Hey, I love the game so far but I didn't manage to get very far, and I think it's due to some bugs, so I wanted to let you know, or ask if I'm doing something wrong. I'm at the beginning when I was tasked to get some money for Shizuko, but when I leave the living room and get to the hall, Shizuka goes straight down by herself, without me pressing anything, and I can't move after that, neither can I access my savefiles or the menu. If I manually replay the game again without using saves, the same happens. I've noticed some players got further, though, so maybe I'm doing something wrong? I tried downloading the game to hopefully get around the bug, but it seems to be an earlier version without the intro and stuff, and I get stuck at the part with the safe because I can't figure out the code - but maybe that's on me not thinking hard enough. I do want to report, though, that leaving the room at the safe's countdown and reentering it after, replays the event where Shizuka tells Shizuko to hide in the bathroom, and the countdown starts again. Regardless, I love what I've seen so far and I can't wait to see everything this game has to offer.
Interesting concept! The cover art made me want to play this game! I have some feedback for how this could be even better:
-The name's shizuka & shizuko were both similar in name and color, so I had a hard time figuring out who was talking when.
I think some of the dialog could be condensed or trimmed and still convey the same message to move the story along quicker.
-Its hard to tell what emotions characters are feeling when everyone's face looks neutral and there are no additional sprites on screen. Having some sort of sprite on screen would help me see the character's emotions more.
-Sometimes the dialog over flows on a few lines, like this: '...has this face that just makes..." You could try cutting this line into 2 lines to fix this.
-To me it wasn't clear what was happening when the killer appears since it was a black sprite that wasn't facing the player's perspective, and the knife is fairly small to see.
-I also had trouble figuring out what to do when the killer appears. Some sort of specific hint for the player other than 'I have a plan' may have helped my confusion there.
-I think there should be a retry option if a player fails to do the cereal killer part correctly. Or a prompt to save just before that part starts, else it can be jarring to do all of the beginning stuff again in case a player forgot to save.
i love this game!! i'm obsessed w these characters and can't wait to see how it ends!! though i wanted to mention a few bugs:
some of the dialogue is cut off
if you pick up the money before doing downstairs you can't access the living room/kitchen areas; which seemingly does not allow you to find the keys later on? not sure why...
when investigating your sister's room, its hard to interact with the computer unless you're in the middle of the room
when looking for sleeping pills, the bathroom and toilet doors trigger the 'find spare keys' task
game softlocks when your sister gets home and you're blocking her path up the stairs by standing on the right
choosing not to spike the juice doesn't change anything (maybe less a bug and more that path being unfinished)
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Hey, I love the game so far but I didn't manage to get very far, and I think it's due to some bugs, so I wanted to let you know, or ask if I'm doing something wrong. I'm at the beginning when I was tasked to get some money for Shizuko, but when I leave the living room and get to the hall, Shizuka goes straight down by herself, without me pressing anything, and I can't move after that, neither can I access my savefiles or the menu. If I manually replay the game again without using saves, the same happens. I've noticed some players got further, though, so maybe I'm doing something wrong? I tried downloading the game to hopefully get around the bug, but it seems to be an earlier version without the intro and stuff, and I get stuck at the part with the safe because I can't figure out the code - but maybe that's on me not thinking hard enough. I do want to report, though, that leaving the room at the safe's countdown and reentering it after, replays the event where Shizuka tells Shizuko to hide in the bathroom, and the countdown starts again. Regardless, I love what I've seen so far and I can't wait to see everything this game has to offer.
Interesting concept! The cover art made me want to play this game! I have some feedback for how this could be even better:
-The name's shizuka & shizuko were both similar in name and color, so I had a hard time figuring out who was talking when.
I think some of the dialog could be condensed or trimmed and still convey the same message to move the story along quicker.
-Its hard to tell what emotions characters are feeling when everyone's face looks neutral and there are no additional sprites on screen. Having some sort of sprite on screen would help me see the character's emotions more.
-Sometimes the dialog over flows on a few lines, like this:
'...has this face that just makes..."
You could try cutting this line into 2 lines to fix this.
-To me it wasn't clear what was happening when the killer appears since it was a black sprite that wasn't facing the player's perspective, and the knife is fairly small to see.
-I also had trouble figuring out what to do when the killer appears. Some sort of specific hint for the player other than 'I have a plan' may have helped my confusion there.
-I think there should be a retry option if a player fails to do the cereal killer part correctly. Or a prompt to save just before that part starts, else it can be jarring to do all of the beginning stuff again in case a player forgot to save.
Would love to see what you make in the future!
i love this game!! i'm obsessed w these characters and can't wait to see how it ends!! though i wanted to mention a few bugs:
omg lol! thank you so much for this. it help me a lot.