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There's a web version that should work OK at https://smik.itch.io/house-in-hellworld-web

Thanks very much!  I think House in Hellworld has the better story but I'm glad you found this one enjoyable all the same.  There's also a hidden ending if you enter a certain name in for the doll, I don't know if you found that one.  The endings aren't drastically different yet but I've gotten some feedback and I do plan to polish this one a bit later.  (Right now I'm laid up)

Hi there -- thanks very much for playing!  There are a few variations on the endings, your  cell phone provides a clue as to whether or not the doll is in the room.  I'll have to look into what could cause you to choke on the salt water prematurely.  

There's a secret ending involving what you name the doll, and the other endings are dependent on leaving the door unlocked.  Your character has a hidden fear level, and in retrospect it's not obvious enough.  A lot of the shortcomings were a combination of lack of time and running out of energy as I'm also working on doing an enhanced version of "House in Hellworld" my first VN.

Aw, I hoped it had something to do with leading the monster into traffic enough times.

Y'all are easily scared apparently. This was irritating.

Predictable and irritating.

From what I've heard a lot of people have trouble getting other endings in the game.  I'm going to avoid posting any spoilers for a little bit, but observing how your cell phone behaves is critical to seeing the other endings.  There's not a huge difference between them visually as I ran out of steam, but I'll update it later with more information.  Thanks for playing it! Also sorry for the spooks, I'm not affected by horror anymore so I really don't know how intense people find things in my games.

Great job!  I didn't play it, watched someone else did because some of the scenes hit a liiiiitle too close to home for me and the whole thing was really well put together.

"Or consider adding a health mechanic where you run into more traps or wrong locations and you lose health. "

Funny you mention that but there IS a health mechanic and you got the "Accident" ending because you ran out.  The music changes subtly depending on how much health (horror points) you have left.     Leaving the lights on for example costs you horror points because the ghost forces them off, giving you a scare.

I had originally planned on making the phone something you could manipulate and hover over interactable objects before checking them, but I ran out of time and energy.  The cell does tell you when you're in the doll's room.

Part of the game's problem is that the mechanics are maybe too hidden.    I'm currently working on redoing House in Hellworld in RPGMaker to make said mechanics more obvious, and if I revisit this game I probably won't have a kid protagonist since in my world build most ghosts and faeries leave children alone.

If you replay, without spoiling there are 4 possible phone alerts and only one indicates the presence of the doll.  The others  hint at a possible horror you can encounter.

Outstanding game, exactly my kinda jam. Love the final passenger.

There's currently a few variations of the endings and the game can be completed with luck in very short order. The "Accident" ending is probably the most common ending because it's based off a hidden mechanic in the game. I'm glad you enjoyed it, if you have any criticisms feel free to let me know. I know it's a jam and we've all been under tremendous pressure but at the same time one can't learn without finding out about one's mistakes.

Great like before. Good luck in the awards!

Harvey's New Eyes is a point-and-click adventure available on Steam. It has a similar sense of humour. 

I enjoyed this one, but is there only one ending? I tried clicking a whole mess of stuff with different timing and I get the feeling other endings are  a work in progress that would require being able to watch other channels.

I really enjoyed this one, kinda stumbled into the good ending. My only complaint is if you accidentally click past "Good Luck" it skips the whole ending.  Otherwise it's great and reminds me a bit of "Harvey's New Eyes".

Thanks so much for playing my game on stream!  I would have loved to have caught it live but I watched the VOD and I'm so glad everyone enjoyed it.

Nice, I liked it.

Hi there -- minor bug with spells/items while fighting 2 enemies at once and one is killed with a spell or item:  the game won't let you target the second enemy because it still thinks you're trying to target the first. While not a major issue most of the time, it does impact a certain challenge that disables your normal offensive actions.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the VN. Of course, any follow-up will lack the twist of the original but I'll do my best.

Fantastic game!  I'd love to rate it but I guess I can't without submission. But I'd rate it highly if I could!

Excellent work.  I was waiting for one last scare at dawn but it never came.

Thanks for playing my VN, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wish ice cream was a little more effective... or a little less calorie dense.

Thank you! I'm still going back and forth between either revising the original to include stuff cut for time or writing a sequel. I'll need to get in some more practice with Ren'py.

Thank you! It's great to get feedback on some of the intended-creepier parts because I don't have much of a sense of what's scary anymore. I'm still torn on revisiting the game and polishing up some elements (as well as having the mundane element's impact on your attributes more obvious) and making a sequel where you meet other ghosts. 

Pretty typical for this kind of thing.  Usual spooky audio, temporary distortions, etc, etc. Also I'm hoping I'll be dead in 41 years, sorry.

Thanks. My wife passed away nine years ago, but Norton suffered a massive fatal heart attack the morning after I submitted the game. I added a little dedication to him as well in a final update. I just adopted a cat from my local shelter today, so I'm healing.

At this point I'm fine with people saying something or not, depending on their comfort but I appreciate the well wishes all the same.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I'm lucky I was able to get resources from the Humble Bundle or it'd be lacking audio-wise.   I don't know if I'm going to do a sequel or redo the original with more of the features I had planned before I reduced its scope to make it in time for the jam. Really all depends on how others react to it, but thanks again for playing and commenting!

Thanks very much for playing my VN!  I'm glad you enjoyed it, despite how rough it is. I had to scale a lot of stuff back.

Done. Kind  of a spoiler if you've not played through the VN though.

Thanks for playing it, and thanks so much for the video! :)

Thank you!

Thanks very much! I've updated it since - nothing huge except for the bedroom events, a graphical tweak and updated credits. Thank you for making a video on the game!

Just another Mandela, nothing new of note.

I like how the various classes all have their quirks.  I wound up stuck as a Mascot for the majority of my 100% playthrough, because once I got the hang of it deaths were few and far between.  The one time I got caught with some bad luck, the game rolled the exact same mascot (including quirks) and that's how I finished.