When I enter the 3rd painting, the one with the generator this is what I see. There is a white glow around the door you enter and around the door where you exit and everything else is black. I thought this was part of the game and managed to go inside the generator room and turn the emergency lights on while everything is black, did this 3 or 4 times as I mysteriously kept dying as something attacked me in the dark while I tried to remember which way to go. I decided to watch someone else play and to my surprise, their room looks like an actual room. I am playing in the Brave browser, will you be fixing this bug or should I play it differently?
Could you try playing in google chrome, and seeing if it works then? it may be possible to transfer your save via cookies. This would be a problem with the lighting script I'm using so it unfortunately may be difficult to bugfix as I did not write that code.
Randomly came across this game and really enjoyed it! Didn't know what I was signing up for but I think that made the experience even better. Great concept, cool characters, and a neat story.
whoa, this game is really cool! I love the amount of detail that was put into it, and the whole idea of the game really. also the 3rd painting is so hard whyyy
what the fuck man this shit won't load what the actual fuck why won't this load what is wrong with this shit fucking bitchass fucking game how are people playing this it does not load
i loved playing this game.. the nostalgic feeling it gave me sent chills down my spine..it's hard to move on in so many different aspects and seeing some traumatic ones really is impactfull..i would totally pay for a longer version..thank you <3
One of the secrets is some special dialogue with Charon you get after completing the third ending, but before ending the game, and asking him about a certain topic.
MY BOYS WE IS PLAYINIG 20 RANDOM HORROR GAMES THIS GAMEPLAY IS 5 HOURS LONG I HOPE YOU ENJOY. THE RANDOM SCARY GAMES ARE FREAKING AWESOME THANKS CREATORS FOR MAKING THESE EPIC GAMES!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD MAKING AWESOME GAMES LIKE THESE I LOVE YOU ALL AND BE SAFE AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THINK I MIGHT BE SICK HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING GOOD LATELY AND LIKE THE VIDEO IF YOU ENJOYED IF NOT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND I KNOW I'M NOT REALLY A GOOD YOUTUBER BU T I REALLY TRY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ITCH.IO/YOUTUBE PLATFORM BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY GOOD TIPS FOR ME ON MAKING MY YOUTUBE VIDEOS BETTER PLEASE TELL ME IN THE COMMENTS IMMEDIATELY YOU WILL REALLY BE A GREAT HELP TO ME OTHER THAN THAT HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VIDEO AND SEE YOU LATER IN THE NEXT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!
unfortunately saving didn't work in the browser. controls were too fast when on the run, so i died. didn't want to go through it all again. but it was fun until here.
This is one of the best games I've played on itch.io, the story was amazing, the music is some of the best I've seen in a game, and the third painting was really tense! the only gripe I have about the game is that it is a bit short. If the game was revisited and more paintings were added this game would be perfect, and since there are some unused songs in the soundtrack like Susumu and Circus, I think it would be awesome to have them put to use and added to the game. Overall this game is amazing and I would love to see the story continued and expanded.
Last weekend I streamed your game. Overall, it's...something.
It's certainly a captivating experience as far as the world, CG visuals, and music go, and at times, the writing is really enjoyable.
However, as a game, it's pretty weak. The first level being just a maze with no twist on it. It's kind of like what every game-maker's first game is: a maze. The second level just being a series of riddles is pretty much right behind a maze in that line of "beginner game ideas". So it's a shame that despite all the strengths this game has, it falls short at being a good game.
I'll also admit that it's a little bit strange to have what appears to be a fairly customized game as far as assets go, but the game still occasionally throws in an RTP sound effect and uses the default message window from RPG Maker.
The soundtrack is pretty dang cool. It's a shame that the soundtrack download seems to just be a haphazard collection of songs ripped right out of the game's audio folder, rather than being a proper soundtrack with meta data, in a common format (such as mp3 or flac), with track numbers, and possibly even looping the songs (especially since they are so short) a couple of times before fading out. On a note of the soundtrack, I do really like a lot of the songs, it's really cool. I would advise in the future reducing the amount of reverb. A lot of songs become quite difficult to parse due to messy mixing which is the result of the excess reverb.
Regardless, this game is pretty neat, and for a short experience it's easy to overlook a lot of the flaws.
If you'd like to watch my experience with your game, I've linked the archive below. You can click the timestamps to jump to when I start playing your game.
edit:
One quick update on this: In the past I have often remastered various albums or songs that I really enjoy but find it difficult to add to my library due to their mixing. I wanted to bring the soundtrack with me on my phone, but as the soundtrack is presented now, is totally useless for adding to my music library on my phone. So, I decided to give it the remastering treatment I have done for other songs/soundtracks in the past. The link is below. Normally the songs/soundtracks don't come from an individual creator and are often old forgotten soundtracks so it never felt like I was doing any harm by distributing the soundtrack. However, your case is a little different, so right now this video is unlisted. I would like to include a download link for the remastered soundtrack, however you may prefer something different. Let me know what you'd like to do. If you prefer, I can send you the remastered version of the soundtrack and you can distribute it yourself.
Thank you for all the feedback and making a remastered version of the soundtrack! Feel free to give me a link and I will distribute it so everyone can have the best version of the soundtrack available.
Sorry for the wait! I often include a readme with my remasters that explain in-depth the changes I have made. It took me a little bit of time to prepare that (I also just wanted to actually finish your game and see it through to the end, so I re-downloaded it and completed it.)
It includes an MP3 version of the album which was re-encoded from the original m4a tracks meaning a loss in quality, so I also included WAV files, which should retain the same quality as the original m4a tracks. Let me know once you have a public link for it. I will attach the link to the video and make it public (unless you would prefer to upload a video for the remastered soundtrack on your own youtube channel 🤔)
I am unfortunately getting a headers error when I try and unpack the archive :( Also, I'm planning on writing a blurb on the game page to give you credit and link to your page thanking you for the remaster, replacing the soundtrack download here with your own, and then also adding a link in the description of the YouTube soundtrack to your remastered one. Is that okay?
I was able to unzip it! Just updated the game and the YouTube video-- let me know if all the edits are satisfactory. I also took a look through your readme, and can see how much work you put into this project -- amazing job!
Hey, I'm a professional translator and I'd like to translate this game into Brazilian Portuguese for my localization portfolio (for free). Please let me know if you're interested!
The game is wonderful up to where I managed to get, but on the Html version, every time I open the options menu everything breaks... Maybe on the downloadable version that doesn't happen, but my computer is Linux...
here is the error message the game gives if the devs wanna look into it
from what I read the problem might be that the game is looking for a save file when HTML doesn't support such a thing, and then breaks. Might need to disable saving for the HTML version
I love the soundtrack on this game, and it kept me playing due to the interesting music that I love. Also, the story and artwork are very interesting not knowing that I'm death.
The first painting I love the music!
The only thing I don't like is the riddles on the second painting with no real music that I can listen too. But I would like to come back to this to see what's more in stock.
The sountrack is a perfectly odd blend of classical and psychadelic, which is the exact vibe of the game.
The art is unsual in a way that as with the soundtrack, that also fit the the theme and feel of the game.
The gameplay was quite immersive (not as much for me because of my sibling...), and gives you a perfect feeling of unsettlement, fear, and other feeling's I can't describe. The occasional randomness such as "m o n s t e r t r u c k s" gave the feeling of home, as everyone makes a random joke occasionally or gets less serious.
This game is well made, and I enjoyed it very much to play this. Thank you very much, algebrafalcon for letting us play such a wonderful masterpiece.
Overrall: 10/10, not too long but also not too short for a perfect amount of time spent playing.
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I'm on the third painting and I'm wondering do I wanna bother like I just woke up but like the monster or whatever is there just being silly fr.
It was worth it to get to the end! My heart was pounding running around haha
When I enter the 3rd painting, the one with the generator this is what I see. There is a white glow around the door you enter and around the door where you exit and everything else is black. I thought this was part of the game and managed to go inside the generator room and turn the emergency lights on while everything is black, did this 3 or 4 times as I mysteriously kept dying as something attacked me in the dark while I tried to remember which way to go. I decided to watch someone else play and to my surprise, their room looks like an actual room. I am playing in the Brave browser, will you be fixing this bug or should I play it differently?
Could you try playing in google chrome, and seeing if it works then? it may be possible to transfer your save via cookies. This would be a problem with the lighting script I'm using so it unfortunately may be difficult to bugfix as I did not write that code.
My new favourite horror game on here, made my heart jump out of my chest at points
Randomly came across this game and really enjoyed it! Didn't know what I was signing up for but I think that made the experience even better. Great concept, cool characters, and a neat story.
i love it!
its amazing
One of the best games on here, man, very well done. The dialogue is amazing.
A new experience in playing games. This game is very good. 👍
Really liked the game
i really liked the game and the music! the music weirdly reminds me of "enjoy the silence"
Beautiful thought provoking experience <3
great short game, writing, and art!
whoa, this game is really cool! I love the amount of detail that was put into it, and the whole idea of the game really. also the 3rd painting is so hard whyyy
and be patient too cus it actually takes time to load
omg people make mistakes man take a chill pill
what the fuck man this shit won't load what the actual fuck why won't this load what is wrong with this shit fucking bitchass fucking game how are people playing this it does not load
It depends on the device you're using chill 💀
Oh my goodness dude you are not okay rn though
wdym?
No I meant to respond to the person u were responding to!!! sorry dude.
Oh it's ok, man!
awesome game! the writing and atmosphere was really great
i loved playing this game.. the nostalgic feeling it gave me sent chills down my spine..it's hard to move on in so many different aspects and seeing some traumatic ones really is impactfull..i would totally pay for a longer version..thank you <3
What are the secrets?
SPOILERS
One of the secrets is some special dialogue with Charon you get after completing the third ending, but before ending the game, and asking him about a certain topic.
honestly one of the best games ive ever played, id absolutely pay for a longer version of this game
MY BOYS WE IS PLAYINIG 20 RANDOM HORROR GAMES THIS GAMEPLAY IS 5 HOURS LONG I HOPE YOU ENJOY. THE RANDOM SCARY GAMES ARE FREAKING AWESOME THANKS CREATORS FOR MAKING THESE EPIC GAMES!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD MAKING AWESOME GAMES LIKE THESE I LOVE YOU ALL AND BE SAFE AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THINK I MIGHT BE SICK HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING GOOD LATELY AND LIKE THE VIDEO IF YOU ENJOYED IF NOT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND I KNOW I'M NOT REALLY A GOOD YOUTUBER BU T I REALLY TRY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ITCH.IO/YOUTUBE PLATFORM BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY GOOD TIPS FOR ME ON MAKING MY YOUTUBE VIDEOS BETTER PLEASE TELL ME IN THE COMMENTS IMMEDIATELY YOU WILL REALLY BE A GREAT HELP TO ME OTHER THAN THAT HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VIDEO AND SEE YOU LATER IN THE NEXT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!
unfortunately saving didn't work in the browser. controls were too fast when on the run, so i died. didn't want to go through it all again. but it was fun until here.
try it on another device or use an incognito window
also if the saving starts working get 1 or 2 keys and then leave the painting and save so you are further along if you die
Great game, appreciate all the work put into it <33 :-)
for some reason while playing it, it made me feel nostalgic i dont even know why. but overall i love it very much
This is one of the best games I've played on itch.io, the story was amazing, the music is some of the best I've seen in a game, and the third painting was really tense! the only gripe I have about the game is that it is a bit short. If the game was revisited and more paintings were added this game would be perfect, and since there are some unused songs in the soundtrack like Susumu and Circus, I think it would be awesome to have them put to use and added to the game. Overall this game is amazing and I would love to see the story continued and expanded.
Hello,
Last weekend I streamed your game. Overall, it's...something.
It's certainly a captivating experience as far as the world, CG visuals, and music go, and at times, the writing is really enjoyable.
However, as a game, it's pretty weak. The first level being just a maze with no twist on it. It's kind of like what every game-maker's first game is: a maze. The second level just being a series of riddles is pretty much right behind a maze in that line of "beginner game ideas". So it's a shame that despite all the strengths this game has, it falls short at being a good game.
I'll also admit that it's a little bit strange to have what appears to be a fairly customized game as far as assets go, but the game still occasionally throws in an RTP sound effect and uses the default message window from RPG Maker.
The soundtrack is pretty dang cool. It's a shame that the soundtrack download seems to just be a haphazard collection of songs ripped right out of the game's audio folder, rather than being a proper soundtrack with meta data, in a common format (such as mp3 or flac), with track numbers, and possibly even looping the songs (especially since they are so short) a couple of times before fading out. On a note of the soundtrack, I do really like a lot of the songs, it's really cool. I would advise in the future reducing the amount of reverb. A lot of songs become quite difficult to parse due to messy mixing which is the result of the excess reverb.
Regardless, this game is pretty neat, and for a short experience it's easy to overlook a lot of the flaws.
If you'd like to watch my experience with your game, I've linked the archive below. You can click the timestamps to jump to when I start playing your game.
edit:
One quick update on this:
In the past I have often remastered various albums or songs that I really enjoy but find it difficult to add to my library due to their mixing. I wanted to bring the soundtrack with me on my phone, but as the soundtrack is presented now, is totally useless for adding to my music library on my phone.
So, I decided to give it the remastering treatment I have done for other songs/soundtracks in the past. The link is below. Normally the songs/soundtracks don't come from an individual creator and are often old forgotten soundtracks so it never felt like I was doing any harm by distributing the soundtrack. However, your case is a little different, so right now this video is unlisted. I would like to include a download link for the remastered soundtrack, however you may prefer something different. Let me know what you'd like to do. If you prefer, I can send you the remastered version of the soundtrack and you can distribute it yourself.
Thank you for all the feedback and making a remastered version of the soundtrack! Feel free to give me a link and I will distribute it so everyone can have the best version of the soundtrack available.
Sorry for the wait! I often include a readme with my remasters that explain in-depth the changes I have made. It took me a little bit of time to prepare that (I also just wanted to actually finish your game and see it through to the end, so I re-downloaded it and completed it.)
Here is the download link to the remastering.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-9feRGlx2l2nicly6ecBxH8sTZxBeel4/view?usp=share...
It includes an MP3 version of the album which was re-encoded from the original m4a tracks meaning a loss in quality, so I also included WAV files, which should retain the same quality as the original m4a tracks.
Let me know once you have a public link for it. I will attach the link to the video and make it public (unless you would prefer to upload a video for the remastered soundtrack on your own youtube channel 🤔)
I am unfortunately getting a headers error when I try and unpack the archive :( Also, I'm planning on writing a blurb on the game page to give you credit and link to your page thanking you for the remaster, replacing the soundtrack download here with your own, and then also adding a link in the description of the YouTube soundtrack to your remastered one. Is that okay?
I repackaged it as a .zip file so hopefully this works for you:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zkJFX2Jygnp11asauO5ySWmPQpece6vF/view?usp=share...
Yeah, all of that is okay. I appreciate you giving credit. For my music stuff, I prefer to be credited as "Nolan Alighieri of the Nephilim Novel".
Let me know if the you are able to unzip the file this time.
I was able to unzip it! Just updated the game and the YouTube video-- let me know if all the edits are satisfactory. I also took a look through your readme, and can see how much work you put into this project -- amazing job!
This has became my favorite game
thank u for ur work
this is such a unique concept and the execution was just MM.
good gob
Hey, I'm a professional translator and I'd like to translate this game into Brazilian Portuguese for my localization portfolio (for free). Please let me know if you're interested!
I am definitely interested! Contact me on discord :)
really cool game!
here is the error message the game gives if the devs wanna look into it
from what I read the problem might be that the game is looking for a save file when HTML doesn't support such a thing, and then breaks. Might need to disable saving for the HTML version
Saving is done through Charon, not the menu, so I worry that disabling saving on this version may not help. I think this issue may be caused by your web browser's cookies. Please check out this page and let me know if it helps. https://growthdot.com/help/failed-to-read-the-localstorage-property/#:~:text=To%20fix%20this%2C%20you%20need,cookies%20into%20the%20address%20bar.
I love the soundtrack on this game, and it kept me playing due to the interesting music that I love. Also, the story and artwork are very interesting not knowing that I'm death.
The first painting I love the music!
The only thing I don't like is the riddles on the second painting with no real music that I can listen too. But I would like to come back to this to see what's more in stock.
My fellow RPG maker let me exchange games of community friendship!: Don't open the door by Dr. standback (itch.io)
A wonderful game.
The sountrack is a perfectly odd blend of classical and psychadelic, which is the exact vibe of the game.
The art is unsual in a way that as with the soundtrack, that also fit the the theme and feel of the game.
The gameplay was quite immersive (not as much for me because of my sibling...), and gives you a perfect feeling of unsettlement, fear, and other feeling's I can't describe. The occasional randomness such as "m o n s t e r t r u c k s" gave the feeling of home, as everyone makes a random joke occasionally or gets less serious.
This game is well made, and I enjoyed it very much to play this. Thank you very much, algebrafalcon for letting us play such a wonderful masterpiece.
Overrall: 10/10, not too long but also not too short for a perfect amount of time spent playing.
Thank you for your kind comment! It means a lot <3
very good game，but i am too timid，so i can't play the chase(cry
THIS WAS SO GOOD OMG i love the art style, EVERYTHING!
Great game !!!
The game is really deep ~ i really love it :)
thanks dev!
Absolutely spellbinding from start to finish. I love the blend of pixel-art and paintings. Great work!!