Nice work! I felt very emotionally engaged with this one, even getting a bit teary eyed near the end. I'll admit this hit a bit close to home for my own childhood. If this is based on your own life, I honestly hope you are in a better spot. The sound effects and music really helped enhance the mood, and the story/dialogue felt very realistic.

In terms of feedback, the sokoban barrel puzzle felt like it was put in just to say there was a puzzle in the game somewhere. I would suggest either cutting it or making puzzles a more involved part of the game.

Very raw but also very powerful. I really liked how you used the visuals to support and complement the text (the endless stairs / halls, the split-second flashbacks to previous scenes of abuse, etc). The dialogue manages to convey a lot of information (character's backstories and mannerisms) with relatively little text, a sort of "economic" storytelling (word-count wise) that complemented with the visuals and audio really hits the spot for me.

If this is partly or fully autobiographical then I sincerely hope you're doing better now, but regardless, I feel like you've tackled the subject matter with a lot of nuance and respect. Great work!

Terrific storytelling and sound effects. Ever since I heard Mom’s sobbing the first time, memories of Lisa came to mind. Somehow the father in this story reminds me of Lisa’s (probably because of the alcohol and violence).

The way the game shows the memories is amazing (I would love to do something like that someday).

Even though it is a heartbreaking story, I liked the humor you put into the player-controlled character’s reaction (like walking in the wrong direction, or getting used to falling asleep after the hallway sequences). And that song at the end… damn!

I liked the Sokoban puzzle, it changed the pace of the game for a moment, and that felt good. If I could choose how to add one or two more choices to the game, I would have liked to be able to say something to Dad when you find him after visiting Mom’s grave, or that when we say whether we are afraid of him or not, the options are there but impossible to choose.

You made a great game!

The graphics are minimal, but the emotions and story lines are sincere and moving. I learned a lot from this game.For me, it was one of the most impressive games of the whole jam!

Great storytelling here. The barrel puzzle feels like it was there just to justify this game's presence in an adventure game jam, but honestly you probably didn't even need to. It felt good just to go through the interactive story.

I was not expecting that from this game. I was originally going to make a comment about how it would be nice if there were occasional dialog options to make it more interactive/interesting, but I quickly found out they were not necessary for this game to properly portray it's story. Incredibly well made and written.

Just echoing what others have already said, the ZZT style somehow made the story even more raw and honest. Games like yours really hammer home how powerful a game narrative can be, well done :)

I'm speechless,  definitively the main arc of the story is brutal. Even the ZX Spectrum vibes makes it interesting at the very first steps. But after a minute the story overtakes the focus. Congrats! This is a huge    job! and a big hug!

Ok that really scarred me, honestly I could complain about the graphics, but the story really hits hard for me you don't need a good art in order to create a strong story, cause it's already strong and it hits me especially when I lost my dad and I really cared about my family so much, when the abuses  starts it's nothing but pure stress, cause you can't do anything on that situation.

A really short, and simple game, but a strong story, F*CK it really hit hard like a truck, you honestly deserved some love, please take care yourself <3.

That was tough. Very well told. The lo-fi art and audio amplified the emotional dread. The game feels autobiographical, if it is I send you a very big hug, if it is not I send it to you anyway because you treated very well an extremely difficult subject.

This was a story told extremely well. It feels so horrifically real - the mention of the grandfather's drinking, casual verbal abuse, the mother lashing out at the daughter later, comparing her to the father, her guilt, just everything. Every new scene, I felt a pit in my stomach dreading what was next. The characters are also very well written.

I'm glad that you chose a more "simple" art-style. It does its job well but still leaves out the gory details that a realistic art-style wouldn't have.

This kind of story requires some finesse and I think you managed it well. Good job!

This game is very emotionally charged. Extremely well written story and the simple visuals mesh well with the dramatic content. It was engaging the entire way through and the music was at times, gut wrenching as you traversed the past. Thank you for the experience! 

Wow - it was heavy. You did a great job storytelling - and even if the graphic is minimal the narrative works. I can't say I liked it (I guess it wasn't supposed to be pleasing) but congratulations (and the final lofi music is a nice touch)

Good dark narrative, I enjoyed going through it. The art was a bit weird at times, and the audio design was sometimes questionable, but that doesn't take away from it much. It was a story that felt real and was conveyed well.

Woah, this is quite graphic and "in your face" despite the simplified visuals. Sad and vile story, especially for those, who met that kind of behaviour in real life. However, hopefully there's always a better end/life development. Really loved the sound design and how you directed the game overall.

Good storytelling, the story told here is very harsh, I hope it's not autobiographical.
It brought me feelings of sorrow and anger.
well done

You have a real talent for storytelling. Even if the art is simple, I was hooked to the story. Great work on the narrative corridor too, that was a really good idea. The music fits well to the atmosphere. 

Overall, this is the game I've had, by far, the most emotional engagement. Well done, you got me by the feels.

This was really powerful! I think the simple graphics make the dark story even more effective. Really well done.

Wow that was a very well done dark story, yet realistic that resembles families in real life. I'm sure some people will feel very emotional about it as it can be easily relatable to their own lives. Emotional relatability like this goes a long way in game development, so good job! I think you did that very well. My only gripe is the some of the SFX/Music was a bit piercing and "scrambled" sounding so I had to turn it down really low. But overall good job!

Wow. Really good use of the medium, especially the forced narrative corridors.

I have a small nitpick regarding the gameplay:
Moving by clicking around with a follow camera meant that I kept holding down left click to keep moving, but that also meant that when a dialogue came up, half the time I would dismiss it without reading it because I didn't stop holding left click in time. It should be an easy fix to cancel/ignore the input when dialogue appears.

Btw the credits really took me by surprise and the song was just perfect to complete the story and the emotional journey, it just fit so well.