The game's level of completion is very high, all the features are well-developed, and the cyclical story is quite profound. However, what confuses and unsettles me is that I found this game requesting access to my camera, which makes me feel uneasy.

I think theres no denying an absurd amount of effort went into this game, from the visuals, to the menus, the audio and story etc alot of work. It’d be interesting to know how many people worked on this because it feels like a full team which is super impressive. Think this is definitely one of the better games I have played and will absoloutely be a fantastic game down the line. All the systems are bang on especially the saving of notes and audio.

Wanna clarify rn I’m gonna mention stuff basically as a playtester from now on because in regards to one week it is hard to do much better than what you did and you get a top rating from me.

All that being said I’d say the main complaint from me as far as a game for a jam goes, would be it was too ambitious and broad for a week long project. I played the game for 35 mins in total but couldn’t finish it. I had to give up after a while once I got to the section with the key card, I just had absoloutely no idea where it was. It also took till nearly min 25 to get behind that building because I had no clue I could just walk through that crack in the wall.

Alot of it was pretty frustrating which is a shame as the game visually is dope but stuff was just not clear for me through the entire game. Opening up that website in my browser and opening a folder on my PC 3 times I thought was dodgy so I ended up closing them all straight away which as I played realised might have been a mistake so a heads up about doing that would be good.

Almost stopped playing straight away as I had no idea the bin could be moved and the code was on the wall, that took me at least 5 mins of just walking around until by chance I pushed it on accident then was able to fully glitch through another wall to reveal the full code.

Apart from that the guns felt awesome lol, melee is goofy but its oldschool its meant to be clunky. Quite a few glitched and warping textures around the place and the camera freaked out in the sewer but was fine mostly everywhere else. Game feels way over bloated with 1.2GB zipped and nearly 2GB unzipped. Probably some unneccessary UE5 components and oversized and overdetailed materials causing that.

Audio Nit Pick is all the recordings are in HD, felt out of place everytime so I would reccommend slapping a recording effect on all of them, I think the world trigger chats (That got repetitive but nothing criminal) had effects on em which made the recordings feel extra out of place.

Thats as much as I can recall off the top of my head, don’t know how much of the game was left for me to experience that I couldn’t but well done everyone involved. The AI art use is pretty goofy, I know it’s “ethical” but considering how minor it is, just doing something naturally so you can rid yourself of the disclaimer and AI Use tag might be something you could consider down the line as a luxery if you plan on pushing the game to many people once it is properly done.

Wow, it looks like old games! I liked it! Very scary!

I will like to tell James Pierce that I really enjoyed the experience and I found it quite spooky and fascinating. It really felt like playing a Silent Hill / Resident Evil were I was the main character. Maybe the twist was not unexpected but I must say that I am already very impressed of what you achieved in 7 days. Fantastic. I don't understand other comments being negative about the camera switch because this is exactly what I will expect from a Silent Hill like game. I think you nailed it. Bravo! Also I loved to play in parallel on my Desktop, reading the file and analyzing the audio file. I knew about the easter egg in the DOOM soundtrack (666 I think, or was it a pentacle?) but I never witness the frequency pattern myself so it was very interesting. 

This is absolutely wild in scope, depth, and lore. Unreal programs tend to crash on my PC and I can't run it for too long, so I will hold off on rating, but congratulations on accomplishing so much in a week! Even how you managed to convince so many participants that it is real is a testament to the effort you put in, and I know anything is possible in 7 days. Great work!

A game with great potential but not polished. Models, animations, sound are very cool. The story is interesting, the atmosphere is scary. But the scariest thing in the game is that it creates a folder on the desktop...

And now about things that, in my opinion, are not polished:

1) The camera lives its own life, it's cool that there are two modes, like in old games of the PS1 era and like in modern ones. But it constantly switches to the old view. And I don't understand whether this is a bug or whether it is intended. If there is a trigger for switching the camera in a certain place, then I think it should be made so that it works once if the player runs with the right button pressed. I understand that this mode is for combat, but it seems to me that most players have played this game in this mode. Moreover, the camera can switch to the old style right during the fight;

2) It is not obvious where to go after receiving the gun;

3) For some reason, the animation of pressing something turns on if the action button is pressed. I don't think you need to turn on animation if there are no interactive objects nearby;

4) Cultists look like people, but they don't die from a headshot;

5) I think the character shouldn't climb the building at this point (attached a screenshot);

Despite all the shortcomings, the game looks very cool. To manage to do so much in a week, good job!

This takes me back! Very polished! Good job!

Amazing game! The only thing that disappointed me was the camera switching, which ended up messing up the gameplay. Other than that, I loved the game!

Wow, you really got the retro playstation look just right! This game is really impressive, especially for a game jam.

P.s. I think there's a bug with the pipe, whenever I got hit by the ennemies it would stop using it and I would have to unequip-re-equip.

I love the silent hill style camera, its very cool. Well done

The settings menu, PS1-style graphics, and immersive audio were impressive, and I loved the hidden areas and audio tapes for storytelling. The added mechanics like health-based animation changes and a fourth-wall-breaking message were clever. However, the camera was hard to control and sometimes caused disorientation, and some items had inconsistent interaction triggers. I also had issues with overlapping sounds, resource balancing, and an abrupt monster encounter near the end. The webcam reveal at the end was genuinely shocking and inventive. Overall, it was a unique, if quirky, experience—thanks for the game!

Nice replica of PS1 era style! Played as much as I can, game is cool. At one moment my character disappeared after interacting with the keypad.

Well done! The PS1 rendering is well done, even if I sometimes had display problems in certain places, like inside the bus. The narration is very good too, I really liked it! One point that frustrated me a lot, however, was that every time an enemy spots me, my camera switches back to fixed view and takes me out of my TPS view, which is very confusing for aiming. Frankly, bravo for this game, it’s very complete for such a short time.

Wow, the presentation is great. Feels remarkably nostalgic lol. 

I’m immediately very impressed with this game’s presentation! It really does a fantastic job capturing that classic ps1 style.

I haven’t played much yet, though I’m looking forward to checking it out some more, I’ll update my feedback once I’ve gotten further. I admit I got a little stumped on what to do after finding the first audio log in the house.

Also not sure if this is a bug or specifically my controller, but I couldn’t seem to turn left. The turning animation would play but the character wouldn’t actually turn. Thankfully turning to the right worked correctly.

Really good game and interesting graphics! By the way, I got scared when Academo automatically opened in my browser haha!

Breaking the rules of the jam. While I like your game, I can't condone the behavior of copy-pasta-ing a game that has been a long term project into jams where it doesn't fit the rules. Its bad business practice and is disappointing to see.

Was certainly confused by the notes which made the game sound like it was a multi-year project. :') Definitely is a really good game and I apologize for the hostility. I guess the ARG type thing you are going for really worked! Great game gonna change my rating!