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The Dark Room

By laralyn

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Mood194.08
Coolness350
Audio553.77
Overall3063.39
Theme4113.45
Innovation4203.17
Fun7302.73

Comments

premadegames 2016-04-18 16:50

I did not play through the entire game but I really like it so far!

simon123 2016-04-18 16:54

I liked it! I love choose your own adventures. It was a bit cyclical sometimes (a lot of options took you round in loops), but the music/mood was great, and the story was interesting. Good job :)

redwizard 2016-04-18 17:11

I remember MUD games i just loved to play. Nice work Lara

dooskington 2016-04-18 17:13

Not bad! I liked the music, although it could have used some more variety. Nice work.

tlansdale 2016-04-18 17:16

Can it be completed? I reached a "To Be Continued" point.

Very cool though, well-written and intriguing. I want to know what happened!

hypp 2016-04-18 17:19

Excellent mood, and great story.

hijomo 2016-04-18 17:38

I like the direction you took on the theme.

jamesc554544 2016-04-19 00:31

Didn't even manage to do anything, wth

dwhiffing 2016-04-19 00:35

Great writing! Though I did not conclude the story yet, I intend to. Nice to see some story based games in the jam for variety. Well done!

ainoraz 2016-04-19 20:59

I just love story based games :D! Good job!

ithildin 2016-04-20 15:38

I fell back into the darkness :_S

Great entry. Besides cleverly fitting the theme, the plot is engaging and well written, and the subtle music and sound help a lot to define the eerie atmosphere.

Awesome job!

celia14 2016-04-23 14:34

Absolutely great. From the very beginning, the mood was perfectly defined, both the darkness and the eeriness of the house in disrepair. I felt like there was a chilling sense of suspense as you try to learn more about yourself and what happened, but also a fitting helplessness as you wander around the house.

One moment I found really effective was when you're watching the body decay - clicking "decay" over and over reinforced the outside-of-time feeling, if that makes sense.

Also, I liked clicking ">" to advance dialogue rather than navigating to a new passage, it was the right level of interactivity. Overall, very well-executed and an effective, chilling story.

siryakko 2016-04-23 14:43

Really nice and interesting text driven experience :)

mayank-technical 2016-05-09 17:00

Really great game design, nice story based game with good cg

ashdnazg 2016-05-09 17:07

Great writing, the bits in the start were brilliantly setting the tone of the entire read, complemented by the music.

I think I would've wanted a bit more interactivity.