This game does have potential, but theres a lot that just felt like it was thrown together at random just because it might be scary.
So, some critiques.
It feels like this game is all over the place. The noises are random, I don't understand why the interact mechanic needed to be random keys instead of just "E". I also found out the "puzzle' is skippable if you just walk out of the room without touching the.... light switch? That ringing tone... WHY!? If it faded away shortly after it started, that would be fine.. but 33 seconds of constant audio assault is not cool.
If there's a plot with that painting or the ghost ogre guy it was unclear to me.
As admittedly harsh as this comes across, I only bring these up to try to help you improve. It's clear you care about making these games good, otherwise there wouldn't be so many updates and fixes in the dev log, right? Keep it up!
Greetings from Germany. I played the game and was positively surprised. The atmosphere and scares were pretty good, I also loved the small riddle part. It was just a bit confusing some parts. :)
I also made a video about your game, you can check it out here:
Uploaded a video of me playing this earlier today, and while I didn't find it scary really, I did find entertainment out of it. And I r an into problems with the game crashing 3 times right after the monster shows up, so maybe try to fix that issue, cause that was a real problem but regardless it was a fun game to play.
I dont know. Did I miss something ?? I mean after you get down the stairs and start walking the hallways... they all look the same !!! The rooms that you can get into...all look the same !!! Even the ONE ITEM that you can interact with was the same !!!!! Only fun part was eerie noises.I got bored after my 10th hallway HAHAHA
Seems like it could use some work, but in no way was it a bad game. I enjoyed it and understood the majority of it, however the story was a little lacking and could've used to be elaborated upon more.
Regardless, it was a pretty spooky experience with a good use of jumpscares and eerie vibes. I had fun!
Not bad. I liked that it was short and you tried to keep things moving by not dragging out the length of the hallways or filling it with too many jump scares as well as by adding some interactive gameplay like the little code puzzle even though it wasn't difficult.
I think the game's strength is changes in the environment, things appearing/disappearing when we face a certain direction, triggered events like the text on the wall, etc. So maybe focus more on the timing and polish of those kinds of things and keep it about the atmosphere. I'd cut out the monster all together since it kind of downgrades the game to something more hokey and doesn't fit, but that's just me. Keep developing and improving and good luck with your next game!
This was definitely a spooky experience. Everything went well. The frames were smooth, the effects and sounds were awesome. I did feel like there was a lot of unity stock used (the most noticeable to me was the monster) but honestly, it didn’t impact the experience in a bad way at all. I DID get hung up at one point in the game and I had to reboot and start over. Otherwise, it was a nice short horror game! Thanks for making this!
My god I was close to finishing but this was a relatively creepy game, my game somewhat messed up, at the end but I know I could have been done XD, I do like the ambience in this as well trigger sounds that make you feel like someone is right behind you, to laughs or loud drags! I had fun playing this :)
This was enjoyable, but I did run into an issue where every time I touched the monster the game would just crash. I'll take a look at the other games you made, and thanks for releasing this one.
This game is very atmospheric it's awesome. It builds up suspense really thick. The only problem like i've seen before is the key pad in the painting room. Not sure if it's a glitch or, something you have to do to activate it but, I got stuck on it and, couldn't proceed :(
This game was good at first, however I ran into a few bugs which stopped me from finishing the game.
The number pad stopped working when you got the code wrong, and the game crashed every time the monster appeared. Also the sound effects and music cut out suddenly?
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This game does have potential, but theres a lot that just felt like it was thrown together at random just because it might be scary.
So, some critiques.
It feels like this game is all over the place.
The noises are random, I don't understand why the interact mechanic needed to be random keys instead of just "E".
I also found out the "puzzle' is skippable if you just walk out of the room without touching the.... light switch?
That ringing tone... WHY!? If it faded away shortly after it started, that would be fine.. but 33 seconds of constant audio assault is not cool.
If there's a plot with that painting or the ghost ogre guy it was unclear to me.
As admittedly harsh as this comes across, I only bring these up to try to help you improve. It's clear you care about making these games good, otherwise there wouldn't be so many updates and fixes in the dev log, right? Keep it up!
Hey! Thank you so much for your feedbacks! I completely agree with you! And I deeply apologise for the audio assault...
This game clearly is not perfect, it was made as a school project for a Level Design assignment a few years ago, using mandatory assets.
Unfortunately I do not have access to the game's project anymore, but I would be down to give another shot at the horror genre :)
I would encourage you to try the game I'm currently working on right now with my s/o : https://studio-singing-crows.itch.io/dum-dum-dinos-demo
It's comments like yours that help me going forward and creating more stuff! Thanks a lot!
Hey everyone ! Thanks for playing the game, you guys are awesome!
I did not have time lately to update the game, my focus has been all on my studies, but finaly the update the game needed is here!
Have fun !
Greetings from Germany. I played the game and was positively surprised. The atmosphere and scares were pretty good, I also loved the small riddle part. It was just a bit confusing some parts. :)
I also made a video about your game, you can check it out here:
Uploaded a video of me playing this earlier today, and while I didn't find it scary really, I did find entertainment out of it. And I r an into problems with the game crashing 3 times right after the monster shows up, so maybe try to fix that issue, cause that was a real problem but regardless it was a fun game to play.
Hey ! Thanks, sorry for the issues you encountered, these are fixed now. I hope you enjoyed the game anyway!
I dont know. Did I miss something ?? I mean after you get down the stairs and start walking the hallways... they all look the same !!! The rooms that you can get into...all look the same !!! Even the ONE ITEM that you can interact with was the same !!!!! Only fun part was eerie noises.I got bored after my 10th hallway HAHAHA
Seems like it could use some work, but in no way was it a bad game. I enjoyed it and understood the majority of it, however the story was a little lacking and could've used to be elaborated upon more.
Regardless, it was a pretty spooky experience with a good use of jumpscares and eerie vibes. I had fun!
Pretty good game, jumpscares were decently placed and pretty creepy as well. Well done
Not bad. I liked that it was short and you tried to keep things moving by not dragging out the length of the hallways or filling it with too many jump scares as well as by adding some interactive gameplay like the little code puzzle even though it wasn't difficult.
I think the game's strength is changes in the environment, things appearing/disappearing when we face a certain direction, triggered events like the text on the wall, etc. So maybe focus more on the timing and polish of those kinds of things and keep it about the atmosphere. I'd cut out the monster all together since it kind of downgrades the game to something more hokey and doesn't fit, but that's just me. Keep developing and improving and good luck with your next game!
This was definitely a spooky experience. Everything went well. The frames were smooth, the effects and sounds were awesome. I did feel like there was a lot of unity stock used (the most noticeable to me was the monster) but honestly, it didn’t impact the experience in a bad way at all. I DID get hung up at one point in the game and I had to reboot and start over. Otherwise, it was a nice short horror game! Thanks for making this!
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My god I was close to finishing but this was a relatively creepy game, my game somewhat messed up, at the end but I know I could have been done XD, I do like the ambience in this as well trigger sounds that make you feel like someone is right behind you, to laughs or loud drags! I had fun playing this :)
Bundled it up with two other games :) was alright but that puzzle picture room got me stuck LOL
Nice, short and creepy. I like it!
This was enjoyable, but I did run into an issue where every time I touched the monster the game would just crash. I'll take a look at the other games you made, and thanks for releasing this one.
Wasn't sure what the story was about but I still got pretty scared! I think the silence really adds fear!!
There were a few glitches that happened in this game, but I thought it was pretty good.
This game is very atmospheric it's awesome. It builds up suspense really thick. The only problem like i've seen before is the key pad in the painting room. Not sure if it's a glitch or, something you have to do to activate it but, I got stuck on it and, couldn't proceed :(
The code is the order that the numbers on the paintings appear.
just started playing it. got to the part where there is a ogre in the next room, Ran to it and the game froze. and here i am. what do i do now?
This game was good at first, however I ran into a few bugs which stopped me from finishing the game.
The number pad stopped working when you got the code wrong, and the game crashed every time the monster appeared. Also the sound effects and music cut out suddenly?
Apart from that, it was pretty good game!
Thanks to all of you for your awesome comments and videos !!
I'll post a new thread in the devlog soon so keep updated !
Great but short horror game!
I had a little trouble with the doors but nothing you couldn't work around :D
Well done!
I got really pissed because I couldnt enter the number 3, but the game seemed promising before that! If your into rage though, check this out!