Thanks! It's obviously not perfect, but I'm happy with how it generally turned out. Not sure if I'll use procedural generation for the next project or not.
I don't typically play scary games, but I decided to give this one a shot due to its retro PS2 style. It turned out to be much scarier than I expected, especially during the initial runs. However, as you play more, you start to get accustomed to it. The animations were surprisingly good. I usually have low expectations for NSFW games, but this one pleasantly surprised me. I did hope for a bit more content, like additional animations or perhaps a different map. That might be asking a lot, but overall, great job!
Thanks! Happy to hear the PS2 style is what hooked you. Honestly, I wasn't sure what kind of reception the style would have, especially for an NSFW game. I'm particularly partial to it as some of my fondest memories come from PS2 games.
More animations and content are coming, thanks to all the people who have requested it. No timeframe yet, however.
I grew up with a PS2, and those are some of my best memories, so I love games that bring back that vibe. Can't wait for the updates and your next project.
I've beaten the game a few times now and I've bought the Free Mode to view the scenes, and I noticed the doggystyle position was also a scene.
I got defeated and got the cowgirl scene. Purified her and got another scene, but then I tried a few things afterwards and never got the doggystyle in-game no matter what I tried. I was wondering how you trigger it, if anyone reading this knows?
Don't suppose there's any plans on bringing this bad boy over to Steam at some point? Could be fun to have it there as well, considering they allow nsfw adjacent stuff.
It might be a good idea. I've always dreamed of having a game on Steam but I'm honestly terrified of it. Maybe after I've polished the game a bit more.
usually I'd look for ways to skip straight to the sexy parts in these types of games but I found my actually enjoying the gameplay quite a bit. you're a talented dude and I'll be looking forward to more of your stuff! also this was free??? the quality is hella premium so imma have to throw some monies at you
Game is pretty fun for sure. I only had access to the horror game side and not the NFSW side. But I really wish she wouldn't track me that far and for that long. It seems impossible to lose her for any length of time. Besides that, the game's pretty ok for that.
sometimes you can glitch the hp, so you won't take any damage. It doesn't work every time, but I found that by taking some damage and then healing to full go find another heal and spam it, it makes the purification ending easy.
like you've heard already, great game with lots of potential if you ever decided to work on it more. but don't let that thought stop you from starting a new project.
i'll definitely rember to check back regularly. looking forward to seeing more nsfw horror! there's not enough actual horror nsfw that isn't just that cartoonish type of surface level horror. again, ggwp.
Thank you! Definitely planning on more NSFW horror. As a huge fan of getting the pants scared off me, I want to try injecting scarier stuff into my next project.
Love the game, Krasue! I was wondering though, why make other games similar to this one when you could expand on it instead? If possible, you could add more outfits, positions and animations, maybe a few more different types of rooms with more diverse aesthetics and it'll be even greater!
To my knowledge, if I understood correctly, the game used to be even grindier before version 1.0.1 but maybe you could consider reducing the prices a little more since the game still is quite grindy. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! While I mentioned that I'm making a new game "similar" to this one, it's only really similar in that it's a horror game with a PS2 aesthetic.
That said, I will be updating this game thanks to the positive reception and general interest for more content. Animations, of course, being a priority.
Great game! Everything feels so polished and optimised. The nsfw stuff is actually well animated! Respect! I wish you all the best on your next endeavours!
great game but I do wish that I didn't have to beat the game to go back to the nsfw there should be an option that after you did it once you can go back straight back to the nsfw content.
The Medallion only really works with "headshots" though that can be hard to aim as there's no crosshair. It does still do damage but it's a very small amount.
absolutely love this game! by far the best horror nsfw game I've played to date. keep up the good work! looking forward to future updates (if any) and projects :D
Game is very nice. I think the game is a little too easy though, haven't ever lost unless I intentionally run at her.
Reasons being that you are faster than her, you can just find a desk(Not the round one) Stand on it and trigger her throwing attack and while she is stuck doing that, run off. If not that, Stamina doesn't drain while jumping so you can just hop around without any fear or need to upgrade stamina.
Only ever problem I had was one map where two sides weren't connected so I just couldn't complete the run. Other than that, its a nice game albeit a little too easy with how many advantages you have over them. Took me about an hour to unlock everything that wasn't an upgrade to your stats.
Yeah. Balancing something like this is difficult as what people find hard is different per-person. I've had people tell me that the game is way too hard and while I never had any issues, I'm the developer so it's to be expected that I would know all the tricks by heart. Still, thanks for playing!
Banger game, absolutely love horror nsfw games. I got a question, is this game a one and done deal with bug fixes, or are you planning on expanding it?
I don't plan on expanding this game, but if people really like it, I might make some updates with more content (Outfits, animations etc.).
My plan at the moment is to take this game and build a new game around it with more content. Which could be seen as an expansion of the same ideas and design.
Okay. I love this game, but there are definitely some balancing issues here. I'll list some things I like and some things I dislike. First, the Likes: 1. The Ambience - The atmosphere in this game is phenomenal. I entered the Basement area in one of my runs, and I was immediately hit with the feeling of "I shouldn't be here.". Everything in me told me not to go in there so much so that I actually wasn't able to enter the Basement in my first run where I saw it. The fact that you can always here the echo of the Widow all around you is so awesome. 2. The Items - Each Item in this game has its own unique purpose and you're always excited to see each one of them when they randomly generate in a room. 3. The Widow - I absolutely love how hauntingly beautiful the design of The Widow is. From the flow of her dress, to the blood on her knife, to the hair covering her eyes... Everything about her tells you something about what she has gone through and what she will do to you when she gets you. I'm also a sucker for Ghost Girls and/or Ghost-Like Girls.
Now, the Dislikes: 1. The Speed - The Widow has the amazing ability to infinitely run after you and be slightly faster than you (at least from what I've seen). You however, have the amazing ability to run for about 5 seconds before you lose all will to live and just throw yourself at the Widow because you can't escape without one specific item. Basically, The Widow is an Olympic Sprinter and you are an Amnesiac with Extreme Asthma. 2. The RNG - I understand that a game like this needs at least some RNG in it, but holy hot damn does this game rely heavily on it. Are you being chased? Well, you better pick the right door out of three different ones otherwise you are absolutely fucked because one door leads to another bad decision and the other two lead you to your death because they are dead end rooms that you can't move in because The Widow has already blocked the door and you are already dead. 3. The Widow - That's right. Full circle, baby! I love The Widow's design, but I hate how the game balances The Widow when she sees you and when she's around you. Did The Widow see you? Well, time to ask yourself 1 question: Did you grab any Keys at all yet? If the answer is Yes, then throw yourself at The Widow because you're already dead and at least you can get some points out of it. If the answer is No, then Pause the game and click the Restart Button because you're already dead and you won't get any Points if you go through the animation. It's just a waste of time, and you won't escape if she sees you which brings me to my next Dislike: 4. Price - The Prices of all of the Purchasable Items are so horribly priced, that it seriously made me rethink whether I actually liked this game or not (I definitely do because I like the Gameplay Loop, but like seriously what the fuck is the balancing in this game?). So, from my previous Dislike, you have to get Keys in order to get Points. If you don't have any Keys, then just press Restart if you get seen by The Widow because you'll just waste time if you try to escape from her or if you let her kill you because the Animation has to play when she kills you. If you want to play this game, just be aware that The Widow is infinitely better than you in every way and you have no chance of escape if she sees you. You are going to have to restart this game a lot, and you NEED to grab Keys before you die otherwise you just wasted your time. You need Points in order to progress at all, so make sure you grab at least 1 Key before you die.
Conclusion - This game is good. I absolutely recommend it. I reminds me a lot of Vampire Mansion which is an absolutely amazing game. I still have yet to get the NSFW upgrade for this game, but the fact that it has that at all makes it immediately better than Vampire Mansion because that game doesn't have NSFW in it. The balancing is atrocious right now, but I'm sure the Dev(s) will fix the issues (at least I hope they will). I really want to see this game thrive because I absolutely love it and recommend it. Thank you for reading, and I'm going to sleep now because I am really tired.
Thanks for the kind words and review! If you don’t mind me asking, can you let me know about how long you played? I’m just curious as there is an intended difficulty climb but if it’s too steep of a climb then I probably do need to do some more tweaking.
The prices made sense to me from the perspective of completing the runs (each run should net you around 500 points if you escape and 1000 if you purify). In my experience, getting a defence item is usually quite easy when running away but a few other things that’ll help escape a chase are closing doors behind you to break LOS and crouch hopping.
In theory you should only need one successful run to get the key detectors and should be able to unlock purification after two runs and then the NSFW upgrade after two more. Over-simplifying it of course as I’ve played the game a lot.
Overall, the biggest issue with solo-dev (I didn’t have testers for this game) is tunnel-vision. Next time I make a game, I will definitely try and get people to play it before it goes public to make sure the difficulty isn’t too frustrating.
I played the game for almost 4 hours before I made the comment.
Each of my runs gave me a whole range of points. I don't remember them all exactly, but I will give all the ones that I do remember: 0 (for no keys), 25 (for one key), 50 (for two keys), 75 (I think this was three keys, but I don't remember for sure...), I don't remember much after that, but I know I did a bunch more runs. The one I definitely DO remember is the one where I actually managed to escape which was 374 points (I think? I know it started with a 3, but I don't remember for sure exactly the number. All I know is that I had enough to get the Hot and Cold Meter Upgrade, and then I was 1 Point under what I needed for the Key Pings Upgrade.).
Getting a Defense Item is definitely easy... in theory... until you actually get to an item room and all you get is a single Scanner that just tells you that all the Keys are in the same room as The Widow (Overexaggerating of course, but it always feels that way lol.), and you don't get any Strange Bottles until you go to a room that is 3 feet away from The Widow, and then you're screwed anyway.
I definitely closed doors behind me when I first started, but she immediately opens them and just continues to follow me no matter what, so that didn't help so I just decided to keep running until I found out that that doesn't help either because the MC has Extreme Asthma. But, what is "Crouch Hopping"? Maybe that will help.
I've only ever had one successful run lol. That gave me enough points to get 1 of the Key upgrades (I think I got the Hot and Cold Meter first?) and then the next run I got 1 Key before throwing just so I could the get the ONE point that I still needed to get the Key Pings (Sorry I don't remember the Upgrade names...). I also got the Map Marker Upgrade to see where The Widow is, but I found out that it was INCREDIBLY useless because you have to be completely stationary in order to use it and the game doesn't pause when you use it. I even tried using it to tell me exactly which way to go to avoid The Widow because as soon as she sees you, your run is over, but she always seems to be Puppy Guarding at least 1 Key Location which is a serious problem when you need all of them to escape and can't be seen by her under any circumstances.
I admit that I was a little frustrated with the amount of Grinding you had to do in the game at first, but I overall absolutely LOVE this game and hope you keep working on it or at least make games that are similar to this one. Also, I'm surprised to hear that you are a Solo Dev. I expected there to be at least 3 people working on this, so that's an amazing thing to hear about (except for obviously the Voice Actor, B, who absolutely knocked it out of the park with their voice for The Widow). And, I will definitely continue to play this game despite the grind (I mean, I played Vampire Mansion enough to get every single upgrade, costume, and furniture piece so that should tell you how committed I am to these types of games.). Keep up the great work Krasue Games!
Thanks again for the kind words. I have updated the game to lower the prices of a few shop items and increase the amount you get from keys. It's not a huge increase but might be able to make the difference. RNG and other things are still untouched, however.
I do plan on making more games, this game has been a good way for me to get feedback and ideas for what I do next. I do like horror games so do plan on doing more in that field. There were plenty of things I wanted to do with this game but gave myself a pretty harsh deadline to get it out so a lot of those things will probably just get pushed into my next project.
I'm happy to hear you took my feedback to heart (at least enough to update the game because of it lol)! I'm always happy to put my 2 cents in for any game that I really like. I want games that I like to be the best they can be, and I'm happy to hear that you are going to keep making games! I have definitely gotten better at the game after quite a few runs, and have now devised my own particular strategies that seem to work (at least for now), but I still have a long way to go before I consider myself to be "good" at this game. I'll be keeping an eye on this game and your future games, Krasue. I look forward to seeing what else you make. I'll also be playing this game for a long while, it seems. I have plenty of costumes to get still for The Widow.
Kind of. You need to unlock NSFW mode and then you can unlock the Freemode after earning more points. Freemode just lets you view the scenes you can view normally through gameplay, but without a game over screen.
I found a bug where if you open the map while using stamina and then press the stamina button it will consume and then regenerate while the map is open, effectively, infinite stamina.
In other run I got infinite health, but I have no idea how.
Thanks for letting me know! I haven't encountered the infinite health bug myself, but reproduction steps like for the stamina would be great in tracking down the issue.
I can actually provide a bit of insight towards the infinite health bug; I have noticed that when you drop down to zero HP, you don't immediately die, or at least that has occurred on pretty much every game I have played, if you were to pick up a healing item during that time it causes the bug to occur; my guess is that because the widow is supposed to kill you after tapping you an additional time after hitting zero HP, your HP value freezes to prevent underflow, and because you have picked up some healing your HP value increases but is never unfrozen, and as a result she can no longer kill you.
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id love to see a freemode version of the death animation
where instead of stabbing us at the end it would be her scaring us stabing the ground next to our head and then her laying her head on our chest
all and all not a bad game and not bad porn
tho would love if she had a sexy demon outfit
maybe turn her red give her horns and wings
with a dommy leather outfit on
This some high effort you have put into this game. Procedural generation ain't easy.
Thanks! It's obviously not perfect, but I'm happy with how it generally turned out. Not sure if I'll use procedural generation for the next project or not.
This is a freaking masterpiece You got my respect 🤝
Thank you!
genuinely the most fun ive had with any of the nsfw horrors i have played, looking forward to more from you in the future!
Thanks for the kind words! After the next update, I'll begin properly working on my next project.
Where do we like submit bug reports?
PS sex, damn. Amazing. Any chance to see this on Steam in the future? Gotta have this on my curator page
I hadn't considered it but quite a few people have told me that it might be a good idea. I'm a bit nervous about the prospect though, haha.
I understand, a store page isnt free after all. Maybe with some additional content or levels you could make a paid version
I don't typically play scary games, but I decided to give this one a shot due to its retro PS2 style. It turned out to be much scarier than I expected, especially during the initial runs. However, as you play more, you start to get accustomed to it. The animations were surprisingly good. I usually have low expectations for NSFW games, but this one pleasantly surprised me. I did hope for a bit more content, like additional animations or perhaps a different map. That might be asking a lot, but overall, great job!
Thanks! Happy to hear the PS2 style is what hooked you. Honestly, I wasn't sure what kind of reception the style would have, especially for an NSFW game. I'm particularly partial to it as some of my fondest memories come from PS2 games.
More animations and content are coming, thanks to all the people who have requested it. No timeframe yet, however.
I grew up with a PS2, and those are some of my best memories, so I love games that bring back that vibe. Can't wait for the updates and your next project.
So i find out that there's 3 scenes: cowgirl, missionary and doggy. Is that correct?
At the moment, yes.
I've beaten the game a few times now and I've bought the Free Mode to view the scenes, and I noticed the doggystyle position was also a scene.
I got defeated and got the cowgirl scene. Purified her and got another scene, but then I tried a few things afterwards and never got the doggystyle in-game no matter what I tried. I was wondering how you trigger it, if anyone reading this knows?
Take her behind :)
Don't suppose there's any plans on bringing this bad boy over to Steam at some point? Could be fun to have it there as well, considering they allow nsfw adjacent stuff.
It might be a good idea. I've always dreamed of having a game on Steam but I'm honestly terrified of it. Maybe after I've polished the game a bit more.
Oh yeah that's a given. Give it a little more time but could definitely work out well because it has a very fun appeal to it.
Does the room with a campfire serve any purpose?
It's the Widow's spawn room.
usually I'd look for ways to skip straight to the sexy parts in these types of games but I found my actually enjoying the gameplay quite a bit. you're a talented dude and I'll be looking forward to more of your stuff! also this was free??? the quality is hella premium so imma have to throw some monies at you
oh and I love the femdom style of the defeat H-scene so uhhh more? pretty please? :3
An update is in the works and I will add another defeat animation. More information on the update will eventually be posted both on here and Patreon.
Game is pretty fun for sure. I only had access to the horror game side and not the NFSW side. But I really wish she wouldn't track me that far and for that long. It seems impossible to lose her for any length of time. Besides that, the game's pretty ok for that.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont
how are the future updates coming along
i wish there are more game like this
I'm juggling the updates with my next project but they're still coming.
is there a way to glitch money?
sometimes you can glitch the hp, so you won't take any damage. It doesn't work every time, but I found that by taking some damage and then healing to full go find another heal and spam it, it makes the purification ending easy.
yep using cheat engine
how does it works?
This game is awesome, very good, I hope to see more updates for it, with more scenes and even fetishes...
like you've heard already, great game with lots of potential if you ever decided to work on it more. but don't let that thought stop you from starting a new project.
i'll definitely rember to check back regularly. looking forward to seeing more nsfw horror! there's not enough actual horror nsfw that isn't just that cartoonish type of surface level horror. again, ggwp.
Thank you! Definitely planning on more NSFW horror. As a huge fan of getting the pants scared off me, I want to try injecting scarier stuff into my next project.
Love the game, Krasue! I was wondering though, why make other games similar to this one when you could expand on it instead? If possible, you could add more outfits, positions and animations, maybe a few more different types of rooms with more diverse aesthetics and it'll be even greater!
To my knowledge, if I understood correctly, the game used to be even grindier before version 1.0.1 but maybe you could consider reducing the prices a little more since the game still is quite grindy. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! While I mentioned that I'm making a new game "similar" to this one, it's only really similar in that it's a horror game with a PS2 aesthetic.
That said, I will be updating this game thanks to the positive reception and general interest for more content. Animations, of course, being a priority.
Great game! Everything feels so polished and optimised. The nsfw stuff is actually well animated! Respect! I wish you all the best on your next endeavours!
Hey dude, loved the game even from a horror game perspective. I look forward to your next game <3
great game but I do wish that I didn't have to beat the game to go back to the nsfw there should be an option that after you did it once you can go back straight back to the nsfw content.
You can unlock the Free Mode for 5000 points in the shop, which lets you view the poses.
Amazing game I love these types of horror but also NSFW, how many scenes are there?
Currently three, but I shall be working on more in a future update.
the medallion almost never works
The Medallion only really works with "headshots" though that can be hard to aim as there's no crosshair. It does still do damage but it's a very small amount.
This game is fantastic!
Thank you!
really? this game only takes two weeks? hard believe
May I ask what is your purpose in developing games, just for passion?
I love making games! I've been making games for a long time and have worked in the industry.
Thank you for your work and hope to bring this kind of joy to more people!I'm learning unity and it's really hard.
absolutely love this game! by far the best horror nsfw game I've played to date. keep up the good work! looking forward to future updates (if any) and projects :D
Thank you! Yes, there is another project in pre-production and a planned update for this game at some point in the future.
The resolution setting doesnt work please fix for better fps its unplayable right now for me
Make sure that the windowed mode isn't set to either Fullscreen or Borderless, otherwise resolution won't do anything.
Most fun horror NSFW game I've played in a while, excited to see more from you!
Thanks! More is definitely planned.
My game is having a problem when I click on start, it says fatal error and I get a frozen screen :(
Gorgeous 12/10, other games are planned?
Yes! I've already started writing a design document for my next game - another horror game like this one.
Cool! Good luck with the development!
For a small creator this is an amazing game.
Only a small thing - you should be able to swap between outfits in Free Mode - everything else is very nice.
Cant wait what you will do next :)
Thanks! Yeah, swapping outfits in Freemode is a sound idea. I'll make a note of it for any future updates.
Game is very nice.
I think the game is a little too easy though, haven't ever lost unless I intentionally run at her.
Reasons being that you are faster than her, you can just find a desk(Not the round one) Stand on it and trigger her throwing attack and while she is stuck doing that, run off.
If not that, Stamina doesn't drain while jumping so you can just hop around without any fear or need to upgrade stamina.
Only ever problem I had was one map where two sides weren't connected so I just couldn't complete the run.
Other than that, its a nice game albeit a little too easy with how many advantages you have over them.
Took me about an hour to unlock everything that wasn't an upgrade to your stats.
Yeah. Balancing something like this is difficult as what people find hard is different per-person. I've had people tell me that the game is way too hard and while I never had any issues, I'm the developer so it's to be expected that I would know all the tricks by heart. Still, thanks for playing!
I will probably make a video about it but for now here's some screenshots that i made :P
CREEPY AND HARD
just like me fr
Banger game, absolutely love horror nsfw games. I got a question, is this game a one and done deal with bug fixes, or are you planning on expanding it?
I don't plan on expanding this game, but if people really like it, I might make some updates with more content (Outfits, animations etc.).
My plan at the moment is to take this game and build a new game around it with more content. Which could be seen as an expansion of the same ideas and design.
Okay. I love this game, but there are definitely some balancing issues here. I'll list some things I like and some things I dislike.
First, the Likes:
1. The Ambience - The atmosphere in this game is phenomenal. I entered the Basement area in one of my runs, and I was immediately hit with the feeling of "I shouldn't be here.". Everything in me told me not to go in there so much so that I actually wasn't able to enter the Basement in my first run where I saw it. The fact that you can always here the echo of the Widow all around you is so awesome.
2. The Items - Each Item in this game has its own unique purpose and you're always excited to see each one of them when they randomly generate in a room.
3. The Widow - I absolutely love how hauntingly beautiful the design of The Widow is. From the flow of her dress, to the blood on her knife, to the hair covering her eyes... Everything about her tells you something about what she has gone through and what she will do to you when she gets you. I'm also a sucker for Ghost Girls and/or Ghost-Like Girls.
Now, the Dislikes:
1. The Speed - The Widow has the amazing ability to infinitely run after you and be slightly faster than you (at least from what I've seen). You however, have the amazing ability to run for about 5 seconds before you lose all will to live and just throw yourself at the Widow because you can't escape without one specific item. Basically, The Widow is an Olympic Sprinter and you are an Amnesiac with Extreme Asthma.
2. The RNG - I understand that a game like this needs at least some RNG in it, but holy hot damn does this game rely heavily on it. Are you being chased? Well, you better pick the right door out of three different ones otherwise you are absolutely fucked because one door leads to another bad decision and the other two lead you to your death because they are dead end rooms that you can't move in because The Widow has already blocked the door and you are already dead.
3. The Widow - That's right. Full circle, baby! I love The Widow's design, but I hate how the game balances The Widow when she sees you and when she's around you. Did The Widow see you? Well, time to ask yourself 1 question: Did you grab any Keys at all yet? If the answer is Yes, then throw yourself at The Widow because you're already dead and at least you can get some points out of it. If the answer is No, then Pause the game and click the Restart Button because you're already dead and you won't get any Points if you go through the animation. It's just a waste of time, and you won't escape if she sees you which brings me to my next Dislike:
4. Price - The Prices of all of the Purchasable Items are so horribly priced, that it seriously made me rethink whether I actually liked this game or not (I definitely do because I like the Gameplay Loop, but like seriously what the fuck is the balancing in this game?). So, from my previous Dislike, you have to get Keys in order to get Points. If you don't have any Keys, then just press Restart if you get seen by The Widow because you'll just waste time if you try to escape from her or if you let her kill you because the Animation has to play when she kills you. If you want to play this game, just be aware that The Widow is infinitely better than you in every way and you have no chance of escape if she sees you. You are going to have to restart this game a lot, and you NEED to grab Keys before you die otherwise you just wasted your time. You need Points in order to progress at all, so make sure you grab at least 1 Key before you die.
Conclusion - This game is good. I absolutely recommend it. I reminds me a lot of Vampire Mansion which is an absolutely amazing game. I still have yet to get the NSFW upgrade for this game, but the fact that it has that at all makes it immediately better than Vampire Mansion because that game doesn't have NSFW in it. The balancing is atrocious right now, but I'm sure the Dev(s) will fix the issues (at least I hope they will). I really want to see this game thrive because I absolutely love it and recommend it. Thank you for reading, and I'm going to sleep now because I am really tired.
Thanks for the kind words and review! If you don’t mind me asking, can you let me know about how long you played? I’m just curious as there is an intended difficulty climb but if it’s too steep of a climb then I probably do need to do some more tweaking.
The prices made sense to me from the perspective of completing the runs (each run should net you around 500 points if you escape and 1000 if you purify). In my experience, getting a defence item is usually quite easy when running away but a few other things that’ll help escape a chase are closing doors behind you to break LOS and crouch hopping.
In theory you should only need one successful run to get the key detectors and should be able to unlock purification after two runs and then the NSFW upgrade after two more. Over-simplifying it of course as I’ve played the game a lot.
Overall, the biggest issue with solo-dev (I didn’t have testers for this game) is tunnel-vision. Next time I make a game, I will definitely try and get people to play it before it goes public to make sure the difficulty isn’t too frustrating.
I played the game for almost 4 hours before I made the comment.
Each of my runs gave me a whole range of points. I don't remember them all exactly, but I will give all the ones that I do remember: 0 (for no keys), 25 (for one key), 50 (for two keys), 75 (I think this was three keys, but I don't remember for sure...), I don't remember much after that, but I know I did a bunch more runs. The one I definitely DO remember is the one where I actually managed to escape which was 374 points (I think? I know it started with a 3, but I don't remember for sure exactly the number. All I know is that I had enough to get the Hot and Cold Meter Upgrade, and then I was 1 Point under what I needed for the Key Pings Upgrade.).
Getting a Defense Item is definitely easy... in theory... until you actually get to an item room and all you get is a single Scanner that just tells you that all the Keys are in the same room as The Widow (Overexaggerating of course, but it always feels that way lol.), and you don't get any Strange Bottles until you go to a room that is 3 feet away from The Widow, and then you're screwed anyway.
I definitely closed doors behind me when I first started, but she immediately opens them and just continues to follow me no matter what, so that didn't help so I just decided to keep running until I found out that that doesn't help either because the MC has Extreme Asthma. But, what is "Crouch Hopping"? Maybe that will help.
I've only ever had one successful run lol. That gave me enough points to get 1 of the Key upgrades (I think I got the Hot and Cold Meter first?) and then the next run I got 1 Key before throwing just so I could the get the ONE point that I still needed to get the Key Pings (Sorry I don't remember the Upgrade names...). I also got the Map Marker Upgrade to see where The Widow is, but I found out that it was INCREDIBLY useless because you have to be completely stationary in order to use it and the game doesn't pause when you use it. I even tried using it to tell me exactly which way to go to avoid The Widow because as soon as she sees you, your run is over, but she always seems to be Puppy Guarding at least 1 Key Location which is a serious problem when you need all of them to escape and can't be seen by her under any circumstances.
I admit that I was a little frustrated with the amount of Grinding you had to do in the game at first, but I overall absolutely LOVE this game and hope you keep working on it or at least make games that are similar to this one. Also, I'm surprised to hear that you are a Solo Dev. I expected there to be at least 3 people working on this, so that's an amazing thing to hear about (except for obviously the Voice Actor, B, who absolutely knocked it out of the park with their voice for The Widow). And, I will definitely continue to play this game despite the grind (I mean, I played Vampire Mansion enough to get every single upgrade, costume, and furniture piece so that should tell you how committed I am to these types of games.). Keep up the great work Krasue Games!
Thanks again for the kind words. I have updated the game to lower the prices of a few shop items and increase the amount you get from keys. It's not a huge increase but might be able to make the difference. RNG and other things are still untouched, however.
I do plan on making more games, this game has been a good way for me to get feedback and ideas for what I do next. I do like horror games so do plan on doing more in that field. There were plenty of things I wanted to do with this game but gave myself a pretty harsh deadline to get it out so a lot of those things will probably just get pushed into my next project.
I'm happy to hear you took my feedback to heart (at least enough to update the game because of it lol)! I'm always happy to put my 2 cents in for any game that I really like. I want games that I like to be the best they can be, and I'm happy to hear that you are going to keep making games! I have definitely gotten better at the game after quite a few runs, and have now devised my own particular strategies that seem to work (at least for now), but I still have a long way to go before I consider myself to be "good" at this game. I'll be keeping an eye on this game and your future games, Krasue. I look forward to seeing what else you make. I'll also be playing this game for a long while, it seems. I have plenty of costumes to get still for The Widow.
How to unlock freemode
You purchase it in the shop on the main menu.
I see that, but it’s locked. I’m assuming you have to beat the game or something?
Kind of. You need to unlock NSFW mode and then you can unlock the Freemode after earning more points. Freemode just lets you view the scenes you can view normally through gameplay, but without a game over screen.
ahh okay got it, thanks
please add a way to revert controls as i mistakenly made mouse y bond to w and now cant look around
overall good game 10/10
Were you able to revert back i can't look up and down
Try going to %LocalAppData%\HallsOfPaleWidow\Saved\Config\Windows and deleting Settings.ini
This has been fixed in the v1.0.1 update.
It won't let me download through the Itch.io app
any recommendations to fix this?
It was something that needed to be fixed on my end. Should work now, thanks for letting me know.
I found a bug where if you open the map while using stamina and then press the stamina button it will consume and then regenerate while the map is open, effectively, infinite stamina.
In other run I got infinite health, but I have no idea how.
Thanks for letting me know! I haven't encountered the infinite health bug myself, but reproduction steps like for the stamina would be great in tracking down the issue.
I can actually provide a bit of insight towards the infinite health bug; I have noticed that when you drop down to zero HP, you don't immediately die, or at least that has occurred on pretty much every game I have played, if you were to pick up a healing item during that time it causes the bug to occur; my guess is that because the widow is supposed to kill you after tapping you an additional time after hitting zero HP, your HP value freezes to prevent underflow, and because you have picked up some healing your HP value increases but is never unfrozen, and as a result she can no longer kill you.