General thoughts

Playtime: about 5 minutes

The hook and concept seem like they could be interesting, but right now the experience feels underdeveloped and it was not very clear to me what I was supposed to be doing.

What worked well

• The dating-app concept is easy to recognize and has room to be fun.
• The short format makes it easy to try without much commitment.
• I like that it is playable directly in the browser.

What I would change

• My first impression was that the UI and icon styles feel too inconsistent. There are several different visual styles competing with each other, and it makes the game feel more amateurish than it needs to. I would rather see a much simpler, more cohesive set of icons and UI elements.
• The core loop and objective need to be clearer. The concept seems promising, but I was not always sure what I needed to do or what counted as progress. I would spend more time fleshing out the basic flow before adding more complexity.

Overall, I think there is an interesting idea here, but I would focus first on visual consistency and clarity of the core experience. A cleaner UI and a more obvious player goal would make a big difference.

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I don't really get it, and I don't think I found the right chat entry point either. The monster's portrait startled me (is the sound effect volume a bit too loud?). And I keep running into the timeout bad ending? (You know, the one with the jumpscare and the noise.)

easy to get started playing, hard to figure out how i can get past the screamer or if its possible to match with someone

gave it 3 tries, no idea what to do

loading returned me close to death