(I hyperfixated and wrote a super long review because of how much I got impacted by the game, but since it doesn't seem to allow me to submit it, I'll post it here. Spoiler alert ahead if any new player passing by don't want any details of the gameplay)
It took me a while to try this game, mostly because horror atmospheric games that keep you tense are a bit too effective on me. And OH MY GOD I don't regret at all finally playing it, I spent the whole afternoon and evening on it ! I love every aspect of it, I can't find anything I would change about it personally, only few suggestions that I think could be nice if they're ever used !
The audio :
It's incredible. All the eerie noises are really effective, from the crawler's noises to the random short noises in the ambiant at night. It kept me tensed so much more, especially since I was wearing headphones. And I'm really impressed at the steps noises changing depending where we are walking. The noises that we make we step on a bunch of tall grass got me so many times because I thought it was the deer's steps right next to me. Also, I don't know if it's intended or not but it's really stressful how loud the boat is whenever we are repairing it, and it take so long to fill up the bar, I was just terrified to miss the noises of an incoming crawler, so it's really effective ! There's just 2 small things I noticed ;
The song on the main menu doesn't loop, it just ends abruptly and leave us with nature ambiant. I don't know if it's a voluntary choice or not, it just surprised me when I was afk on the main menu.
When we are using the well, I noticed an additional noise that I can't describe. I don't know if it's the sound of birds singing far away in the background, or the well squeaking as we use it. It's not bothering at all, just sharing in case it wasn't intended to be like that !
The visuals :
I absolutely love it ! The 2D models in a 3D world, the colors, the artstyle, everything fits the theme and atmosphere so well, it's incredible ! All the animations are also so clean and fluid too, it's unique and I love it !
The crow :
Really loveable, I love how the caws have been arranged to simulate them talking at the beginning, it's pretty cool ! I was thinking a lot about this crow, mostly because I would've love to see them a bit more. In a way their job of bringing stuffs to pick up is really helpful, and if it's always the same one bringing everything, then I would understand that it's not possible to do anything more with them. I would've loved to see the crow keep an eye on us from the rooftop of the house, sometimes giving us a bit of advice, or just some piece of thoughts. I love the idea of the game being wordless except the tutorial, but at the same time, having the crow being the only one that can talk is also an idea that I like. And to keep that feeling of wordless gameplay, maybe they could just have very few words of dialogue in game, maybe just enough to create an opening for some lore behind our character and why is this crow helping us ! But at the same time, since the deer appear right after the first night, I could understand that the crow doesn't want to stick around. So just leaving my thoughts here in case it can be useful.
The monsters :
All of them are incredibles ! And even if they seem like concepts already well known (clowns, wendigo, etc...), I still feel like they were created in a very unique way here ! I'm also really thankful that all of them make their appearances right in the first day and first night, I stayed so stressed and in alert that maybe another monster or another deer will end up appearing after few nights, but luckily nothing like that !
The crawler : Even tho it's a simple and common mechanic, its appearance is really what made it so special to me. During my first playtrough I just casually walked into my house and waited, and when I saw it crawl rapidly near my house and bang my door, it left me horrified ! It looks like it's straight up from a nightmare, and even tho the visuals of the game already have a dark spooky feeling, I was still not ready for something that nightmarish.
The shadow under the bed : This one really got me good. It took me 2 tries to understand how its spawning worked (I died the second time because I accidentally summoned it at the same time a crawler was about to appear), it's still a really east to catch and clever way ! We're not safe anywhere at all, and it's pretty chilling to realize that, I love it !
The clowns : I really love how their mechanic work ! I find that wholesome in a way that we are the one delivering a gift from one clown to another to comfort them ! But it's really difficult to locate them, I needed high quality headphones to correctly track the music. And btw, I love the detail of being able to hear the clown wind up the music box ! For me, it was a cute but really fear inducing moment, especially once the deer was roaming around. If I didn't had time to locate it before the music box started to play, I was just terrified of accidentally running into it.
The deer : Oh yeah, I really need to talk about it... It's one of the greatest idea I ever saw in a horror game. I really felt non-stop tracked, it's literally that famous immortal snail meme, but more horrifying because of how quick it moves once it turns into a wendigo. I tried the strategy of pissing it off in front of my door, and then run inside immediately, I thought it will run into the woods like the crawler. I was horrified when I finally understood that it was NEVER going to leave the farm AT ALL. Pretty sure it's gonna hunt me in my nightmares now, 100/10, best idea ever for this game.
The random screamers : I usually think that screamers are just cheap and boring scares, but in this context they were a great idea. I got the shadow in the well, and a zoom on a crawler passing quickly in the woods, I don't know if there are any others, but they are really effective. I got really scared thinking I just discovered a new monster that was about to chase me, really good execution !
The gameplay :
It's easy to understand and to keep going, honestly just like everything I wrote above, my whole experience about it was highly positive ! I just wanted to add this part to give some suggestions that crossed my mind :
I love the idea of being able to customize our avatar's colors, and I think it would be really cool if we could even customize more things, like our interior ! Just the downside I find to that, is that time keep going while we are customizing, and so I'm doing my changes as quick as possible to avoid summoning the shadow. So I just feel like the game would be more enjoyable if we were able to have a small moment where we can just take a breath and customize some stuffs. Also, it's a bit sad that we can't try on the colors before buying them, I feel even more in a rush.
I really love the idea of not being safe anywhere, it makes us even more tensed and alert. But I was also thinking, it would be nice to have the possibility to get a breath without pausing the whole game. So how about maybe multiple gamemodes ? So we can keep this current one that is really amazing, and once we're able to finish it we could unlock other gamemodes ! Like a more endless one that would be more based around settling there instead of running away in our boat (maybe at the new location where we go with our boat ?), build defenses against the monsters (befriending the clowns ?(pls)), expand the farm, maybe even explore ? With a way to save our game, and maybe even temporary shelter to catch a breath, like sleeping a bit in a tent, but it end up falling apart to force us to always find ways to survive. Overall, developping more the farming part of the game ! With still the danger of course, it would be like an alone, horrific survival Stardew Valley-like.
(Also adding something I noticed with the death screen. I don't know it it's intentional or not but the game just keep going with out character dead on the ground. I got killed by the clown at night who stayed next to me, and as I stayed afk a bit I could see my lantern run out, the crawler come and attack me, then the deer appearing, walking towards me, turn into a wendigo and eat my body, all the monsters ended up stuck around me either doing their killing animation or just staying there)
This game is by far one of my favorite now, and I will gladly play it again and follow any future update. To all the people who participated to it, you did an amazing job !
Hey, j'imagine que tu parles français si tu utilises un AZERTY ? (if you don't speak french, sorry then, just let me know and I'll translate '^^).
Les anglophones ont un clavier QWERTY, si les touches W A S D sont toujours utilisées pour les jeux anglophones, c'est parce que ce sont les touches qui sont au même endroit que Z Q S D pour nous utilisateurs de AZERTY.
Vu que beaucoup de jeux sur itch.io ne proposent pas de changer les contrôles un par un, tu peux utiliser 2 solutions :
Utilise ta manette si le jeu est compatible pour (Pumpkin Panic l'est, et je trouve perso que le jeu est plus facile avec manette)
Change la langue de ton clavier dans les paramètres (je recommende Anglais US). Tu pourras facilement switcher d'une langue à l'autre en bas à droite de ton écran, comme ça si un jeu n'a pas de contrôles changeable, tu switch simplement à un clavier anglais et tu pourras utiliser Z Q S D normalement !
Honestly some of the most fun I've ever had. The game is really challenging but addictive at the same time! I absolutely love it and will definitely be playing more of it in my spare time!
One of the best horror games I've played. Here is some gameplay of me playing it.
Took me an hour or so to clear it, but I had a great time playing this game. Here's a video of me trying to survive while my friends watch me suffer (in chinese).
When I inherited this property from my beloved father-in-law I did not expect it to come with the horrors. Plenty o' good land out here but I am not allowed to pet the wildlife, there's a dog that keeps knocking on my door but i never catch him in time :(. Someone keeps playing clown music at ungodly hours of the night (PLEASE LINK ME TO HOA) and i haven't slept in 5 days. My wife's family keeps checking in on me though I'm so happy they keep asking if im still alive. For some reason that damn bird wont leave me alone my sleep deprivation has gotten to the point where its talking. I can't get the tenant in my well to pay rent & the government "doesn't have jurisdiction" in "haunted places" (HIRING MERCENARIES AT $3/HR+tips😊). Been trying to get my wife to move in but all she says is I should "sign the divorce papers" or something, but its okay she'll let me see the kids when i become a rich farmer. Contact me at u/pumpDaddy on reddit for job applications.
RELEASE ON STEAM AND ADD EVEN MORE CONTENT. YOUR GAME IS ONE OF THE BEST HORROR GAMES I HAVE PLAYED IN A WHILE (THE NIGHT SECTIONS ARE INTENSE). I KNOW ITS A NITPICK BUT MAKE THE GAME HAVE MORE CONTENT BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL. ADD MORE MONSTERS BECAUSE YOU cAN LEARN THERE BEHAVIOOURS AND THE BEST PART IS DISCOVERING THE BEHAVIOURS. maybe i shouldn't type with caps lock if I want to be taken seriously
The game is really good and it kinda took me out of my habbit of listening to music while I play horror games, since I had to be constantly aware of the background noise Tho I have a small issue, when I start playing the game and I switch from fullscreen to window I can't move my mouse cursor out of the game's window. It's really annoying since I either have to quit the game ( which automatically deletes all progress) or give up on what I was gonna do. Idk if this is considered a glitch or not but please try and fix it. Awesome game tho :)
i just played a bit of it today off a friends computer, I love the artstyle and was super surprised to find out its also a horror! I just wish you could save but maybe that comes a bit a later lol.I also wish the tutorial portion can be easier to skip after your first go. but a lovely game none the less!
Incredibly addictive, and deceivingly simple concept while being devilishly difficult. I love it! Would love to see more games of this type, very enjoyable. :)
I love this game sooo much but I really wish there was some kind of indicator as to where the clowns are. Maybe an arrow that shows the general direction? Even after upgrading the shoes and immediately running around the place trying to find the clown after hearing the music, I can't find it 4 out of 5 times before it despawns and have to quit the game. I tried wearing headphones to see if it would be easier for me to tell the direction but I only have the cheap earbuds that don't separate the left and right channels😭 pls help
Unity can export to Linux and mac and they are very similar to windows. I don't have any experience on this because even though I have used unity and exported it to windows, those games were only tests to see if I could publish a game, not actual games. Tell me why you can't export to other platforms. What is stopping you?
Somehow went from terrifying, to semi-frustrating, to a completely satisfying, cozy game on nightmare mode. Lol how did the dev manage? It'd be great if this got expanded on though! When you beat it once, it's pretty easy to beat many times afterwards because you know the strategy.
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i love this game i was scared at first cause i dont play horror game but i love this game
(I hyperfixated and wrote a super long review because of how much I got impacted by the game, but since it doesn't seem to allow me to submit it, I'll post it here. Spoiler alert ahead if any new player passing by don't want any details of the gameplay)
It took me a while to try this game, mostly because horror atmospheric games that keep you tense are a bit too effective on me. And OH MY GOD I don't regret at all finally playing it, I spent the whole afternoon and evening on it ! I love every aspect of it, I can't find anything I would change about it personally, only few suggestions that I think could be nice if they're ever used !
The audio :
It's incredible. All the eerie noises are really effective, from the crawler's noises to the random short noises in the ambiant at night. It kept me tensed so much more, especially since I was wearing headphones. And I'm really impressed at the steps noises changing depending where we are walking. The noises that we make we step on a bunch of tall grass got me so many times because I thought it was the deer's steps right next to me. Also, I don't know if it's intended or not but it's really stressful how loud the boat is whenever we are repairing it, and it take so long to fill up the bar, I was just terrified to miss the noises of an incoming crawler, so it's really effective ! There's just 2 small things I noticed ;
The visuals :
I absolutely love it ! The 2D models in a 3D world, the colors, the artstyle, everything fits the theme and atmosphere so well, it's incredible ! All the animations are also so clean and fluid too, it's unique and I love it !
The crow :
Really loveable, I love how the caws have been arranged to simulate them talking at the beginning, it's pretty cool ! I was thinking a lot about this crow, mostly because I would've love to see them a bit more. In a way their job of bringing stuffs to pick up is really helpful, and if it's always the same one bringing everything, then I would understand that it's not possible to do anything more with them. I would've loved to see the crow keep an eye on us from the rooftop of the house, sometimes giving us a bit of advice, or just some piece of thoughts. I love the idea of the game being wordless except the tutorial, but at the same time, having the crow being the only one that can talk is also an idea that I like. And to keep that feeling of wordless gameplay, maybe they could just have very few words of dialogue in game, maybe just enough to create an opening for some lore behind our character and why is this crow helping us ! But at the same time, since the deer appear right after the first night, I could understand that the crow doesn't want to stick around. So just leaving my thoughts here in case it can be useful.
The monsters :
All of them are incredibles ! And even if they seem like concepts already well known (clowns, wendigo, etc...), I still feel like they were created in a very unique way here ! I'm also really thankful that all of them make their appearances right in the first day and first night, I stayed so stressed and in alert that maybe another monster or another deer will end up appearing after few nights, but luckily nothing like that !
The gameplay :
It's easy to understand and to keep going, honestly just like everything I wrote above, my whole experience about it was highly positive ! I just wanted to add this part to give some suggestions that crossed my mind :
This game is by far one of my favorite now, and I will gladly play it again and follow any future update. To all the people who participated to it, you did an amazing job !
hello this game is good but one thing i just want the move is Z Q S D i like this mode of move thank you
Hey, j'imagine que tu parles français si tu utilises un AZERTY ? (if you don't speak french, sorry then, just let me know and I'll translate '^^).
Les anglophones ont un clavier QWERTY, si les touches W A S D sont toujours utilisées pour les jeux anglophones, c'est parce que ce sont les touches qui sont au même endroit que Z Q S D pour nous utilisateurs de AZERTY.
Vu que beaucoup de jeux sur itch.io ne proposent pas de changer les contrôles un par un, tu peux utiliser 2 solutions :
ok merci pour l'aide
I absolutely love this game. The concept is great! My own curiosity got me killed multiple times!
AWESOME !
This game is SO GOOD! I really hope you will be updating it further!
what type of game is this 3d or 2d beacause i wanna make one like this
Im pretty sure its isometric
thanks but i mean how its 3d but the charters 2d
Just a completely normal farming sim! Great work dude, made some original artwork based on some of the characters
Dear creator
I will sell my soul to you if you add a save option/hj
No se puede para android?
Realmente te aconsejo que lo pongas para android y lo subas a la PC es realmente bueno, te aseguro que lo compro!!!!
One of the best horror games I've played. Here is some gameplay of me playing it.
Also the night sections are intense lol
Here's a video of me trying to survive while my friends watch me suffer (in chinese).
gives me andys apple farm vibe
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When I inherited this property from my beloved father-in-law I did not expect it to come with the horrors. Plenty o' good land out here but I am not allowed to pet the wildlife, there's a dog that keeps knocking on my door but i never catch him in time :(. Someone keeps playing clown music at ungodly hours of the night (PLEASE LINK ME TO HOA) and i haven't slept in 5 days. My wife's family keeps checking in on me though I'm so happy they keep asking if im still alive. For some reason that damn bird wont leave me alone my sleep deprivation has gotten to the point where its talking. I can't get the tenant in my well to pay rent & the government "doesn't have jurisdiction" in "haunted places" (HIRING MERCENARIES AT $3/HR+tips😊). Been trying to get my wife to move in but all she says is I should "sign the divorce papers" or something, but its okay she'll let me see the kids when i become a rich farmer. Contact me at u/pumpDaddy on reddit for job applications.
10/10 - Would cheat on my wife again
RELEASE ON STEAM AND ADD EVEN MORE CONTENT. YOUR GAME IS ONE OF THE BEST HORROR GAMES I HAVE PLAYED IN A WHILE (THE NIGHT SECTIONS ARE INTENSE). I KNOW ITS A NITPICK BUT MAKE THE GAME HAVE MORE CONTENT BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL. ADD MORE MONSTERS BECAUSE YOU cAN LEARN THERE BEHAVIOOURS AND THE BEST PART IS DISCOVERING THE BEHAVIOURS. maybe i shouldn't type with caps lock if I want to be taken seriously
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The game is really good and it kinda took me out of my habbit of listening to music while I play horror games, since I had to be constantly aware of the background noise
Tho I have a small issue, when I start playing the game and I switch from fullscreen to window I can't move my mouse cursor out of the game's window. It's really annoying since I either have to quit the game ( which automatically deletes all progress) or give up on what I was gonna do. Idk if this is considered a glitch or not but please try and fix it.
Awesome game tho :)
i just played a bit of it today off a friends computer, I love the artstyle and was super surprised to find out its also a horror! I just wish you could save but maybe that comes a bit a later lol.I also wish the tutorial portion can be easier to skip after your first go. but a lovely game none the less!
Вы будете добавлять кооперативный режим? И ещё типо в нём будет сложность и цены повышены в 4 раза
this game is soooo cute
but creepyThank you so much for sharing your video, it really helps!
im watching lauren rn loll
😊
I haven't played the game yet but I can tell it's gonna be really fun
I hope you can enjoy it!
Incredibly addictive, and deceivingly simple concept while being devilishly difficult. I love it! Would love to see more games of this type, very enjoyable. :)
Thank you so much :)
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But still a nice game
Thanks for your feedback.
Thank you, nice try!
Such a great game! I had an amazing time playing it! Here’s a video of my play through! https://youtu.be/mya1l0Wnc5A?feature=shared
Thank you so much for playing it!
It`s very cool game. Add more game mechanics and story this world.
I'm working on that
i haven't downloaded the game yet but i can say that it sucks cuz no amogus can be seen in this game
what
I don't know. This comment seems like a D tier.
Очень понравилась игра, надеюсь будет продолжение :3
Thank you so much for your gameplay
I love this game sooo much but I really wish there was some kind of indicator as to where the clowns are. Maybe an arrow that shows the general direction? Even after upgrading the shoes and immediately running around the place trying to find the clown after hearing the music, I can't find it 4 out of 5 times before it despawns and have to quit the game. I tried wearing headphones to see if it would be easier for me to tell the direction but I only have the cheap earbuds that don't separate the left and right channels😭 pls help
Thanks for your comment. I'm working on some improvements to fix that!
If have a story about a monster or clown it might be good
Thanks for sharing your video :)
good game but it would be better with a save option in the menu to continue from if you get of whatever you are playing on
Thanks for your feedback.
I can't play the game. I wish it was supported for Nintendo switch,android 11-12 :(
Sorry to hear that :c
Unity can export to Linux and mac and they are very similar to windows. I don't have any experience on this because even though I have used unity and exported it to windows, those games were only tests to see if I could publish a game, not actual games. Tell me why you can't export to other platforms. What is stopping you?
Somehow went from terrifying, to semi-frustrating, to a completely satisfying, cozy game on nightmare mode. Lol how did the dev manage? It'd be great if this got expanded on though! When you beat it once, it's pretty easy to beat many times afterwards because you know the strategy.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked a lot. I'm working on a new level!