UNSTAYABLE

by shmador

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.02

You delve into an abandoned house to solve a murder mystery. You are equipped with a radar that can detect supernatural activities, Be careful though - the connection in the area is rather unstable...

//Objective

-hide in closets to survive

-activate light switch when it goes down

-collect all notes

-find the key and escape

//Controls

-move with the arrow keys

-interact with the mouse

-ESC to pause

-control menus with the arrow keys

-ENTER to proceed

//Disclaimer

Game contains jumpscares, If horror games aren't your cup of tea there is an option to disable them so you can still give it a shot (;.

Tags: #2d, #horror, #pixel art, #retro, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: survival

Comments20

Neeko694 Oct 2021, 21:51

The game crashed for me and I quite didn't want to install game maker. But despite that I think its a very nice game

shmadorauthor5 Oct 2021, 08:24

@neeko69 hey, do you remember at what part the game crushed?

shmadorauthor5 Oct 2021, 08:36

I believe i fixed the crash...

chesschaser5 Oct 2021, 09:28

Love the pixel art!

Vetche Studio5 Oct 2021, 13:26

Nice game! Love the art! You nailed the atmosphere :D

Harry Holschier5 Oct 2021, 16:46

seeing the red dot on the map and then having it start going all static was genuinely unsettling

LDJam user 2614185 Oct 2021, 16:53

The slow movement speed really makes you feel uneasy! I although I wish it stayed dark and that you could interact with the keyboard. But it really got a good scare out of me, very cute arstyle and solid jumpscare hahaha!

Fupi5 Oct 2021, 18:25

Nice graphics and mood! Felt uneasy the entire time, even though I beat it first try. :p Movement feels faster if walking diagonally, I don't know if it actually is though, but I kept moving diagonally the entire time. :p Would have preferred if you would walk with WASD since you need to use the mouse, but this is really good either way!

Tulkas6 Oct 2021, 17:43

Nice job! Graphics gave me bomberman vibes, nice and simple. In my opinion, map should have been smaller.

Mickxe6 Oct 2021, 17:46

Nice atmosphere! I got caught quite quickly... :(

Louis-Victor O Hara6 Oct 2021, 17:50

Very cool game!
The simple fact that the game is made entirely by one person is incredible in itself.
I was very scared even with the minimalist graphics!

Raphiell6 Oct 2021, 17:54

Nice little game. I didn't find it too hard to avoid the enemy, they didn't seem to chase me very much. Were the blood pools there so I would leave trails? I noticed I would leave bloody footprints around. One other thing was that the key being yellow on the map blended in with the white, and I thought it was just a closet or wall. Besides that it was great! Well done!

shmadorauthor6 Oct 2021, 18:07

@raphiell Hey thanks for the play and the feedback! The enemy chooses a random point on the map and goes there, and the blood trails are just for visuals though now that you say it would have been cooler with a mechanic behind it :P

shmadorauthor6 Oct 2021, 18:09

@mickxe @louis-victor-o-hara @fupi @xhadie Thanks all for playing and giving feedback

essarrgee9 Oct 2021, 02:25

Pretty cool game! Reminds me of the Powerdrill Massacre minigame Puppet Combo made a while back haha. Good job on the game!

Brainloaf Studio12 Oct 2021, 21:51

Really love the atmosphere here! The audio design is really simple but effective - that beeping really adds to the atmosphere, especially when the entity is getting close. I think the movement speed could be a little faster, or maybe the map a little smaller, but the difficulty definitely adds to the horror at the same time. Nice visual style too. Really nice work!

shmadorauthor15 Oct 2021, 19:21

@essarrgee Thanks for playing and giving feedback! Glad you liked it (; @brainloaf-studio Happy to hear you liked the sound, I agree on the map size - probably a bit too big. Glad you liked the game (:

LDJam user 23365916 Oct 2021, 16:09

You really nailed the horror vibe with this, the beeping speeding up really sells the rising intensity! About the only negative I can think of is that the game required an installer instead of just being an executable in a zip folder. Great entry!

BarelyEvenGames19 Oct 2021, 05:26

Nice game with some cool horror elements! It’s hard to get that across sometimes with the low detail sprites so nice work stepping up to the challenge!

LDJam user 11712921 Oct 2021, 13:01

Lol, I was genuinely scared when the ghost came close to me. Kind of reminded me of that scene from silent hill (I think it was silent hill), where you are in the fog and your Giger counter is going crazy. Good job on the entry!

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