HORRORBOX'S PROFILE

author=meaka
The updated demo is fun! You expanded a whole lot of the game in such a short amount of time, I'm impressed. You do a good job of building up tension and making the player want to know what's going on.

Some (spoilery?) notes I have:

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The message pops up when Felix walks near the cat, but since there's nothing that pushes him back (like a "player move one step back" move command), you can actually just straight up walk up to the cat.

The scene with Felix first in the door is very dark. I know it's to make the glowing arrows stand out more, but I'd lighten it just a tiny bit because when he turns around, I couldn't see anything on screen! I had a slightly similar problem in the part of the cave with the monster chase, but that was more that I didn't even know there was a path beyond the coffin since it was too dark to see.

Speaking of chases, the idea of the cat chase is really unique and I like it a lot, turning such an innocent(???) creature into a Game Over Machine because of the character's allergies! Though when you walk back into the first map of the Crystal area (where Felix gets the phone call) after going into one of rooms on either side, there's almost no time between you arriving to the map and the cat teleporting behind you, so if you're not immediately holding the arrow in the other way and the shift button, you're toast. The other maps do have a few seconds' grace period, though, so they're fine.

I also just really want to say I love the visual atmosphere you create with the camera! Things like the map zooming out further and further as Felix walked down the hallway, the zooms, and even the default shaking was all really well done and I liked it a lot! Also I love the little "after demo" bit, it's a nice, clever little twist!

author=Miryafa
Nice game. It's very short, which is just fine. Please make the text more skippable next time.

Also, black cats appear to be the same color as brown cats?

author=meaka
Hi! I just played through the demo. Overall, it seems pretty solid in terms of glitches or bugs! The only one I noticed was that when Nathan runs to follow the noise, it shows the map it teleports the player to for a second before the screen goes completely black.

There were a few typos and weird sentence structure in a couple spots:

• At the beginning when you clarify the controls: enter to "comfirm"
• Felix's introduction: "cofidence"
  
• Nathan: "Yes...Lets" (should be Let's)
  
• Ian's introduction sounds a bit unnatural. Something like "Before I moved out, he and I were in the same school for the longest time" flows a little better.
  
• "It was really hard to persuade my parents" vs "It was really hard to get my parents persuaded." Again, very minor, but it sounds a bit more like something someone would say in casual conversation!
  

That said (minor demo spoilers?),

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for being a "horror enthusiast," Nathan sure makes some silly horror protagonist mistakes! Following the noise of a wolf alone at night, refusing to leave out of stubbornness, entering an abandoned building alone, setting up camp with a grave within 20 feet of their tents, possibly not recognizing the very distinct silhouette of what looks like his friend in a spooky basement... Nathan, buddy, you can do better. Of course, there wouldn't be a game without any of these actions...! I just found it funny that a character who likes horror would make all those kind of moves.

Also, I'm really happy you went with minimal bloodsplatter in the torture dungeon! Excessive blood gets kind of cheesy, so I felt like you had a tasteful amount (if... such a thing as "a tasteful amount of blood" exists).

All in all, it was a nice little demo. I'm interested to see where the full game goes!