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Ok, I finally played it and finished it, and it was really good! I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it, particularly reading all the horror stories scattered throughout.

The puzzles were pretty difficult, good thing the subreddit was there, otherwise I don't think I could have done it... even though I played it with 2 other people. Still it was fun and it reminded me of when I used to play notpron.

My only gripe is that I replayed the loop too many times, to the point I wished there was a skip cutscene/fast forward/day select button.

Oh, and it would also been cool if the whole game could be played with only the mouse. As the only keyboard button needed is the ALT key, maybe if it was mapped to the middle click, it could have been a little smoother and also more accessible for some people.

Anyway, I'm going to recommend this for sure, and probably check out your other games too. I'm surprised it's not more popular. I don't even know where I heard about it.

duckenheimer2 years ago(+1)

Thanks again for playing - we knew it'd take a lot of patience to fully experience this game for anyone compelled to dig into it. Even with some of the quality of life improvements you suggested, it'd still be quite a lot of reading and puzzling so your efforts are appreciated!

It's a unique title, and we'd love to revisit it some day in the form of a spiritual successor if not a direct sequel.

I think there's still a lot of potential in the realm of stories-happening-inside-computers-inside-your-computer. I do have a couple of other recommendations for those, if you're interested:

- Location Withheld, by Bryce Bucher

https://bryce-bucher.itch.io/location-withheld

- DEAD LETTER DEPT., by Mike Monroe/Belief Engine

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/DEAD_LETTER_DEPT/

Ignawesome2 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Hi again! I tried both of those recommendations and I just wanted to say you definitely outdid them

For Location Withheld I made the error of playing the demake. While it certainly has a little more charm, it definitely lost appeal in the transformation, as there's less interaction with the environment.

As for Dead Letter Dept, it was more of a job than a game, lol. It kinda dragged on too long doing that dull chore, even for a demo.

I also played the 2000 Navidson lane and it really got me at the end...

I really found nothing like The Gladdening Chamber where you have to parse through lots of information and filter the clues to find a solution. I guess I'll keep looking :)

Ignawesome2 years ago

This time I'm coming to you with a recommendation of my own.

Have you played Stories Untold? The recent announcement of Silent Hill Townfall from team No Code reminded me of Stories Untold, a game they made some years ago.

I haven't played their other game, Observation, yet, but Stories Untold is very much in the vein of the games we've been discussing, and it is pretty good I would say.