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📢 Development Update

Last Seen Online is currently being remastered into ACTIVE NOW: Last Seen Online Remastered!

The remaster will feature expanded story content, revised writing, new artwork, updated presentation, additional routes, voice acting, and much more.

The original version will remain available as a free look back at where the project began, while the remaster aims to deliver the definitive version of the story.

Thank you to everyone who has played, commented, and supported the game so far. More updates are on the way!

Thank you all for the support and feedback! ❤️

I'm excited to share that Last Seen Online is currently being expanded and remastered as ACTIVE NOW: Last Seen Online Remastered with new content, updated visuals, voice acting, additional routes, and more.

The original game will remain available as a free snapshot of where the project started. Thank you for helping this project grow beyond its game jam roots!

Thank you so much for playing! I love watching these kinds of games on youtube too rather than playing sometimes because I love to see others react to the turns and twists! So glad you liked the game! 

It's so funny how people are commenting on the length when I cut down the game in order to make it in time XD I swear my last two gamedev.tv jam games were just as long. I am so glad you enjoyed it even though its not your type of game. It seems I've got a lot of newcomers lately to visual novel games. Thank you for playing it! I do plan on adding more to it and giving it more depth in the relationship departments to really enhance the eerie feeling.  Thanks again for playing!

Great puzzle game. Took me a few to get a bug but I finally got a few after playing a couple times. Great job

Cute game!

Great little game -- loved the kitty shooting rainbows. 

I really liked this puzzle game and the switching back and forth mechanics. I definitely fell into the void figuring everything out at first but it was my mission to get my cat through the living room! lol Love the aesthetics too! the graphics were really neat. Great job

Hey hey! Great to see you again as well! And yes, two endings for this one. I would have added more but I was running out of time with work and all. Thanks for playing!

Great first game! I liked the music and how it ramped up with the more connections I made -- don't know if that was intentional or just how it played out but it really caught my attention. 

Cute little platformer -- definitely something I could see being added to even more in the future. A story would be awesome to pair with this eventually.  Good job

hmmm thank you for the tips and feedback. What would have made it more natural sounding for you?  LOL seeing how I wrote this inspired by true events. I tried to capture my own inner thinkings as they were back when I was in college granted that was over 20 years ago at this point. And you think it would have looked better without the screen coming up and down? hmmmm I'll have to try a version of that and see what my game testers think.  Thank you again for your feedback

Ah, good point! In real life I did go into the store looking for a book on paganism so I guess I should have figured out a way to bring that into the story more clearly.  And I will figure out a way not to be so repetitive -- would different descriptors have helped or more variations of the art in that case? What would have really captivated you more? 

oooo! Do you have any tips or pointers on SFX and music other than what I had so far? I'm okay with sound effects and such as you can see but it's not my forte. What else would you have added or changed?

love a good tower defense game. it's a great start to a game that could be much more and I love that about game jams. Great job

This was an interesting FPS game and I loved the game's asthetics. It looks really well put together for such a short period of time and has a great concept. Overall, great game

Thank you so much for playing!

No, this is very helpful.  Someone said the hollow conversation added to it, while you are another person who wanted more from the connection. I get it! It's very insightful to see how many people were left wanting more from the story.  Makes me think about how I could possibly expand upon it.  Thank you for your insight and feedback. It's very powerful and I will be taking it into consideration for sure! How would you have liked to see them connect further being that *spoilers* Eli wasn't supposed to be really Eli at all *spoilers*.  Any help is always very much appreciated. :) 

ps -- i love pac man if that wasn't clear. lol

I thought he was a pac man look a like too but I didn't want to say it because someone compared it to that already lol but I really liked him XD I thought he was humorous. Better than what I could do on my own! lol I draw anything and it looks like my students could have drawn it. XD

Ah I understand now! And yes, it's probably true. I know I felt the emotion but it's based on past events of my life so I never took that into consideration.  It might make a good squeal or prequal idea!! I love that idea..... a series of Eli games.... hmmm now I may have to brainstorm but this gives me a lot of ideas. Thank you for your comments and insight. I really appreciate it! I really am glad you enjoyed the story where it was for the jam. :D 

I love a good platformer. The head being apart of the puzzle was super fun though I totally fell in cracks and got into trouble more times than I'd like to admit, LOL great game submission

This was a very fun puzzle game with a lot of challenging turns! I got myself stuck a couple times but you know what they say -- it's not an adventure unless you turn around at least once! Definitely a game that keeps you coming back for more. Super cute asthetics too -- love the transition screen. 

I love seeing reviews like this because I love introducing VNs to new viewers! I feel if the story it good enough, anyone can get sucked into it. Thank you for playing the game and getting the endings! <3 We appreciate you!

Thank you for playing through it and finding both endings! It's too bad you couldn't feel the emotional impacts but we are glad you liked the game! How would you have built the emotional punches better? I'm always looking for advice as I love to write games that are emotionally impactful.  Thank you again for playing!  :D

Lemmings! That's what it reminds me of and I'm super digging it. Loved the pixel art and the connection theme integration. Definitely could see myself playing level after level. great job!

Woah! Love the look of this game -- love how you used the theme in this game. Great job

I love introducing folks to VNs and stories that grasp their attention when it's not really their thing. Love this kind of review! Thank you for playing the game and enjoying it. <3 And thank you about the art! I am a huge fan of art assets and promoting artists who are already out there and offering their work for reasonable prices. They're my jam (pun intended lol )

These kinds of games always impress me so much in a game jam! They're so detailed asthetic wise and gameplay is very cool. It's something I could never even think of doing. Great job! 

Ooooh I love rouge style games and upgrades when you die! That makes the replicability so nice.  Definitely a game I would return to play over and over. Great game jam submission!

Thank you so much! I specialize in VNs but love submitting them to all sorts of jams not just VN ones. I'm glad you enjoyed it! :) Thank you again for playing

I've been practicing with Renpy for two years now so I'm glad you can see my improvement throughout the years/jams! I use a lot of game assets I find for the art and vibes and take a lot of time finding things that match well -- or at least try to. XD Thank you so much! I really had a personal connection with this one so I'm glad you found it enjoyable. :) 

I really love these kinds of games! Reminds me of plants vs zombies in a way. Great job! Tower defense are always fun games.

Thank you so much for playing the game! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

I really love pipe puzzle games, they're always so intuitive and make you think! Story was very good -- have to play it again!

Love a good detective kind of game! The clues were great and it really had me thinking about who these people were. Great job!

Wow this game was intense for a game jam game -- super impressive. Thank you for the detailed instructions as I love a good tutorial to help out with game play. Great job!

I really liked this game! It's super addictive to keep playing. Love the cow XD I was like OOOOoooo I'm a flying space cow! Great job!