Strong agree with Box Fox's comment. Concept sounds really unique and cool. Honestly, if the point of the game was to be scary then it already achieved its goal 10 seconds from me starting the menu screen :P I would be totally down to play this kind of game in a more controlled environment, but not in my own personal space from an unknown publisher. Don't let this fact let you down, just understand that that is the reason I feel unable to play and rate.
Play Observation terminal
SCP-199-UA's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #52 | 0.333 | 1.000 |
| How well does the game fit the themes? | #52 | 0.333 | 1.000 |
| Audio | #52 | 0.333 | 1.000 |
| Visuals | #52 | 0.333 | 1.000 |
| How do you rate the game overall (you can consider fun, dev time, etc.)? | #52 | 0.333 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How long was your dev time?
3 hours
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Replying just to let you know that there is now a cursed offline .exe version available for paranoiacs. It significantly damages the horror experience and actively breaks the lore, setting, and overall vibe, but apparently some people prefer surviving emotionally over immersion.
Only because BOX FOX successfully convinced me to do it.
I mean, come on guys, I’m two clicks away from the full legal names of half of you. We can stop pretending this is still the web of 2007.
It's honestly just about what feelings I want video games to give me. Excitement: yes, immersion: sure, true discomfort: no. I truly understand that your game intends to be immersive and scary, but you have to respect that probably most people who will play and rate your game won't be looking for that experience and won't find it pleasant. I don't think you have any foul intents, but you gotta more understanding of people's hesitancy to play your game. It's not so deep, it's a 3 hour game jam people do for fun.
That’s fair. Horror as a genre is already not for everyone, and some kinds of horror are for even fewer people.
What genuinely surprised me is that I did not expect anyone in 2026 to still seriously worry about cameras, and it especially never crossed my mind that someone might think I actually want to stare at random people through their cameras. Like why would I willingly do that to myself!?
But I do understand and respect the desire for privacy.
Still, art is something that pushes you beyond your normality, and if you don't make art, then why are you doing it at all?
You made a wonderful and amazing piece of art at this jam, by the way.
So like all the others below, I clicked out upon realising my camera would be needed to play. I fully understand where you're coming from in your responses, it's the core mechanic of the game and there's so many cameras in the world - what's the harm in one more?
I'd say that it's a camera capturing you in a personal setting, most likely your home, the output of which we don't know what will be done with it. Rather than it being a camera we have no control over, we have the possibility to say "no".
I'm not raising this as a negative, more that it is like when people don't include a web build for a game jam and instead only have a downloadable .exe file - it's totally fine to do, as long as you're ok understanding that as a result you'll get far fewer people playing your game.
I love the idea of your game though, and hope you had a good time making it!
That is honestly a completely fair point and intended emotional response.
The whole idea of the game is that "slight" discomfort of "I am connecting my own camera to some weird containment surveillance system over the internet and maybe this is a terrible idea". Even if rationally you know it’s just a 3 hour jam game, the POSSIBILITY is a part of horror effect. The network connection itself is basically irreplaceable lore mechanic and part of the setting.
If someone plays Skyrim and decides to stay in the prison cell because escaping jail would be illegal that is technically a valid roleplay choice.
Still, only because I like foxes almost as much as otters and [DATA EXPUNGED], I somehow bullied .exe version specially for you. Electron fought me every step of the way and continues to be a deeply suspicious pile of shioftware.
So yes, now you can literally download it, unplug your internet cable like it’s 199█ and play completely offline with absolute certainty nothing is being sent anywhere and no extramaterial entity is watching you while you are watching it. The tradeoff is that the local build is cursed. Webcam detection and performance are unstable, and the overall “someone might actually be watching me” SCP energy takes a big hit.
But it does work. Against all odds, initial idea and nature itself.
Now go enjoy the offline version in the "safety" of your box, my fellow coward fox!
Very cool idea man, I've watched a Before your eyes playthrough and I liked, I imagine this game would use mechanic like that, but I am not that comfortable using my camera.
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The Shorld WifterReplying just to let you know that there is now a cursed offline .exe version available for paranoiacs. It significantly damages the horror experience and actively breaks the lore, setting, and overall vibe, but apparently some people prefer surviving emotionally over immersion.
Only because BOX FOX successfully convinced me to do it.
I mean, come on guys, I’m two clicks away from the full legal names of half of you. We can stop pretending this is still the web of 2007.
I stopped when the game asked for camera permissions 👁️👁️
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Red Lighter, Green LighterReplying just to let you know that there is now a cursed offline .exe version available for paranoiacs. It significantly damages the horror experience and actively breaks the lore, setting, and overall vibe, but apparently some people prefer surviving emotionally over immersion.
Only because BOX FOX successfully convinced me to do it.
I mean, come on guys, I’m two clicks away from the full legal names of half of you. We can stop pretending this is still the web of 2007.
Replying just to let you know that there is now a cursed offline .exe version available for paranoiacs. It significantly damages the horror experience and actively breaks the lore, setting, and overall vibe, but apparently some people prefer surviving emotionally over immersion.
Only because BOX FOX successfully convinced me to do it.
I mean, come on guys, I’m two clicks away from the full legal names of half of you. We can stop pretending this is still the web of 2007.
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