Shieven

Shieven succeeds in SO many ways! This is the dev's first game which I find SO impressive! The atmosphere (especially around THOSE experiments), the creature design, the puzzles, and how the game looks are all wins. There is plenty of lore to pick up to discover the story as the game unfolds. The puzzles are challenging and rewarding and the jump scares were nicely placed and fun as well. However, where the game TRULY shines is in the chase sequences. There is JUST enough time to escape the danger you are in, and it creates such an amazing and terrifying sense of urgency and horror. I do want to note that there is an epileptic mode, which is amazing! We love dev’s who include accessibility settings! There was one puzzle that made me think harder than I am usually capable of, and I somehow brute forced it instead solving it. There was an area at the end of the game where the main character was consistently clipping through wall- but neither of these things were overwhelmingly distracting or insurmountable. Even if this was not the dev's first game, I would give it a positive review. I beat the game in roughly 2.5 hours, which is great as person who creates Indie Horror content. You can check out my full play through, or use my video to assist you with puzzles here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCU_jHHa5ng I would like to thank the dev for showing up and giving us helpful tips as we played (You can see the last photo you took in the pause menu, at the bottom right!) Thank you so much, Velicron Innovation for the chance to play your game!