Hello! I recently completed a review of your game for my Youtube series “The First 15”! I’ve placed a link to the video down below, please check it out and keep expanding this idea...
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Hey! Thanks for playing! We really appreciate all the criticism and honesty, I'm glad we found this video before we finished the demo patch, which is going to likely end up being a whole rework, which we're working on right now. the notes you've given have really helped us with improving some of the key elements of the game! especially with your views on the ending and the sudden loud noise, as someone with diagnosed autism that definitely made sense to me and is something I WANT TO CHANGE SPECIFICALLY. One of the main things we want to focus on is story and your criticism has made us rethink how we tell the start of our story, we are going to work a lot over these next few days on pacing, the gameplay, etc.
One thing which I think is a very good criticism, which we're discussing heavily as I write this, is the common trope you were talking about at the start. We've realised this demo has been released too early as the section you've played through is supposed to be tone setting, story building, etc. the 'jumpscare' at the end is specifically there to set up chapter 2 which, again we've been discussing, really should've been a part of chapter 1 / the demo.
There is a lot more we took away from your video and we're going to implement over the next few days, so thank you! I hope we can improve this game using your feedback and I hope you like the changes we implement!