Hey! With FQ9 ending soon, I wanted to let you know that I won't be able to cover your game until after the event. If you're okay with waiting, just keep the game on the event and I'll be getting around to it over the next couple of months or so. :)

Wow, the horror in this game is REALLY effective!

It's really neat to see a horror game that's so brightly lit, and has such a unique perspective, while still being properly scary. Having a kind of zoomed out perspective while also having vision obscured based on camera placement was a really neat mechanic that I haven't seen done before. Great job!

I think it would be nice if camera placements stayed the same after you died - It felt like most of the time after i failed a level, I would be re-collecting the cameras just to place them in the same spot. It made it a bit harder to think "ohh I'll try one more time," since trying again required so much set-up. That being said, knowing i'd have to redo all that did make the monster chases much more tense! I dunno! I also had an issue at one point where I had all of the boxes I needed and opened the door, but I couldn't figure out how to properly exit the level, and got killed at the last second. That was a bit frustrating - Ultimately it was my fault for panicking, but it would be nice if it was a bit easier to end the level once the requirements were met.

The dog is PROPERLY scary, and introducing more mechanics like the apples and the wooden planks stressed me out SO MUCH, although I don't think I had much of an issue with any enemy apart from that darn dog. I'd be really excited to see how the game builds upon itself, and adds more monsters with unique mechanics. I can imagine an enemy that picks up your camera and moves it to another room, or maybe an enemy that drops whoopie cushions that make loud sounds when you step on them. The possibilities are endless!

I had a lot of fun with this one! I played it on stream around 2:15:45 and I was stressed the WHOLE time. 

• Youtube Link / Twitch Link
• Graphics : A bit weird tbf, our character is somewhat monsterish looking hisself. The monster looks more like a weird monstrous horse than a dog , and sounds like a hyena. The grass texture might do with replacing, it's easy to see the tiling.
• GUI : A bit rough , the inventory icons and , position etc could all be changed up for the better IMO.
• Performance : Fine.
• Music / Sfx : 
  • Music : Fine but strangely calm for a horror game.
  • SFX : Fine , but the monster's sfx can kinda stack.
• Gameplay : A rather unfair feeling horror game. With the game seemingly only spawning boxes outside of the house and the speed of the monster, it feels more like it's attempting to be a rage game and just meant to be unfair.
• Misc Issues : 
  • Controller support is only partially finished?
  • The monster's legs kinda glitch out / stretch
• Notes : 
  • The monster can see you through the window, even if you can't see it because it's off screen!
  • The sound needs to be positional (or refined if it's attempting to do so) , it's far too easy to blunder into the monster by accident.
  • It'd be nice if we had something other than cameras to use , wardrobes or other things to hide in or behind , it seems like you can somewhat lose the monster's aggro but in it's current state there's no real way to ensure it doesn't just casually walk into you again.
    • Noise makers, single use or a re-usable thing like cameras
  • The monster is far too fast in it's calm state, sneaking around you're maybe about half the speed, meaning that it's practically guaranteed death if it's heading to the room(s) you're in.
• Final Thoughts : Overall I can't say I particularly enjoyed this, the monster felt far too 'strong' without anything to really help the player, the cameras are a fine addition but with the speed the thing moves in, knowing which room it's in doesn't help all to much as by the time you might finally leave the room you're in by sneaking, it's already wandered into the same room.

A good concept with a great art style, but unfortunately I couldn't get past level 2. The dog just seems too hard to counter, as soon as it sees you it's a guaranteed death, and since you can't see where it is most of the time, it just feels like you die out of nowhere. I can see in theory how it's supposed to be countered, setting up cameras tactically around the house and using the alarm clocks to move it somewhere else, but in practice the distraction amounts to little help since you have to place the clocks maually and wait for them to go off and the level is too big to keep the dog consistently in an area the cameras cover. The game tells you to use shift to stop it from hearing you, and it does give some warning in the form of sound, but neither of those seemed to help much either. Maybe this is all a skill issue, but I feel like some sort of nerf to the dog would signifigantly reduce the frustration factor of the game.

Some other notes:

+ I mentioned above, but I really like the game's art style. The player character is cute, the houses look nice and the dog looks appropriately scary. My only complaints visuals wise are that the nesting chicken thing could maybe use more shading on the neck and body, and there are a few visual bugs I encountered that I'll describe below.

+ The cameras are a fun mechanic to mess around with and seem to have decent depth. It's nice working out where best to get a bunch of rooms connected by windows with one camera, and finding the best spots to strategically place them is fun.

+ The music is quite good, and enhances the uncanny atmosphere the game has.

- While you can see quite far above you (screen-wise), the perspective singifigantly limits what you can see below you, which can further compound the issue with the dog insta-killing you out of nowhere. Just having the option to turn the camera would fix this.

- I encountered some visual glitches: 

                 - When you open a door, it z-fights with the top of the wall

                 - Water seen through one of the windows is all white as if it were just the edge, and multipe layers of                         water texture planes can be seen when the water areas fade away from view

                 - There are often random jagged shadows on the walls, I beleive they are from trees that aren't currently                   in the visible area but are still casting shadows.

- When downloaded, the game's folder is just called "Windows Build", which maybe makes sense on the downloads page but gets confusing if when you download it and leave it in a folder. with other games

The game looks very interesting overall, and I wish I could've gotten further. I do look forward to seeing where this game goes, and wish you the best of luck in further development.