By TerryStephen and I finished this little thing tonight. Sorry for the delays!
[edit] Thanks to Jani Mikkonen, we now also have a Linux build! Cheers! (A note to Linux users, the windows version reportedly works quite well through WINE.)
OSX 10.5+ (11MB)
Linux (11MB)
Source (73KB)
Nice little interactive story. It is, however, not a game. 🙂
Oh god! How did you find out? You won’t tell anyone, will you?
Thanks for an awesome story-telling experience; please keep it up.
Mac version also crashed my computer. That makes two now.
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Great game, but the story was a bit confusing for me.
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A bug: you can get the bookcase descriptions from the outer hallway, presumably because they’re the same tile.
Great game.
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Amazing game…I loved pathways too…I would definetly want to see more of these games.Its just…so original…
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Moral of the story: don’t be a nosy bitch.
I enjoyed the game.
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Excellent game. Love the clock ‘tick-tock’ sound 🙂
im your biggest fan!
so stylish graphics-stupid ones can “bad” for it but its give amazing boost to atmospheres you create…great sound and music using and one of the most wonderful storytelling ever(best bluebeard interpret ever too )
bravo !!!
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I sat thinking about this for about 10 minutes, and just could not understand how the hell the two stories intertwined. Then it just hit me. Beautiful game, very inspiring to see such a emotional story told with such primitive graphics. I loved it.
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I’m confused were Jeff and Judith’s stories intertwined?
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Would you compile the Mac OS X version again, so that it works on PowerPC? *Shouldn’t* be extra effort, just check ‘PowerPC’ or ‘Universal’ when compiling.
That would be very kind 🙂
wolfe: I’ll say it to Stephen when I see him online next 🙂
@electric funeral
(Spoilers)
I, for one, inferred that Judith’s story took place years before Jeff’s. Note that Jeff mentions early on that the house had been abandoned for years.
Terry: please do 🙂
this was amazing there should be more games like this. i played out more like a movie than a game except rather than watching the protagonist do stuff u were the protagonist
great game
Terrific game, it sucked me right into it. Hope to see more!.
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Great job, I was so curious to try this game (pun intended), just finished it, this shows games can be an art form, and a means of narrating a story. It’s amazing such atmosphere could be achieved with such simple graphics. And I’m not a stranger to old 8bit sprites. I played wolf3d back in the day, but I wasn’t driven by “nostalgia” in any way while playing this. It’s just so different. Good job again!
Good narrative, not good gameplay. Ending was flat.
hmm my reply is missing. guess people couldn’t hadle it..figures.
Which reply was that?
Awesome game man:) also still trying to figure it out, just played this after don’t look back which is another awesome game keep making them please.
haha that’s thie thing..I don’t remember completely what it was..but I did make a earlar reply a few months back..oh well might have been a glitch.
This isn’t a game at all, and yet it’s entirely worth “playing.” It seems to me that the simple graphics make it more like a novel. Reading is an active creative process, the reader brings the story to life.
The story was perfect.
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I love games with large pixels and this one really makes you stop and think for a second or two.
Perfect.
It looks terribly interesting and I’d love to play, but I’m afraid of jump-out-and-scare-you things. Is it very scary? Or should I wait until daylight before playing?
This game was fantastic. It kept me interested, the story was great, and at points I was somewhat frightened. The music, sounds, story and even graphics came together so nicely. Make more!
I really enjoyed this game. I did feel that the ending was on the “happy” side (I generally prefer horrible endings) but the game managed to pull off a lot with the narrative despite the rudimentary graphics and controls. The minimalist approach worked very well and I look forward to seeing what games you guys make in the future.
Wow, for such an OLD game engine and what would be described as “crappy graphics”, this was quite enjoyable. I would compare this game to portal, because, it was short and enjoyable, yet innovative in a new way not done before.
The Storyline, and ESPECIALLY the music are what make the game. Great piano music!
Brilliant.
I like the game. Even the old graphic give me chills. I didn’t understand what was happening half the time though.
Darnit. I want to play but the OSX version says it isn’t supported on my architecture. Not sure what the problem is, running 10.5.7 with plenty of ram.