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Fear of Silence by MrSnakeYOHOHO

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made by MrSnakeYOHOHO for LD 41 (JAM)

You are playing as a young kid trying to find a way out of his nightmare. The only thing which can save you from the dark is your music box. They can get you only when the music stops.

・ Mixture of rhythm game and horror

・ Atmospheric post-Soviet location

・ Find the way out of the building, and most important, be afraid of silence.

・ Use E key to interact with game objects.

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Known issues:

1) If you can’t get upstairs after trying to open the very last door for the first time, look up to the ceiling while you are going upstairs for a couple of seconds. That will help to climb on the stairs.

2) If clicking patterns look laggy to you, try to lower graphics level a bit.

3) Avast (antivirus) is blocking the game for unknown reason, turn it off if the game isn't working

Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/5b47rfp6scz129q/Fear%20of%20Silence.zip?dl=0
macOS https://www.dropbox.com/s/ta8nqq6hy6knmlr/Fear%20of%20Silence.dmg?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/fear-of-silence

Ratings

Overall 805th 3.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1101th 2.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 460th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 384th 3.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 127th 4.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 193th 3.714⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 80th 4.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

soloinabox
23. Apr 2018 · 13:17 UTC
This has a really intense atmosphere. I really like it.
jk5000
23. Apr 2018 · 13:38 UTC
I would prefer if you uploaded a downloadable version of the game.
Augunrik
23. Apr 2018 · 13:49 UTC
My chrome tells me, that unity ran out of memory while loading the scene(s). Please increase the memory limit in unity.
Rodrigo Denúbila
23. Apr 2018 · 13:52 UTC
Unfortunately I can't play the game, my browser run out of memory. Can you provide a build version?
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
23. Apr 2018 · 14:06 UTC
@Rodrigo Denúbila @Augunrik 5 minute to builds for mac and windows, sorry for trouble!!!
Hugimugi7
23. Apr 2018 · 15:21 UTC
I can't launch the game for some reason on windows 7 64-bit. :slight_frown:

It just tells me error.
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
23. Apr 2018 · 15:50 UTC
@Hugmugi7 which type error?
Yaroslav Lavrentev
23. Apr 2018 · 16:11 UTC
I've just tested on my Windows 7 x64 and everything works fine.
Specs: Athlon 4200+ dual core, 4gb DDR2 RAM, 650ti 1gb videocard

Known Issues:
1) If you can't get upstairs after trying to open the very last door for the first time, look up to the ceiling while you are going upstairs for a couple of seconds. That will help to climb on the stairs. Sorry, we had no time to fix that :)
2) If clicking patterns look laggy to you, try to lower graphics level a bit
Hugimugi7
23. Apr 2018 · 16:15 UTC
wait i'll try again @MrSnakeYOHOHO
Hugimugi7
23. Apr 2018 · 16:22 UTC
@MrSnakeYOHOHO
I got it working!

#### Avast(antivirus) was just blocking it. So I turned it temporarily off, then launched the game and it worked! :smile:
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
23. Apr 2018 · 16:34 UTC
@Hugmugi7 very nice))) Antivirus often block unity game))
Hadik
23. Apr 2018 · 21:09 UTC
I see winner in mood category and maybe graphics:) I like your idea, but "music" mechanic is pretty hard, I only move 2-3 levels down. Maybe some difficulty levels (speed of rythm) will be great.

And maybe you can upload postmortem version with disabled music mechanic. Because game without this mechanics will be overall better and I am curious to see what is in the game :)
Yaroslav Lavrentev
23. Apr 2018 · 21:32 UTC
@Hadik
Thank you, we are glad you liked it! Most of our little team are sleeping at the moment, we will think about second build when the others get up :)
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
24. Apr 2018 · 06:14 UTC
@Hadik thanks for the wonderful comment, try to put everything today)
Lacre
24. Apr 2018 · 10:13 UTC
Omg, it's really nice!
Why don't you try mine and rate it, too? Thanks!
https://luxgile.itch.io/shooting-mama
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
24. Apr 2018 · 10:20 UTC
@Lacre already test))
cenullum
24. Apr 2018 · 10:51 UTC
I would like to watch proggress of gameart, Is there a timelapse ?

I could't even pass the first stage :imp: and I wish to see notice for what I did wrong. mood was impressive for horror game


unnecessary things =may you use something that reduce size of game also there was long white period in beginning of the game
Ryunos
24. Apr 2018 · 10:54 UTC
I didn't like it. When I reached the first door I could open (well at least I was told I could), everything was so dark I couldn't even understand where I was. I think the rhythm part prevented me from getting in the mood and that's so sad. Plus the music's tempo wasn't really clear enough to click at the right time without staring at the bottom of my screen. The controls are a bit hard to use... I'm sorry I couldn't rate you very well =/
jk5000
24. Apr 2018 · 11:24 UTC
The idea for the game is weird and it is super difficult to play the game. But the atmosphere and graphics is super good.
Yaroslav Lavrentev
24. Apr 2018 · 11:44 UTC
@cenullum Haven't thought about timelapse while were making things. Next time we will, thats a nice idea. If you interested, we used Maya, Blender, and Substance Painter 2018 for texturing.
If you can't pass the first stage, try to lower graphics if the notes look laggy or, if they not, try to get used to rhytm patterns for 15-30 seconds before going downstairs. Also you can cheat and check disable rhytm option before you start :)
Zak Zeddam Zakaria
24. Apr 2018 · 15:40 UTC
Nice atmosphere and cool graphic i like it nice work
Nerzal
24. Apr 2018 · 15:46 UTC
I'm just to bad to pass more than like 60 seconds. When the rythm mode thingy is on i have to fully concentrate on clicking the correct button, but when i try to look & move arround i allways fail the beat :/ But still the athmosphere is great, i was just bad in playing it :D -> all in all i like the game :)
aemiliu5
25. Apr 2018 · 08:06 UTC
it has a really great mood and atmosphere, the graphics (when seen) where awesome, but it has some gameplay issues that prevented me for giving you the best ratings. 1) as long as you can't see anything in most of the game, the friction should be harder (when you take away your finger from any of the wasd keys the character continues to move a bit and that can make you get lost easily). 2) the rythm even with the lowest graphics doesn't match so good with the music we hear and that way you must always see where to click, that causing you not to pay attention to the rest of the game and that is making the atmosphere weak in the end.
but it's still a very nice and impressive work! well done!
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
25. Apr 2018 · 08:13 UTC
@aemiliu5 ohhh, very thanks, very nice to see such comments!!!
LeoRototo
25. Apr 2018 · 11:45 UTC
I like the music and mood here !

But, controls are very awfull, and its too, dark to see where to go and what to do.
It's sad as the idea to mix the horror game and the rythm music box was pretty interesting.

Another point : when you have to interact with "E", make the "R" button restarting the game without confirmation is not a very good idea i guess !
LeoRototo
25. Apr 2018 · 11:47 UTC
It could have been interesting to make the light around you brighter when you suceed the rythm patterns? As a micro gameloop fitting well both gameplay.
Opium
25. Apr 2018 · 12:11 UTC
@LeoRototo Thanks for comments! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to bring all our ideas in to the game and fix all bugs, because our main goal was to create atmosphere that we wanted. Maybe we will continue our work on this project in a while. We have a lot of thoughts how to improve our gameplay and create some more features
Yaroslav Lavrentev
25. Apr 2018 · 12:13 UTC
@LeoRototo
We thought about such feature, thats a nice idea you suggested but we had no time to do that on weekends
LeoRototo
25. Apr 2018 · 12:33 UTC
Ludum Dare's stories :D always tons of ideas, but never enough time !
Anyway, good job for the atmosphere.

First Ludum Dare?
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
25. Apr 2018 · 12:52 UTC
@LeoRototo second LD, in that time, we have good 3d artists)
LeoRototo
25. Apr 2018 · 13:25 UTC
7th Ludum for me !
And we had only one graphist, but an awesome one :D
Take a look if you want : https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/build-the-road-jack
Chema Esteo
26. Apr 2018 · 09:11 UTC
The atmosphere was super! The controls, as you said, a bit frustrating.
I can relate, my LD entry (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/jammer-tank) has difficult control too, give it a try! :D
Aditya Shukla
26. Apr 2018 · 09:27 UTC
The game is lot similar to the game that i've made. It is good, but I didn't know where i am supposed to go. The ambience was terrifying and really well executed! Overall the game is really good! Well done!

Btw wanna try another horror game? it used 3D audio, click on the link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/memebumps
Dont forget to leave a rating if u like. Thanks!
Rodrigo Denúbila
27. Apr 2018 · 01:38 UTC
The graphics are fantastic, also the mood and the music are awesome. But the game is really difficult, and I couldn't go far. The mouse sensibility is too hight thought too.

I also made a horror game, please, take a look: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/confessional
Kristian David
10. May 2018 · 07:21 UTC
The game looks interesting but its 200 mb. Can you please create a web version, I would really like to play this game but I only rely on mobile data.
TwinGhosts
10. May 2018 · 08:26 UTC
Great game, the mood insanely well done :)
Sucks that the game is really large, but the genres mixed rather well.
How did you guys finish all this in time, its a miracle :smiley:
🎤 MrSnakeYOHOHO
14. May 2018 · 17:05 UTC
@Kristian David sorry, but there is no way to create a web version