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Reach out to me through mail (cardiorastudio@gmail.com) Twitter (ZealxCardiora) or IG (cardiorastudio).

Yup I understand the concern, I will definitely work on optimization in full game <3 Thanks for letting me know the performance issue! It should not lag at all on that specs so apologies for that.

Heyy thank you for playing & showing interest. The background music you are referring to is basically the game's multiple instances opened. If you check other gameplay, there is no music!

But thank you for taking your time to write it and being nice about it <3

Sorry to hear that Jeko, I will add the option to do so in full game.

thank u bro <3 Amazing work on the trailer! people who watched the trailer loved it

SOLVED. All the spam ratings has been removed. Thank you so much itch staff and people who upvoted the post!

It's gone from popular charts. It was ranked 3rd. Are you an admin if so please look into it.

It removed few ratings, but now my game has gone from all popular charts and isn't appearing in any tags. This is so bad, is it automated? Can itch staff fix my issue?

Im glad u enjoyed the concept, even though the game is just a walking simulator. I'm glad u enjoyed it and didn't felt bored

Tysmmmm <3

Glad u enjoyed it man thank u for showing interest!

Yoo no way, I used to watch your videos all the time!

I checked the registration timing for all accounts.

And thanks for letting me know that part! I wasn't aware.

Just want to write this message to let the community know, my game got mass rated 1 stars. I don't know the reason why someone did that but it was not okay. If you played the game, do rate the game I will appreciate it!

I really believe they will fix it for me, I am reporting all the fake reviews cause I don't want them. And I appreciate you talking to me and helping me out bro! Thank you! I hope so too that they will help me

I have no clue, my game blew up on YouTube and itch. It was on number 2 in popular charts, they made it drop to 9th. Now itch will think I am behind it somehow?? All my traffic was organic and for proof you can check my game out on youtube.

Man this is so disheartening  now they are playing around with 5 stars. I genuinely don't know what to do, can itch staff really help me

I have mailed the staff too about this situation

Now it is getting 5 star rating bomb!! I reported them too, I don't want to disable my ratings. I just don't want my page to get into trouble because of something I did not do! I just want to make games.

My ranking dropped from 2nd to 9th cause of this, will disabling the rating fix everything? I don't know what to do hopefully itch io staff will take actions!

That's really unfortunate, I have emailed itch io but I don't know if they will reply or not. I really hope they do take action!

Can you give some suggestions on what I should do for now?

I checked the URLs everything seems normal it's google and bing. Just wanted to know if they get removed or not by the staff. Cause it's obviously new accounts that reported it man.

Tell me your experience aswell and what you did.

Hi, my game is suddenly receiving multiple 1-star ratings from accounts created minutes ago.

https://zealxy.itch.io/till-checkout-do-us-part

This looks like rating bombing. Can staff review and remove fraudulent ratings?

I already reported those ratings, but I don't know the process cause it's my first time going through it 

I have read the unofficial FAQ. Just want to clarify, I made no updates at all. You can see on my page too it was updated 3 days ago. I just don't know what happened suddenly, so I hope you understand my position here. Thank you.

I am sorry, but try to understand my situation. I tried reading them but I don't understand the problem and specifically for my project.
If I can get some sort of clarity about what's going on with my game I'd appreciate it. Is it anything related to traffic on page?

Hi,
My game (“Till Checkout Do Us Part Demo”) suddenly stopped showing in Popular/Browse sections even though the page is still public. I didn’t change anything, so I’m really worried something went wrong. I can't see any analytics (CTR & Impressions) either. I am really worried cause it's weekend too!

Is this a temporary reindexing issue, or do I need to fix something on my end?

Thank you,
Zeal

Link to the game: 

https://zealxy.itch.io/till-checkout-do-us-part

Hi! I remember you were the first person to play my first project! I very much appreciate you <3

Thank you for being honest with your opinion about too much conversation, I respect that. And I appreciate that you understand why there's alot of convos. I did mention in the description,

'What not to expect' section.

I'm happy you played my previous work!!

Sorry to hear that, most probably it is an itch problem. You can try it on steam, its available there too.

Hey Niven, first of all thank you so so much for writing a detailed review and giving feedbacks! I will work on all of those issues you stated and try my best to optimize the game more. As for sound track, from my knowledge none of them have copyright, and some of the music I made it myself. The TV Film and also the jazz music at the beginning are in public domain so everyone can use it.

The demo for Till Check-Out Do Us Part is now available here on itch.

https://zealxy.itch.io/till-checkout-do-us-part

This is a small, focused slice of the full experience, three scenes built to give you a feel for the tone, pacing, and grounded psychological horror the full game will explore. It’s around 15–20 minutes of gameplay, designed only to introduce the motel, the atmosphere, and the tension between Harold, Margaret, and the couple who checks in.

A few early-game moments from the full version are intentionally not included here. The goal of this demo is simple:
to give a clear first glimpse of what the full story will grow into, without revealing too much.

Thank you for checking it out, and for supporting the project.
Your feedback helps shape the final game.

- Zeal & Cardiora Studio

Hey! no need for credits either just think of it as open source, you can use it however you want. I wish you all the best with your game, I really hope you release it!

Thank you so much for taking your time and writing advice! I appreciate it. I will always keep these points in mind for designing my upcoming projects!

you really made my day with this message. all the best to you! and thank you to the chat aswell, really sweet of them<3

Hey! I'm glad you liked it. Its definitely inspired from Max Payne, even I'm a huge fan of that series! Especially the first two games. Thank you for playing the game.

Yes the game has been updated. It has full voice acting and graphic novel for the monologues! I'm glad you enjoyed the game<3

I pushed the update, hopefully it won't cause issues anymore for other players. I want to improve that's why I always reply to feedbacks! Thanks for giving me your time and for being patient, I really appreciate it!

I kept the on screen instruction as the same, now you can have use E and also F. I fixed the issue of GPU usage, I had no idea about the GPU usage issue, but due to your feedback I changed it. I will push the update once the build is completed! Thank you very much for feedback!

As for the save feature, I am still learning I really don't know how to implement it, cause the way my game is built having that feature will cause alot of issues. In my next projects I will add the save feature for sure!

hello! I'm sorry that you had issues, the GPU and CPU issue is due to the framerate not being capped/ V sync not enabled, I will fix it right away. The Coffee Cup is placed with 'E' I will add so you can press F too. Regarding the save system I will see what I can do cause my game was never built to implement saves.