I'm gonna write this in case I forget the little I know about this place... I can't remember my name, I can't remember why am I here and simple things like walking seem difficult for me. It's like if I was fading away. I've been knocking on that door for hours but I hardly know why... I just need to get out of here
Me for myself
What Kind of game is it? How do I play it?
This is a point and click horror game. Use the right button of your mouse to select between actions and interact with your surroundings in order to find your way out of the room.
I think I never played a horror point and click adventure before, so there's that for innovation :) Loved every aspect of your game. Great drawings, nice sounds and a very dense mood. Good Job!
@exoddinary I can't post a web version because the tool used ( Visionaire Studio ) is used for PC games ( like Deponia ) but not for the web, I'm sorry. You have my word there's no virus, it's just the game and its files. Give it a try if you can :)
Great idea and wonderfully executed. The art style is gorgeous, of course, but sound is also well done and gameplay works without a hitch. The only thing I don't really like is the necessity to switch between possible actions instead of context actions or presenting them all at once, but that is of course subjective. (Perhaps it is just the standard scheme of Visionaire Studio?)
@talecrafter Thank you very much for your feedback.
To be honest this is the first time I use Visionaire Studio and I used this Ludum Dare as a learning opportunity. I know it's possible to change what you say about how you switch between possible actions but it required more time than this method and I didn't have time to do it :)
There were a lot of ideas that we wanted to implement but didn't have the time so we did what we could :)
I like the manga style and the art,it's very original for a videogame, it reminds me Hotel Dusk of Nintendo Ds. Good game and nice gameplay. Congratulations ;-)
This was fucking inteeeeeeense! Holy shit! Love the artstyle, love the game. I've seen a lot of manga like this, but never seen it gamified. This is a really great idea. Made me feel things. rofl.
"From the Inside," huh? You got me a good few times with the jump scares, especially the one where your wrist gets grabbed! I think the best tension-build was probably when the character looks inside the wardrobe but we don't actually get to see what's there--just that he's horrified--and then we're forced to go and interact with it in order to block the window.......
Art looks great, sound is great, and the experience is just short enough not to wear on you. For next time I agree with the other posters that some sort of SCUMM interface or something like that, rather than cycling options with right click, would have worked better--and maybe also a more unified story? I didn't understand why the game ended when I clicked the chest, or why the scary things were happening. Another thing to look at would be changing the font face a bit so that it sticks out better against the background. What you have but with a thick black outline would have worked, but I had a hard time reading the dialogues once or twice.
I really, really liked this entry, though. It was entertainingly frightening. Thank you for the game!
I think it's worth saying that this entry was more a test than a game. It's the first time we try to create something in Visionaire Studio and the first time we try something atmospheric. There are a lot of things that could be improved ( jump scares, font, user interface, etc. ) but we run out of time and we did what we could :)
The good part is that we created something that we are proud of in a very short time and now we will improve on all of these things and create an actual game with this idea.
Cool atmosphere and art, controls could have been a bit better - for example, the mouse icon kept changing back to the default use, when if I have it set to 'look' its probably because I want to look at several things, would be a little more convenient if it just stayed as what it was last at. Text was a little difficult to read too, with the colour choice, and no outline or border on the font. But overall, good short interactive horror experience. Huzzah.
nice art! nice surprises, but I feel like there could have been a bit more suspense/narrative? Not sure what happened at the end with the eye in the wall, but good job!
Give mine a try, http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=44154