Holy cow the atmosphere in this one is amazing! Gorgeous, spooky, melancholy, creepy... I loved the art, the space, the ambiance, and the pacing.
I had some trouble figuring out what I was supposed to do at first (not used to puzzles in bitsy games I guess... actually I don't play many games with puzzles in them at all, now that I think about it), but once I understood the basic patterns and expectations things went smoothly. Thanks so much for this!
You shit on your own games too much from what I see in the comments and the cat one. I am extremely hard to convince something is good and I'm convinced.
To be more specific: You expressed a quiet anguish, a whisper most of us ignore and dismiss into a fully fleshed game. You described this anguish entirely, through the brilliant dialogue which has enough content to be thought-provoking but not too much that it becomes inacessible and opressingly depressive audiovisuals. Speaking of dialogue, the first 8 minutes of this game are the best written thing I ever read. I absolutely love the metaphor of ''black hole of personhood'' and the opening sequence was strong and immersive, an abyss pulling you in by starting with a relatable but uncommon setting.
And you know what they say about abyss.
I watched a video instead of playing the game so I can't say anything about gameplay, but I was amazed by the ambience, atmosphere and plot you created. Like an innovative piece of philosophy, it's obvious and I wish I thought of it first. There are some parts which I don't see connected to the main theme, such as the frozen coffe cup, but nevertheless remain very interesting to contemplate.
Gameplay is pretty straightforward. Arrow keys to move, interact and progress through dialogue. Items are lighter in color than the background so you'll notice them. Soundtrack is simple and immersive. Nothing more complicated than it needs to be, that would take away from the whole.
Edit: The coffee cup was interesting for sure. I wonder about that a little, not in a bad way though.
I sort of like it that way. There isn't even much gameplay in there, just wandering around and seeing what happens + a really dumb "puzzle", so idk how it's inaccessible. Glad you liked the visuals, there's a couple of things I'm genuinely kinda proud of in this game, i think.
Don't listen to them, it's not inaccessible. The puzzle was simple, but it should be if you want people to get to the end of the experience. Personally I thought the very end was a nice poetic way to wrap things up. Don't be too hard on yourself, this is a nice piece of horror art-gaming.
Simple enough. Only hard part was figuring out that to teleport back you need to enter the code in backwards. Also, unclear if there is any ending besides the one where you give up the sword. The game seemed very ending-y before the forest-y place, but then you go through a bit and *then* it ends, which was weird. Not sure if I did something wrong there. Front door dialogue after the stairs happen is pretty good. Puzzles and how to solve them were, as mentioned, telegraphed well. That killing the friendly monsters is probably a kindness is set up effectively.
Oh, no, that's the only ending there is, sorry. You do have a point, though, there are things about this game that don't fit together too well narratively/conceptually, I just couldn't stand polishing and editing it any longer. Thanks for the response, glad you stuck with it all the way to the end and didn't hate it.
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To be honest, I am actually not completely sure what the game is about and I am pretty sure I didn't manage to complete the game as well XD. I felt that some directions could be given as to where to go and what to do because I got lost while playing the game during the latter part and maybe some voice acting could be done for the characters in the game as I got a little bored reading the texts by the creatures overtime. A little more voice acting could have made the game more enjoyable and more attractive to a player like me instead. This is an interesting game that covers certain concepts about life with very good English XD.
Thank you for reading my comment and I hope that there will be improvements made in your game in the future. :)
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I have a review.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Lovecraft/comments/1ajffpp/chronotopophobia_the_blacken...
this was great. the atmosphere conveyed was perfect. it's always impressive to me how much feeling can be put into bitsy games.
The Altar: You have nothing to offer.
Me: Wow... Harsh... but fair.
OK. I am so confused
dark and lovely
Holy cow the atmosphere in this one is amazing! Gorgeous, spooky, melancholy, creepy... I loved the art, the space, the ambiance, and the pacing.
I had some trouble figuring out what I was supposed to do at first (not used to puzzles in bitsy games I guess... actually I don't play many games with puzzles in them at all, now that I think about it), but once I understood the basic patterns and expectations things went smoothly. Thanks so much for this!
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this. I like the ending. It's really peaceful.
I resonated with this game a lot.
You shit on your own games too much from what I see in the comments and the cat one. I am extremely hard to convince something is good and I'm convinced.
To be more specific: You expressed a quiet anguish, a whisper most of us ignore and dismiss into a fully fleshed game. You described this anguish entirely, through the brilliant dialogue which has enough content to be thought-provoking but not too much that it becomes inacessible and opressingly depressive audiovisuals. Speaking of dialogue, the first 8 minutes of this game are the best written thing I ever read. I absolutely love the metaphor of ''black hole of personhood'' and the opening sequence was strong and immersive, an abyss pulling you in by starting with a relatable but uncommon setting.
And you know what they say about abyss.
I watched a video instead of playing the game so I can't say anything about gameplay, but I was amazed by the ambience, atmosphere and plot you created. Like an innovative piece of philosophy, it's obvious and I wish I thought of it first. There are some parts which I don't see connected to the main theme, such as the frozen coffe cup, but nevertheless remain very interesting to contemplate.
thank you, you are too kind
Gameplay is pretty straightforward. Arrow keys to move, interact and progress through dialogue. Items are lighter in color than the background so you'll notice them. Soundtrack is simple and immersive. Nothing more complicated than it needs to be, that would take away from the whole.
Edit: The coffee cup was interesting for sure. I wonder about that a little, not in a bad way though.
this is really excellent
also you can pause and play the audio of the game using the function keys / any key you might use to pause music normally
thank you!
Soft lock after surrendering the sword? Love the aesthetics but really inaccessible gameplay.
I sort of like it that way. There isn't even much gameplay in there, just wandering around and seeing what happens + a really dumb "puzzle", so idk how it's inaccessible. Glad you liked the visuals, there's a couple of things I'm genuinely kinda proud of in this game, i think.
Don't listen to them, it's not inaccessible. The puzzle was simple, but it should be if you want people to get to the end of the experience. Personally I thought the very end was a nice poetic way to wrap things up. Don't be too hard on yourself, this is a nice piece of horror art-gaming.
Simple enough. Only hard part was figuring out that to teleport back you need to enter the code in backwards. Also, unclear if there is any ending besides the one where you give up the sword. The game seemed very ending-y before the forest-y place, but then you go through a bit and *then* it ends, which was weird. Not sure if I did something wrong there. Front door dialogue after the stairs happen is pretty good. Puzzles and how to solve them were, as mentioned, telegraphed well. That killing the friendly monsters is probably a kindness is set up effectively.
Oh, no, that's the only ending there is, sorry. You do have a point, though, there are things about this game that don't fit together too well narratively/conceptually, I just couldn't stand polishing and editing it any longer. Thanks for the response, glad you stuck with it all the way to the end and didn't hate it.
Hi there, I am a youtuber and I hope to get some support from you guys by leaving a like and subscribe at my channel.
To be honest, I am actually not completely sure what the game is about and I am pretty sure I didn't manage to complete the game as well XD. I felt that some directions could be given as to where to go and what to do because I got lost while playing the game during the latter part and maybe some voice acting could be done for the characters in the game as I got a little bored reading the texts by the creatures overtime. A little more voice acting could have made the game more enjoyable and more attractive to a player like me instead. This is an interesting game that covers certain concepts about life with very good English XD.
Thank you for reading my comment and I hope that there will be improvements made in your game in the future. :)