I've never been so shocked. I was reading the doc because I was a bit confused about the nightmares. I came up with a different interpretation. In the second one, you can see a large figure that resembles a human. It's big, has four legs, and is very dark. That creature could represent the papa when he's doing his stuff. I found it fascinating how the nightmares have such a raw meaning. It's a pretty scary game overall.
I'm kinda late to this discourse, but here's my two cents:
First, you nailed the general atmosphere of the game. The fuzzy sound effects and the child's small stature convey that she's still developing as an organism. The days, by taking so long to complete, show the effects of her isolation. The shower task being called "Wash yourself." is the line I find most telling, since my family typically uses "take a bath/shower" for cleaning your own person, and "wash" for your hands or dishes, mere extensions of your being.
Now, I would criticize the child's surprisingly strong understanding of language or the fact that she doesn't instinctively avert her eyes from the Sun, but not only am I unsure exactly how old she's meant to be, but those don't detract from the atmosphere too much.
For the most part, I don't think you took the subject matter seriously enough. You largely reduced the brunt of them to a mere "spooky Wham Line" in each ending; the reason why people think you're glorifying such horrible topics is because the narrative's efforts at horror (basically the genre for people who like being scared) unintentionally do so. The part where the child pretends to sleep is the only scene that successfully shows how ugly her situation is. (Nicky Case's review of the 2019 film Joker helped me understand how not to glorify violence and/or similar topics.)
Personally... I don't find the story sad or scary, only ugly. I don't really see what I have to gain from this experience, since it's rare for people to enjoy being disgusted. Disgust is a pretty powerful, primal defense mechanism. Looking back, I just feel like I took a sip of spoiled milk and wondered if someone spiked it with banana juice.
If you insist on keeping the specific subject matter as the kind of surprise it is, you should probably update your disclaimer, to state that if the viewer has any (I mean any) common triggers, they must either ask a friend whether the spoilers are harmful to them, or not take a chance with the game at all.
could have had potential, but i feel it is incredible insensitive towards this very serious topic. also just kind of slow and boring to get through, not really worth getting through again to see the other ending.
There is a glitch in the game thing where you literally can just hop outta the borders, so there is that. A save feature would be really cool as the game progresses real slow. But it's a cool game!
You know the little gaming thing idk what the name was. When the stage starts you can go straight to up and you can just get out of the border. It's not very important but eh.
i played through this as my friend recommended it to me because i play a lot of horror games on itch.io, and...eh? i don't really see the appeal..great in concept absolutely! i love a setting like that in horror..but honestly the game is just so, so slow to go through- i never felt any tension throughout the game and there was just nothing to keep me in it..some may call it slow burn, but to me i just felt no burn at all
BUT, i'd say that's all for if you're going for both endings, it is not worth it to trudge through the game for both endings, i'd say go for only the good ending (not taking the pills), as it was way more interesting and fun, plus the dream for that ending actually gave me some of that itch.io horror anxiety i was looking for! the bad ending is just way too vague, and as i went for that one first, i was just confused until i had my friend explain it..and then i was just uncomfortable-
i am excited for what the dev has next in store, but this game..it is a first attempt at psychological horror, and it really shows, but the good ending i'd say is worth a playthrough if you've an extra 45 minutes!
bonus: there's a glitch in the freerunner minigame where if you get hit by an enemy under certain circumstances (i'm unsure what the circumstances are, but it's pretty lenient), you can move out of bounds of the kidpad and beat every single level for free (however you're unable to replay freerunner once you've beaten it, you'd have to reset the game)
sorry just wondering, when I tried to download this game and I opened the exe file, it said that this file could harm my pc. just wondering if this is normal or I have downloaded something wrong, but I just want to make sure it's not a virus. also this is the first game I've tried to download on this website
Very good game! I'm sorry most of the attention went to that Roblox port, I understand that it's disheartening for your work to be usurped by big content creators like that. I hope you continue to make horror games!
The reason why it got popular the most likely because it was a mobile game and people could play it without a PC or computer, I hope the creator does make a mobile version I badly wanna play it!!
Awesome game, after watching the Roblox version on yt, I told one of my friends to play this and stream it in VC, and it was mostly a good time, all though it is daunting to play the whole thing again for another ending. I made him play this version even if I didn't know that the Roblox version was removed, and I respect your decision of wanting it taken it down.
I originally wanted to try this first but of course, most games here does not support mobile and I was about to play the Roblox version since it supports mobile but it got taken down.
I call bull. The Petscop creepypasta creator didn't confirm or deny the theory until later on when he apologized for putting in the references since it got Matpat cancelled. This has very obviously taken inspiration. I'm not condemning it for that (that whole sitch was dumb and a little too woke for me, plenty of fictional works have taken inspo from real life tragedies and it's called art, prudes) I just think he's lying about it to cover his ass
I honestly wish i could download this game. I use a chromebook so i am only able to play browser games or google playstore games. This game looks so cool, so even though i can't play it i still like it.
I came from the roblox version, honestly when I finished the roblox version it was confusing to me..so I went here to see if I could stomach the original one. and OH MY GOD..I didn't actually expect that.
and the fact I was completely oblivious of it and didn't even have a single suspicions of what's actually happening makes the ending more disturbing to me because I actually trusted 'Papa'..
the game left me with a sad feeling its like I wished I didn't play this game but alas, curiosity won over me and I'm still curious as a kid.
this is my honest reaction btw after I finished playing the game:
Não é um estilo de jogo pra você entrar e se divertir, é uma experiência que simula uma história na mente de uma criança sobre abuso infantil. Os sonhos mostram como a mente da garota ficava perturbada pela quantidade de remédios junto da ansiedade que ela mostra nos sonhos, com escadas aparecendo, ela indo para um lugar que ela imaginasse que era o real. Tudo isso é fruto de sua imaginação, da forma como ela pensava e retratava o que seu pai dizia para ela, falando que o lugar era perigoso apenas para lhe deixar vulnerável e naquela situação exploratória. Esse jogo é uma forma de expressar um sentimento, não é pra ser aterrorizante, eu fiquei extremamente triste após jogar o jogo, a dor dessa garota deve ter sido imensa, tanto ao que se diz do jogo até os casos como o de BTK e Elizabeth Fritzl. O jogo trás essa solidão na música e no pequeno espaço que nos é dado.
My eyes deceive, ah what a great phsycological horror game, this game made me learn that even though some people may protect you from monsters, they can be the devil themselves, (play the game and see what i mean.) also this game contains topics like..... graping without the g.
hey. just a recommendation. instead of saying "disturbing and sensitive subject matter" just say "includes themes of drugging and sa." otherwise, the warning does nothing and the game can still cause immense distress to anyone unprepared. please, and thank you.
a little but, personally, i can deal with most disturbing stuff, but sa stuff i cant due to my past, it ruins the ending a little but i think the comfort and safety of a player is more important than a games ending
not really. just a vague warning does just fine, the endings still hit as hard since people tend to have suspicions anyway. though, asking if it ruins the ending, kinda ruins the ending.
I played the game. I don't get what people are talking about it being discomforting and horrifying (yes I understood it's theme about SA) still I don't get it in both endings, i've read the google docs file and yet still I did not get it please share more wisdom
I mean, I suppose being kept all alone with no human contact in a tight basement as a young child by your father who tells you it's "for your own good" to the point where you don't even know what an apple or the damn sun is, might be pretty disturbing to say the least.
I cam here after the roblox game, and I absolutely love this, just personally i hate cliffhangers LOL I wish it showed like her idk like getting the help or maybe like her running into a neighbor that's like asks her if she's alright and then the credits come, to kind of give me the reassurance that she found like safety but this is just like a personals thing, overall i loved the game and please make more ! WIll be following
This game genuinely made me cry and I can't stop thinking about it. This was one hell of an experience, and I applaud you. This is what real psychological horror feels like.
You purposely ignored the warning which are the very first words on this page, decided to keep playing despite being told what kind of a game this is, and then got upset when you were given the content you were warned was in the game you decided to play, this is entirely your fault for being upset. If you chose to ignore content warnings in a game, then that is your fault.
People are allowed to make disturbing content, and having a psychological horror game be horrifying is the entire point.
Just because someone made a "disturbing" game doesn't mean the person behind it is a bad person.
In NO WAY does this game romanticize or glorify what is happening to this child. it is disgusting, and horrific, and nothing about this is saying "HURTING CHILDREN IS A GOOD AND OKAY THING TO DO". not once does it even insinuate that.
maybe specify that it involves harm to children, abuse, or something similar? vague enough to not give anything away, but a bit more than what's currently there to give people at least a bit of a better idea before diving into the game
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this is the best horror game i've ever played in my life.
Oh my god. One of the most unsettling games I've played.
I've never been so shocked. I was reading the doc because I was a bit confused about the nightmares. I came up with a different interpretation. In the second one, you can see a large figure that resembles a human. It's big, has four legs, and is very dark. That creature could represent the papa when he's doing his stuff. I found it fascinating how the nightmares have such a raw meaning. It's a pretty scary game overall.
I liked it.
I'm kinda late to this discourse, but here's my two cents:
First, you nailed the general atmosphere of the game. The fuzzy sound effects and the child's small stature convey that she's still developing as an organism. The days, by taking so long to complete, show the effects of her isolation. The shower task being called "Wash yourself." is the line I find most telling, since my family typically uses "take a bath/shower" for cleaning your own person, and "wash" for your hands or dishes, mere extensions of your being.
Now, I would criticize the child's surprisingly strong understanding of language or the fact that she doesn't instinctively avert her eyes from the Sun, but not only am I unsure exactly how old she's meant to be, but those don't detract from the atmosphere too much.
For the most part, I don't think you took the subject matter seriously enough. You largely reduced the brunt of them to a mere "spooky Wham Line" in each ending; the reason why people think you're glorifying such horrible topics is because the narrative's efforts at horror (basically the genre for people who like being scared) unintentionally do so. The part where the child pretends to sleep is the only scene that successfully shows how ugly her situation is. (Nicky Case's review of the 2019 film Joker helped me understand how not to glorify violence and/or similar topics.)
Personally... I don't find the story sad or scary, only ugly. I don't really see what I have to gain from this experience, since it's rare for people to enjoy being disgusted. Disgust is a pretty powerful, primal defense mechanism. Looking back, I just feel like I took a sip of spoiled milk and wondered if someone spiked it with banana juice.
If you insist on keeping the specific subject matter as the kind of surprise it is, you should probably update your disclaimer, to state that if the viewer has any (I mean any) common triggers, they must either ask a friend whether the spoilers are harmful to them, or not take a chance with the game at all.
This game is dope! I’m really intrigued of the story, of which I wanted to write a narrative of it. do I have your permission to do that?
spooky
could have had potential, but i feel it is incredible insensitive towards this very serious topic. also just kind of slow and boring to get through, not really worth getting through again to see the other ending.
There is a glitch in the game thing where you literally can just hop outta the borders, so there is that. A save feature would be really cool as the game progresses real slow. But it's a cool game!
could you please describe the bug further?
You know the little gaming thing idk what the name was. When the stage starts you can go straight to up and you can just get out of the border. It's not very important but eh.
i played through this as my friend recommended it to me because i play a lot of horror games on itch.io, and...eh? i don't really see the appeal..great in concept absolutely! i love a setting like that in horror..but honestly the game is just so, so slow to go through- i never felt any tension throughout the game and there was just nothing to keep me in it..some may call it slow burn, but to me i just felt no burn at all
BUT, i'd say that's all for if you're going for both endings, it is not worth it to trudge through the game for both endings, i'd say go for only the good ending (not taking the pills), as it was way more interesting and fun, plus the dream for that ending actually gave me some of that itch.io horror anxiety i was looking for! the bad ending is just way too vague, and as i went for that one first, i was just confused until i had my friend explain it..and then i was just uncomfortable-
i am excited for what the dev has next in store, but this game..it is a first attempt at psychological horror, and it really shows, but the good ending i'd say is worth a playthrough if you've an extra 45 minutes!
bonus: there's a glitch in the freerunner minigame where if you get hit by an enemy under certain circumstances (i'm unsure what the circumstances are, but it's pretty lenient), you can move out of bounds of the kidpad and beat every single level for free (however you're unable to replay freerunner once you've beaten it, you'd have to reset the game)
Great game, very scary though..
hi,, maybe we can can make a collaboration if u want !!
Thanks, now I'll no longer be able to sleep for a few days ;)
Says it cannot not be opened on mac :/
yeah you'd have to manually set the permissions in the terminal with the command "chmod +x my-eyes-deceive.app/Contents/MacOS/'my eyes deceive'"
sorry just wondering, when I tried to download this game and I opened the exe file, it said that this file could harm my pc. just wondering if this is normal or I have downloaded something wrong, but I just want to make sure it's not a virus. also this is the first game I've tried to download on this website
hi, those warnings are normal when you download stuff from itch.io. it happens to me too. its not a virus.
when you launch the game, look for an option that says "More info" and another option will appear called "Run anyway" then you can play the game
thanks, played the game, it was great
Very good game! I'm sorry most of the attention went to that Roblox port, I understand that it's disheartening for your work to be usurped by big content creators like that. I hope you continue to make horror games!
The reason why it got popular the most likely because it was a mobile game and people could play it without a PC or computer, I hope the creator does make a mobile version I badly wanna play it!!
Awesome game, after watching the Roblox version on yt, I told one of my friends to play this and stream it in VC, and it was mostly a good time, all though it is daunting to play the whole thing again for another ending. I made him play this version even if I didn't know that the Roblox version was removed, and I respect your decision of wanting it taken it down.
Hi, I need help I'm in the 2nd dream and I'm so confused what to do.
I originally wanted to try this first but of course, most games here does not support mobile and I was about to play the Roblox version since it supports mobile but it got taken down.
I played it (on roblox..) and it's sad ngl.. it's based off a real case so yeah
what case
What case?
the fritzl case
the sad thing is there's definitely 100x more such cases and highly likely even ones that are still happening as of now
It's not based off of a real case, the developer said it was a complete coincidence.
I call bull. The Petscop creepypasta creator didn't confirm or deny the theory until later on when he apologized for putting in the references since it got Matpat cancelled. This has very obviously taken inspiration. I'm not condemning it for that (that whole sitch was dumb and a little too woke for me, plenty of fictional works have taken inspo from real life tragedies and it's called art, prudes) I just think he's lying about it to cover his ass
It is based off of a real case, called the Jozef Fritzl case
Hey Can I Have Permission To Play Your Game On Roblox?
if you see this i just had a question of why you wanted the roblox version taken down?
Answered it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzolnN1mwAYX7nGLLRAbcC8hkVJd17Oo9KBQqlSomrY/...
ok so is this meant to be the same game on roblox? because that one's gone.
this game came out before the roblox version. the roblox version was taken down because of the original creator's request i think
i mean to be fair the game looks like it was made in roblox so it makes sence.
I honestly wish i could download this game. I use a chromebook so i am only able to play browser games or google playstore games. This game looks so cool, so even though i can't play it i still like it.
I am planning to release a browser version in the future.
Can you try to make it in mobile? I badly wanna play it since I've seen it and I'm invested
Please make a browser version, I've wanted to play this for a very long time
I came from the roblox version, honestly when I finished the roblox version it was confusing to me..so I went here to see if I could stomach the original one. and OH MY GOD..I didn't actually expect that.
and the fact I was completely oblivious of it and didn't even have a single suspicions of what's actually happening makes the ending more disturbing to me because I actually trusted 'Papa'..
the game left me with a sad feeling its like I wished I didn't play this game but alas, curiosity won over me and I'm still curious as a kid.
this is my honest reaction btw after I finished playing the game:
It was obvious in the Roblox version it was just in a perspective of a child so everything is innocent
Why did you remove your other games from your creator page?
they aren't good in my opinion, so I tried moving them to my second account which is for rather random projects
Não é um estilo de jogo pra você entrar e se divertir, é uma experiência que simula uma história na mente de uma criança sobre abuso infantil. Os sonhos mostram como a mente da garota ficava perturbada pela quantidade de remédios junto da ansiedade que ela mostra nos sonhos, com escadas aparecendo, ela indo para um lugar que ela imaginasse que era o real. Tudo isso é fruto de sua imaginação, da forma como ela pensava e retratava o que seu pai dizia para ela, falando que o lugar era perigoso apenas para lhe deixar vulnerável e naquela situação exploratória. Esse jogo é uma forma de expressar um sentimento, não é pra ser aterrorizante, eu fiquei extremamente triste após jogar o jogo, a dor dessa garota deve ter sido imensa, tanto ao que se diz do jogo até os casos como o de BTK e Elizabeth Fritzl. O jogo trás essa solidão na música e no pequeno espaço que nos é dado.
My eyes deceive, ah what a great phsycological horror game, this game made me learn that even though some people may protect you from monsters, they can be the devil themselves, (play the game and see what i mean.) also this game contains topics like..... graping without the g.
hey. just a recommendation. instead of saying "disturbing and sensitive subject matter" just say "includes themes of drugging and sa." otherwise, the warning does nothing and the game can still cause immense distress to anyone unprepared. please, and thank you.
Doesn't that kinda ruin the ending though??
a little but, personally, i can deal with most disturbing stuff, but sa stuff i cant due to my past, it ruins the ending a little but i think the comfort and safety of a player is more important than a games ending
not really. just a vague warning does just fine, the endings still hit as hard since people tend to have suspicions anyway. though, asking if it ruins the ending, kinda ruins the ending.
Better than OMORI.
why can't good games be available on mac 💔
I played the game. I don't get what people are talking about it being discomforting and horrifying (yes I understood it's theme about SA) still I don't get it in both endings, i've read the google docs file and yet still I did not get it please share more wisdom
SPOILERS
I mean, I suppose being kept all alone with no human contact in a tight basement as a young child by your father who tells you it's "for your own good" to the point where you don't even know what an apple or the damn sun is, might be pretty disturbing to say the least.
Not even mentioning the "bad" ending.
I played both endings and the only part that kinda make me have that "wtf face" is when you heard the belt falling down
Man I wanted to puke after the impregnation thing. That is a child, jesus
honestly really good first-person horror game that i have played in a while. my rating - 10/10.
I'm DED
I cam here after the roblox game, and I absolutely love this, just personally i hate cliffhangers LOL I wish it showed like her idk like getting the help or maybe like her running into a neighbor that's like asks her if she's alright and then the credits come, to kind of give me the reassurance that she found like safety but this is just like a personals thing, overall i loved the game and please make more ! WIll be following
absolutely wonderful game, but i couldnt find the difference in this version and the roblox one? is there any difference?
Some text is changed and some content is cut in the Roblox version to abide by the TOS.
This game genuinely made me cry and I can't stop thinking about it. This was one hell of an experience, and I applaud you. This is what real psychological horror feels like.
appreciate it
hey nouhidev is there any chance I could get soundtrack from this game? I found it really atmospheric.
you can add me on discord my name there is "nouhi"
it isnt lore thats just the main plot of the game dude. it was hinted at in both endings.
anyway... yea no its a psychological horror game and the subject matter was done tastefully.
... also, use spoiler tags.
You purposely ignored the warning which are the very first words on this page, decided to keep playing despite being told what kind of a game this is, and then got upset when you were given the content you were warned was in the game you decided to play, this is entirely your fault for being upset. If you chose to ignore content warnings in a game, then that is your fault.
People are allowed to make disturbing content, and having a psychological horror game be horrifying is the entire point.
Just because someone made a "disturbing" game doesn't mean the person behind it is a bad person.
In NO WAY does this game romanticize or glorify what is happening to this child. it is disgusting, and horrific, and nothing about this is saying "HURTING CHILDREN IS A GOOD AND OKAY THING TO DO". not once does it even insinuate that.
The warning literally just says "sensitive and disturbing subject matter"
That's an extreme understatement for the actual subject matter of the game
any recommendations for a better phrasing? I'd appreciate it!
maybe specify that it involves harm to children, abuse, or something similar? vague enough to not give anything away, but a bit more than what's currently there to give people at least a bit of a better idea before diving into the game
"Extreme understatement" its dark but disturbing perfectly describes that.
Man.