Besides joining others in praising the game for its engaging combination of horror elements and game mechanics (with its Silent-Hill-esque atmospheric horror, and actions within both the real and arcade worlds influencing eachother), I'd like to state that I personally sense potential for an entire horror game series/franchise built around these Janitor games, not unlike Five Nights At Freddy's, Bendy and the Ink Machine, and Poppy Playtime.
Perhaps any future installments of this game series/franchise would feature exploring through various abandoned settings (such as a games store, an apartment complex, or an office building) in order to track down cartridges for a whole series/franchise of these haunted "Janitor" games, along with appropriate consoles to play them on (such as on the Atari 2600, NES, SEGA Genesis, PlayStation, PC, GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, and even mobile phones to name a few), and with them, an expansion of the lore (perhaps told by audio recordings and/or notes) behind the horrifying presence that's been inhabiting these games, and luring in and devouring any victims that play them (such as, for example, the original game developer, after finishing programming the arcade game, tragically having his soul sacrificed and made into the titular "Janitor" character by evil cultists, whom he had made a deal with the devil with during game development, only for a profit-seeking corporation to then acquire the IP for the Janitor arcade game after the developer's mysterious and suspicious death/disappearance, and use the Janitor IP to develop further Janitor games on various platforms, and through these games, spreading the curse even further)?
Heck, I could even see potential for an ARG to arise, if there's interest in developing more games in the same universe as Janitor Bleeds.
Late reply, but I'd also like to add that, before learning about this game, I had been a fan of such Creepypasta-inspired games as Slender: The 8 Pages, SCP: Containment Breach, and Siren Head, along with some Creepypasta stories like the Godzilla NES Creepypasta story, and I find that this game has a similar feel to those Creepypastas, though isn't necessarily one (at least to my knowledge).
I picked this up on Steam, but it runs like garbage there for some reason, when it ran the Itch demo version just fine. It looks like I'm not the only one with the issue. I made sure to have my laptop pick the dedicated GPU, which usually fixes stuff like massive frame drops, but no luck. Any suggestions?
This was Amazing, I had so much fun, and the puzzle was challenging to work out what I needed to do next. The fact that you can interact with items into the game arcade cabinets, really made for a unique puzzle mechanic to change the game world.
Even the boss battle at the end was fun, gaining access to arcade guns to take down a giant monstrous mass, it was so cool.
Loved every minute of the game, especially in the level design, you did an incredible job at interconnecting the rooms back together the arcade fely massive until I looked at the map in the secret room and saw how the layout was put together.
Hello friend, I bought your game on Steam because it is very, very good, congratulations, I want you to help me by subscribing to my YouTube channel, greetings...
This Game was a breath of fresh air compared to other indie horror games! Loved how you used the arcade machine to get past levels. PLUS the 80's style is amazing, love these old arcade vibes. My video on the game -
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i was completely taken back by how fantastic this game is. bravo for making something unique and spooky.
Thank you for your kind words :)
Besides joining others in praising the game for its engaging combination of horror elements and game mechanics (with its Silent-Hill-esque atmospheric horror, and actions within both the real and arcade worlds influencing eachother), I'd like to state that I personally sense potential for an entire horror game series/franchise built around these Janitor games, not unlike Five Nights At Freddy's, Bendy and the Ink Machine, and Poppy Playtime.
Perhaps any future installments of this game series/franchise would feature exploring through various abandoned settings (such as a games store, an apartment complex, or an office building) in order to track down cartridges for a whole series/franchise of these haunted "Janitor" games, along with appropriate consoles to play them on (such as on the Atari 2600, NES, SEGA Genesis, PlayStation, PC, GameBoy, GameBoy Advance, and even mobile phones to name a few), and with them, an expansion of the lore (perhaps told by audio recordings and/or notes) behind the horrifying presence that's been inhabiting these games, and luring in and devouring any victims that play them (such as, for example, the original game developer, after finishing programming the arcade game, tragically having his soul sacrificed and made into the titular "Janitor" character by evil cultists, whom he had made a deal with the devil with during game development, only for a profit-seeking corporation to then acquire the IP for the Janitor arcade game after the developer's mysterious and suspicious death/disappearance, and use the Janitor IP to develop further Janitor games on various platforms, and through these games, spreading the curse even further)?
Heck, I could even see potential for an ARG to arise, if there's interest in developing more games in the same universe as Janitor Bleeds.
Oh, thank you for your feedback. And thank you for the new ideas :)
Late reply, but I'd also like to add that, before learning about this game, I had been a fan of such Creepypasta-inspired games as Slender: The 8 Pages, SCP: Containment Breach, and Siren Head, along with some Creepypasta stories like the Godzilla NES Creepypasta story, and I find that this game has a similar feel to those Creepypastas, though isn't necessarily one (at least to my knowledge).
So different and creative!!
FINALLY played...It was amazing < 3
I picked this up on Steam, but it runs like garbage there for some reason, when it ran the Itch demo version just fine. It looks like I'm not the only one with the issue. I made sure to have my laptop pick the dedicated GPU, which usually fixes stuff like massive frame drops, but no luck. Any suggestions?
Yeah it ran like garbage for me too. I refunded it as soon as I exited the game.
I got it in a bundle from another site, so no refund for me. At least it didn't cost much to begin with. :/
Even the boss battle at the end was fun, gaining access to arcade guns to take down a giant monstrous mass, it was so cool.
Loved every minute of the game, especially in the level design, you did an incredible job at interconnecting the rooms back together the arcade fely massive until I looked at the map in the secret room and saw how the layout was put together.
Hello friend, I bought your game on Steam because it is very, very good, congratulations, I want you to help me by subscribing to my YouTube channel, greetings...
This Game was a breath of fresh air compared to other indie horror games! Loved how you used the arcade machine to get past levels. PLUS the 80's style is amazing, love these old arcade vibes. My video on the game -