Krasue Games5 days ago(+3)
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.
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Jay5 days ago (1 edit) (+1)
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 PuppyGuarding 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 circ*mstances.
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!
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Krasue Games5 days ago(+1)
Thanks again for the kind words. Ihave 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.
Ido plan on making more games, this game has been a good way for me to get feedback and ideas for what Ido next. Ido like horror games so do plan on doing more in that field. There were plenty of things Iwanted 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.
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Jay4 days ago(+1)
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.
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