the art is drop. dead. gorgeous. i was seriously amazed over how intricate those backgrounds were, alongside the cool monster designs, and how perfectly they set the ambiance for this spooky gothic tale. this took me back to my nostalgic days of ib, mad father, the witchs house etc. (I can totally see dove fitting in with those haunting girlies)
AHHHH THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!!! I'm over the moon you mentioned ib, witches house and mad father those old rpg maker games are such huge inspirations to me for horror!
Awww I love that MC is a doggo and your gorgeous gothic artstyle! Didn't expect so many cute and wholesome moments but I am so here for it! Appreciate the variety of monsters/ghosts as well
I'm super curious about the change of POV at the end. Will the rest of the story be in Dove's POV or switch between her and good boi doggo?
ich persönlich war bereits zu Beginn über die Wahl des Protagonisten überrascht und find es erfrischend anders. Der Artstyle gefällt mir gut, die Musik ist evtl. noch etwas ausbaufähig, aber die SFX waren großartig!
Chat war es aber wohl zu viel Einleitung und nach ca. 30 min. wollte Chat lieber doch was anderes sehen.
Though the DEMO is short but I like it, especially your art style. The monsters you drew are disturbing and intriguing. I like the first monster tbh, perhaps it's very disturbing and colorful by the details!
The sound of the background made me a bit disturbed, perhaps the eeriness made it more interesting.
Stunning art, both beautiful and horrifying, with an intriguing story and a cool twist at the end of the demo that brings everything into spine-chilling clarity. The writing is almost as stunning as the art, a display of immense talent.
The colors of the title screen catched my attention. Gorgeous art (the best backgrounds I have ever seen) and choices that don't feel like filler for the sake of calling it a visual novel. Good atmosphere, I liked the timer. Nice music. Pretty ui.
As a horror game, it's interesting having the wolf's point of view and feeling the need to communicate but the difficulty to do so, the same with its fragility.
Honestly, I keep staring at the artwork. I love red.
Lately I started playing some visual novels to learn for my projects, I wish I could make in the future a game half as beautiful as this one.
This art is STELLAR. First game ever played on itch and the title screen alone made me download it immediately. The music is also fantastic, its the perfect mix of creepy and comforting and jumps between the two accordingly. The atmosphere created by the art and the music really drew me in! The story is super interesting and all of the mysteries kept me hooked. Can't wait for this to be updated!
I fell in love with the artstyle and the designs of some monsters they are downright gore-geus! (pun intended) The story seems to be going in an interesting way and i'm sure as the game gets updated it will get even better and explain a lot of the questions I have! The audio did get a bit loud for me even when I lowered it but its just one part so its no biggie! Aside from that this is still a demo and will probably be expanded on and get better in the future with more story and beautiful art! Cant wait to see it when its finished!
The art was really good and I enjoyed the aesthetics. I did semi-enjoy the story but I would suggest watching the closer look on youtube for more in depth story telling. Played it with my friend and we both didn't enjoy the game because I felt that it could be made in google slides and wasn't fun to read everything. Maybe get a friend or someone to voice act. The game also didn't have a trinity hook which is the core of every successful game or even a demo. The only hook was the story and that hardly makes a strong game. You need a gameplay hook and a mechanical hook. Also the horror just wasn't there for me and I get scared easily AND was playing it at night. As an indie game dev you need to have experience in all aspects of game making, strong art and ok story just won't cut it, this game was just a choose your own adventure that i could read in second grade. Honestly the story was mediocre but the art was good. would recommend trying to expand the game to a bigger audience by adding an actual hook.
I'm not sure if you know what visual novels are? They're a whole game genre that's basically illustrated choose-your-own adventures. Some people like this, some people don't. You would probably do best avoiding games tagged "Visual Novel" (and/or described by their creators as visual novels) in the future.
LMAO GIRL ITS A VISUAL NOVEL XD I think this kind of game just does not appeal to you, no need to take it out on me cuz you're disappointed it was exactly what it was meant to be. I did not make this game to impress a single person who doesnt even like visual novels. I did not force you to play this demo. There's plenty of amazing horror games on itch, I'm sure one of them has a "hook" you so badly crave.
You really just downloaded a visual novel, and then took the time to write a whole wall of text to complain that it was a visual novel. Dude go be goofy elsewhere lol.
Beautiful art work, and a well written story. I quite enjoyed this! I think the music that plays roughly in the middle of the game comes off a little too high in comparison to the rest of the music that plays, and some additional sound effects for the pages being ripped out of the book, more drips, and various other parts that emphasize that you're hearing a sound would be cool!
Thank you so much for playing my demo!! By "comes off a little too high," are you referring to the sound level? I will also be adding more sound effects to the final game, thank you so much for your feedback!!
Yeah, the audio is a bit louder than all of the other music in the game. Really great work, and it's a great non-traditional horror game that I hope gets a lot of attention!
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the art is drop. dead. gorgeous. i was seriously amazed over how intricate those backgrounds were, alongside the cool monster designs, and how perfectly they set the ambiance for this spooky gothic tale. this took me back to my nostalgic days of ib, mad father, the witchs house etc. (I can totally see dove fitting in with those haunting girlies)
AHHHH THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!!! I'm over the moon you mentioned ib, witches house and mad father those old rpg maker games are such huge inspirations to me for horror!
Awww I love that MC is a doggo and your gorgeous gothic artstyle! Didn't expect so many cute and wholesome moments but I am so here for it!
Appreciate the variety of monsters/ghosts as well
I'm super curious about the change of POV at the end. Will the rest of the story be in Dove's POV or switch between her and good boi doggo?
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ich persönlich war bereits zu Beginn über die Wahl des Protagonisten überrascht und find es erfrischend anders. Der Artstyle gefällt mir gut, die Musik ist evtl. noch etwas ausbaufähig, aber die SFX waren großartig!
Chat war es aber wohl zu viel Einleitung und nach ca. 30 min. wollte Chat lieber doch was anderes sehen.
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Chat: 3.5/5
Gesamt: 3.8/5
Though the DEMO is short but I like it, especially your art style. The monsters you drew are disturbing and intriguing. I like the first monster tbh, perhaps it's very disturbing and colorful by the details!
The sound of the background made me a bit disturbed, perhaps the eeriness made it more interesting.
Stunning art, both beautiful and horrifying, with an intriguing story and a cool twist at the end of the demo that brings everything into spine-chilling clarity. The writing is almost as stunning as the art, a display of immense talent.
SOBSS UR COMMENT MADE ME SO HAPPY OMG THANK YOU!!
The colors of the title screen catched my attention. Gorgeous art (the best backgrounds I have ever seen) and choices that don't feel like filler for the sake of calling it a visual novel. Good atmosphere, I liked the timer. Nice music. Pretty ui.
As a horror game, it's interesting having the wolf's point of view and feeling the need to communicate but the difficulty to do so, the same with its fragility.
Honestly, I keep staring at the artwork. I love red.
Lately I started playing some visual novels to learn for my projects, I wish I could make in the future a game half as beautiful as this one.
omg thank you for liking my art!! ALSO YESS u understand why using a wolf poc appeals to me so much as a horror mechanic!
Wish I could download lmao, the art looks so good
Stellar art, stellar music, just really impressive effort as a whole ( •̀ ω •́ )✧
It's very good, I loved your art.
This art is STELLAR. First game ever played on itch and the title screen alone made me download it immediately. The music is also fantastic, its the perfect mix of creepy and comforting and jumps between the two accordingly. The atmosphere created by the art and the music really drew me in! The story is super interesting and all of the mysteries kept me hooked. Can't wait for this to be updated!
This was such a beautiful and long demo. I loved the artistry.
Thank you for playing the demo!!!
woooaahh this art is like a story book
The audio peak had been adjusted for the full release, thank you for playing and for the feedback!!!!
The audio did get a bit loud for me even when I lowered it but its just one part so its no biggie!
Aside from that this is still a demo and will probably be expanded on and get better in the future with more story and beautiful art! Cant wait to see it when its finished!
The art was really good and I enjoyed the aesthetics. I did semi-enjoy the story but I would suggest watching the closer look on youtube for more in depth story telling. Played it with my friend and we both didn't enjoy the game because I felt that it could be made in google slides and wasn't fun to read everything. Maybe get a friend or someone to voice act. The game also didn't have a trinity hook which is the core of every successful game or even a demo. The only hook was the story and that hardly makes a strong game. You need a gameplay hook and a mechanical hook. Also the horror just wasn't there for me and I get scared easily AND was playing it at night. As an indie game dev you need to have experience in all aspects of game making, strong art and ok story just won't cut it, this game was just a choose your own adventure that i could read in second grade. Honestly the story was mediocre but the art was good. would recommend trying to expand the game to a bigger audience by adding an actual hook.
I'm not sure if you know what visual novels are? They're a whole game genre that's basically illustrated choose-your-own adventures. Some people like this, some people don't. You would probably do best avoiding games tagged "Visual Novel" (and/or described by their creators as visual novels) in the future.
LMAO GIRL ITS A VISUAL NOVEL XD I think this kind of game just does not appeal to you, no need to take it out on me cuz you're disappointed it was exactly what it was meant to be. I did not make this game to impress a single person who doesnt even like visual novels. I did not force you to play this demo. There's plenty of amazing horror games on itch, I'm sure one of them has a "hook" you so badly crave.
You really just downloaded a visual novel, and then took the time to write a whole wall of text to complain that it was a visual novel. Dude go be goofy elsewhere lol.
Beautiful art work, and a well written story. I quite enjoyed this! I think the music that plays roughly in the middle of the game comes off a little too high in comparison to the rest of the music that plays, and some additional sound effects for the pages being ripped out of the book, more drips, and various other parts that emphasize that you're hearing a sound would be cool!
Thank you so much for playing my demo!! By "comes off a little too high," are you referring to the sound level? I will also be adding more sound effects to the final game, thank you so much for your feedback!!
Yeah, the audio is a bit louder than all of the other music in the game. Really great work, and it's a great non-traditional horror game that I hope gets a lot of attention!
Thank you for the clarification! I will deff try to improve that for the full game. Thank you so much!
I love the art in this game!