying to reproduce and fix...
I've currently moved onto other projects, so I honestly don't know when a fix for that will be released. Sorry!
This game is fantastic, but I can't finish it...
Whenever I beat the final boss, he just kind of stops moving and nothing happens. I can't hit him. I can't leave. All I can do is Save and Quit, which starts the fight over again. This has happened twice, so its not just a fluke.
*****SPOILERS*****
First off, I have so many questions. So I've beaten the game and gotten both endings, and I would really like to know how depthy the story is. My friend and I have MANY theories as to what the backstory may be, and are itching to know what the intended story actually is.
So basically, is there a twisted, psychologically messed up backstory?
And is there a third-tier bucket?
Also, this is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I downloaded this game originally as a joke because of the title, and ended up playing it for over 3 hours straight until beating it. This game shouldn't be free.
On that note, is there a way that I can donate through steam?
Wow, thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked the game so much.
So, first of all: I really don't like telling people what the 'intended story' is. There is one I have in my head, but if I were to just tell you what it all meant, it would really ruin whatever mystery was left. I think coming up with theories is the real fun part of the story, and because of how its presented, it's open for many interpretations! So please, keep coming up with theories and discussing with others!! And sorry if that answer is disappointing, I just think its important for the game to maintain a sense of mystery.
I will be clear about this though: there isn't a third tier bucket :(
If you want to support me via Steam, then you can always purchase the OST and/or the Making Of digital book! I believe OST is $1.99 USD and Making Of is $4.99 USD.
Thanks again! :)