Really enjoyed this! You were right. Our games do touch on some similar territory! Yours definitely reminded me of my friend's game The Static Speaks My Name and some other things - I'm assuming Stanley Parable was an inspiration as well. Loved the voice acting and the core concept too!
Thanks again for checking out Untangled. And congrats on finishing the jam!
Oh sweet, I’ll check it out then - thanks for letting me know about it. :) Hmm, well when we had decided on the premise of ‘a door running away from the player’, I remembered a chase scene from the end of this indie game “Gravity Bone” that I always found simple yet very fun. Otherwise, I’ve been watching BoJack Horseman lately (not yet done with it though!) - I think it’s great at showing something comedic and entertaining but then switching to a darker tone, hitting you with something ‘real’. I guess that’s what I was going for in the writing as well where it’s sorta funny that this weird door is running away from you until you slowly discover there’s a serious and personal reason for it. For the music, I was referencing BoJack and The Curse (Nathan Fielder’s new show) - they both have these interesting synth/electronic tracks that give you this ambiguous feeling, and I was looking for something similar. But yeah- those are the conscious influences, but the games I love most (What Remains of Edith Finch, The Beginner’s Guide, Stanley Parable, Dr. Langeskov, Firewatch, etc.) are all certainly indirect influences too. :)
And thank you, the VO/writing was personally my favourite part of the process. :)
