That was scary, but in a way of something that's disturbing and feels off, and i like this kind of horror! i tried multiple times to get the endings, but lorewise i'm still trying to figure it out, haha. i don't know where the man went, or what makes him attracted to the vocab app, but it was something that freaks me out for sure. good game! i learned new, complex words today!
It might just be that I'm a dumbass but it took me more than 3 attempts to get the final ending because i didn't realize that the text changed. Either way had fun playing this.
No, we both got it wrong. If you suck at grammar, you get the bad ending. Good ending if you call your friend and are good at grammar, good ending (barely) if you call mom and don't suck.
Uhh... no offense but there is nothing to master, he acts the same no matter what you do, if you want all endings just don't waste your time on checking.
(p.s if you meant that by this :........ Now . . . Don't Look Outside Of Your Window then maybe be more oblivious)
bro this game is so trippy- not recommended that you play at 2 in the morning but if you want that crazy creepy feel then definitely go for it- though its still creepy if you play it in the day so either way you'll still be left with goosebumps- had to turn off my volume after playing since I live in the country and I couldn't tell if the sounds I was hearing were from my laptop or outside and started feeling uncomfortable- the way the graphics aren't like perfectly crystal clear and all that jazz just makes it 10 times creepier when I get to thinking about how creepy this would be if it happened irl- but then again its still creepy no matter how you look at it- also the hardest part for me to actually play through was the vocab part- I'm not a lit prof so I was just a tit stumped when I realized I wasn't clicking for the audience level but just to test my actual vocab skill- overall I really love horror/spooky games so this was a blast to play going into it with no clue as to how the storyline would unfold- I'll go ahead and recommend to others so they can get a taste of how freaked out I was for a few minutes- (I read this 4 times before posting and yes I mean 'tit' not 'tad' or 'bit'. don't bother trying to correct my grammar because you'll just get hit with words you didn't even know existed or just flat out ignored for your unpleasant ignorance. in short keep it to yourself if you think even for a second someone might get offended before you get cursed out in Japanese and French. ty for reading have a nice day)
just learned some new word B] but this game was really good its just spooky enough to make you sink into your chair trying to hide from whatevers on screen X3
I learned more words by playing this game than spending a day at school LOL. In all seriousness though, the foreboding atmosphere the gameplay gives off is just so powerful. A really neat game with a lot of juicy lore.
Great job! This game was amazingly creepy. After seeing creepypasta and r/nosleep mentioned in the description, I knew I had to play this. Maybe the secret to improving our vocabulary and studies in general is having a man clad in shadow standing outside our window? Studying for survival taking a literal form. Coincidentally, a couple of days ago I was listening to S17E08 featuring "A Study in Solitude", additionally, my window faces the flat entrance, so, maybe I'll keep them close for a while. Just to be on the safe side.
I'm not able to use my headphones (port busted) but it still got me spooked. Since I haven't seen anyone talking about the possible story of the game I will!
So based on the fact that the man outside is attracted to your phone according to your friend, it probably uses electronics to track it's prey. It seems to "infect" if that's the right word the electronics and that shows how it's feeling?
Your friend also seems to be similar in that regard? But not a monster, since they remember everything that happens and can also use your phone to convey messages, they're clearly not human, but not evil either.
Now onto the glitches and other anomalies present. The man seems to convey how it feels via your phone, it's probably not purposely trying to communicate or whatever it's doing, but just a side effect? Such as the necrophagia part. I think it also connects you? Or maybe these parts are hallucinations induced by it's presence, what I'm talking about are the incessant, breathing, and the leaves falling parts, I think it's causing you to hallucinate and think about how it's incessant, hearing and feeling breathing, and seeing leaves.
Now onto your friend! I think your friend is also capable of infecting your phone, and is also an anomaly of sorts, since they're aware of things resetting, and I think them acting dumb about your window being broken is to keep the loops intact until they can find a solution. When they do find a solution, they leave themselves vulnerable....
The endings in my opinion show off more of what the man's goals are and how a time loop is in play and how your friend isn't human, but not stronger than the man.
Bad ending:
You suck at vocab, which doesn't really... matter? But your friend nor your mom is unable to help you leaving you to your fate (at least until the loop restarts).
There are two things I think about this ending:
Either your friend is kidnapped (which explains why they quit responding) and is murdered, which is why you smell mushrooms and something rott...en and the door is locked, shown by the audio of a what sounds like a doorknob being use but not opening, and then what we can only assume is the man killing you and eating your corpse (necrophagia is one of the words in the game for a reason. I think this is the most likely scenario.
or
The man is essentially a walking corpse that can mess with electronics, a very common spirit or whatever ability. It's stopping you from receiving messages or contacting anyone for that matter. See above to what I think it does.
Good ending:
Your friend showing up before the man gets to them (this ending is what makes me think about the former part of my theory on the bad ending is the most likely scenario) and is able to drive them away. The broken window's significance makes me think the man is aware of the time loop and cracks as if to say, "I will get you next time." and then scenario loops once more, which I think is your friend's influence whether they're aware of what they're doing or not?
Good ending (barely): I'm thinking with this one, any sort of outside influence can drive the man away, but only your friend is capable of fighting back against it sorta. Window theory stays the same.
Final ending:
This is where it culminates, your friend has finally figured out this thing isn't giving up, and decides to figure out how to stop it.
Due to being otherworldly, and able to look into your phone too, they can sense it's attraction to phone and is using it to track you. They do some digging, yada-yada, and discovers this.
They try telling you in the final texts, but is stopped by the man outside, and you seem to be left to your fate again and yet another time loop, but your friend instead decides to risk it and leave themselves open to leave a message via the app telling you to turn off your phone.
It works and the man is gone, bad news is, it has a new target, tracking your friend via their involvement in your phone and following the trail. It's hunger is now directed to them. I think the man outside will also employ a new tactic, one where turning off their phone won't be so effective.
And that's my theory! To anyone who reads, I hope you enjoyed my rambling, and feel to criticize it, or suggest something else. Some other stuff I loved about this game is that during the third set of all the difficulties, most if not all the words are related to your current situation, such as:
Nadir: lowest point, it's the lowest point for your safety
Macilent: emaciated, the man outside is emaciated and needs food, which happens to be you
Necrophagy: corpse eating, do I really need to explain this one?
There are others, but these stuck out to me the most.
OK! allow me to get to work here! I played this all to many times and have theories of my own. There is one thing I don't agree with and some things I would like to add. I do not agree with you on what the friend is. I think the "man" is hunting him and, as I think your theory of him tracing prey through electronics makes sense, he hears your friend through the phone and thinks you are him, meaning that different things happen depending on the endings you get. Here are those theories:
Bad ending: He comes for you and succeeds in it, but eats you far to fast and before he realizes you are a different person (if he can)
Good ending: your friend gets there and the man tries to go to the door before it gets most likely locked and you find the window he half broke trying to get in.
Final ending: He finds out your friend is somewhere else via him interfering with your phone and goes there. that's it.
Anyway I think that the time loop theory works only because your friend knows you have encountered the man before. Though it does explain why the man stops him on your phone, and in my opinion also gives a good reason for why he would hunt your friend. Ether way your theories are good and the game is great!
The mood here is unparalleled, I was terrified and checked the window constantly. Even after checking the comments and about the game section to know how to get more endings, I still couldn't help being paranoid about checking.
SPOILERS BELOW
The good ending keeps the creep factor while letting you feel some relief, and the bad and true endings are truly upsetting.
That said, I found the fact that 'he' comes more for your phone than for you specifically a bit odd. Is the creature after humans but interacts with them solely through eletronics? That seems a bit overly specific... Is it attracted by signals and attacks humans once it finds them? I don't know, it just felt, odd.
Still, an amazing and atmospheric story delivered with strong visuals and good gameplay. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I played easy cuz normal was NOT normal, but I swear some of those words did not mean what it said, I assuming its for the spooky aroma. Cuz insecure does not mean unsafe and obsessed does not mean haunted. Great game tho. Tbh I dont understand the good ending. If you could explain that would be great!
These words do absolutely mean that, you're just too used to one of the definitions of the word, when they have multiple meanings depending on context.
i'm curious as to how to get the other two endings! i'm proud to say I did fairly well on the vocab because i'm a language buff >:] there were some good ass words in here!
One of the endings can be unlocked by failing the vocab game (unconscionable, I know :P). The final ending is unlocked by playing through all three levels and following your friend's advice. Glad you enjoyed!!
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That was scary, but in a way of something that's disturbing and feels off, and i like this kind of horror! i tried multiple times to get the endings, but lorewise i'm still trying to figure it out, haha. i don't know where the man went, or what makes him attracted to the vocab app, but it was something that freaks me out for sure. good game! i learned new, complex words today!
A very cool game and i really liked the idea of the gamestyle.... kudos....and i hope u make more games like this :)
Very cool.
It might just be that I'm a dumbass but it took me more than 3 attempts to get the final ending because i didn't realize that the text changed. Either way had fun playing this.
Amazing! I got all the 3 endings, the final ending truly surprised me. Hats off to you!
Very good game, loved it!
Mommy, why did he move? Can I get A teddy bear and the F.B.I C.I.A and Scotland yard??
yEaH sUrE hOnEY, wE'rE nOt bROkE aS fUcK oR aNyThINg
I think we need to consider putting our child up for adoption.
No one's gonna buy them. We should put them to the streets.
youre right, its the best option. For us, not the kid. But with their high hopes im sure they'll figure something out, probably, maybe
They're annoying, so they could probably kill people for a lving.
This game is amazing. Is there even a bad ending? Also please check out my profile I just finished a mini golf game.
There is a bad ending if you tell your friend to come ove
Wrong. there is a bad ending if you call your mom.
Actually, bad ending means you suck at grammar like me.
I had my headphones in... I honestly thought someone rang my doorbell XD
Loved it!
good ending! (barley) haha laughed at that. like a nervous giggle. a chuckle if you will.
wait how do you get the good ending
i have no clue man i just was very spooked
good ending if you tell friend to come. bad ending if you text mom. don't know how to get ending 3 though.
K, I figured out that you get ending 3 (or at least the possibility to, there is a quick time event) if you got endings 1&2 already.
I think it's the other way around - good ending if you text mom, bad ending if you tell friend to come. Ending 3 needs both of the others, though.
No, we both got it wrong. If you suck at grammar, you get the bad ending. Good ending if you call your friend and are good at grammar, good ending (barely) if you call mom and don't suck.
AAAAA WHAT
THE FINAL ENDING IS SO GOOD OMG
Yea, yea it is.
He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!
lmfao
This Game is Really Good!! heres my rating :)
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☑ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10
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Go follow My Scratch, Its In My Profile Bio Heheheheh :) ........ Now . . .
Don't Look Outside Of Your Window. . . ? What's Wrong?Uhh... no offense but there is nothing to master, he acts the same no matter what you do, if you want all endings just don't waste your time on checking.
(p.s if you meant that by this :........ Now . . . Don't Look Outside Of Your Window then maybe be more oblivious)
I Know This But i Dont Really Care Tbh
This game is awesome! I love the atmosphere
THIS WAS AMAZINGGG BRO
DUDE THIS WAS HELLA DOPE
Really like the premise for this one and the gameplay of making me paranoid and constantly checking outside is a really effective, tense idea
bro this game is so trippy- not recommended that you play at 2 in the morning but if you want that crazy creepy feel then definitely go for it- though its still creepy if you play it in the day so either way you'll still be left with goosebumps- had to turn off my volume after playing since I live in the country and I couldn't tell if the sounds I was hearing were from my laptop or outside and started feeling uncomfortable- the way the graphics aren't like perfectly crystal clear and all that jazz just makes it 10 times creepier when I get to thinking about how creepy this would be if it happened irl- but then again its still creepy no matter how you look at it- also the hardest part for me to actually play through was the vocab part- I'm not a lit prof so I was just a tit stumped when I realized I wasn't clicking for the audience level but just to test my actual vocab skill- overall I really love horror/spooky games so this was a blast to play going into it with no clue as to how the storyline would unfold- I'll go ahead and recommend to others so they can get a taste of how freaked out I was for a few minutes- (I read this 4 times before posting and yes I mean 'tit' not 'tad' or 'bit'. don't bother trying to correct my grammar because you'll just get hit with words you didn't even know existed or just flat out ignored for your unpleasant ignorance. in short keep it to yourself if you think even for a second someone might get offended before you get cursed out in Japanese and French. ty for reading have a nice day)
Yes. Your grammar is flawless in every way. You are perfection itself.
Oh, I loved this game! Every time I tried to focus; I could hear movement in the background. Very creepy stuff! Awesome Job!
amazing game!
That was a awesome game!
Great game!
That was a great game!
just learned some new word B] but this game was really good its just spooky enough to make you sink into your chair trying to hide from whatevers on screen X3
bro i just learned new words but i love it
I learned more words by playing this game than spending a day at school LOL. In all seriousness though, the foreboding atmosphere the gameplay gives off is just so powerful. A really neat game with a lot of juicy lore.
the creepypasta in the description never left the phase
Great job! This game was amazingly creepy. After seeing creepypasta and r/nosleep mentioned in the description, I knew I had to play this. Maybe the secret to improving our vocabulary and studies in general is having a man clad in shadow standing outside our window? Studying for survival taking a literal form. Coincidentally, a couple of days ago I was listening to S17E08 featuring "A Study in Solitude", additionally, my window faces the flat entrance, so, maybe I'll keep them close for a while. Just to be on the safe side.
I'm not able to use my headphones (port busted) but it still got me spooked. Since I haven't seen anyone talking about the possible story of the game I will!
So based on the fact that the man outside is attracted to your phone according to your friend, it probably uses electronics to track it's prey. It seems to "infect" if that's the right word the electronics and that shows how it's feeling?
Your friend also seems to be similar in that regard? But not a monster, since they remember everything that happens and can also use your phone to convey messages, they're clearly not human, but not evil either.
Now onto the glitches and other anomalies present. The man seems to convey how it feels via your phone, it's probably not purposely trying to communicate or whatever it's doing, but just a side effect? Such as the necrophagia part. I think it also connects you? Or maybe these parts are hallucinations induced by it's presence, what I'm talking about are the incessant, breathing, and the leaves falling parts, I think it's causing you to hallucinate and think about how it's incessant, hearing and feeling breathing, and seeing leaves.
Now onto your friend! I think your friend is also capable of infecting your phone, and is also an anomaly of sorts, since they're aware of things resetting, and I think them acting dumb about your window being broken is to keep the loops intact until they can find a solution. When they do find a solution, they leave themselves vulnerable....
The endings in my opinion show off more of what the man's goals are and how a time loop is in play and how your friend isn't human, but not stronger than the man.
Bad ending:
You suck at vocab, which doesn't really... matter? But your friend nor your mom is unable to help you leaving you to your fate (at least until the loop restarts).
There are two things I think about this ending:
Either your friend is kidnapped (which explains why they quit responding) and is murdered, which is why you smell mushrooms and something rott...en and the door is locked, shown by the audio of a what sounds like a doorknob being use but not opening, and then what we can only assume is the man killing you and eating your corpse (necrophagia is one of the words in the game for a reason. I think this is the most likely scenario.
or
The man is essentially a walking corpse that can mess with electronics, a very common spirit or whatever ability. It's stopping you from receiving messages or contacting anyone for that matter. See above to what I think it does.
Good ending:
Your friend showing up before the man gets to them (this ending is what makes me think about the former part of my theory on the bad ending is the most likely scenario) and is able to drive them away. The broken window's significance makes me think the man is aware of the time loop and cracks as if to say, "I will get you next time." and then scenario loops once more, which I think is your friend's influence whether they're aware of what they're doing or not?
Good ending (barely): I'm thinking with this one, any sort of outside influence can drive the man away, but only your friend is capable of fighting back against it sorta. Window theory stays the same.
Final ending:
This is where it culminates, your friend has finally figured out this thing isn't giving up, and decides to figure out how to stop it.
Due to being otherworldly, and able to look into your phone too, they can sense it's attraction to phone and is using it to track you. They do some digging, yada-yada, and discovers this.
They try telling you in the final texts, but is stopped by the man outside, and you seem to be left to your fate again and yet another time loop, but your friend instead decides to risk it and leave themselves open to leave a message via the app telling you to turn off your phone.
It works and the man is gone, bad news is, it has a new target, tracking your friend via their involvement in your phone and following the trail. It's hunger is now directed to them. I think the man outside will also employ a new tactic, one where turning off their phone won't be so effective.
And that's my theory! To anyone who reads, I hope you enjoyed my rambling, and feel to criticize it, or suggest something else. Some other stuff I loved about this game is that during the third set of all the difficulties, most if not all the words are related to your current situation, such as:
Nadir: lowest point, it's the lowest point for your safety
Macilent: emaciated, the man outside is emaciated and needs food, which happens to be you
Necrophagy: corpse eating, do I really need to explain this one?
There are others, but these stuck out to me the most.
Loved the game!
Thanks for your theory. I enjoyed reading it and it made me understand the game more.
OK! allow me to get to work here! I played this all to many times and have theories of my own. There is one thing I don't agree with and some things I would like to add. I do not agree with you on what the friend is. I think the "man" is hunting him and, as I think your theory of him tracing prey through electronics makes sense, he hears your friend through the phone and thinks you are him, meaning that different things happen depending on the endings you get. Here are those theories:
Bad ending: He comes for you and succeeds in it, but eats you far to fast and before he realizes you are a different person (if he can)
Good ending: your friend gets there and the man tries to go to the door before it gets most likely locked and you find the window he half broke trying to get in.
Final ending: He finds out your friend is somewhere else via him interfering with your phone and goes there. that's it.
Anyway I think that the time loop theory works only because your friend knows you have encountered the man before. Though it does explain why the man stops him on your phone, and in my opinion also gives a good reason for why he would hunt your friend. Ether way your theories are good and the game is great!
i got the bad ending but that was cool
Got the final and bad endings. I'm lazy to get the good one, and despite that, the game is still interesting - leaving me with questions.
The mood here is unparalleled, I was terrified and checked the window constantly. Even after checking the comments and about the game section to know how to get more endings, I still couldn't help being paranoid about checking.
SPOILERS BELOW
The good ending keeps the creep factor while letting you feel some relief, and the bad and true endings are truly upsetting.
That said, I found the fact that 'he' comes more for your phone than for you specifically a bit odd. Is the creature after humans but interacts with them solely through eletronics? That seems a bit overly specific... Is it attracted by signals and attacks humans once it finds them? I don't know, it just felt, odd.
Still, an amazing and atmospheric story delivered with strong visuals and good gameplay. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
really cool concept, loved learning new words. and also meeting my cool new friend!
:0
O MY GOD this was a REALLY good game
very spoopy indeed
I played easy cuz normal was NOT normal, but I swear some of those words did not mean what it said, I assuming its for the spooky aroma. Cuz insecure does not mean unsafe and obsessed does not mean haunted. Great game tho. Tbh I dont understand the good ending. If you could explain that would be great!
These words do absolutely mean that, you're just too used to one of the definitions of the word, when they have multiple meanings depending on context.
i'm curious as to how to get the other two endings! i'm proud to say I did fairly well on the vocab because i'm a language buff >:] there were some good ass words in here!
One of the endings can be unlocked by failing the vocab game (unconscionable, I know :P). The final ending is unlocked by playing through all three levels and following your friend's advice. Glad you enjoyed!!
played through twice just to learn new words