Nice work! I felt very emotionally engaged with this one, even getting a bit teary eyed near the end. I'll admit this hit a bit close to home for my own childhood. If this is based on your own life, I honestly hope you are in a better spot. The sound effects and music really helped enhance the mood, and the story/dialogue felt very realistic.

In terms of feedback, the sokoban barrel puzzle felt like it was put in just to say there was a puzzle in the game somewhere. I would suggest either cutting it or making puzzles a more involved part of the game.

Very raw but also very powerful. I really liked how you used the visuals to support and complement the text (the endless stairs / halls, the split-second flashbacks to previous scenes of abuse, etc). The dialogue manages to convey a lot of information (character's backstories and mannerisms) with relatively little text, a sort of "economic" storytelling (word-count wise) that complemented with the visuals and audio really hits the spot for me.

If this is partly or fully autobiographical then I sincerely hope you're doing better now, but regardless, I feel like you've tackled the subject matter with a lot of nuance and respect. Great work!

Terrific storytelling and sound effects. Ever since I heard Mom’s sobbing the first time, memories of Lisa came to mind. Somehow the father in this story reminds me of Lisa’s (probably because of the alcohol and violence).

The way the game shows the memories is amazing (I would love to do something like that someday).

Even though it is a heartbreaking story, I liked the humor you put into the player-controlled character’s reaction (like walking in the wrong direction, or getting used to falling asleep after the hallway sequences). And that song at the end… damn!

I liked the Sokoban puzzle, it changed the pace of the game for a moment, and that felt good. If I could choose how to add one or two more choices to the game, I would have liked to be able to say something to Dad when you find him after visiting Mom’s grave, or that when we say whether we are afraid of him or not, the options are there but impossible to choose.

You made a great game!

The graphics are minimal, but the emotions and story lines are sincere and moving. I learned a lot from this game.For me, it was one of the most impressive games of the whole jam!

Great storytelling here. The barrel puzzle feels like it was there just to justify this game's presence in an adventure game jam, but honestly you probably didn't even need to. It felt good just to go through the interactive story.