{"author_link":"\/author\/aestheticgamer\/","author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","comments":[{"author_name":"telaviv","author_uid":"852","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:30am","epoch":1398655500,"text":"no linux support :("},{"author_name":"Lacaranian","author_uid":"34171","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:46am","epoch":1398656460,"text":"Asked for RPGVXAce RTP to play it, which I lack, alas."},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:00am","epoch":1398657300,"text":"missing VL_Gothic font?"},{"author_name":"moonmagic","author_uid":"4706","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:04am","epoch":1398657540,"text":"Says &quot;RPGVXAce RTP is required to run this game.&quot; :("},{"author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:13am","epoch":1398658080,"text":"@Lacaranian &amp; Moonmagic: The RTP is the third link on this page (labelled as &quot;VX Ace RTP (Needed for the engine), can download from here: http:\/\/www.rpgmakerweb.com\/download\/additional\/run-time-packages )\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@jtpup0: as it says in the description on this page, &quot;If the text appears off-adjacent with the game window and trails off the screen, install the font from the font folder&quot;"},{"author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:14am","epoch":1398658140,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"terraco","author_uid":"36973","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:45am","epoch":1398660000,"text":"Can't even. 258MB?"},{"author_name":"Empyrealhell","author_uid":"26650","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:57am","epoch":1398660720,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:07am","epoch":1398661320,"text":"(For anyone who may get stuck there, my two hints are think about the eyes, and pay attention to the darkness levels)"},{"author_name":"deadarius","author_uid":"34214","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:14am","epoch":1398661740,"text":"&quot;Extract failed&quot; after running Close Your Eyes.exe"},{"author_name":"Seppel","author_uid":"32710","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:20am","epoch":1398662100,"text":"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.)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>As for the game, it's an ok attempt to do something like &quot;Silent Hill&quot; except it beats you over the head and tells you everything, repeatedly. Please take a course in creative writing -- show, don't tell. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>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. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>SPOILERS below\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>2. [WEST] [Green] [Yellow] [Red] [Blue] [EAST]\r<br\/>\r<br\/>3. Train starts at [Red] and goes to [Blue]\r<br\/>\r<br\/>4. Train returns to [Red], then hits [Yellow], then [Green]\r<br\/>\r<br\/>5. Train goes to [Yellow], then hits [Green], then ends at [Red]\r<br\/>\r<br\/>1. Train comes from east and goes west and stops at [Red] when the station closes.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>(Left?), Right, Left, Up, Down\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Beware of screamer at end of &quot;game show&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Wait out the spider part and turn off the sound because it doesn't get any less annoying than this."},{"author_name":"jtpup0","author_uid":"36526","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 5:35am","epoch":1398663000,"text":"Ah fixed now, sweet game; that pop-up scared the bojangles out of me"},{"author_name":"ky533541","author_uid":"34441","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:16am","epoch":1398665460,"text":"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!"},{"author_name":"Cognizant Game Studios","author_uid":"20622","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:42am","epoch":1398667020,"text":"258MB JEEEZ lol took enough time"},{"author_name":"gikdew","author_uid":"18806","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1398667560,"text":"Nice game!"},{"author_name":"angelk","author_uid":"12262","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:02am","epoch":1398668220,"text":"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 :)"},{"author_name":"AestheticGamer","author_uid":"22278","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1398668400,"text":"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."},{"author_name":"muramasa","author_uid":"30442","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:37am","epoch":1398670320,"text":"You should think about investing some time making an RTP-free version. I think it counts as &quot;port&quot; :P. And it will improve the chances of people playing it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Any question, look around at the RMW forums, there HAS to be a tutorial about RTP independization."},{"author_name":"MSaul","author_uid":"35115","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:20am","epoch":1398672900,"text":"I really like the ambiance and the humor. Passages when you go down (stairs and ladders) are may be too long."},{"author_name":"Dreii","author_uid":"24533","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:29am","epoch":1398673440,"text":"Very spooky atmosphere :)"},{"author_name":"darkflamejam","author_uid":"37051","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 9:21am","epoch":1398676560,"text":"Interesting game, not my style of game anymore though, loved the intro. Not so much the game ):"},{"author_name":"broepi","author_uid":"30597","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:14pm","epoch":1398776940,"text":"I played it in Wine and it lacks a bit. Will test it on a Windows soon."},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:56pm","epoch":1398797460,"text":"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"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 12:58am","epoch":1398819180,"text":"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 :) \r<br\/>http:\/\/youtu.be\/JHNjbQTDBuQ"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 11:33am","epoch":1398857280,"text":"Graphics reminds me to IB, a indie horror game, so, good work!"},{"author_name":"byExclusive","author_uid":"37316","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 5:57am","epoch":1399096320,"text":"good"},{"author_name":"shasharala","author_uid":"34866","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 11:43am","epoch":1399203480,"text":"That was amazing! Scared me very well, making sleep something to be delayed for a while."},{"author_name":"ActionRemix","author_uid":"31866","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1399324740,"text":"&quot;And if you die, well that would be annoying, wouldn't it? We haven't had a save since before the final boss fight&quot;\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Come on, you know what you're doing! I'm not going to keep brute forcing this until I finish it :|"},{"author_name":"Clinthoney","author_uid":"34437","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 4:24am","epoch":1400473140,"text":"Great game.Love the graphics and the audio."}],"images":["ld29\/22278-f4b7aafb62dc424f50643606a8ff84df.jpg","ld29\/22278-7f7b5f8a30c4f48b84c72a66a364a4c2.jpg","ld29\/22278-8b49d38750152fef4b86ae1396e57e12.jpg","ld29\/22278-3ae9393303b73361ee6db639bf9dcdcf.jpg","ld29\/22278-3f0915f70914c56059950b732235901b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?xf2iseithj4eest","text":"Windows (Without RTP)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?1k7c8x6q2d8qp6e","text":"Windows (with RTP, bigger but more likely to work)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.rpgmakerweb.com\/download\/additional\/run-time-packages","text":"VX Ace RTP (Needed for the engine)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/?1k7c8x6q2d8qp6e","text":"Source: "}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20510","g_author":"22278","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20539","g_title":"Close Your Eyes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1060","g_commentcount":"29","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/22278-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/22278-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/22278-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/22278-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/22278-shot4.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"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?\r\n\r\nIf the text appears off-adjacent with the game window and trails off the screen, install the font from the font folder","title":"Close Your Eyes"}