The Dark Room

by laralyn
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
You're in limbo, in darkness. One day, you hear a soft thudding that slows--you recognize it and realize you can move. You can leave the darkness. But who are you? What are you? And what is this strange pull you feel to electrical objects--the urge you have to *become* them?

KNOWN ISSUES

* Clicking the forward marker ( > ) in conversations more than once causes the revealed text to repeat.

* The game may not seem to be about shapeshifting at first... but it is. :-)

Comments15

PremadeGames
PremadeGames18 Apr 2016, 16:50
I did not play through the entire game but I really like it so far!
Haighstrom
Haighstrom18 Apr 2016, 16:54
I liked it! I love choose your own adventures. It was a bit cyclical sometimes (a lot of options took you round in loops), but the music/mood was great, and the story was interesting. Good job :)
redwizard
redwizard18 Apr 2016, 17:11
I remember MUD games i just loved to play. Nice work Lara
Dooskington
Dooskington18 Apr 2016, 17:13
Not bad! I liked the music, although it could have used some more variety. Nice work.
TLansdale
TLansdale18 Apr 2016, 17:16
Can it be completed? I reached a "To Be Continued" point.

Very cool though, well-written and intriguing. I want to know what happened!
hijomo18 Apr 2016, 17:38
I like the direction you took on the theme.
GammaS19 Apr 2016, 00:31
Didn't even manage to do anything, wth
dwhiffing19 Apr 2016, 00:35
Great writing! Though I did not conclude the story yet, I intend to. Nice to see some story based games in the jam for variety. Well done!
AinoraZ19 Apr 2016, 20:59
I just love story based games :D! Good job!
Ithildin
Ithildin20 Apr 2016, 15:38
I fell back into the darkness :_S

Great entry. Besides cleverly fitting the theme, the plot is engaging and well written, and the subtle music and sound help a lot to define the eerie atmosphere.

Awesome job!
celia14
celia1423 Apr 2016, 14:34
Absolutely great. From the very beginning, the mood was perfectly defined, both the darkness and the eeriness of the house in disrepair. I felt like there was a chilling sense of suspense as you try to learn more about yourself and what happened, but also a fitting helplessness as you wander around the house.

One moment I found really effective was when you're watching the body decay - clicking "decay" over and over reinforced the outside-of-time feeling, if that makes sense.

Also, I liked clicking ">" to advance dialogue rather than navigating to a new passage, it was the right level of interactivity. Overall, very well-executed and an effective, chilling story.
siryakko
siryakko23 Apr 2016, 14:43
Really nice and interesting text driven experience :)
MayankUnreal9 May 2016, 17:00
Really great game design, nice story based game with good cg
ashdnazg9 May 2016, 17:07
Great writing, the bits in the start were brilliantly setting the tone of the entire read, complemented by the music.

I think I would've wanted a bit more interactivity.

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