hey! first off, amazing game lol! but secondly i want to know if i can find the song/track that plays when u try to close the "turn back" windows that you get i believe right after chapter 3? i really liked the track but i cant seem to find it anywhere... thanks!
Yes and it only happens once from a game over screen occurring. To disable this function from enabling, you can head over to the data folder of the game and delete a file called Nightmare.bat. After that, you should be all set to go and shutdowns will not occur during the experience.
Heya Xer, its Tyr, I finally got my dad's old laptop after a long time of waiting, so this is a pre download message, I wanted to say, I can't wait to finally play this for myself after all this time, and I hope it was worth the wait!
Hello, I recently played your game, and it truly is amazing! However is there any way to revert back to how my pc was before I downloaded the game? I can’t get rid of the whole file since it says something is open, I’m at the part where he opens up a text document and tells me to check documents for a code, and I’m not sure how to delete the game without looking through all the files.
Logging off and logging back in should fix the issues preventing file deletion. And not much else is really outside the A Dark Place folder other than the passcode application from the documents folder. Deleting the A Dark Place folder entirely should clear everything up as well except for save-files which are stored differently. Deleting the save-file can be done by opening the game to the in-game main menu screen and pressing the Q key should then bring up a prompt asking to confirm a save-file reset. Afterwards, you should be good to go.
I ended up just finishing the game, and what a great one it was! However I deleted all the files but one folder keeps prompting that it is in use in another folder yet there is nothing inside.
I just figured out the issue with the current upload and plan on uploading a fix shortly. I apologize for the waiting inconvenience and I thank you for your patience.
I fixed the issue by marking the installation tag as "windows" without needing to upload another copy. A re-installation of the game should now fix the problem. Thanks for reporting this issue to me I really appreciate the notice.
It's a false alarm due to some of the game files using crucial windows features. In your antivirus, there should be an exclusion option in which you can select the game's folder to fix the interruption popups.
Hey dude, I’m the creator of Lacewing used in LOST, wanna check up if you’re using the latest. It’s linked here. You can reach me on Clickteam Discord if you want.
Big reliability improvements in latest version ^.^
Glad to hear it man! The LOST mini-game does appear to be using an older version of Lacewing so I'll be sure to upgrade for the stabilization improvements.
I also wanted to say a big thanks for the creation of the Lacewing extension for Clickteam. I learned a lot about online networking from the use of Lacewing in my experimental projects and couldn't have done it without it.
It inspired me to create a personal C# API that allows the support of Lacewing for Unity games. This was used as the main networking engine for my Unity game called Lucid Explorer which allows the community to create and publish dream levels for others to see and play.
Also, I was planning to create another personal Unity API for the support of advanced collaboration projects that allows a small team to work on game projects in real-time from the cloud, this would allow a team to work on levels and designs at the same time while also being able to see the changes made to anything in real-time. It's basically a personal idea I thought about a while ago in which I could probably create someday.
Thanks once again for the creation of Lacewing and its updates, it's been my top highest inspiration for many years.
I recently played this game and it made changes along the way to my computer. I got to a point in the game where it shut itself down again and I found that the entire root directory was empty so I was unable to restart the game. But my computer was still changed around with different wallpaper and screensavers. Did my copy break or was I supposed to do something there and didn’t know? I had to drop the files back in from the original zip at which point my entire game was reset.From what I can remember I was in the true ending part of the game in a big field of trees when it crashed.
Yep, the game deleting itself at that moment was intentional and apart of the experience. And the saved changes should just be the wallpaper and nothing else.
I bought the special edition of this around a year ago, but have recently moved to a new computer. Is there any way I could re-download? Also what is the difference between the base game and the special edition?
If you bought the special edition with your current itch.io account you will still have access to the downloads to the paid version without having to pay twice. On the top of the A Dark Place page, it should mention that you own the game and it will give you access to the download link for that as well. If none of this is showing up, it may have been due to re-uploads of the special edition I did in which you can contact me through xer.workstation@gmail.com to receive a new updated download link for the paid version of the game. For your other question, the special edition features a debug menu which gives you the ability to update your save-file to access any of the major levels of the game at any time. This also gives access to hidden secrets, bonus content, and much more. You will also have access to free roam mode for any see how any level was designed using the ~ key. The special edition also features access to the entire in-game soundtrack which leads up to 70+ songs to listen to. Wallpapers are also featured in this version for personal taste and early access to the older version of the A Dark Place 2 Demo.
If this already happened once then it shouldn't happen again. If it didn't then a file named Nightmare.bat would still be in the data folder along with the other files. You can delete it if its still there and the game will no longer cause the one time shutdown.
I think its because there were not many changes in that version. In terms of the effects I believe only 1 file was removed which was the shutdown feature named Nightmare.bat which can also be deleted manually within the game's data folder. I can however re-upload the updated copy of it by request if you'd like.
So a follow up to the below comment of pressing 'Q' to reset game. It doesn't seem to be working for me, I've gotten the true ending and no matter when or where I press 'Q' nothing happens. Help!
So you stated in your "ReadMe" document that, you must press Q at the menu of the game to restart.However, one of the endings simply doesn't open the menu as it forces you to that screen. How else would I restart this game? Where is the game saves located? I really wanted my friend to play this when I get to his house but there is no way for me to restart the progress.
Also, to mention, this game is perhaps the best experience I've had in a horror game! The amount of times this game scared me cannot compete with Outlast or any other horror game. I'd like to thank you for that.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the experience! And for the reset, I figured out during testing that when the game is loaded to the final ending message scene, the Q key still works for the reset menu without requiring the main menu screen.
Hi! I absolutely loved the first game, and come back to the page to not only see the dev is still active, but they're making a SEQUEL? I sincerely can't wait until that's finished, you're super talented and I can't even begin to explain how excited I am.
Everytime i start the game the config for the game appers but i cant seem to get to the button to get out of it and start the game because it is too big. Could someone tell me how to get around it?
I had just now restarted the game and it went to a glitched out map, in a sense. When looking in the top left corner, it wrote something in Japanese, then Russian, which makes no sense.
Oh wow. That's honestly really cool. But no, I haven't been able to fix the problem. I've deleted the application after making sure it was properly exited, then I had re-installed it again, with no luck. I've even tried fixing the resolution thinking that was the problem, gamma, and I have recently updated my Mac thinking that was the issue, with no luck. I have no other options :|
I don't really have a Mac to test this on. This version was processed for Mac by request but I wasn't able to do tests on it. The person that requested it didn't really say anything about this type of problem. I would suggest downloading VMware for mac and emulating a windows system and that should work for playing the game with compatibility supported.
Hi.. I had recently downloaded your game (Mac version on game jolt) for some reason, every time I open the game it always goes to a black, empty screen. When I check on the application, it says not responding. When it starts responding, it'll still stay black, but the game seems to be completely fine, even though I can't play. Could you please help me figure out the issue?
I have a question, so I know this game has a fake virus and there is something I want to set up, I want to re create the detect alt f4 file but I want to make it my own, is there a simple way you can tell me how to pull something like that off?
How I did it was by locking out the quit feature on the window and detected if the program was closed before the time-limit which would then open up another application after it was closed from something other than the hidden quit button. So I made it seem like it detects alt-f4 as a trick but you can probably use input detection in your code to detect two keys at once as another way to pull this off.
thank you!and is there a way to make the game for lower end graphic cards the game is, shall I say not able to be handled on lower end computersand I really want to play the game myself, but I can't because its to high of a graphic for my computer to handle it and once again thank you, it wasn't the alt-f4 I was hoping for I'll post the markiplier video I wanted to reference
once again thank you, I know game development is hard, I have tried and tried and tried again but keep failing something always goes wrong so once again thank you!
I'm also trying to learn how you made the game, you used i'm guessing clickteam fusion because in the dev files they are MFA files which can only be used by clickteam programs,and for the glitches its done with clickteam, but I love the fake virus, one thing that has stopped me from making a game is that I want to make a meta game but because of my lack of knowledge I have been unable to really settle down on a game I want, I want to make a platformer based on IMSCARED but add a fake virus element but once again not knowing how to doing things doesn't help, so any info on how to do any of this would be useful please contact me at h.p.lovecraft.yt@gmail.com no that was not a promo I just made it as a 2nd email to have I need to set up a business email soon and once again thank you for giving me info and taking the time out of your schedule to talk and help me and help us fans of the games.
There is no android version of the game as there is no mobile support for this game. You may have seen a fake version of the game which is an unplayable ad scam app. If you do still have the link just let me know and I can see what I can do about it.
Yep! No problem. And no my next game isn't really going be a meta horror game like this one was. I'm figuring out how I can work on an entirely new concept for a more fun based story driven experience.
I am so excited to hear it！！And when will you probably release this game?I believe that you will certainly make the game more fun，because you are pretty awesome！
In a couple months as I have just began working on the project. The whole idea of the game is like an art project from it's new unique design that makes the whole world feel magical in a sorrowful way. Its turning out well so far in concept. Now I just need to spend time working on the structure and it can probably turn out being my best game.
Hey, really like what I played of the game so far! Unfortunately, the Unity customization screen upon loading up the game is too large, I have to force my monitors into Portrait to hit 'run game'.
Is there a version with a smaller customization screen? I'm running 1366x768 and I sadly have no way to go beyond that, even when trying to force my graphic card to do so.
The last question：How to stop this game from turning off my computer？.Because I am going to record a video for it and put it on a website.XerStudios hopefully you can reply to me
XerStudios hopefully you will answer this. how do you delete the save file for this game? if you don't know, then can you at least tell me the save files in the data folder? thank you
If you just mean opening externally from the game or another app, then I can give you an example script to go off from as its very simple to do using a just bit of C#. Most of the code for just opening the files is mostly the same for each script file. This is what I've done in unity, even though it works with a visual studio console application as well.
For the "PLACENAMEHERE" part you will simply change that to the name of the file you want to open including the extension at the end like .bat, .vbs, etc. After that you will want to make sure to place that vbs or batch file right next to the complied c# application. Then finally, it should work perfectly for opening these apps in the background. Hope that helps :)
This game is interesting but it lacks proper design, especially in maps and gameplay. Too many things are not made clear, and its clear that the game only focuses on a specific audience that gets dumbfounded to actually think this game is controlling your computer. So many things is made clear that the game does not 'act like a real computer nightmare', its not even funny. And the fourth-wall breaks end up being too overused, which makes them look embarrassing since some of them are just plain ridiculous - no one can fall for this. In other words, this game tries so hard to be 'virus-like', it ends up looking too obvious and instead look funny and silly. The antagonist is heavily unoriginal. a JPEG of a skull with scribbles on it is scary? No. It's clear that you have taken inspiration from the likes of IMSCARED, in which I will HEAVILY recommend that game over this.
The map design is horrendous, from countless corridors being misleading to the many rooms not actually containing anything and instead just forcing you to keep walking through pointless sections. The maps themselves didn't make proper sense and connected absolutely nothing to do with the story. For example, see the two screenshots of the room with the flowers and colour circles? Then you go to the 'real' alternative. What does this display? What's the purpose of this? Is there a message?. Speaking of which, I want to discuss the story.
This game, straight from the start, makes no attempts to actually polish its story. From the misleading and confusing stories at the beginning, to the many 'trapped in game' dialogue, it doesn't all blend in and read like a story. It's as if random events are just occurring without any explanation, and no actual plot is occurring. What was the purpose of the 'recording room' part? The guitar photo, the photo of my face, the portals, I don't get it. Why are they here? What's the story? It's impossible to actually assume the story here, as well from before, and way later, we finally 'learn' about the premise of the story - a skull trapped in the game. This has 0 connection with the stuff that was introduced and presented earlier in the game, and frankly, it really lowers the atmosphere and tone.
As for fear, it's 50/50. There are parts where the fear is executed well, but also parts where it feels like it's just trying to scare you at every attempt, using fourth-wall breaks as a method of 'omg look i control your computer haha funny' to scare the person playing. When we reach the part with 'real' alternative shit (makes no sense), it becomes really boring, since there's pretty much nothing going on apart from the occasional skull chasing you parts (which was boring and ridiculous as well). Not only that, but there are also too many ridiculous jumpscares. That pixelated frog thing is seriously not scary at all. Why does it need to jump on my face all the time?
Final verdict, the game is shit. You seriously need to work on your design in future games, because damn, it's so bad in this game. Polish things up, and make sure your games aren't a waste of time for everyone including me, in which you failed to do so in this game.
If you don't like the game , why the hell are you here criticizing the game developer with negative words while many gamers are having good experiences ? Jeez , if the developer really create the real viruses , how many computers are destroyed every day ? It would waste lots of computers :P
This game is legit good, i had a lot of goosegumps with it and jumps too, the fourth-wall break is AMAZING. The only thing that makes me sad is this game isn't popular enough, but keep up the good work, and one day you might be noticed. ;)
I entered the Forest, when I got every key and passed the iron gate at the end, I quit because I needed to do other things, when I came back and launched the game, I found myself in this weird place was there. I think it said "Error" and had some weird writings in red at the top left corner of my screen, the place was a hallway with noises that got worse and worse as I continued to explore. In front of me was the face on the TV where the music box of Sadness is in the Realverse. Another hallway was accessible where I proceeded, there we're blinding lights and sprites of a weird figure in the background. A sort of eye figure chased me but not the same one as in the start of the game, it was sort of triangular shaped. My game crashed when it finally reached me with a pop up error, then my screen started getting brighter and darker, the background didnt change to black this time but flashed different lights eventually stopping at orange, my sound went up and down with laughing, and finally went to max sound and had a deafening ringing sound that was so loud I turned off my headphones. The taskbar disappeared. I'm scared to open the game again because not only might it repeat but there might not be the debug mode to restart the game. Please help.
Edit: I opened the game back up and it went back to the Forest.
I watched youtubers play it but i wish to play it as well. i downloaded the free version but i have a 32-bit operrating system. can you create a game that supports 32 bit? Edit: i read the comments and saw that you have a link for that system. can you send me one as well?
I think that specific version that I sent was the 32 bit edition of the Special Edition. Since a new big update is currently being made I can send you a updated version of the 32 bit copy of the game. I send you a link once I get the chance to upload it.
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hey! first off, amazing game lol! but secondly i want to know if i can find the song/track that plays when u try to close the "turn back" windows that you get i believe right after chapter 3? i really liked the track but i cant seem to find it anywhere... thanks!
so people here say that it like shuts down my pc at some points is this at all true?
Yes and it only happens once from a game over screen occurring. To disable this function from enabling, you can head over to the data folder of the game and delete a file called Nightmare.bat. After that, you should be all set to go and shutdowns will not occur during the experience.
ok cool thanks am excited to try this game out soon
Heya Xer, its Tyr, I finally got my dad's old laptop after a long time of waiting, so this is a pre download message, I wanted to say, I can't wait to finally play this for myself after all this time, and I hope it was worth the wait!
Awesome! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you!
Hello, I recently played your game, and it truly is amazing! However is there any way to revert back to how my pc was before I downloaded the game? I can’t get rid of the whole file since it says something is open, I’m at the part where he opens up a text document and tells me to check documents for a code, and I’m not sure how to delete the game without looking through all the files.
Logging off and logging back in should fix the issues preventing file deletion. And not much else is really outside the A Dark Place folder other than the passcode application from the documents folder. Deleting the A Dark Place folder entirely should clear everything up as well except for save-files which are stored differently. Deleting the save-file can be done by opening the game to the in-game main menu screen and pressing the Q key should then bring up a prompt asking to confirm a save-file reset. Afterwards, you should be good to go.
I ended up just finishing the game, and what a great one it was! However I deleted all the files but one folder keeps prompting that it is in use in another folder yet there is nothing inside.
I resolved the issue, thank you for making such an amazing game!
You're welcome! I'm glad you have enjoyed the experience!
Why this game can not run on Windows
Do you have a 64 bit or 32 bit operating system? And is there a specific error that appears when you try to open it?
64 bit, but it says the game wont apply to windows
hey, are you online? i used to download it on windows, but i cant download it now
I just figured out the issue with the current upload and plan on uploading a fix shortly. I apologize for the waiting inconvenience and I thank you for your patience.
I fixed the issue by marking the installation tag as "windows" without needing to upload another copy. A re-installation of the game should now fix the problem. Thanks for reporting this issue to me I really appreciate the notice.
glad you can work it out quickly
It's a false alarm due to some of the game files using crucial windows features. In your antivirus, there should be an exclusion option in which you can select the game's folder to fix the interruption popups.
What changed with the update? I got notified that there was one but theres no patch notes
Its a small update to fix networking bugs from the online mini-game from chapter 3.
Ah ok. Thank you for letting me know
Hey dude, I’m the creator of Lacewing used in LOST, wanna check up if you’re using the latest. It’s linked here. You can reach me on Clickteam Discord if you want. Big reliability improvements in latest version ^.^
Glad to hear it man! The LOST mini-game does appear to be using an older version of Lacewing so I'll be sure to upgrade for the stabilization improvements.
I also wanted to say a big thanks for the creation of the Lacewing extension for Clickteam. I learned a lot about online networking from the use of Lacewing in my experimental projects and couldn't have done it without it.
It inspired me to create a personal C# API that allows the support of Lacewing for Unity games. This was used as the main networking engine for my Unity game called Lucid Explorer which allows the community to create and publish dream levels for others to see and play.
Also, I was planning to create another personal Unity API for the support of advanced collaboration projects that allows a small team to work on game projects in real-time from the cloud, this would allow a team to work on levels and designs at the same time while also being able to see the changes made to anything in real-time. It's basically a personal idea I thought about a while ago in which I could probably create someday.
Thanks once again for the creation of Lacewing and its updates, it's been my top highest inspiration for many years.
Damn I wanna play this game, but I don't wanna stay up all night thinking a demon is gonna eat my toes-
I recently played this game and it made changes along the way to my computer. I got to a point in the game where it shut itself down again and I found that the entire root directory was empty so I was unable to restart the game. But my computer was still changed around with different wallpaper and screensavers. Did my copy break or was I supposed to do something there and didn’t know? I had to drop the files back in from the original zip at which point my entire game was reset.From what I can remember I was in the true ending part of the game in a big field of trees when it crashed.
Yep, the game deleting itself at that moment was intentional and apart of the experience. And the saved changes should just be the wallpaper and nothing else.
I bought the special edition of this around a year ago, but have recently moved to a new computer. Is there any way I could re-download? Also what is the difference between the base game and the special edition?
If you bought the special edition with your current itch.io account you will still have access to the downloads to the paid version without having to pay twice. On the top of the A Dark Place page, it should mention that you own the game and it will give you access to the download link for that as well. If none of this is showing up, it may have been due to re-uploads of the special edition I did in which you can contact me through xer.workstation@gmail.com to receive a new updated download link for the paid version of the game. For your other question, the special edition features a debug menu which gives you the ability to update your save-file to access any of the major levels of the game at any time. This also gives access to hidden secrets, bonus content, and much more. You will also have access to free roam mode for any see how any level was designed using the ~ key. The special edition also features access to the entire in-game soundtrack which leads up to 70+ songs to listen to. Wallpapers are also featured in this version for personal taste and early access to the older version of the A Dark Place 2 Demo.
I want to record the game with camtasia studio, but the game shutdown my pc, what should i do?
If this already happened once then it shouldn't happen again. If it didn't then a file named Nightmare.bat would still be in the data folder along with the other files. You can delete it if its still there and the game will no longer cause the one time shutdown.
Where is the stream friendly version of the game?
I think its because there were not many changes in that version. In terms of the effects I believe only 1 file was removed which was the shutdown feature named Nightmare.bat which can also be deleted manually within the game's data folder. I can however re-upload the updated copy of it by request if you'd like.
If i know which file shuts it down i can delete it so you don't have to upload a totally different version, thanks anyway.
You're welcome. I did manage to upload it anyways just in case anyone else needs it.
So a follow up to the below comment of pressing 'Q' to reset game. It doesn't seem to be working for me, I've gotten the true ending and no matter when or where I press 'Q' nothing happens. Help!
Did you try it when the end dialog showed up? What place in the game did you tried the Q reset?
I did but not to worry, bought the special edition and it worked : )
Excited for the next game!
Thank you! Glad it worked out.
So you stated in your "ReadMe" document that, you must press Q at the menu of the game to restart.However, one of the endings simply doesn't open the menu as it forces you to that screen. How else would I restart this game? Where is the game saves located? I really wanted my friend to play this when I get to his house but there is no way for me to restart the progress.
Also, to mention, this game is perhaps the best experience I've had in a horror game! The amount of times this game scared me cannot compete with Outlast or any other horror game. I'd like to thank you for that.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the experience! And for the reset, I figured out during testing that when the game is loaded to the final ending message scene, the Q key still works for the reset menu without requiring the main menu screen.
Hi! I absolutely loved the first game, and come back to the page to not only see the dev is still active, but they're making a SEQUEL? I sincerely can't wait until that's finished, you're super talented and I can't even begin to explain how excited I am.
Thank you so much for enjoying my creations! I truly appreciate it and hope the sequel will be just as good or better when its done.
Why can not I see it on Steam?
It's not published on Steam. I am making A Dark Place 2 so I might see if the possibility exists for publishing both games on Steam.
Well, please just be quick.I want add two new games on Steam.It makes me feel comfortable
Everytime i start the game the config for the game appers but i cant seem to get to the button to get out of it and start the game because it is too big. Could someone tell me how to get around it?
To fix that go to the gamejolt version page and download the Stream/Video Friendly + Window Fix package https://gamejolt.com/games/ADarkPlace/323680
I had just now restarted the game and it went to a glitched out map, in a sense. When looking in the top left corner, it wrote something in Japanese, then Russian, which makes no sense.
This is an Easter egg that occurs randomly at start up. Did that other problem fix?
Oh wow. That's honestly really cool. But no, I haven't been able to fix the problem. I've deleted the application after making sure it was properly exited, then I had re-installed it again, with no luck. I've even tried fixing the resolution thinking that was the problem, gamma, and I have recently updated my Mac thinking that was the issue, with no luck. I have no other options :|
I don't really have a Mac to test this on. This version was processed for Mac by request but I wasn't able to do tests on it. The person that requested it didn't really say anything about this type of problem. I would suggest downloading VMware for mac and emulating a windows system and that should work for playing the game with compatibility supported.
Ok. Thank you! :D Have a nice day.
Hi.. I had recently downloaded your game (Mac version on game jolt) for some reason, every time I open the game it always goes to a black, empty screen. When I check on the application, it says not responding. When it starts responding, it'll still stay black, but the game seems to be completely fine, even though I can't play. Could you please help me figure out the issue?
Hi, is there any way you can make the game playable on win64
Strange, as the latest download for the game is 64 bit. You mean win32?
Yea, i meant win32, i rly want to play this, can you try to make a win32 version
Yes I can, I send it to you once it is processed and uploaded
THX!!!!!
Also, try adding graphic settings, i dont have a good com
The game has an auto graphic optimizer so performance improves automatically only when its needed.
I have a question, so I know this game has a fake virus and there is something I want to set up, I want to re create the detect alt f4 file but I want to make it my own, is there a simple way you can tell me how to pull something like that off?
How I did it was by locking out the quit feature on the window and detected if the program was closed before the time-limit which would then open up another application after it was closed from something other than the hidden quit button. So I made it seem like it detects alt-f4 as a trick but you can probably use input detection in your code to detect two keys at once as another way to pull this off.
thank you!and is there a way to make the game for lower end graphic cards the game is, shall I say not able to be handled on lower end computersand I really want to play the game myself, but I can't because its to high of a graphic for my computer to handle it and once again thank you, it wasn't the alt-f4 I was hoping for I'll post the markiplier video I wanted to reference
10:52 for the time stamp and once again thank youI might be able to as I do have the project files saved on my drive. I see what I can do
once again thank you, I know game development is hard, I have tried and tried and tried again but keep failing something always goes wrong so once again thank you!
Yep! You're welcome!
also good luck on a dark place 2
Thank you!
also and sorry for so many questions, are you a group entity or just one person like do you have a group or is it just you?
I'm also trying to learn how you made the game, you used i'm guessing clickteam fusion because in the dev files they are MFA files which can only be used by clickteam programs,and for the glitches its done with clickteam, but I love the fake virus, one thing that has stopped me from making a game is that I want to make a meta game but because of my lack of knowledge I have been unable to really settle down on a game I want, I want to make a platformer based on IMSCARED but add a fake virus element but once again not knowing how to doing things doesn't help, so any info on how to do any of this would be useful
please contact me at
h.p.lovecraft.yt@gmail.com
no that was not a promo I just made it as a 2nd email to have I need to set up a business email soon and once again thank you for giving me info and taking the time out of your schedule to talk and help me and help us fans of the games.
What Android Version On Play Store?
There is no android version of the game as there is no mobile support for this game. You may have seen a fake version of the game which is an unplayable ad scam app. If you do still have the link just let me know and I can see what I can do about it.
Thank You XerStudios
Yep! No problem.
Thanks for all the comments you replied to me！And are you working on another metagame like this?I am looking forward to your third game like this！
Yep! No problem. And no my next game isn't really going be a meta horror game like this one was. I'm figuring out how I can work on an entirely new concept for a more fun based story driven experience.
I am so excited to hear it！！And when will you probably release this game?I believe that you will certainly make the game more fun，because you are pretty awesome！
In a couple months as I have just began working on the project. The whole idea of the game is like an art project from it's new unique design that makes the whole world feel magical in a sorrowful way. Its turning out well so far in concept. Now I just need to spend time working on the structure and it can probably turn out being my best game.
Sounds great！I am waiting for it！
Hey, really like what I played of the game so far! Unfortunately, the Unity customization screen upon loading up the game is too large, I have to force my monitors into Portrait to hit 'run game'.
Is there a version with a smaller customization screen? I'm running 1366x768 and I sadly have no way to go beyond that, even when trying to force my graphic card to do so.
Yes I do have a fixed version for this found here
https://gamejolt.com/games/ADarkPlace/323680
The package name is A Dark Place: Stream/Video Friendly + Window Fix
Hope that helps!
Thank you very much!
The last question：How to stop this game from turning off my computer？.Because I am going to record a video for it and put it on a website.XerStudios hopefully you can reply to me
You can find the stream/video friendly version here https://gamejolt.com/games/ADarkPlace/323680 It does everything else without shutting down the computer.
Well， this game is as good as I expected，and it has absolutely great musics，love it so much！
And will this game truly break my computer ，or will i uninstall it and everything get back to normal?(my English is not very good）
No, not at all. The game only pretends to be destructive but It does no harm. So you should be fine.
what computer configuration does this game require， i mean that how much memory the game needs
1 to 2 GB of memory should be fine. The game mostly uses at least 500 mb and the game includes an optimizer for best performance during gameplay.
XerStudios hopefully you will answer this. how do you delete the save file for this game? if you don't know, then can you at least tell me the save files in the data folder? thank you
At the main menu screen press Q to reset your save data. And that should be it.
You are so creative ! I think this game is the best fourth wall break game !
If you just mean opening externally from the game or another app, then I can give you an example script to go off from as its very simple to do using a just bit of C#. Most of the code for just opening the files is mostly the same for each script file. This is what I've done in unity, even though it works with a visual studio console application as well.
Unity Code:
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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class OpenFileInUnity : MonoBehaviour {
void OnEnable() {
//will open if exe is in same directory as launchers exe file.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("PLACENAMEHERE.bat");
}
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Console App Visual Studio Code:
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using System;
namespace ExampleScript
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("PLACENAMEHERE.bat");
}
}
}
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For the "PLACENAMEHERE" part you will simply change that to the name of the file you want to open including the extension at the end like .bat, .vbs, etc. After that you will want to make sure to place that vbs or batch file right next to the complied c# application. Then finally, it should work perfectly for opening these apps in the background. Hope that helps :)
Much appreciated!
This game is interesting but it lacks proper design, especially in maps and gameplay. Too many things are not made clear, and its clear that the game only focuses on a specific audience that gets dumbfounded to actually think this game is controlling your computer. So many things is made clear that the game does not 'act like a real computer nightmare', its not even funny. And the fourth-wall breaks end up being too overused, which makes them look embarrassing since some of them are just plain ridiculous - no one can fall for this. In other words, this game tries so hard to be 'virus-like', it ends up looking too obvious and instead look funny and silly. The antagonist is heavily unoriginal. a JPEG of a skull with scribbles on it is scary? No. It's clear that you have taken inspiration from the likes of IMSCARED, in which I will HEAVILY recommend that game over this.
The map design is horrendous, from countless corridors being misleading to the many rooms not actually containing anything and instead just forcing you to keep walking through pointless sections. The maps themselves didn't make proper sense and connected absolutely nothing to do with the story. For example, see the two screenshots of the room with the flowers and colour circles? Then you go to the 'real' alternative. What does this display? What's the purpose of this? Is there a message?. Speaking of which, I want to discuss the story.
This game, straight from the start, makes no attempts to actually polish its story. From the misleading and confusing stories at the beginning, to the many 'trapped in game' dialogue, it doesn't all blend in and read like a story. It's as if random events are just occurring without any explanation, and no actual plot is occurring. What was the purpose of the 'recording room' part? The guitar photo, the photo of my face, the portals, I don't get it. Why are they here? What's the story? It's impossible to actually assume the story here, as well from before, and way later, we finally 'learn' about the premise of the story - a skull trapped in the game. This has 0 connection with the stuff that was introduced and presented earlier in the game, and frankly, it really lowers the atmosphere and tone.
As for fear, it's 50/50. There are parts where the fear is executed well, but also parts where it feels like it's just trying to scare you at every attempt, using fourth-wall breaks as a method of 'omg look i control your computer haha funny' to scare the person playing. When we reach the part with 'real' alternative shit (makes no sense), it becomes really boring, since there's pretty much nothing going on apart from the occasional skull chasing you parts (which was boring and ridiculous as well). Not only that, but there are also too many ridiculous jumpscares. That pixelated frog thing is seriously not scary at all. Why does it need to jump on my face all the time?
Final verdict, the game is shit. You seriously need to work on your design in future games, because damn, it's so bad in this game. Polish things up, and make sure your games aren't a waste of time for everyone including me, in which you failed to do so in this game.
2/10
So no head?
I'm bouta head out.
If you don't like the game , why the hell are you here criticizing the game developer with negative words while many gamers are having good experiences ? Jeez , if the developer really create the real viruses , how many computers are destroyed every day ? It would waste lots of computers :P
https://i.imgur.com/ZTkmqFv.jpg
This game is legit good, i had a lot of goosegumps with it and jumps too, the fourth-wall break is AMAZING. The only thing that makes me sad is this game isn't popular enough, but keep up the good work, and one day you might be noticed. ;)
I entered the Forest, when I got every key and passed the iron gate at the end, I quit because I needed to do other things, when I came back and launched the game, I found myself in this weird place was there. I think it said "Error" and had some weird writings in red at the top left corner of my screen, the place was a hallway with noises that got worse and worse as I continued to explore. In front of me was the face on the TV where the music box of Sadness is in the Realverse. Another hallway was accessible where I proceeded, there we're blinding lights and sprites of a weird figure in the background. A sort of eye figure chased me but not the same one as in the start of the game, it was sort of triangular shaped. My game crashed when it finally reached me with a pop up error, then my screen started getting brighter and darker, the background didnt change to black this time but flashed different lights eventually stopping at orange, my sound went up and down with laughing, and finally went to max sound and had a deafening ringing sound that was so loud I turned off my headphones. The taskbar disappeared. I'm scared to open the game again because not only might it repeat but there might not be the debug mode to restart the game. Please help.
Edit: I opened the game back up and it went back to the Forest.
So I playedthe 32 bit version. vwey laggy but it works. The programs like 303.exe were the only ones that were not laggish. Great game though
Can you help me my friend played the game to the end and now he can`t delete it ? What is wrong there ?
That means a process is in use. You may have to logout and log back in to fix that. Then you should be able to delete it.
I watched youtubers play it but i wish to play it as well. i downloaded the free version but i have a 32-bit operrating system. can you create a game that supports 32 bit? Edit: i read the comments and saw that you have a link for that system. can you send me one as well?
I think that specific version that I sent was the 32 bit edition of the Special Edition. Since a new big update is currently being made I can send you a updated version of the 32 bit copy of the game. I send you a link once I get the chance to upload it.
where is the link. I dont have a best router so I could not download it. I can now start tho
where is the link. I dont have a best router so I could not download it. I can now start tho
Already played the game and LOVED it, the best game ever
XerStudios can you help me? Every time when i start the game the window of the settings is too big and i cant press on the start button.
Thanks.
To fix that you have to download the
A Dark Place: Stream/Video Friendly + Window Fix
version of the game located on the original gamejolt page
https://gamejolt.com/games/ADarkPlace/323680
its the third package out of the 5.
Hope that helps!
Where did it go?