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Link: https://rhymeswithsin.itch.io/stations

Your train is late and the gates are locked. Will you escape The Stations or will you wander the tunnels forever?

Stations is an atmospheric, liminal space, psychological horror game that takes place in a maze of subway tunnels.

Play time: ~30 minutes

Two endings (Good and Bad)

Immersive, ambient audio effects made to be experienced with headphones or earbuds

Everything from the art to the music to the mechanics work together great. 10/10 no notes <3

Loved the presentation. It reminded me a lot of Sega CD/90s FMV games like "Night Trap" and "Sewer Sharks."

That said, I had a very hard time running this and assumed that the game had crashed several times, but I think it was just loading? The amount of downtime between scenes took me out of it. Again, I find the janky 90s FMV style really nostalgic and well done, but maybe this wasn't the right engine for it? Or compression issues? Even if there was a janky loading gif on those 20+ second long black screens, I'd be like "Ohhhh, it's intentionally slow."

Soooo good! Great story, great writing, and I looooove the pixel art!

I found the gameplay a little confusing and overwhelming at the start though. I love the replay value of making a different party and the town navigation system, but making almost all of it available to the player right at the beginning made me feel like I wasn't doing things right. If things like the inn and shop were disabled until after the player makes their first run of the mansion, it would have felt smoother from the start.