Man when i didn't took the pill and saw what happened i was so shocked too see that our dad was doing some bad stuff to us when we were sleeping. Damn what a dark story
I've never left a review on a game before but this f*cked me up good. Beautiful game design, pacing, storytelling. WOWOWOW! This was incredible. Great job!
Just wanna say that even though it's not entirely based on the Josef Fritzl case, it was inspired by it as the creator has stated. I do want to express how I love this game and how it was easy for children on Roblox to access it and play it. Children aren't as innocent as we make them to be, they understand things better than us. So having that easy access to this game on Roblox would've helped them understand the world, maybe it might've happened to other kids but they never really connected the dots. But hey, I'm not arguing that the game on Roblox was taken down by you, you're really talented to even make a game like, it's really cool and subtly dark. It does so well with giving us hints and clues to put together what is really happening. (I haven't played any version of this game yet)
It's difficult to say. I believe children deserve to be challenged by difficult topics to develop their understanding of the world. At the same time, it is a very difficult thing to balance this day and age..
do you really think its appropriate for children to be encouraged to play a game about drugging and rape? kids on roblox are way too young to be forced into learning about that stuff, it would petrify them. maybe if it was exclusive to 13+ or 17+ it would be fine but just out on roblox for actual children to play?
I find it fine. Because at this point, kids should know that this shit could happen to them- I’m not saying that cause this game exists, they should play it- like they can get traumatized from that- but if they stumble upon it, your own choice. And through that choice, they can learn.
It sucks i can't play this due to microsoft removing the download feature for the xbox i found out how unsettling the game actually is and it's just sad how i can't play it because of microsoft.
Basically in short ur father was giving u some sort of drugs to not awake u at night (the pills) And he was raping u every night so and lied about the monsters so he can keep u trapped in the basement and yeah the game itself is traumatizing and disturbing not even scary
I have played the real game and the game on roblox. This was extremely disturbing and I didn't really see it as scary. I don't really like the fact that it doesnt have a content warning for CSA because it might actually trigger someone who has that trauma(like me). But it's a great game quality wise and story wise just wished there was a more direct content warning.
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
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Beautiful and super fucked up.
Any chance for a Linux AppImage port?
Man when i didn't took the pill and saw what happened i was so shocked too see that our dad was doing some bad stuff to us when we were sleeping. Damn what a dark story
you readded the download oh am i dreaming
one of the most anxious experiences ive had in a game
I've never left a review on a game before but this f*cked me up good. Beautiful game design, pacing, storytelling. WOWOWOW! This was incredible. Great job!
I know right? The ending was interesting, and like you said, BEAUTIFUL design! Loved it!
dude this is scarier than most of the horror games.. especially how the fact it can actually happen to someone
played this in a call with a friend and we both got surprised by that ending (the no taking pills one), what a great phsycological horror game
Just wanna say that even though it's not entirely based on the Josef Fritzl case, it was inspired by it as the creator has stated. I do want to express how I love this game and how it was easy for children on Roblox to access it and play it. Children aren't as innocent as we make them to be, they understand things better than us. So having that easy access to this game on Roblox would've helped them understand the world, maybe it might've happened to other kids but they never really connected the dots. But hey, I'm not arguing that the game on Roblox was taken down by you, you're really talented to even make a game like, it's really cool and subtly dark. It does so well with giving us hints and clues to put together what is really happening. (I haven't played any version of this game yet)
It's difficult to say. I believe children deserve to be challenged by difficult topics to develop their understanding of the world.
At the same time, it is a very difficult thing to balance this day and age..
what the fuck is wrong with you
uh? What did I say wrong?
do you really think its appropriate for children to be encouraged to play a game about drugging and rape? kids on roblox are way too young to be forced into learning about that stuff, it would petrify them. maybe if it was exclusive to 13+ or 17+ it would be fine but just out on roblox for actual children to play?
I find it fine. Because at this point, kids should know that this shit could happen to them- I’m not saying that cause this game exists, they should play it- like they can get traumatized from that- but if they stumble upon it, your own choice. And through that choice, they can learn.
just played this and wanted to throw up due how disturbing it is oh my god.
It sucks i can't play this due to microsoft removing the download feature for the xbox i found out how unsettling the game actually is and it's just sad how i can't play it because of microsoft.
Is the game based on the Fritzl Case?
inspired
i can't open the game
What is the explanation of the game? I haven't played it yet though i'm curious
Basically in short ur father was giving u some sort of drugs to not awake u at night (the pills) And he was raping u every night so and lied about the monsters so he can keep u trapped in the basement and yeah the game itself is traumatizing and disturbing not even scary
I have played the real game and the game on roblox. This was extremely disturbing and I didn't really see it as scary. I don't really like the fact that it doesnt have a content warning for CSA because it might actually trigger someone who has that trauma(like me). But it's a great game quality wise and story wise just wished there was a more direct content warning.
This is the og game??
Isn't there a screen when you launch the game that warns you of the content?
i feel so bad, imagine someone stealing your game and putting it on Roblox and getting thousands of dollars and all the credit
I believe they had permission to port it onto Roblox
the dev of this game said to delete the roblox game so i dont think they had permission
They had permission, but... well read the doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzolnN1mwAYX7nGLLRAbcC8hkVJd17Oo9KBQqlSomrY/...
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.