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i hate the dark by angrygeometry

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made by angrygeometry for LD27 (JAM)
enjoy your walk home in the dark.

an experimental adventure/text game i didn't have much time to work on. hoping to improve it post-compo!

rpg maker doesn't handle resolutions well, press alt + enter if the screen flickers.

Z/Enter - examine/OK
X/Escape - menu/cancel


if you're stuck on the sound puzzle, there's some tips in the comments below

you can also find the answer at the bottom of my post-mortem: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/27/i-hate-the-dark-post-mortemanalysis/
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18787702/i_hate_the_dark.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=5579

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall(Jam) 2.98 354
Audio(Jam) 3.32 137
Fun(Jam) 2.63 405
Graphics(Jam) 2.57 486
Humor(Jam) 1.84 426
Innovation(Jam) 2.40 498
Mood(Jam) 4.13 12
Theme(Jam) 1.79 590

Feedback

magicdweedoo
27. Aug 2013 · 13:04 UTC
pretty freaky! I love the ambience (i can't figure out the tapes in bin part)
RobotParking
27. Aug 2013 · 17:46 UTC
10/10 WOULD PLAY IN A DARK ROOM AGAIN
lcass
27. Aug 2013 · 18:14 UTC
Mood = 5/5
TomCooper3D
27. Aug 2013 · 18:20 UTC
really cool mood
wally2069
27. Aug 2013 · 18:21 UTC
I do not see how the theme was implemented....
coeoliver
27. Aug 2013 · 18:41 UTC
wow!!!!
netgrind
27. Aug 2013 · 19:45 UTC
I got stuck at the phone part :/ great mood you set up.
🎤 angrygeometry
27. Aug 2013 · 19:53 UTC
thanks for playing guys! the phone part is pretty dumb, the clues are 'H', 'menu' and 'escape'. should have made them clearer but my mic is terrible. hope this helps!
Jimanzium
27. Aug 2013 · 19:54 UTC
Not sure where '10 seconds' but the atmosphere in this game was fantastic. It had me feeling the things described. Very good job there.
SamC
27. Aug 2013 · 20:15 UTC
creepy... nice sound effects
PeaCe
27. Aug 2013 · 20:25 UTC
Disconnected from the theme, but pretty awesome mood you set in there !
cafeine
27. Aug 2013 · 23:24 UTC
Very good mood setting!

I'm also stuck on the sound puzzle, is it something that require knowledge of the american phone system (i.e. a menu key that is also a number for landlines?)
🎤 angrygeometry
27. Aug 2013 · 23:28 UTC
thanks! and nope, the sound puzzle only requires knowledge of rpgs i guess, its mostly about where you're looking! i'm writing a post-mortem, so will put the answer there for everyone who is stuck! there's a lot more after the sound puzzle i'd like people to see!
Fireblend
27. Aug 2013 · 23:52 UTC
Yeah, I really really tried to get past the phone, but it was seriously cryptic and I couldn't figure it out. The atmosphere, music, and even visuals are really coherent and I was having lots of fun with it tho. Can't wait to have the solution!
anmorales
27. Aug 2013 · 23:52 UTC
Nice graphics, the puzzle was just too much for me!! Nice work!!
Andrew
28. Aug 2013 · 00:08 UTC
It's as surreal as I expected it to be but I'm also stuck at the phone puzzle. I'll check back later for the solution and will give it another go.
jay griffin
28. Aug 2013 · 01:01 UTC
Great atmosphere to this one, it was surprisingly effective in what it set out to do. Definitely do more with this one if you can, I'd like to see where you could take it with a little more time. Nice work!
🎤 angrygeometry
28. Aug 2013 · 02:11 UTC
thanks a lot for playing! i'm really glad you enjoyed the mood.

the solution to the phone puzzle is at the end of my post-mortem

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/08/27/i-hate-the-dark-post-mortemanalysis/

it's in stars so you can find it easily! i hope it helps you understand my silly mindset when making it!
Wertle
28. Aug 2013 · 03:35 UTC
Nice ambient sound, it would help if when I tried to interact with something that wasn't interactable if I got some feedback to let me know I was doing it wrong. Good job!
boddiul
28. Aug 2013 · 13:15 UTC
I hope it'll be ok if I will make a 3d version of it? And with better graphics. It was very atmospheric, I enjoyed playing it. However your game is disconnected from the theme.
23
28. Aug 2013 · 14:02 UTC
This is not the kind of game I'm really into, but it's definitely come together enough that it feels like a lot more than a weekend went into it. Good stuff!
LordHellMaX
28. Aug 2013 · 23:18 UTC
Loved the mood of this, special graphics, I like the minimalist style. Nice storyline, you write pretty well! I liked it and immersed myself in it.
cafeine
29. Aug 2013 · 01:34 UTC
OK, so I managed to finish the game, I liked it a lot, your writing is very good and the minimalist art style adds a lot to the atmosphere.
Atmospherium
29. Aug 2013 · 02:56 UTC
Awesome game. It definitely reminded me a lot of playing RPG's on the SNES.
Arrow-x
29. Aug 2013 · 11:36 UTC
u have a mood for sure and that is very hard to do
lulzfish_4
29. Aug 2013 · 13:24 UTC
It's a little spooky and the puzzles don't make much sense, but I liked it.

I wish it wasn't fullscreen by default because fullscreen applications screw up the window management on Windows XP.
dook
02. Sep 2013 · 17:55 UTC
Not much to do with the theme as far as I could tell. But it was a great little game! Lots of mood and the simple drawings only made it more creepy. Nice work :) It reminded me of something I can't quite remember...
withoutpillow
15. Sep 2013 · 14:15 UTC
surrealistically crude and atmospherically haunting. a personal and cogent entry. nice work!