Close Your Eyes by AestheticGamer

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made by AestheticGamer for LD29 (COMPO)
A short horror game. You play as a nameless character (though I call him Marshmallow Monk) who has through a stroke of luck managed to escape death row. He takes to an underground subway. Can he break free, and can you please close your eyes?

If the text appears off-adjacent with the game window and trails off the screen, install the font from the font folder

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 2.63 1060
Audio 2.73 582
Fun 2.38 1063
Graphics 2.54 958
Humor 2.58 449
Innovation 2.29 1083
Mood 3.00 530
Theme 2.78 916

Feedback

telaviv
28. Apr 2014 路 03:25 UTC
no linux support :(
Lacaranian
28. Apr 2014 路 03:41 UTC
Asked for RPGVXAce RTP to play it, which I lack, alas.
jtpup0
28. Apr 2014 路 03:55 UTC
missing VL_Gothic font?
moonmagic
28. Apr 2014 路 03:59 UTC
Says "RPGVXAce RTP is required to run this game." :(
馃帳 AestheticGamer
28. Apr 2014 路 04:08 UTC
@Lacaranian & Moonmagic: The RTP is the third link on this page (labelled as "VX Ace RTP (Needed for the engine), can download from here: http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/download/additional/run-time-packages )

@jtpup0: as it says in the description on this page, "If the text appears off-adjacent with the game window and trails off the screen, install the font from the font folder"
馃帳 AestheticGamer
28. Apr 2014 路 04:09 UTC
Also as a heads-up, the source version includes the RTP needed, but I didn't want to include it as it added an additional 200 MB to the game size.
terraco
28. Apr 2014 路 04:40 UTC
Can't even. 258MB?
Empyrealhell
28. Apr 2014 路 04:52 UTC
great music, and the setting was well put together. I got to a point where the only way to progress was a cross-shaped room, but it just kept repeating. I tried inspecting every square in that room and the room before it, and I even tried going back up the ladder, but I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do.
馃帳 AestheticGamer
28. Apr 2014 路 05:02 UTC
(For anyone who may get stuck there, my two hints are think about the eyes, and pay attention to the darkness levels)
deadarius
28. Apr 2014 路 05:09 UTC
"Extract failed" after running Close Your Eyes.exe
Seppel
28. Apr 2014 路 05:15 UTC
The long hallways really killed it for me. You have to walk down for 30+ seconds before anything happens (I was about to close the game except when I started to walk back up I noticed the screen getting lighter.)

As for the game, it's an ok attempt to do something like "Silent Hill" except it beats you over the head and tells you everything, repeatedly. Please take a course in creative writing -- show, don't tell. :)

I want to give this game a good score for the effort that went into it. You've got potential; it just needs professional guidance. :)

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SPOILERS below

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2. [WEST] [Green] [Yellow] [Red] [Blue] [EAST]

3. Train starts at [Red] and goes to [Blue]

4. Train returns to [Red], then hits [Yellow], then [Green]

5. Train goes to [Yellow], then hits [Green], then ends at [Red]

1. Train comes from east and goes west and stops at [Red] when the station closes.

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(Left?), Right, Left, Up, Down

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Beware of screamer at end of "game show"

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Wait out the spider part and turn off the sound because it doesn't get any less annoying than this.
jtpup0
28. Apr 2014 路 05:30 UTC
Ah fixed now, sweet game; that pop-up scared the bojangles out of me
ky533541
28. Apr 2014 路 06:11 UTC
I always love to see RPG Maker projects! I worked on one myself for about 4 months earlier this year, I find that platform gets a lot of undeserved hate. Nice work, I liked your game!
Cognizant Game Studios
28. Apr 2014 路 06:37 UTC
258MB JEEEZ lol took enough time
gikdew
28. Apr 2014 路 06:46 UTC
Nice game!
angelk
28. Apr 2014 路 06:57 UTC
Since you used RPG maker, and the install comes with a whole mess of content you didn't create, can I ask if you actually made all the content (audio in particular) yourself within the time limit? I also get the silent hill vibe, very moody :)
馃帳 AestheticGamer
28. Apr 2014 路 07:00 UTC
Yup, I didn't use any of the RTP, all the music was created by me on the first day and was actually the first thing I set out to do. All the spritework too. I prefer to make things from scratch.
muramasa
28. Apr 2014 路 07:32 UTC
You should think about investing some time making an RTP-free version. I think it counts as "port" :P. And it will improve the chances of people playing it.

Any question, look around at the RMW forums, there HAS to be a tutorial about RTP independization.
MSaul
28. Apr 2014 路 08:15 UTC
I really like the ambiance and the humor. Passages when you go down (stairs and ladders) are may be too long.
Dreii
28. Apr 2014 路 08:24 UTC
Very spooky atmosphere :)
darkflamejam
28. Apr 2014 路 09:16 UTC
Interesting game, not my style of game anymore though, loved the intro. Not so much the game ):
broepi
29. Apr 2014 路 13:09 UTC
I played it in Wine and it lacks a bit. Will test it on a Windows soon.
DrPrettyPatty
29. Apr 2014 路 18:51 UTC
My favorite part of this was the music you wrote! The first hallway was a bit too long, and the framerate suffered a bit even though I have a decent rig. Great take on the theme though, I didn't even think of subways :P
Jupiter_Hadley
30. Apr 2014 路 00:53 UTC
Kind of an interesting game, with a good story at the start! I included it in part 2 of my LD29 compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :)
http://youtu.be/JHNjbQTDBuQ
ccglp
30. Apr 2014 路 11:28 UTC
Graphics reminds me to IB, a indie horror game, so, good work!
byExclusive
03. May 2014 路 05:52 UTC
good
shasharala
04. May 2014 路 11:38 UTC
That was amazing! Scared me very well, making sleep something to be delayed for a while.
ActionRemix
05. May 2014 路 21:19 UTC
"And if you die, well that would be annoying, wouldn't it? We haven't had a save since before the final boss fight"

Come on, you know what you're doing! I'm not going to keep brute forcing this until I finish it :|
Clinthoney
19. May 2014 路 04:19 UTC
Great game.Love the graphics and the audio.