Resurrecting this project was worth it, the story turned out great.
Reviews for "Orphanarium"
Veinom responds:
It took many revisions and additions, so I'm glad that you appreciated it!
Thank you for telling me!
Your games are cool, I'm sure it'll be in the trends, I'm the one who tells you !
(plus it feels so much like a 2000's vibe)
lots of content here, if there are 8 endings I got them all but
hard to figure out how to get them, tough ending took me a bit to figure out
a fun and sad game
Veinom responds:
I'm glad you liked the game and that you managed to find all the endings!
And yes, the endings are 8. Well done!
After getting the Devastating, Good, Redeeming, Regretful, Selfish, Sinful, and Tough (both versions) endings, while I generally enjoyed it, including both the music and the story, I think the unforgiving collision detection lets it down a little.
Usually it wasn't so bad that I couldn't handle it, but the atrociously demanding wall of ghosts you need to jump through to reach the Tough ending was another matter. It sucked a lot of the satisfaction out of that ending and was only made worse by having to do it a second time.
EDIT: Believe it or not, the well didn't work for me the first couple of times I tried it, and I ended up getting through that wall of ghosts that obstructs the other end of that area to the right of the cage (I'd gone for the well at first after finding that and returned to it when the well didn't work). Oh, and one of the times meeting the devil, I was somehow able to crawl right past the trigger point to some graves on the other side, but it didn't break anything and triggered normally once I walked back.
Veinom responds:
Wow I'm very impressed! As far as I know you are the first to complete the whole game, and you are my new hero! *fireworks!*
I'm not sure of what you mean by 'wall of ghosts', but if you use the level shortcuts and the extra jumps and if you drop from the well, the Tough ending should be fairly easy to reach.
Edit: I love that you tried to break the game, and that the game stood up to your relentless scrutiny!
I got a new ending and It's so fucking cool!