awesome game KenForest! Would really love to see some more of this game, maybe some different monsters as you go deeper, and/or some more lore about the elevator itself. Really cool concept though I loved it!
I like to review these here indie horror games but here's the TLDR... I would skip this one honestly. It has a pretty cool graphically style, but it suffers from excess padding at its core.
Now that the people who don't like reading are gone. To address the elephant in the room, why would you come here to tell people to skip this game? As I said above, I like to review indie horror games, that means my comments should be all over the spectrum. Now I didn't say this game was bad, I said you should probably skip it. But before I say why you should skip it let me talk a bit of what I liked about the game.
What stood out to me immediately besides just "why is my finger red", was the stylized graphics. It's been a few days since I played it so forgive me if I'm a bit off, but it was a sort of smooth pixel graphics that wasn't just a filter over the camera. So, right off the bat I was interested.
I like the bit of mystery this game setup at the beginning. Just a brief explanation of why you're here and what do then we were off to the races. Once on the elevator the instructions were clear and placed in the game world in a clean way, that made figuring out what to do easy and kept immersion.
Now with that being said, that was about as far as the interesting goes. You hold a button, which you can only hold for about 20 secs that descends your elevator. The elevator moves really slow, and sometimes you have to hold a switch to turn a light off. Most of the time you aren't doing anything.
I said I was going to do more research on the game jam but I never ended up doing that, so I admit some of my gripes may be solved that way but I'm just going to think of this as a game that was made in 72 hours. This game suffers EXTREMELY HEAVY from excessive padding. Most of this game can be cut completely out and you would still have the same experience and that's not a good thing.
To sum this all up as a game that was made in 72 hours, the games concepts aren't too bad as well as the game looking quite interesting graphicly, but the game itself suffers from alot of padded time.
Just watched CJU Games' video yesterday and had to try it out myself. Your games are just absolutely dripping in style! <3
May I ask how you achieve the pixelated look of your textures? When I scale down image textures for my game they usually look really washed out. Could you provide any hints? :)
Oh wow, that was quite intense! After the first... event... I turned and cooled my finger off SO MANY TIMES lol. And it really felt like a race back out, too! Well done, you REALLY captured the vibe of being trapped in the dark here, going deeper into the depths.
Can't seem to fix the update on it it won't let me play surely it's a great game but I can't update it for some reason I'll a upload video once I fix this issue :(
TERROR Mecánico en un ASCENSOR MORTAL | RED FINGER - FULL GAME 🎮💪
"Una breve experiencia de terror en la que manejas un ascensor en un antiguo complejo de investigación, en el que las condiciones de trabajo son... cuestionables."
Dude this was freaking awesome! Looking at the comments - Its clear this level of quality and uniqueness is not new for your games but damn! Hell of an introduction to your work for me to have!
The atmosphere just felt... correct? I mean I genuinely felt lost in an infinite void.. and dont even get me started on that iron watchdoG basalisk you threw at us i mean dang man XD
anyways before I get too lost in it - thanks for making this, I had a LOT of fun and im excited to go check out your other games.
Good texture and a fun concept! Some genuine moments of suspense in a super short game -- something hard to achieve and yet achieved well in a simple format. With more elaborate gameplay, more purpose given to the rubber goose, and a clearer narrative this could be a good start to a full game.
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good game :)
awesome game KenForest! Would really love to see some more of this game, maybe some different monsters as you go deeper, and/or some more lore about the elevator itself. Really cool concept though I loved it!
I didn't think it was flat out scary but the tense moments did keep in a steady panic lol
I would skip this one honestly. It has a pretty cool graphically style, but it suffers from excess padding at its core.
Now that the people who don't like reading are gone. To address the elephant in the room, why would you come here to tell people to skip this game? As I said above, I like to review indie horror games, that means my comments should be all over the spectrum. Now I didn't say this game was bad, I said you should probably skip it. But before I say why you should skip it let me talk a bit of what I liked about the game.
What stood out to me immediately besides just "why is my finger red", was the stylized graphics. It's been a few days since I played it so forgive me if I'm a bit off, but it was a sort of smooth pixel graphics that wasn't just a filter over the camera. So, right off the bat I was interested.
I like the bit of mystery this game setup at the beginning. Just a brief explanation of why you're here and what do then we were off to the races. Once on the elevator the instructions were clear and placed in the game world in a clean way, that made figuring out what to do easy and kept immersion.
Now with that being said, that was about as far as the interesting goes. You hold a button, which you can only hold for about 20 secs that descends your elevator. The elevator moves really slow, and sometimes you have to hold a switch to turn a light off. Most of the time you aren't doing anything.
I said I was going to do more research on the game jam but I never ended up doing that, so I admit some of my gripes may be solved that way but I'm just going to think of this as a game that was made in 72 hours. This game suffers EXTREMELY HEAVY from excessive padding. Most of this game can be cut completely out and you would still have the same experience and that's not a good thing.
To sum this all up as a game that was made in 72 hours, the games concepts aren't too bad as well as the game looking quite interesting graphicly, but the game itself suffers from alot of padded time.
I played your game for this week's "indie horror digest" event on my channel and myself as well as the viewers had a lot of fun! I need more!
Made a video
Just watched CJU Games' video yesterday and had to try it out myself. Your games are just absolutely dripping in style! <3
May I ask how you achieve the pixelated look of your textures? When I scale down image textures for my game they usually look really washed out. Could you provide any hints? :)
Any support on my video is MASSIVELY appreciated love you all and hope you enjoy the video also F**KING FANTASTIC GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun little game! I'd play an extended, more fleshed out version for sure.
Oh wow, that was quite intense! After the first... event... I turned and cooled my finger off SO MANY TIMES lol. And it really felt like a race back out, too! Well done, you REALLY captured the vibe of being trapped in the dark here, going deeper into the depths.
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Using a 21:9 screen makes it missing some parts (top/bottom) of the game that I can't fully read the text, but it works! Love it.
Can't seem to fix the update on it it won't let me play surely it's a great game but I can't update it for some reason I'll a upload video once I fix this issue :(
I loved this game and really want more of it!
"Una breve experiencia de terror en la que manejas un ascensor en un antiguo complejo de investigación, en el que las condiciones de trabajo son... cuestionables."
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Quitting your job after learning something fishy about it? I wish every horror game protagonist were as smart as this.
Great as always!
Dude this was freaking awesome! Looking at the comments - Its clear this level of quality and uniqueness is not new for your games but damn! Hell of an introduction to your work for me to have!
The atmosphere just felt... correct? I mean I genuinely felt lost in an infinite void.. and dont even get me started on that iron watchdoG basalisk you threw at us i mean dang man XD
anyways before I get too lost in it - thanks for making this, I had a LOT of fun and im excited to go check out your other games.
Great game! Thanks for making it! Here is my playthrough
Absolutely horrifying, 0/10 job - 10/10 atmosphere.
LOVED THE GAME!! Its such a fun and creepy experience the only sad thing is that it isn’t really long 😔
game ini bagus, aku tidak menyangka game di buat 72 jam bisa bagus meskipun pendek ceritanya dan mekanik gamenya lumayan menantang
Good texture and a fun concept! Some genuine moments of suspense in a super short game -- something hard to achieve and yet achieved well in a simple format. With more elaborate gameplay, more purpose given to the rubber goose, and a clearer narrative this could be a good start to a full game.