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Enlightened

Solve the mystery of the hotel... Or just try to escape. · By wojciecham

Cool concept

A topic by Stella Abbasi created May 05, 2021 Views: 181 Replies: 4
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Hello, I played this game and I liked it, the concept was cool, visuals were neat, a little lack of sound effects but it wasn't too bad, although I didn't really like the instant deaths, cause why is there a health bar if it'll just kill me instantly? maybe it'll be different in the full game, speaking of which I died a few times but still wanted to get the demo ending cause I really like these type of games, but the "end" was dissapointing imo, I know that it's just a demo but I wish that there was a bit more to it and not just the 'To Be Continue' screen. Over all neat game, Iooking forward to the full game with some changes hopefully, good work :)

Developer

Hi

First of all - Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoy it :)
About the instant death, I agree that healthbar seems little pointless in the demo. The idea was to show there is so no joke there, the other "things" I have planned for the game will not kill you instantly. But yes, this might feel frustrating, that you meet the most dangerous one at the beginning.
But I have already have taken this into the account, so before you jump through the mirror, there will be always a possibility to save game (already deep  in development :) ).
Small sneak pick for you in thanks for your feedback:

So there is already added save point to Room 202 (where you find document in the drawer).

One thing I saw from your gameplay, that you did not use "run" in the game (right alt, if you are playing on keyboard, X on xbox controller) - which might made it more difficult for you than it should be.
You can see all controls in options at the start screen or when you press P during the game (which I tried to advertise at the beginning 0:16, sorry if this was not clear enough).

The game has some way to go, but there are big plans. I already have multi page document with locations, puzzles, creatures...
I will try to post updates from time to time, to show that project is not dying ;)  (Given that, there will be people who would want to play it ;D )

Thanks again for feedback!

Ah I see, I'm glad to hear that there will be these changes and also my bad but I missed the "run" button, which probably made it harder for me,(maybe you can add the control instructions in the full game telling you the controls while playing as well) but still great job with the game and I'll be looking forward to the full game :)

Developer

You are not the only one who missed that. I will introduce changes that will point it out more, because it brings unnecessary difficulty.
But I admire your perseverance - even though you did not notice the run option, you did not quit and tried again.
Sorry for the unnecessary frustration :(

I was rooting for you when I saw the room with The Eye, because it drains your mental state when it looks at you, which can result in death.
But you've managed to pass it through :)

Oh that'll be great and yeah it's alright it happens, also I was so worried about that sanity thing which was showing on the top left when the eye was there, I didn't know how I was suppose to hide from the eye but luckily just booking for the door did the trick lol