This game is very cool. I have a thing for that kind of narrative style, serene facade hiding a fucked up story. This is short but has fabulous replayability value, in the end being just long and versatile enough. The audio design is good, the art style is decent.
However, it's riddled with bugs. People have explained most before me. That's some lousy job on programming side, my friend. Although they are *mostly* not gamebreaking, but not that fun either. Those look like beginner gamedev mistakes.
Still, this is very good. Great job.
Reviews for "House"
isaacnite responds:
We are working to fix any bugs/glitches that people have mentioned. We developed this over a 10 day period and were kind of strapped for time to make sure it got released by Halloween. A more stable version is on the way!
Very well done, got all three medals. Very fun quickie game for Halloween
*Spoilers*
Pure - Head out of your room and go right. Keep going right through the main room into a room with a large cabinet. Open the cabinet and take the bear trap on the bottom left room in the main area. Use it to kill the rat and take the axe. Go right until you enter the bathroom and approach the toilet. Kill the creature in the toilet with the axe. Go back to the hallway and break down the boards with the axe. Drop the axe and talk to your sister inside. Follow her until you win.
Pure evil - Follow pure route until you get the axe. Kill the doll, the cat, the creature in the toilet, and your sister *before talking to her*. Father will come home and be.. proud.
Murderer - Must be fast for this one. Follow pure route up to axe. Drop axe in hallway on left side. Get the cat and give it to the doll. Put the gun near the axe. Get the bear trap from the area with the area where you killed the rat. Place bear trap between the door and where you stored your weapons in the hallway. When father gets home shoot him, allow him to walk into the bear trap, then axe the hopping head. Enjoy!
This is the best game for this Halloween event I've played so far! It's so good that I delayed my own Halloween game as it can't hold a candle to this one right now! I'll be surprised if you don't get first place in prizes.
While playing the game, I found a couple bugs which I'm sure you'll be glad to hear about:
1- I revived the sister by talking to her after killing her.
2- When talking to the doll, I can let go of the cat and then a new cat spawns in the game which I can use to repeat the doll dialogue and spawn an infinite number of rifles! However, all rifles share the same bullet.
As for suggestions, I wish you used a pixel art thumbnail because the current one doesn't evoke the art style or the feel of the game, and I think the name "House" isn't very shocking for a horror game. Other than that, great job! This was very atmospheric and enjoyed replaying it!
isaacnite responds:
Thanks for enjoying it! We are gonna fix those bugs ASAP. Thanks for letting us know!
I admit to not getting ahead in this game at all. Was that really supposed to be her daddy? He's not a very good one! Anyway, the graphics were great. A girl with brown hair who wears sweaters? It's like Mabel from "Gravity Falls"! Why didn't Dipper and Pacifica get together?!
The music was wonderful. You had so much mobility. I wish I knew how to get a medal. It's still great for the atmosphere it creates. Happy Halloween!
I can't seem to dodge the rat, but you get the gun from the doll after giving her the cat. After killing dad (gun or axe) she'll give you another one, but it doesn't seem to work on the head.