Hi! This game is only available as a windows executable, I don't know if that affects you? I have never used the Itch app so can't offer anything more helpful, sorry!
You are supposed to get a phonecall that initiates the Wood cut task, the phonecalls that come in are random.
However! In checking the game I found an issue where the wood cutting phonecall rng would never reach the correct value after the other phonecalls had come in. So, if in a playthrough you had the spooky giggle call and the old person already, it COULD become impossible for the wood cutting task to initiate in that same playthrough.
If you look in the description above you will see this paragraph:
"If you ever feel locked out of a task or think something isn't working (like the computer or coffee machine) check that the power is on!! There is an electrical box attached to the staff hut that you could easily miss."
based on your feedback I think this is the problem you faced, not a softlock! :)
Merry Christmas! Thank you for the kind words :) As for the 'last' weather station, it depends which ones you got! I'm guessing you missed either the Thermometer on the outside of the stable (near the sliding door) or the precipitation station near the little wall that leads into the back woods (near the wooden gate). Good luck!
Very very good game!! Tense and scary, but with fun mechanics/gameplay that would make it a compelling experience even if it wasn't horror! One of my favourite games on this site so far :)
This was a fantastic game!! Seems to take heavy inspiration from the likes of The Quiet Year and/or The Deep Forest. We managed to arrest the organiser of Ape-con (a crypto NFT conference, of course!) after he killed one of three triplets attending the con to sell ape merch. The conspiracy ran deep as the triplets duplicated some newfangled 'physical' NFTs using a scam verification device, swapped costumes and even attempted to flee! Madness!
Really great time, I'm shocked at how many jaw dropping revelations and galaxy-brain deductions can be made from a mystery we collectively pulled out of our arses.
I seriously recommend this to anybody with a creative bone in their body and some friends up for a laugh. Played it 2 player and it works just as well! the Stories you make will surprise you.
Moving bones will be a bit of a case by case basis I imagine, I use a BoneAttachment3D node that I attach to the neck bone, then I can enable/disable "Override Pose" and lerp the angle as required in code.
I am aware that you can pack the pck file but Godot's own documentation suggests not doing so:
"On Windows, PCK embedding is also known to cause false positives in antivirus programs. Therefore, it's recommended to avoid using it unless you're distributing your project via Steam as it bypasses code signing and antivirus checks."
I totally neglected to write this in the controls section, but LOTS of people have mentioned the terrible brakes, and well... You can press Spacebar to brake! Very few people seem to have naturally found this out XD
One of the greatest horror experiences ever made. Well put together, great 'investigative' decision making required from the player, perfect length, perfect vibe. Amazing!!
I'm always weary of letting the player wander too far if there is nothing there to find, it just wastes the player's time and is a very unsatisfying experience.
Early in development, you could get out of the car wherever you wanted but it didn't really add anything fun to the game. Opening the map up any more would completely change the scope of the game imo :)
Doing the modelling entirely in-engine with either Godot or Unity would be... challenging? You really need to be using blender or equivalent software for anything more complex than a box lol.
Unity has its own terrain editor and tree creator and while I believe there are 3rd party terrain plugins in the works for Godot, in both instances I'd still rather use blender (though I never got fully fluent with the unity systems).
Unity will have Waaay more tutorials and resources online so is probably easier to get into (maybe? Though I find Godot much easier to actually use!) but Godot isn't lacking in documentation and being open-source vs the money-grubbers that own Unity is a big plus for me lol
Shaders are always a little complex, I'd say creating them in either Unity or Godot is much the same process. The basic NTSC and film grain filters I use I originally found tutorials for online and then modified the parts that didn't work for me. Other than that I just make sure to only use simply geometry and set the game to a low resolution.
I could be mistaken but I was just browsing the 'new' section and it seems like another user has reuploaded this game without the price tag now that your 100% sale has ended.
I don't want to link it here and bring attention to it but presumably this was done without your consent!
I tried to find a way to contact you without posting this publicly but couldn't see a way. You can delete this comment once you've seen it.
Thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot to me!!
It is always great feedback to learn the specifics of what a player liked or disliked :) I will always try to make each game better than the last, hopefully I can create things worth playing :D
the household objects like toasters, soaps, bins etc. all came from https://elbolilloduro.itch.io/ whose models you will find are ubiquitous in Itch horror games. 50% of the games on here wouldn't exist without them lol!
The Takeaway itself and the Player's house I modeled and textured from scratch using a combination of [an old, free version of] Sketchup and Blender, as was the terrain. I edit/create textures in GIMP and edit audio in Audacity.
LOL that is the exact place I had the car go during playtesting!! It only happened once and I could never nail down the exact cause. I implemented what I *thought* could have helped avoid it but apparently not!
Hmm interesting about the flashlight! I wonder what caused it. Yeah, I'll keep the checkpoint idea in mind for future games but it might be troublesome to retroactively implement in this game at this point.
Thanks for giving it another go and for your feedback :)
Oh hang on, thinking about this were you trying to walk along the road? There is an alternative path to walk along that takes you through the trees (a dirt path), did you find that?
This is a really generous comment, thank you so much for the kind words they mean a lot to me! I'm glad your experience with the game stood out to you :) 💖💖
Haha really pleased my bathroom got a better rating. I specifically designed it with your review in mind and was hoping you would play this game XD That elusive S tier will keep me motivated in future games! the bath you said was a weird shape is actually identical to my bath IRL lol
Hmm. On ONE occasion in testing we had something like that occur due to the exiting the car on the same frame that it rolled out of 'valid' parking. I was confident that it was fixed but perhaps there is another way for this bug to surface that I have yet to identify. Thanks for reporting it :)
I agree about pursuing all endings being tedious, I don't recommend it! You have far more patience than I do! Hopefully people will consult your videos rather than driving themselves mad replaying over and over lol
