Lake of Darkness

This game actually made me cry. Fantastic writing, haunting music, and horrifying existentialist dread permeate this whole experience. Only got two endings, but I feel like I should keep trying more. As is the way of life.

My girlfriend and I played this game for only around two hours and while we haven't done much (except die a lot) this game really is a hidden gem. It's absolutely insane that a game this good and with this much effort put into it is free. The soundtrack can be beautiful, but also eerie and horrifying - the same with the sound design at certain parts. The writing obviously has so much love and thought put into it, too. I love this game and I'm definitely going to go back and try and get all the endings. Highly recommend this game and can't wait for it to blow up.

Küçük kasabanız gizemli bir kötülük tarafından yavaş yavaş yozlaştırılıyor. Bir rüyada kendi ölümünüzün önsezisini görüyorsunuz. Bilinmeyen bir kaderden nasıl kaçınabilirsiniz? Bu seçim tabanlı psikolojik korku görsel roman oyununda son anlarınızı akıllıca geçirin.

***FULL RELEASE UPDATED EVALUATION*** I didn't think the story could get more engaging, yet the full release update proved me wrong. This game is a *GEM*! It's a tragically beautiful story about finding what bad events mean in one's life all in a uniquely horrofying style. Please play this if you love short horror visual novels, it's a must! --- ***BETA EVALUATION*** For photosensitive folks: there's a warning at the start of the game, but honestly the worse it gets is some static TV screen effect at the start of the game. Afterwards, it's just regular pixel art without any flashes. There's visual jumpscares but nothing with flashes, it's mostly in sounds. --- I LOVED the little time I played this game. It feels very *very* real of how depression and suicidal thoughts overwhelm everyday life, especially the aspect where just getting up and greeting people feels incredibly dreadful. I encountered some bugs that locked me out of some endings and I wish there were Steam achievements for all the endings (or any way to keep track of them). Other than that, it's a certified gaming gem in my book!

I love the vibe, the writing, and everything about the tone it's setting and the story (I think) it's trying to tell. This gets a massive recommend for anyone curious who enjoys visual novels, existential dread, and can handle some pretty heavy topics covered with respect in a realistic way without being gratuitous - because it's clearly crafted with a ton of love and effort. That all being said, me personally I am not a big fan of the whole "groundhog day" style approach in this and other vns in terms of figuring out the "optimal" path. But I know that that for many that playing again and again and trying new threads is a big part of the appeal - and it's very well done here, engaging, and compelling. So yeah not for me, but a very cool game for FREE if that's your thing and seriously worth experiencing, Small note for the dev: I also had some issues with crashes on certain choices (mainly after unlocking the office drawer, and others I can't recall) and none of the achievements popped for me at all, let alone when they should so that was kind of a bummer. I know it's probably beyond the scope of the project, but you might also want to maybe have some kind of story web or tree that people can see so they maybe have a better idea of when paths can branch. Not like explain all the details obv since that's part of the game, but some kind of flowchart or hints as to certain paths or outcomes, even if small might go a long way for players who might not be as in tune with the whole exhaust every permutation approach. I found me personally getting a bit overwhelmed at trying to break down absolutely every way i spend my time in the game and I think would've had more fun if there was more breathing room with getting prepared for the finale, so to speak. The only other thing I'd say is sometimes the railroading happening late story came across a bit contrived to me. By that I mean like, when you [spoiler]"escape" the shed[/spoiler] you're railroaded into [spoiler]the woods[/spoiler] - which strikes me as weird since if you just leave the house you can stroll up and down the street no problem. I don't know if that makes sense it just felt weird. Like why can't I use the thing I get in the shed until I know I might need it, and when i do i can't use it on a space where I know I could? (ex: [spoiler]crowbar on laundromat door[/spoiler]).

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[h3] I streamed this game on Twitch with a small live audience and they all agreed we need more of this game. [/h3] Video here: https://youtu.be/vi-r2jVVYy4 First thing I would like to say: I don't really care for visual novels. It's not my cup of tea, but I gave an exception to Doki Doki Literature Club because I love games that deal with manipulating real world files. Now I'm glad I made an exception with this game too. I will admit that I was slightly put off by the style at first, but this is a great example of proof why good games don't need great graphics. The storytelling was great, the world building and character building were both really well done. The horror throughout this game was spectacular. The tiny things on later days that insinuate that things might not be so peachy after all really helped in setting the tension. The different creatures and deaths that you can encounter are gruesome, and the glitches you can get through multiple loops were an astounding addition. The amount of detail that was put into descriptions of actions and sounds, especially with when [spoiler] you encounter Casey and choose to leave her behind [/spoiler], dear God that really hit me and my chat hard. Unfortunately, we did encounter a couple bugs towards the end: -In Dad's store on the 3rd day, going into the bathroom, the event there doesn't load the image properly. -When you leave your dad's office in the 3rd day, the game won't let you progress, with no choice to Ignore the error. -Some slight bugs with items not showing up, but you technically still have them in your inventory This is already an amazing project; my chat and I were enthralled in the story of this game. I really want to see this story to fruition so I would love if the progress bug could get patched (maybe it's something on my end, I'm not sure honestly, I have no experience with RenPy) Keep up the amazing work; I highly recommend this game!

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