My Light In The Dark

Игра 'My Light In The Dark' – это трогательная и атмосферная визуальная новелла, которая заставляет задуматься о важных жизненных вопросах. История о девушке, страдающей от депрессии и борющейся с внутренними демонами, глубоко резонирует с личным опытом многих игроков. Рисовка выполнена в мягком, пастельном стиле, что прекрасно передает настроение безысходности и надежды. Музыкальное сопровождение ненавязчиво и создает меланхоличную атмосферу, идеально дополняя повествование. Геймплей прост, но эффективен: выбор реплик влияет на развитие сюжета и концовку. Важно быть внимательным к словам и действиям, ведь от них зависит, сможет ли главная героиня найти свет в темноте. Несмотря на деликатную тему, игра не скатывается в излишнюю драму. Она рассказывает реалистичную историю о борьбе с ментальными проблемами, о важности поддержки и о возможности найти свое место в мире. 'My Light In The Dark' – это не просто игра, это интерактивный опыт, который оставляет след в душе. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет глубокую и эмоциональную историю.

It's okay. Can be finished in ~40mins if you're playing slow, like me.

第一次写测评（ 游戏剧情的英语非常简单，故事大致讲的是[spoiler] 一个有些变态的妈妈死了亲生女儿之后捡回家一个孩子（玩家操控的角色，也就是我）并对其颐指气使，最后我解开谜题逃脱追逐过上了新的生活！ [/spoiler][spoiler] [strike] 我感觉这个妈死得非常仓促和憋屈（这是可以说的吗），像是强行剧情杀好快速进入结局 [/strike] [/spoiler]其实感觉剧情确实可以再丰满一点 大约30min就能结束流程，解谜和追逐战都不是很难，可以交互的物品在靠近后就会出现一个？标识，全部点一遍完全不怕会卡关 我推荐它的原因主要是它免费，故事完整，对我这种手残党还不太聪明的玩家比较友好哈哈，感谢作者！

My Light In The Dark — бесплатная короткая адвенчура в духе point-and-click: вы играете за девочку, которая живёт с жестокой матерью и пытается сбежать из дома, попутно раскрывая мрачные семейные тайны. Геймплей сводится к исследованию комнат, поиску ключей и предметов, решению простых головоломок и чтению диалогов; прохождение занимает 20–30 минут. Плюсы: сильная эмоциональная история — рассказ о домашнем насилии подан искренне и без лишнего пафоса, а постепенное раскрытие секретов матери создаёт настоящее напряжение и заставляет сопереживать героине; атмосферная пиксельная эстетика — тёмная палитра, скудное освещение и минималистичный звук подчёркивают клаустрофобию и тревожность, делая даже тихие сцены тревожными. Минусы: предельно простые головоломки — задачи сводятся к «найди предмет и примени его», поэтому любителям адвенчур с хитроумными загадками здесь не на что рассчитывать; технические шероховатости — система диалогов неудобна: текст ускоряется при нажатии, а не показывается целиком, из-за чего реплики легко пропустить, а управление порой ощущается неуклюжим. Итог: короткая, но цепляющая история для тех, кто ценит атмосферные нарративные инди и готов потратить полчаса на пронзительный рассказ о побеге из тьмы. Подойдёт любителям эмоциональных коротких игр, но не тем, кто ждёт сложных головоломок или продолжительного геймплея.

When I launched the game, I wasn't expecting much but oh my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ God! The story is streamlined, interesting and amazing. The ending is awesome. Truly an hidden gem.

RPG Maker strikes again! This is yet another low effort pixelcrap RPG Maker asset flip made with a game construction kit designed for children to use. Almost every RPG Maker asset flip is just a bunch of stock RPG Maker assets mixed with cringe-inducing high school anime club dropout fan-fiction. The "developer" here didn't know how to make a JRPG with RPG Maker, which is the only thing it's for, and instead, worse, copy + pasted out a godawful more-book-than-game asset flipped RPG Maker asset flip "adventure game" asset flip that was insincerely bashed together for a game jam (yes, not intended for gamers, not a real game, just a tech demo as the developer tried to win a prize for showing how he can take other people's RPG Maker assets and put his own name on them). So basically the developer wrote about the absolute most popular topic across just about every RPG Maker asset flip I've ever see... yes, little girls. I don't know why RPG Maker asset flippers are so obsessed with little girls, and I don't want to. This time the little girls mother is creepy and abusive, and so you go on a pointless pixelcrap collection adventure to explore the badly written high school anime club dropout tier fan-fiction. Like other RPG Maker "games", the game engine is extremely low quality. It displays badly in fullscreen, and has no real graphics settings or HD support. It's not up to the same standard we expect from a modern PC game. We can make the argument that construction kit toys like RPG Maker are intended for making small games and demos and things to pass around with friends. They shouldn't be used as a substitute or "Ez-mode" to allow unqualified amateurs to LARP that they're real, actual game developers. Like most RPG Maker shovelware, the game uses low quality 2D "retro" pixelcrap art and has bad gameplay. RPG Maker is garbage and never results in products with any real value as PC games. This is the product of a game jam, which immediately tells us it isn't a sincere piece of software. Real games take years of professional work, not a single weekend of amateur hacking. You cannot expect a product slapped together in a week or so to have any value, and "My Light In The Dark" shows that these rushed game jam entries are just shovelware impersonating a real game. Badly. Also, products created in game jams were never intended for gamers. They exist only to stroke the ego of amateur developers who can't get a real job in the industry. When untalented developers put their own vanity before the needs of the player, garbage like "My Light In The Dark" is the result. Imagine if airports ran a "plane jam" to see who which amateur enthusiast could build an airplane within a weekend with a $100 budget. Would you fly on that plane? No. It takes time and resources to do a job properly. It's improper for shovelware game jam junk like this to be published through Steam Direct because it's harmful. This half-baked product is taking up space that should be given to genuine developers who actually put in the hard work over years to create complete, fully made games. This makes it harder for gamers like you and me to find real, finished products. This game is fairly dated at 7 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $2 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? What's the verdict? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

The only-kid of some awful woman needs better parents. Found in an unstable house-hold, Perdita needs to live a different life. Finding a way to escape is her best option. How could someone live under such depreciation and low conditions? Could it actually be worse? Perdita doesn't know half of the story... yet. Once she has the opportunity to adventure her Mothers room, she'll stumble upon a lot more than what she expected. [Story] This story has an neat dark development to it. It is a short one, but it starts and ends well, without dwelling on unnecessary matters, like a dark cherry: small and sweet. The story keeps the players attention and keeps a nice pace to things. [Gameplay] Gameplay is simple and intuitive. No difficult puzzles. Nothing notable [Sound Design] The soundtracks are nice and add well to the dark theme. [CONCLUSION] A short sad story, dark theme and well paced progression: 7/10