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Nice! I loved Delete After Reading, but I feel like I have to play Unmemory first for some reason, maybe I’m wrong.

I have played Looking Up I Only See A Ceiling, and my only impressions from the demo was that it was astonishingly short, haha. I’m not entirely sure what genre of the story I’m being sold here - horror vibes? Depression vibes? Mystery vibes? But i did like 5 minutes I played it for

Thanks for posting Spirit of Midnight prologue! It’s not really my kinda game, as you put it “cute cartoon animal shenanigans” isn’t something I’m into, but I did have the game on my wishlist for a while (in case I was missing something incredible- you never know), and I thought it was abandoned. I’m going to give it a try!

Were you able to give [ I ] Doesn’t Exist - A Modern Text Adventure a spin? For some reasons, I think you might like it. 10 Dead Doves - maybe not so much. Then again, I noticed that horror adventures aren’t very popular with folks who always present on these forums in general. However, maybe someone is lurking out there and is interested…

How about Slender Threads Prologue ? It’s a point’n'click in a “cartoon horror” (with some comedy) style. It’s one of my most anticipated (and many others judging by the feedback) game of 2023. Even this demo has very positive reviews on Steam. It sets up the mystery of a book salesman stumbling into something spooky very nicely, has a solid length too. I hope people will give it a try and write here about their impressions.

Edit: words.

Just played Spirit of Midnight Prologue – a bit too simple for my taste, (although I like how the cat took pretty much everything there was on screen, haha), and “cute” and “relaxing” aren’t generally my tags on steam, buuut …  I like that the cat had sass, and I dig the visuals – like a children’s book. If the puzzles would get more complex – I can totally see myself enjoying it. For now I’m keeping it on my wishlist to see the feedback when it comes out.

Now – separate thank you for mentioning The Sentient Box! I just played the demo and purchased it right away. It seems to be ARG (-ish) game that’s very similar to Acolyte that I mentioned in “Games You Just Finished Thread”, but a milder, more entertaining version (as opposed to Acolyte’s hard-core “find your own way, guess the cipher, then use the cipher – and by the way, you probably didn’t even know that particular cipher even exists. Haha. Joke’s on you” gameplay). I enjoy games like these lately, and the fact that they aren’t extra super duper challenging doesn’t really take anything away from them. I’m going more for “after-work entertainment with a slight challenge” fun when I play those. Thanks again!

This may sound self-promotional for sure, but I’d like to pitch my almost finished game for potential interest called 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻, a narrative point’n'click game with puzzles, choices and morality. Help a serial killer regain a shred of humanity as his conscience. If u find it interested, check it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2216860/The_Gray_Man/

I have tried The Gray Man demo, and I all got from it was being very confused. The visual style that embraces heavy blurriness and lots of monochrome tones along with the choice of navigation made me abandon the ship after stumbling around for some time. I do like the premise, however, so maybe I ought to try it again.

I’ll be checking out Twilight Oracle soon!

Here are a couple of demos I wanted to share this month.

1.Death Corp

I didn’t have much hope for it initially, as this seemed like another point’n'click with over-the-top silly humor that thinks it’s all it needs to have going for it. But after playing the demo I was pleasantly surprised, I suppose. It seems like the game has a self-awareness thread going through it, and I’m all about that. I don’t care how cheesy it can get - if the game is aware of it, there’s hope for it yet. Or maybe it can even turn out to be cool little indie gem. Who knows. Either way -I enjoyed the demo.

2.Repella Fella

Loved the demo for this mix of point’n'click and choose-your-own-adventure game that has comedy, lots of cartoon violence and gore, cussing and, most importantly, three (or they say 3+) approaches to every problem in the game. Add great voice acting and you’ll get a promising demo. The game just got its June release date, so, if all goes well, it will be out shortly. I don’t think the trailer does the game justice, but I’m putting it below anyway. Give it a try and see what you think!

I’ve played Underground Blossom as well, although I didn’t have to - I’ll buy it on the day of release. Rusty Lake never disappoints. Also took longer than 15, and as always, while I technically finished the demo, I kept thinking that I missed like 37 different things they probably put in that snippet of a game. Oh well.

I only played a demo for Golden Idol. I thought it was entertaining enough, but rather easy. This, of course, could be due to the fact that they have the beginning of the game in demo, aka “learning the ropes”. Does the game get a bit more complex?

I also gave Twilight Oracle a try, and it didn’t really grab me. Maybe it’s because the stakes of the story isn’t quite high enough, maybe it’s because having teens as protagonists isn’t that interesting to me anymore (unless done very well), maybe it’s because the puzzles were easy but also kinda silly… Don’t know, doesn’t seem to be really my game. I liked Corruption Within by this developer, and the graphics and music were great in this demo (as in the other game), so I definitely think there’s an audience for this one. It wasn’t a bad demo, it was a “good but not my thing” demo.

I’d like to share a demo (or, rather a prologue) I have tried recently - Phoenix Springs: Prologue. It is a mystery point’n'click with investigation at its core (your inventory are your clues and observations you can use on the surrounding environment).

It’s from Calligram Studio, and I remember reading a long time ago that these are the people that had a hand in making Firewatch. I couldn’t find anything about it now though, and it’‘s been awhile since I’ve read about this and their studio restructuring, so please correct me if I’m wrong.

I loved the unique visual style, loved the voice-over of the main heroine, and loved the way we interact with a surrounding world. There’s definitely logic to the puzzles, and the game responds to your attempts even if they are in the right direction but a bit premature (along the lines of - “yes, this connection makes sense, but I don’t quite see exactly how yet”, if I were to paraphrase). There’s lovely dark/sinister yet melancholy atmosphere, and I love that main protagonist has a distinct personality with her clipped, tired and disenchanted observations.

This is a very promising adventure that has all the making of being great. Linking below is the only video I found of it, which is a gameplay teaser and doesn’t do much to really showcase the game ( I do recommend to try the prologue for the mystery set-up), but for the lack of anything else - here goes:

Let me know if you gave it a go!

DCast - 11 May 2023 11:16 AM

I’d like to share a demo (or, rather a prologue) I have tried recently - Phoenix Springs: Prologue. It is a mystery point’n'click with investigation at its core (your inventory are your clues and observations you can use on the surrounding environment).

It’s from Calligram Studio, and I remember reading a long time ago that these are the people that had a hand in making Firewatch. I couldn’t find anything about it now though, and it’‘s been awhile since I’ve read about this and their studio restructuring, so please correct me if I’m wrong.

I loved the unique visual style, loved the voice-over of the main heroine, and loved the way we interact with a surrounding world. There’s definitely logic to the puzzles, and the game responds to your attempts even if they are in the right direction but a bit premature (along the lines of - “yes, this connection makes sense, but I don’t quite see exactly how yet”, if I were to paraphrase). There’s lovely dark/sinister yet melancholy atmosphere, and I love that main protagonist has a distinct personality with her clipped, tired and disenchanted observations.

This is a very promising adventure that has all the making of being great. Linking below is the only video I found of it, which is a gameplay teaser and doesn’t do much to really showcase the game ( I do recommend to try the prologue for the mystery set-up), but for the lack of anything else - here goes:

Let me know if you gave it a go!

I tried it, didn’t really care for it. mostly style over any kind of substance. It also did not run well on my PC, but my PC is getting very old, so I’m not putting that on the game. it just didn’t appeal to me on any level really. I know a lot of people like the voice acting, I did not.  It sounded soulless and robotic to me and that just doesn’t do it for me.

Hey! I’m glad you gave it a try! I’m, obviously, on the other side of this from you - I thought it was very artistic but WITH substance (her main quest is quite substantial imo), and yes - I loved her voice-over, with that being said - I like it when people have opposing opinions on something I enjoy, it proves that this world isn’t a boring place Also, I’m just happy someone tried a demo from this thread

Now - are there any demos that did get you excited?  I’d love to give it a go, if I haven’t already.

DCast - 17 May 2023 01:24 PM

Hey! I’m glad you gave it a try! I’m, obviously, on the other side of this from you - I thought it was very artistic but WITH substance (her main quest is quite substantial imo), and yes - I loved her voice-over, with that being said - I like it when people have opposing opinions on something I enjoy, it proves that this world isn’t a boring place Also, I’m just happy someone tried a demo from this thread

Now - are there any demos that did get you excited?  I’d love to give it a go, if I haven’t already.

Not really, nothing is grabbing my attention. I am playing lost judgement on ps4, and enjoying it.

the last two pure adventure games,  that I played, I abandoned them because I just was not enjoying them much. One was gray matter,  that game had a lot of good ideas but just somewhat poorly executed and it rubbed me the wrong way. The other was nine nor lives and once again the puzzles didn’t match the story and the game was way too wordy, with too much dialogue. And even though some of the dialogue was funny, it just didn’t know when to stop. So i quit playing them.