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11 - Day 11 - Excellent, but perhaps unsurprisingly given the predecessor, it doesn't seem to be part of the narrative. However, everything in it feels like it could have happened in a PS1 game.

12 - Avert Your Eyes - The presentation of this really hurts the concept. What, flamethrowering floating, murmuring eyes in a cave isn't scary enough without a smartphone and pixellation? It is.

13 - (weird collection of symbols) - The second arcade style action game in the collection, this one a runner. The graphical style at first seems grating but as it proceeds you start to feel like you're playing a game that was found in raw code rather than designed. Really cool.

14 - (some kind of eyeball thing?) - I just got done watching a 3 hour video on Pac-Man, so it's great to see a horror/creepy version. Sticks around just long enough to be fun.

15 - 15 - Similar to the previous game (interestingly enough), the map is small enough that even finding "that darn last book" isn't too hard. Fun game with just enough pop-in to feel creepy.

JDCorley4 years ago(+4)(-1)

16 - 16 - A nice little atmospheric point and click, a breather after a few "run run run" games. However, the giant eyeball ending...cmon. The digitizing candles are a really low key build, you can think of something better.

17 - Vale - Great lightning effects, good atmosphere. Again, this feels like the nightmare of playing a video game. I also like that you can move around inside the credits.

18 - Spooky Library - Again, this seems to not be connected to the previous game. i appreciate the new aesthetic, however, I have to say that the fixed camera angle makes death come...often without you really being able to see what kills you. Would love to see more of this one.

19 - Abraxas - Really solid....stealth (?) mini game. The ending's a good horror hook as well.

20 - 999,999 - A nice little showcase to close it out. Not a bad ending at all.

Overall thoughts:

* being a little stricter about endings and difficulty levels could have achieved the goal of the collection a little better

* the menu system, with the documents, faux disks, etc., is an absolute masterpiece!

* these games lack brightness and contrast features. i understand you want horror games to control these elements but this is an accessibility question for many users.

Best wishes, looking forward to the next thing from these creators.

papercookies4 years ago(+1)

thank you so much for the thorough write-up! it might not seem like much, but it really is super appreciated you took the time to address each game! <3 thanks for playing

JDCorley4 years ago

You're very welcome and best wishes to all the contributors!

Variant Tombstones3 years ago(+1)

Hi I made 15! Finding the last book isn't too hard but it can be pain haha, but thank you for your view on it!

JDCorley3 years ago(+1)

In my opinion the difficulty was just right. Definitely something to be proud of since it would have to be tailored to fit the limitations in draw distance and the movement speed/pattern of the monsters. Nice job and good luck with what comes next for you!

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