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Drifter had a delightfully mean and at times surreal take on the prompt. These are truly "alien" creatures you see and interact with, and I do like the sheer catharsis of the choice made by the end.

The game, however, is largely just dialogue with a wee bit of movement. This is understandable for a Jam game, naturally, but for such a cool idea, it'd be a lot more fun to actually get to ACTIVELY get some justice for what has been going on for you.

Still, I liked the idea of involving some kind of evil shadow government / alien cult in this. Very cool stuff and very distinct.

Now this - this was the classic alien abduction story done terrifyingly right.

There's a lot of ways to go with tropes that are now so classic they are considered goofy. One is to try and reinvent them entirely... another is to try and portray them as straight as possible and look for the fear in it. You did this wonderfully with Missing Time.

Fractured memories. Shambling around a dark house. The warped narrator voice. The glimpses you catch. All of it makes for en engaging abduction story, and one of the best told in the jam.

The main issue I find is with character movement - the headbop is so fast and frantic it's downright ridiculous, as is the character's speed for running around in such a small house, and it just ended up making otherwise scary moments comical.

But that said - great take on the idea.

So, this is actually really really damn cool. Using the classical look of the Flatwoods monster, putting you in a constantly warping house... all the ideas are great, and it all LOOKS awesome.

However, to be brutally honest, the gameplay just ended up being flat out frustrating more than anything. Enemies constantly sneak up on you from the back, and you are basically just running around headlessly hoping you are lucky enough to have a Shambler trap, since those guys especially get annoying. 

My victory at the end was little more than pure luck of running into enough Material to enter the portal once I stumbled across it. it didn't feel like a fight. It felt like a fluke.

But with that said, if that was ironed out, this could be an AMAZING randomized horror experience! So please, it would be awesome to see you work more on this. Flatwoods could easily be great!

Now that is a hell of a creative take on the prompt. Take the Extra-terrestrial and make it little more than whimsical window dressing for something far more mundane... and way worse.

It's not super scary exactly, but it is certainly one of the most unique games in the jam just from the base idea - and big props to your narrator, who gives this a lot of fun energy right out of the gate. Good stuff!

A fun little romp, this one! While obviously nowhere near as polished as Meliisa (which I adored back when I played it, by the way), Petya manages to be funny, silly and just briefly, a bit intimidating. Good stuff"! Can't wait for Date Time to be complete!

From one killer clown tl the other, after Terror at Oakheart I had to try Massacre at the Mirage. 

Let me say, I immediately love a lot of things about it, particularly the theater setting itself. The slasher movie posters, the Halloween decorations, all of it is great and a perfect slasher location. Like I keep saying int he video, I just wanna live there. And it's a nice touch to get to play as each character getting killed instead of exclusively getting a scare by finding their corpses. 

That said, knowing this is a demo, there is definitely some polishing to do. At the moment, blood looks more like jello, there's some awkward transitions to moments of action, and the voice acting is, while entertaining, overblown enough to kind of Lilly he vibe a little. 

ONE thing I'd like to see is a bit more life and variation with the customers in the actual ticket sales bit of it. Just a slight bit of variation to their lines and personalities would make it a bit less monotonous and not feel like it drags like it kind of does at the moment. 

Massacre at the Mirage is still shaping up to be a roaring good time though, and I'm super excited to to see the rest of it! 

I did run into some issues, like the Inquisitor getting stuck in place resulting in me hearing the danger music forever, as well as him kind of just meandering around and being more annoying to shake off than he should be. 

It could stand a little polish in terms of transitions from scene to scene, location to location, gameplay to cutscene, as it is a bit sudden and jarring - but that also kind of brings to mind the kind of messy Italian horror movies the game seems based on, so perhaps this is a stylistic choice. 

Either way, I did enjoy myself a lot playing this strange, spooky little game. Good work! 

I rather enjoy RPG Maker horror, and this was certainly one with a very unique setting, that interested me quite a bit. And without giving too much away spoiler-wise, I was very happy to see that a Restaurant-themed horror story did not go the obvious route that so many of them do. Well, sort of. But with a bit of a twist I highly appreciated.

The actual restaurant managment minigame is a little odd. I do enjoy playing it, but I actually didn't notice much different from the accessories, and raising customer patience basically meant I never had to try and use any of the others. And every time, I ended up going over time with no consequence. I'm a little bewildered as to how that works, and maybe it could use a bit of a workover. The idea is good, it just kind of felt like I Was forced to take five-minute breaks between the story more than anything else.

And I do wish more things happened in the apartment - stuff through the window, a few more hints as to the full story, etc. Just to keep it varied.

That said, Dead Plate and all of its endings entertained me thoroughly throughout, and we have quite a lovely art style and intense villain to work with - all the stuff a good RPG horror game needs. Highly recommend this one!

But still, this is just a demo, and you've definitely made me thirsty for more. Good job!

This was a great ol' time. It's completely ridiculous, lots of fun and super fast-paced and manic, just like you would want a christmas horror shooter to be.
I kind of wanted at least a little more context - like was Santa poisoned, and if so, why? And what was he actually shooting at the whole time or was the literal entire thing in his head? Just a little bit of clarification on that would be nice.

But still, it was a blast to gun my way through snowmen, presents, nutcrackers and rocking horses for Christmas. Good work!

Satan Claus is pretty fun. Clearly aware that the idea has been done a lot, it decides to just have a little fun. Well constructed and with a few funny additions, it becomes an enjoyable little romp.

The two major things that held it back a bit for me was the Santa's tendency to meander about and constantly walk back into a room right when you were doing something, not to mention having to restart from the beginning every time you got hurt. Well, that and a minor bug getting me stuck one time.

Still, fun little game over all. I sure enjoyed it.

The main gripe here is the two evil creatures staring at you while you are in the kitchen. They are just entirely too goofy and too cartoonishly-evil-looking to really fit with the resto f the game's surreal mood. New models for those would do wonders

That said, this was still fairly interesting. Good work!

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Well this was... surprising. 

A short shooter that survives largely on its surreal visual style, it is a quick but rather fun romp for the sheer "what-the-hell"-factor it provides. I do wish it was a little clearer on how to advance at first. I would never guess to shoot at a dead guy on the floor. But it was VERY fun.

Okay, well, this got a lot more complex than I imagined.

Not so much in terms of the actual gameplay, that was about what I was expecting. What i was NOT expecting was for the random evil snowman game to actually end up having a rather high-concept plot with a bit of a paranoia-inducing ending, and some genuinely freaky moments.

It does get as goofy as Snowman horror can get, and I believe it could stand an updated UI and presentation of its dialogue, but still - as far as a quick Christmas spooky game goes, this is a real good one. Great work!

What a hilarious little jaunt this is, going exactly where I expect - with the bonus surprise of who the victim is. Nice to see that for a change!

Good fun, this one.

It's probably just me who isn't a big fan of those, but with the monster's path and your starting point, I found it near impossible to actually sneak around, and ended up just bruteforcing it since the game (mercifully) saves the runes you find between attempts. It would be nice if there was more of a feeling of a chance that you can sneak around. But I realize this was likely done quickly and meant to be perfectly simple.

But aside from a little bit of annoyance with a gameplay style I was never too big on, this is still delightful - your visual style is great, and the monster is delightfully freaky. Good stuff!

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Now this right here is what I call pure, dumb horror FUN.

You get a gun. There are rat creatures. Kill the rat creatures. That is it, and it's a blast in all its over-the-top-violence. 

I am a bit confused about losing my ammo every time a new area loads, and I do feel like some directions aren't well communicated - starting the player going through the entrance, then dumping them with their backs to a key they need, that opens rooms further back in the office is a bit strange, and it took me a while to figure out how to go anywhere.

Similarly, there is little to tell you to try and interact with the valve or the panel afterwards when you get to the boss, and that too took me acouple of attempts before I even realized it was an option.

But beside of these few communication errors from Dev to Player, Ratribution is good, explosive, goofy horror goodtimes. A perfect game to end this video on! Good work!

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Now this is just a brilliant idea for a game.

There are few things in real life that can drive me more nuts than when people just WILL NOT MOVE out of the way when you are trying to go somewhere in a hurry. The way everyone else has all the time in the world while you need to get moving and they just seem to deliberately get in your way... yeah, captured that real well. And combining it with a desperate hide-and-seek-chase game is kind of brilliant.

It is absolutely paranoia-inducing, and I sincerely hope you will expand on this - because God knows I wanna know what is in that briefcase.

Great work! 

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Now this is a delightful idea for a game.

It feel voyeristic, and the few moments you look away from the windows to make room for an upcoming scare or something having changed make for a delightful little experience - even if the ending is somewhat predictable at about the halfway point.

There is one matter of suspension of disbelief, though - why does the window cleaner not LEAVE? They see more than enough evidence that this will be dangerous long, long before even getting close to the top, and at least having some inner monologue adressing it or finding some excuse to keep them there and keep them working would work wonders.

But still - it's a fun idea set up well. Loved it!

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I've played a handful of "walk for five minutes till the jumpscare happens" games, but Something in the Well does it... well. Just little moments like getting to see your dog be normal once, then freaked out and then GONE does a lot of work in making you invested, even if you dont actually interact with it much. And I can't deny the monster is freaky.

The real delight comes with finding the Dog Statues though. Should I go ahead and assume that ending was a deliberate Silent Hill shoutout?

Really solid work!

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Well. Talk about being completely bizarre.

I dont know how to feel about some of the more obviously-jokey parts of this game - like the fact that you specifically feed the creature cheese, or the "secret disco" ending.

You actually have something genuinely strange and a bit uneasy here, what with a creature luring a child into feeding it, and I feel these deliberately silly moments work against it more than help it. Lupin is an interesting creature, and I'd like to see him in his full menace.

Still, great monster design and some truly bizarre moments made this a joy.

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