Cellar's Nocturne by Dane Tesla
It started with my grandma singing to herself while preparing meals. Then she got lost in the basement searching for a strawberry jam and we found her sitting on the chair, moving her head up and down to an unknown tune. She was away for minutes, hours, days and then she started dancing in our basement. But it’s not the worst part.
The worst part is I hear the music, too.
[DESCRIPTION]
Cellar's Nocturne is another weird game provided by Serious Games Manufacture team. This time we present an experimental adventure point-and-click horror with a retro (2000's) vibe to it. You're a nameless person who is searching for their grandma in a weird, creepy, enormous and most importantly LOOPING basement. There is many things that loop in this game: grandma's dance, the cellar, the music and finally the game itself.
Explore the rooms and discover the secrets of Cellar's Nocturne. We recomment playing this game in the darknkess with headphones on for the best esperience!
[CONTROLS - THERE IS INSTRUCTION IN-GAME BTW]
LM - all interactions
IN CASE YOU FIND A SOFTLOCKING BUG, PRESS AND HOLD EXIT BUTTON ON THE PHONE TO RESET THE GAME. AND, OF COURSE, PLEASE REPORT TO US!
You can also find our team social media and info at the bottom!
[CREATORS]
@dane-tesla - game design, 2D art and tea -> https://www.instagram.com/danetesla/
@zozol - 2D art and being awesome -> https://twitter.com/zoz_bmp
@miklo - programming and true promises -> https://twitter.com/mik1900G
@kaem - music and chill vibes -> https://soundcloud.com/user-918589295
InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org - some of the free sound effects -> thank you!
All basement photos were done by us. Sometimes the real gems are hidden just under our nose.
Don’t be afraid to contact us via our social media or via coment here about our productions or partnerships!
| Youtube | https://zozolka.itch.io/cellars-nocturne |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/cellars-nocturne |
Ratings
| Overall | 398th | 3.789⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 734th | 3.395⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 576th | 3.526⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 964th | 3.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 106th | 4.395⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 192th | 3.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 407th | 3.278⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 60th | 4.289⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 79🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
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I thought it was amazing how much content you managed to get into the game. Using real photos and then applying an effect to them really worked well, and I thought it was great that you randomized the rooms every time to give some replayability.
The audio did it's job of enhancing the creepiness of this game and everything meshed well together all in all.
Very well done! Thanks for making this little gem :)
The transition fade from one room to another didn't work quite properly, this interefered with my immersion. The integrated loop is a interesting idea, but it gets a bit repetitive, when you have to remove the monsters in rooms, where you have already done that.
Congrats!
I only had one bug: in the room of the "dust dog", I have clicked the spirit but the animation kept repeating in a loop, and I couldn't move. I restarted the game and got to that same room again, but then clicking on the spirit worked correctly.