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Neighbor - a spooky pixel adventure

By kristinamay

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1434.0833
Fun2443.8832
Innovation13703.2132
Theme12173.6632
Graphics7553.9334
Audio1764.0034
Humor5033.5030
Mood1434.1535

Comments

synystercola 2020-04-21 03:20

Love the art style! The music has that inquisitive feel to it. A really solid point and click adventure.

liam-binford 2020-04-21 03:24

I'm not sure what's wrong with this game for me, but the text is so small I can't read it. Sorry, but I can't really play it.

james-kusardi 2020-04-21 03:26

text during the intro is rly small (on web version, at least) - but the pixel art is cute and the music is p groovy, definitely a great atmosphere :)

yeojoey 2020-04-21 03:27

I loved this! The story was well-written and the music really helped sell the tension of the narrative (I got really spooked near the end!). Really great work!

ryan123rudder 2020-04-21 03:28

Really fun gameplay and enjoyable to discover the story

kotka 2020-04-21 03:29

As comments say above, the text was very small on web version. I loved the art style! Really cool concept!

ordineu 2020-04-21 03:29

A short but fun romp! I liked the unsettling music as it got towards the tense scene. Plot was a bit of a Deus Ex, but otherwise pretty good!

kristinamay 2020-04-21 03:30

Hey @liam-binford @james-kusardi try downloading the game instead of playing the web version. I'm going to take the web version down for now until I can figure out why the first bits of text are messed up.

bklolo 2020-04-21 03:32

Just enough to do to keep the progression flowing, very nice.

maxathon 2020-04-21 03:34

Love it. Bite-sized, old school. I also had the issue with the text size at the start, but it resolved after the intro.

bennybig98 2020-04-21 03:37

The art was great, and it was fun to explore the world that you made!

d1str4kt0r 2020-04-21 03:37

The music got me.. I am still listening even after completing the game!! fine work! If you were a team of a bunch of you.. this would be extraordinary

frozen-spirit 2020-04-21 03:38

This was a super cool game! I loved the plot and the pixel art. In the intro cut-scene some of the dialog boxes were too small to read but after that everything was fixed and really well made and gave me an enjoyable few minutes of fun.

trifectuh 2020-04-21 03:41

Finished it! https://imgur.com/a/2tNgcDC This was so great. The art is awesome, the story is ...disturbing in a good way? But also I hope it isn't too autobiographical :(

FYI the tiny-text issue in browsers can be remedied by zooming the page with your browser. Soon as the zoom level changes the dialog boxes pop into place. (at least on chrome)

vignesh-raj 2020-04-21 03:42

Awesome game. Only problem I found was that I could talk to Mike even if he was not present there. But the pixel art and the music is awesome.

guardaro 2020-04-21 03:42

Very nice! The shifts in music at different stages were very effective. A couple of glitches: at the very beginning the text was TINY and unreadable, and when Mike was in the tavern I was still able to get his dialogue in front of his house even though his graphic wasn't there. Great atmosphere!

brzyrt 2020-04-21 03:45

The feeling of the game was good and I liked the music, but i couldnt really figure out what i was supposed to do.

doodlebrisk 2020-04-21 03:46

Really creepy. The music and vibe kept me on edge most of the time. Great atmosphere. I don't want to spoil anything, but I got a little stuck at one point. I had the same problem that others are having with the tiny text, but it was fine when I made it full screen.

kristinamay 2020-04-21 03:47

@guardaro @vignesh-raj thank you for the spot!! I fixed the text rendering issues and fixed the Mike issue while I was in there. :-) Thank you so much for playing, all.

badpiggy 2020-04-21 03:56

Absolutely loved the music and the mood. The pixel art was amazing as well. Maybe you could have done a little more with the theme but the ending was nice as well. Rather good point and click adventure :)

kristinamay 2020-04-21 04:04

@trifectuh LOL the only autobiographical part is that I have an amazing dog named Willow. Here she is. She even has a purple collar. :-) ! https://imgur.com/a/0qoUIfz

peterfiftyfour 2020-04-21 04:06

This is great! I wanna know more!! I wanna descend into the pit and uncover the TRUTH!

morel-8 2020-04-21 04:12

So warm pixel art and dialogues, and music makes you worry) Dat moment, when you talk to Mike in the evening, and he is not in place in same time x)____) I stuck in the bar lockers for some reason Thanks for game experience)

bufalloo 2020-04-21 04:25

Awesome work for your first Unity game!

rustywolf 2020-04-21 06:30

Not a bad execution of the story. My main criticism would be that the objects that you can interact with could use some form of highlighting besides the text appearing. There were a few scenarios where I wasnt sure what to interact with (Aftering entering the location of the final scene, was stuck for a minute working out what to do). Also, where to click to exit the current location could use a highlight

Otherwise not bad, good work

anystarabove 2020-04-21 11:54

this was so fun. amazing you did it all in 48 hours. the plot, dialog, graphics, music are all really cohesive. excellent craftsmanship. i love all the details in the pixel art. spooky, quirky, suspenseful and made me smile.

ssh-randy 2020-04-21 15:50

oh wow well done! That's a lot of story packed into a small timeframe. And first time using unity! I love that you managed to craft a little world in so short a time frame!

arzi 2020-04-21 16:24

From the thumbnail I thought there'd be a wizard! But oh well, bartender's fine as well!

Really nice little adventure game. If something, maybe some sort of indication where to click if you want to exit a screen, sometimes I had to scan the whole screen with the mouse just to get back to the previous screen.

honey-pony 2020-05-12 02:50

Pretty neat game! There's enough little tasks to keep you engaged throughout the length of the game, and the music contributes pretty well to rising tension. I usually have some thoughts on what I might tweak, but I honestly can't think of anything (although that's likely partially because I don't play a lot of adventure games). Good job!

gamebuilder 2020-05-12 18:43

A very good game. I like the pixel art and the music; they both fit together well. It was fun exploring the map, and once I became determined to find a way to Mike's back yard, I never lost interest. You kept me in suspense. Definitely one of the better games here! Nice work!