IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. by who_blee

LIKE FURNITURE, YOUR GRIEF IS STURDY AND SIMPLE.
A text-based horror game about you.

CONTENT WARNING: this game deals directly with agency and autonomy. Elements of the story include body horror, altered mental states, and helplessness. A more detailed content warning is available at the start of the game.
A single playthrough will take you approximately fifteen minutes. This game features an original soundtrack, visual art, and is best played with headphones and in fullscreen.
| Youtube | https://knucklebones.itch.io/its-happening-again |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/its-happening-again |
Ratings
| Overall | 656th | 3.6⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1472th | 2.613⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 366th | 3.725⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 677th | 3.744⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 884th | 3.463⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 185th | 3.913⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 74th | 4.244⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 57🗳️ | 59🗨️ |
The soundscape and imagery was very powerful as well, there is just so much good here. Well done. :heartbeat:
great use of graphics and music- game is so uniqe, well done!
also high five for first games here :open_hands:
Mood and audio was good tho.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/764236273
I don't know if the choices had any impact, but if they did, I loved how you implemented them, although I wouldn't necessarily know what my choices mattered, but maybe some subconscious decision?
I think the atmosphere was great, and it I loved how you found a different take on the text based genre.
Good job, and thanks for sharing :-)
The visuals were outstanding, so surreal and unsettling but abstract enough to allow the words and the players imagination to fill in the gaps. I've gotta ask how they were done! Would love to learn how to apply similar visual effects in my own work.
The audio was a perfect accompaniment with great variety too to lead us into new scenes. Really chilling stuff. I've been listening to dark ambient music recently so to hear some put to such great purpose was a real treat.
Thematically this is right up my street too. This kind of horror is few and far between and it's always such intense inspiration. I won't make a fool of myself by trying to explain what I thought it was about, but it really lingered. Honestly one of my favourite entries so far. I'll be on the look out for anything else you folk make!