There is an interact button?! I don't think I used it once. So who knows what I missed! The energy I bring to this video says nothing about me as a person. Haha
An absolute gut punch of a story with a unique look, eerie atmosphere and just solid gameplay - bravo!
I honestly didn't expect the game to be this good. After playing it, I definitely took some time to think about the story and it filled me with lots of questions about the character, the ambiguous ending, just everything. Highly recommend checking this one out for the fans of psychological horror. And I must admit, the "Amnesia" screen effect, in the mines, that was a nice touch.
ahh thank you so much, seriously appreciate this. we really aimed for that mix of quiet tension and emotional weight, so hearing it stuck with you means a lot
also love that you caught the amnesia-style effect in the mines — not many people mention it
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This is an interesting horror game that explores the life of a broken family, having to move out to a new apartment to live in. I found it interesting that the eyes of the characters are souless as it makes the characters feel as though there is something dark that is bothering them which is further elaborated in the game. Moreover, I liked that the game unravels the depressing events that occurred within the family progressively as you play through the game where the horror and scariness continuously built up before reaching the ending of the game.
*SPOILERS ALERT*
Some questions I had was the reasoning for the middle section of the game where the main character dreamt about being in a cave and pushing a minecart. To me, this section didn't really make a lot of connection to the main story as I was wondering whether the usage of caves, darkness and minecarts was to symbolise the internal world of the main character or is it related to the main character's previous job? Regarding the ending of the game, my understanding is that the wife could no longer deal with the loss of her child but I felt that definitely more could have been done to elevate the tension and horror before reaching this event.
In general, I think the game could cover more about the horrors that the family have experienced such as the lack of connection with parents, how the main character lost his job, how the child was lost, how the wife had to deal with all the negative events etc. before reaching the end of the game.
Thank you for reading my comment and I wish you good luck in your future endeavours.
thanks a lot for the thoughtful breakdown — really appreciate you diving deep into the themes and symbolism. totally hear you on the cave and clarity issues — with the latest update, we fixed a few bugs and added missing details to make the story flow more clearly, especially around the emotional core that felt underexplored in v1.0
You recently played ATHYRA: Rock Paper Scissors and I loved your video! I just wanted to let you know that I have an updated version of the demo and it is now on Steam! Any type of support would be truly appreciated!
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Very interesting, intense and deep horror game.
Dark and depressing with some top notch scares! Great job!
cool
thanks
danke
An absolute gut punch of a story with a unique look, eerie atmosphere and just solid gameplay - bravo!
I honestly didn't expect the game to be this good. After playing it, I definitely took some time to think about the story and it filled me with lots of questions about the character, the ambiguous ending, just everything. Highly recommend checking this one out for the fans of psychological horror. And I must admit, the "Amnesia" screen effect, in the mines, that was a nice touch.
Best of luck with the future projects!
ahh thank you so much, seriously appreciate this. we really aimed for that mix of quiet tension and emotional weight, so hearing it stuck with you means a lot
also love that you caught the amnesia-style effect in the mines — not many people mention it
excellent game
Great job on this. Really captures some of the horrors of real life. :)
really appreciate the kind words – thanks for the support.
This interesting game
no le entendi mucho ala historia pero estuvo bueno
This is an interesting horror game that explores the life of a broken family, having to move out to a new apartment to live in. I found it interesting that the eyes of the characters are souless as it makes the characters feel as though there is something dark that is bothering them which is further elaborated in the game. Moreover, I liked that the game unravels the depressing events that occurred within the family progressively as you play through the game where the horror and scariness continuously built up before reaching the ending of the game.
*SPOILERS ALERT*
Some questions I had was the reasoning for the middle section of the game where the main character dreamt about being in a cave and pushing a minecart. To me, this section didn't really make a lot of connection to the main story as I was wondering whether the usage of caves, darkness and minecarts was to symbolise the internal world of the main character or is it related to the main character's previous job? Regarding the ending of the game, my understanding is that the wife could no longer deal with the loss of her child but I felt that definitely more could have been done to elevate the tension and horror before reaching this event.
In general, I think the game could cover more about the horrors that the family have experienced such as the lack of connection with parents, how the main character lost his job, how the child was lost, how the wife had to deal with all the negative events etc. before reaching the end of the game.
Thank you for reading my comment and I wish you good luck in your future endeavours.
thanks a lot for the thoughtful breakdown — really appreciate you diving deep into the themes and symbolism. totally hear you on the cave and clarity issues — with the latest update, we fixed a few bugs and added missing details to make the story flow more clearly, especially around the emotional core that felt underexplored in v1.0
thanks again for taking the time!
Nice
Hello there!
You recently played ATHYRA: Rock Paper Scissors and I loved your video! I just wanted to let you know that I have an updated version of the demo and it is now on Steam! Any type of support would be truly appreciated!
Regards,
Rob