Forget Your Chains

I'm pretty late I know, but gods knowing that you've endured this (well slightly less but still, given that it was just so...bizarre the entire time) is kind of wild for me. The game in and of itself was a great one, I genuinely loved the gameplay and the best ending out there, because I think it's almost equivalent to someone with high power finally getting contacts--to see the world in a much brighter way. The realisation that not everything is screwed up makes me kind of happy. The bad ending saying how she did not deserve her fate due to struggling so much everyday just for one incident to shatter her was genuinely impactful (in the bad final ending no2)

I do have a few questions. 

(a) Why did you choose the name Nonnie instead of plenty? I would 100% understand if it's just some wild name but idk I feel like it may have a closer significance

(b) What is her backstory? She mentions of an incident (I think). 

(c) What happened to her familY?

I'd like to end it off by saying that I'm happy that you reached out and got therapy. This...weirdly does make sense in some way, because all these voices does get based off of some sort of reality which gives it more power as it's more believable. All of the scenes with blood would be the person scratching themselves and honestly, it's cruel for someone to endure things like this. Thanks for creating a game like this, it gave me a glimpse to what people endure.

oh this game fucked me up so bad, especially the worms thing. i've never been affected by a horror game so much, you did an amazing job. and dw, it fucked me up in a good way (the psychological horror way)

Thank you for writing this chilly (a for me as a creator, inspiring) game! I really enjoyed the weird mix of the artwork and the strange atmosphere that made me look for my meds! :)

This was honestly a really great game! I absolutely loved the atmosphere you built with it and the way it was utilized worked very well in it's favor. I only had the time to get 1 ending; however, I might have to go back for all the other ones at a later point!

Is this what people suffering from psychosis feel? How much is fantasy and how much is reality in this game? I am not demanding an exact representation, I am just curious because I know nothing about the subject.

It was a strange thing, the worms hatching and saying "yay" with rainbows was to my unintentional humor, and the good ending felt strangely optimistic after all that had happened. Overall it was a good story.

I think it's partly because my pc is old, but the special effects consume an insane amount of CPU. The main menu alone put my usage at 95% and without special effects it was at 5-10%. Such special effects are well done but, it would be nice if it could be regulated in some way, I think. And the text is so small, I had to strain my eyes to read it.

My cons with the game are more technical than anything else, I enjoyed the story itself, I hope you keep making good interesting games like this one. Sorry if it sounded like I didn't like the experience.

What engine did you use to make this? And how much time did it take?

i dont have a pc but this looks so interesting omg

great jobs novel

This game is amazing! I have never played a game like this before, and the atmosphere is quite chilling. I personally don't have schizoaffective, but I do have depression, and I gotta say, the bad ending and good ending hit really close to home. The good ending filled me with feelings of hope and healing, that it does get better after all, you just have to fight some demons first. I also loved the Hands of God ending, it was the right amount of horrifying and I couldn't help but laugh when the worms popped out screaming "YAAAAAAAY" in rainbow wavy text. 10/10, 5 stars, would play again. I can see why some people may wish it was longer, but I honestly like that it's short. I CANNOT WAIT to see what else Gloomybat will come up with next!

PS: Would you allow people to make videos of your games and upload them on sites such as YouTube?

Hey, first game I tried out on this website. First off, I absolutely loved the atmosphere of the game. I was pretty unsettled with certain descriptions of the character's inner dialogue. The hands of god ending was horrifying with the worms being inside your body, celebrating hysterically.

The pace wasn't too bad either. The game was a bit short, but it had a lot content packed inside for the time spent in-game. The good ending was impactful and reminded me of those horror games that give you an emotional feeling of hope, even if there are horrors beyond comprehension and despair awaiting for the protagonist (like Resident Evil, etc).

Only critique is that I think you should make your future games longer to pace things out a bit better. There was good pacing for the amount of time you had, but it was a lot to digest during my first playthrough.

I think this is a solid game, especially if the person who plays the game is into psychological visual horror. I hope you make more games in the future, would love to test them out and give my opinion.

decent game, but the pro life monologue was dissapointing