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such a lovely read, thank you! <3

The art is a pretty core part of the game, sorry! The text might be picked up on a screen reader, but there's some visual elements that are important to understanding the narrative.

awww thank you so much, i really appreciate it 💖

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thank you so much! so glad you liked the game <3

the optimist says it’s half human

the pessimist says it’s half monster

and the project manager says, “when can we ship it?”

PROXIMATE is a dread-driven narrative game where you investigate a deep sea laboratory and piece together the events that lead to the research team’s demise.

You'll be required to wear a sonar-based visor that only tells you the bare minimum information you need to succeed — and sometimes less. Use text information, proximity data and audio clues to form a mental map of your surroundings and pray that your technology won't fail you when you need it most.

Really keen to hear what people think, would love feedback :)

full version of the game now released! :)

hi! you can reach me at contact@cainmaddox.com <3

such a lovely comment, thank you so much! <3

same!

hell yeah!!!! thank you so much <3 <3 (and lol cool to find another cain!)

aaaaa such a lovely comment, thank you so much!!!! <3 <3 <3

thank you so much for the lovely comment! so glad to know this resonated <3

oh gosh such a lovely comment, thank you so much! <3

yes, i'd love to make more in this setting! i'm currently working on a larger project, PROXIMATE, but when that's done i think i'll return to this setting :)

oh my gosh thank you so so much!!! found wanting means so much to me, it helped me think about a lot of things that had always been kinda haunting me but that i'd never been able to put words to before. so glad you liked i'll figure it out <3 <3 <3

what a lovely comment!!!! thank you so much <3 <3 <3

thank you so so much!!!! <3 <3 <3

thank you so much for the kind words!! so glad you enjoyed it <3

ooh thanks for spotting that! can i ask what resolution your screen is?

not in the demo, but there's going to be sudden noises and chase scenes in the full game

thank you so much! <3

thank you so much!! yep, others have also mentioned the cursor being too small so i'm going to rework it for the next build

i will! building out a proper menu for the next release :)

thank you! :) at the moment only the submarine and lobby are available - so you can't go any further than the room with the reception. i'm working on building out more content!

yep, the player's map will be corrupted intentionally but the one in the console will always be there

thank you so much!!! <3 <3 <3

thank you so much!! and good catch on the typo lol, will fix that :)

thank you!! 💕

Thank you SO much for the lovely comment! I appreciate all your kind words <3

Thank you for the accessibility suggestion too - I'll update the game soon with that!

oh my gosh, thank you so much for the lovely comment <3 it's magical knowing there's someone out there who feels the same way i do, even though it's awful we have to be here in the first place. i'm wishing you a lot of healing and i hope your future is bright <3

thank you so much for sharing this. hit home for me in many ways too ❤️

 (also, i too take some comfort in the fact that one of my homophobic exes didn't know he was fucking a boy lol)

this is so well done!! i love it

aaaaa it's 9am and i'm crying!!!! thank you so much for the lovely comment 😭

i'll definitely be making more things like this in the future <3

what a beautiful comment!!! i teared up while reading it and then saw your review and teared up even more hahaha <3 thank you so much!

thank you so much for the lovely comment!!! please @ me if you do end up making fanart, i'd LOVE to see it <3 <3

exactly the vibe i was going for, thank you so much <3

i love this!!! thank you so much for making this beautiful game <3

thank you so much!! <3