Not a bad little game at all. There was a bit of narrative, a little puzzle and variety within the gameplay. No complaints there. There is a good bit of effort seen in this. I do think there could have been a longer intro exploring the characters backstory a bit more just so some bits at the end feel a bit more complete. The text was also very small and there is maybe a bit too much of a sluggish feel with movement and how long it takes to clear tables. Oh the bathroom needs Toilet Paper as well.
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Death Magnetic is goated but come on Ride the Lightning has Fade to Black, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ride The Lightning, Trapped Under Ice and Creeping Death! I'm not sure if One, Blackered, Eye of the Beholder and And Justice For All can top that! I guess we're cool as long as we can agree to put these albums above Fuel, Refuel, Black Album and Master of Puppets.
Had a lot of fun finding all the endings. Ending 2 was one of the rare times I've laughed at something absurd in a game in a long time. The bathroom has no shampoo, soap, conditioner or toothbrushes which is a problem. Our main protagonist enjoying And Justice For All is disappointing when Ride The Lightning exists.
A bit more unique than your average Gas Station horror games here on Itch! I'm not fully sure what happened but I enjoyed it enough. I do think the stocking section needs work because I couldn't find the shelves without a bit of a struggle and the wording of "Warehouse" instead of something like "Backroom" or "Storeroom" at the start confused me. Outside of that, no big complaints, I had a decent little time!
Awesome start to this project! Setting/Atmosphere are great (although, just a nitpick but animatronics didn't exist until 1938!). Lots of lore to enjoy. The few enemy encounters were well done. A lot to love here.
My only gripes. Pushable objects were very sticky. Camera angles need work in some areas. That gear puzzle didn't really make much sense in my head, but that could just be a me thing. I ended up just brute forcing it.
I'd love to see you try something like this again, but without the game jam time restraints. Decorating the rooms, adding things like safes to grab items using codes via hints in the world and adding some story within the house would go a long way. As of right now, this is about as bare bones as it gets. Keep developing, Keep improving. Look forward to trying out another one of your projects in the future!
Conceptually a good idea. Reminds me a little bit of Birdbox in some ways. You said this was to test Godot so I don't watch to judge to harshly, but I will say this game picks up in basic capture utilities very oddly (show at the start of the video) and I found a pretty nasty bug that got me stuck in the bathroom towards the start of the video as well.
Otherwise it was fine. Some more detail in the environment, another segment where I would have to hide and something more than a grey screen towards the end would have went a long way!
Very dark game that I think could benefit a ton from some minor tweaks. I hope this project might be touched upon again in a lengthier way as well. I really appreciated what it was trying to do.
My little criticisms:
-Loud jump scare noises actually hurt the bleak atmosphere of the game. Removing them and instead focusing on doors swinging open, objects falling etc would be more impactful and also play into the loneliness/hopelessness of the character.
-One certain object was VERY hard to see
-Rain effects could use some tweaking, they are almost strobe effects which could cause issues with some players.
This was so good! Such an interesting concept that was executed well. Nice camera angles, good aesthetic, awesome integration of things like chapter titles. For a 10 minute long free horror game on Itch, this is top quality. My only major issue is how sensitive the mouse is. I wish there was an in game slider for it.
The threat of what could happen really gave this a ton of tension. Enjoyed the concept. I find radio stations to be awesome set pieces for horror as well (Killer Frequency and Pontypool come to mind). Very easy to manage everything and win though.
Overall well worth the play. Did have to dock a few points for bathroom design though. 1-Ply Toilet Paper and a Non-Draining sink makes me a sad boyo.
I enjoyed this one! Nice little variety of tasks, a lot of suspense waiting for the next scare, a decent little story being told too. Only issues were that I broke one of the jump scares and I'm not sure if my ending was bugged?
Also, the bathrooms are missing toothpaste. How can one brush their teeth?