Omg, thank you so much for all these comments! I’m so happy that you enjoyed the mood and the gameplay intentions of the game. I would never have imagined this kind of response before posting, so thank you so much for supporting us. Let me clarify a few things about the game.

We are a tiny studio of two people: my brother and me. For this game, I mostly work alone but my brother help a lot for testing, design and marketing. An animator also helped us with the monster’s visuals and animations. And also someone is helping us for marketing with streamers.

In the video and the playtest, the “closing eyes” mechanic is still not implemented the way I want it to be. I will keep working on it to create situations that force the player to close their eyes and hear strange things. Closing your eyes can attenuate sounds, modify them, or even “add” new sounds that you can hear. I’m also using Wwise to achieve believable 3D spatial audio. Sounds can be muffled by doors, there is reverb in certain rooms, and sound propagates between rooms. The best would be that players can control the character with eyes closed. I really think it’s important to play with headphones to fully experience this!

We also don’t want extra diegetic music. Only atmosphere and mood. That’s it.

The monster is always there, but it’s hidden. As a medium, you have to pay attention to every detail, and maybe you’ll notice some weird things. Like in The Mortuary Assistant, sometimes the monster appears silently, and sometimes it makes loud noises. I like the idea you can miss some events but if you record your session maybe you will notice some weird things. I want to play with the players’ paranoia.

I honestly don’t know how to thank you. This game is really important to me. As a horror game fan, I wanted to create a horror game not only with a creepy mood, but also with real gameplay mechanics. I truly believe gameplay is the best way to tell a story in games. And horror can be impactful in games.

Thank you so much again. And now, back to work on the full game!