Well, this is officially my favourite of all the games from the jam that I've played so far ^-^ Honestly, it's almost as though someone who knows me way too well made this for me as a gift xD That's how much it hit the spot, haha. I would've played it sooner because I remember playing the first Waterborne during last year's jam and loving it, but I've set off on my mission to try and play everything again, and I was largely going by random order. I was absolutely looking forward to this though cos I figured I'd like it a lot. Well, that's an understatement because I adore it <3
Having those sorts of escape room vibes in this story combined with the beautiful art and atmospheric SFX was just *chef's kiss* :3 And while I usually can't stand puzzles, I thought the ones here were pretty fun and not tooooo difficult! Plus having the solutions within the game is a great idea as well for anyone struggling, so that's appreciated too.
Also, loved the bits of humour and all the references here and there :D
As much as I would love to gush about the story, I don't want to accidentally spoil anything by saying something clumsy >.< I will put a little note below and be sure to edit the version of this that I post on the game page. Just know that I thought it was brilliant, enjoyed it immensely, wish that I was Alex, and that it's going straight on my recommended list ^-^
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(DO NOT READ BEFORE PLAYING)
I'm OBSESSED with scare attractions and, to an extent, escape rooms, haha. Along with all things horror! The only reason I don't do more escape rooms is because I only have my dad and 1 friend that I get to see in person, and she's not a huge fan of em, so I would never drag her along x3 + with my social anxiety, not having a full team of people to go through escape rooms with basically destroys my chances of doing them because it's too stressful for me to try and team up with a big group of strangers >.< So I tend to only go to those when I know small groups are allowed. But every Halloween, I go on a big scare attraction tour of the country, haha. I save up all year long to try and afford to do as much as possible. And, I'm the type to seek out more and more extreme events when they appear, haha. I've been to several that required you to be 18+ and sign waivers, but I like all kinds of scare attractions pretty much. Just can't get enough of that stuff :P So yeah, I'm pretty sure you can imagine why I loved this so much, haha.