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Thank you for the great feedback! We’re happy, that our game sparked your interest in the history of the House of Soviets and Kaliningrad. 😊

If you’d like to dive deeper, we recommend exploring literature on modernism and brutalism in Eastern Europe. for example: Grospierre N. Modern Forms: A Subjective Atlas of 20th Century Architecture, Elser O. SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey, and Brutal East by Zupagrafika.

For atmosphere and mood, Andrei Platonov’s novel The Foundation Pit. It is the grotesque novel about the 1917 Revolution and the construction of the All-Proletarian House (fictional).

Music. Kaliningrad artists: punk rock band Дом Советов (and their song of the same name), post-punk artist Destroy Sunset  (album ПОСТПРОЕКТ, song Дом Советов). Eastern European punk and post-punk, such as Polish bands Pidżama Porno, Błokowisko, and Wieże Fabryk.

Спасибо за замечание, исправили)

Explore the abandoned factory and fight psycho-wrestleres in this simple pro-wrestling dungeon crawler. 

The protagonist of this story is Masaru Tobita - a real-life japanese pro wrestler and a legend of an underground wrestling! 

It's pretty old-school and challenging! Check it out!

https://hamezteam.itch.io/survival-tobita-vs-maniac-man

Благодарю за отзыв! Если еще хочется насладиться ощущением пост-советского кошмара, то рекомендую заценить нашу другую игру Dom Sovetov.

Также у нас есть свой телеграм-канал, так что если интересно наше творчество, то обязательно вступай!

https://t.me/HamezTeam

Thank you for the review! Yes, a lot of this games writing is deliberate in terms of pretentiousness and edgyness. Partly as a reference to an actual post-modern writer Vladimir Sorokin! I'll update the translation in the following days since the jam is over and also add some more context to why some parts of the game are the way they are. But anyway, thank you for the honest review, I'm really glad you still enjoyed it to some extent even though it's not your cup of tea :) 

Thank you for the review! Keep an eye out for an update: as soon as the jam will be over I'll upload version with fixed english translation and some extra explanations, to clarify some parts, themes and references in the game :) 

The style, the vibes and the creatures are sick! The concept of this Punch-Out like gameplay loop is also pretty neat. But for me personally the game laked some sound effects. In my oppinion it would be more satisfying to have crunchier, fleshier  sound effects. That would make feel every shot feel much more satisfying and every missed shot more devastating. 

Thank you for the review! Your read of the story is pretty spot on actually! Not to break any mysteries but just to kind of explain further: in this game you observe reality through eyes of something that doesn't understand it. Therefore it's up for interpretation! 

And thank you for the bug report, I will fix it immediatly! 

Thank you for the crtitique! It was edgy on purpose as a reference to writer Vladimir Sorokin as well as the structure and obscurity in general. Surreal experience through the surreal lense. 

I'll try to dial it down in later games, thank you for ther responce! 

Thank you for the feedback! The english isn't my native language and having a dedicated translator wasn't an option either, unfortunatly.  So I tried my best for text to be at least readable and understandable. Some parts of it are weird and unreadable on purpose though both in english and in it's original language. Not to try and justify illiteracy, but just to clarify things. I'll try and fix the translation later, 

For the explicit content part, yes, I'm a fan of such in horrors as well, so my take was to make something that would disturb and creep out me in hopes that it would have the same effect on other players. Also the expicit scenes are homage  to a writer Vladimir Sorokin in the way they are structured and play out.

Once again, I'm very thankful for the critique and try to do better in the future games! 

Thank you! Make sure to check our other games out :)

В перформанс

Dom Sovetov was made for LSDJAM 2023. This game is a bad-trip emulator (multiplied by 5). 

You play as The User. You are 5tuck in a place known as The House of Soviets. And in order to escape, you need to kill five general5. But can you really escape from your demons? 

The House of Soviets is a real place in the city of Kaliningrad. The place where it is located has seen countless eras and changes. From pagan5 and medieval knight5 to post-soviet punk5. And during this trip, the story of this place intertwines with the life of The User thus creating this living nightmare. 

Content warning

This game contains scenes of violence, depictions of depression and torture and also features discussions about religion and lots of flickering lights, glitch effects, etc. Photosensetivity warning — play at your own risk.

https://hamezteam.itch.io/5dom-5ovetov5

Thank you for the review! Yes, we are aware  of technical problems, we will try to fix them as soon as possible! We are glad you've enjoyed your trip trough Dom Sovetov! 

Thank you for the review and for the vid! Loving it!

Wow! Thank you for such detailed review and kind words :)! Our next project will be more story focused so stay tuned! And be sure to follow us here and on twitter for future updates!

Thank you for the kind words and for the video!

Thank you for playing and for the nice words, it means a lot to us :)

Thank you for the video and for the reply :). Though you've skipped a bunch of content, we hope you enjoyed our game!