Oh that was stressful, in the best sense for horror games. I also didn't expect the rooms to rearrange, which just broke the sense of security coming from learning and knowing the place from previous gameplay! I also loved the design/sound/animation of "the man".
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I absolutely loved the format of this game! By the way, I think the missing pages people are mentioning went outside of the book's frame to the top. This may be a bug in this version of your game, but I think you guys should explore something like that as a game mechanic. Writings appearing in the wrong, or unconventional space could be used to convey the dwindling sanity of the writer(like in a book I started and didn't finish, called House of Leaves). Hell, all the events have been happening within the pages, but maybe you could even have something happen right outside the books on the table (ghost hand appears as the writer writes something they don't like?)
I think there's a lot of potential here, and it would be exciting to see you guys make this your niche and explored more.
Ahhhh when my window was not in fullscreen, I was not seeing the ghosts. When I tried the game the first time, I was just seeing what looked like a red lump(the Nothing?) and I clicked on it like my life depended on it, which is probably why I died even quicker during the sequence. While I did find the game very challenging (thank you for implementing save and load haha), I liked that the ghosts' random and perhaps more frequent appearance added a sense of urgency and panic when navigating the area!
Aw! I'm sorry that you're living the consequences of my not code signing my application.
If you right-click(context-click) on the downloaded .exe file and click on `Properties`, you may see the following message at the bottom of the General tab:
This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer.
If you see this message along with an `Unblock` checkbox, you should be able to run the game. Could you give this a go and let me know if it worked?
If it didn't, I suppose you _could_ disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen temporarily via Windows Security settings page, but I would not recommend this since it might put your computer at risk, and I don't think my game is worth that lol (being mainly a Mac user, I'm not too familiar, but I do have experience my PC downloading something malicious in the background without me knowing and fixing that was a lot of pain, so I'm wary.)
Hey there! Mine is not quite the traditional point and click game, but I think it still could qualify as a point and click game. Would you be the judge for it?
https://ambiguousowl.itch.io/what-lives-in-the-woods
Looking forward to checking out your game as well :)
Hey I really enjoyed the audio work on your game! Here's mine: https://itch.io/jam/scream-jam-2024/rate/3059160
Hi friend, I'm a solo developer myself too! Looking forward to checking out your game :)
Here's mine:
https://ambiguousowl.itch.io/what-lives-in-the-woods