The whole vibe, old school aesthetic and art style is really cool and was the biggest selling point for me.
The controls however - manual typing commands - completely threw me off though. I understand it means to take the player to older times but for me it just stood in the way of a decent game specially in moment where the only option is to advance the text and I'm supposed to type "Continue".
I am aware there's a TAB mechanic for a more accessible navigation but even that is not very user friendly and it expects the user to hold the TAB key at all times which indicates to me the game is not meant to be played that way.
I think this shows promise to be a good "semi" text based RPG without having to rely on a console type of controls.
I've been waiting for this demo for some time now and it hasn't let me down at all! Nice gameplay, bone-chilling music, and haunting aesthetics — I'm all in. Are you planning on having it localized to other languages? Because I'm an freelance Spanish translator and would love to collaborate!
Thank you so much! We do indeed have plans for localization but will most likely come later in the process. If you're interested, you could help with the steam page translation perhaps.
Got to say demo had me hooked, text based games never intrigued me much but this has my attention! loved the background music, and the design is a certified "hell yea".
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The whole vibe, old school aesthetic and art style is really cool and was the biggest selling point for me.
The controls however - manual typing commands - completely threw me off though. I understand it means to take the player to older times but for me it just stood in the way of a decent game specially in moment where the only option is to advance the text and I'm supposed to type "Continue".
I am aware there's a TAB mechanic for a more accessible navigation but even that is not very user friendly and it expects the user to hold the TAB key at all times which indicates to me the game is not meant to be played that way.
I think this shows promise to be a good "semi" text based RPG without having to rely on a console type of controls.
Nice work overall though!
Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to try out the demo.
I’ll think the controls system another time through. Perhaps there is a way to make it easier on the player through a setting.
I’ll see what I can do for the future. Thank you once again!
I've been waiting for this demo for some time now and it hasn't let me down at all! Nice gameplay, bone-chilling music, and haunting aesthetics — I'm all in. Are you planning on having it localized to other languages? Because I'm an freelance Spanish translator and would love to collaborate!
Thank you so much! We do indeed have plans for localization but will most likely come later in the process. If you're interested, you could help with the steam page translation perhaps.
Feel free to contact us at:
Inkeclipsestudio@gmail.com
That's wonderful news! I'm interested for sure. I'll contact you via mail with my details then.
i loved
Thank you so much Zack!
Got to say demo had me hooked, text based games never intrigued me much but this has my attention! loved the background music, and the design is a certified "hell yea".
That really means a lot! Thank you for your kind words. More will hopefully come very soon!
outstanding eery atmosphere. concept of the game only highlights it. waiting for more.
That is too kind of you! We are glad you enjoyed the game. We hope to bring more very soon <3
Very short demo but has great promise! can't wait to see where this goes and i wish the devs the best of luck!
Thank you so much, we're glad you enjoyed it even though it's so short. We hope to add more content to the demo soon.