House of Curses by JamPuddle

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A game about escaping a mansion that is intent on keeping you. I still have plans to flesh out the game a bit more but there are endings now, so I consider this the first 'finished' version of the game. As usual any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Special Thanks:
Chris Exe for identifying an error when interacting with the "me" object
SmileyShoes for my very first review
Regisblackgaard for feedback on the timer system
funkyspunk90 for pointing out some errors

Play online Try the new player (beta)

Review funkyspunk90

16 Jan 2017

This game has a lot of bugs and needs a lot of checking/testing.
Just within the first few rooms, doors are described as being in the wrong places, directions are inconsistent & sometimes not shown... sometimes the game forgets to mention things in the room, and it tells you objects are turned on and off at the same time. It's ok, with a pretty typical start, but needs a lot of work.

Comment JamPuddle

19 Dec 2016

Yes.

Comment Regisblackgaard

18 Dec 2016

like there is actually a command for the nullifier called "use"?

Comment JamPuddle

18 Dec 2016

Use the nullifier.

Comment Regisblackgaard

18 Dec 2016

now what? im in the "Nightmare Hall" thingy

Comment JamPuddle

17 Dec 2016

I just checked, you will have to give her the machine.

Comment JamPuddle

17 Dec 2016

At this point I think I should post a full walkthrough somewhere lol.

Comment JamPuddle

17 Dec 2016

If you take that machine to the living room then you can go through the north door. I think you can also get some new dialogue with Versa by either talking to her or giving her the machine.

Comment Regisblackgaard

16 Dec 2016

i got to the thing below the bath. now what?

Comment JamPuddle

16 Dec 2016

There's a bag in the greenhouse that you can put the camera in.

Comment Regisblackgaard

16 Dec 2016

but when i try to do that, the camera goes "Hey, hey, watch it sunshine! I'm in a camera here, you can't just go diving with me!" and then when i try dropping the camera it goes: "Hey, hey, hey! You aren't planning to drop me are you! We're in this together!"

Comment JamPuddle

16 Dec 2016

I meant to hint at that, but I must have forgot. I added it in just now.

Comment JamPuddle

16 Dec 2016

The bathroom.

Comment Regisblackgaard

16 Dec 2016

where do i go after i pull the lever?

Comment Regisblackgaard

16 Dec 2016

it works a bit better (i think?) I'm one of those types of players who has to "look at" everything first and look for objects in the room that are not in the "objects list" thingy. So maybe make it a little longer for players like me, but if you don't have to, that's fine, it'll just be challenging!

Comment JamPuddle

16 Dec 2016

Thanks.
The cat thing is actually based on the number of turns that have passed rather than actual time passed. I've doubled the number of turns it takes for the tranformation to start and moved all the other stages to happen a bit later. Hopefully that will make for a more reasonable time limit.

Comment Regisblackgaard

15 Dec 2016

also don't feel bad about "waytoocasualgamer." she (i think?) gets mad a lot.

Comment Regisblackgaard

15 Dec 2016

alright. i think it is an in-game timer, because after like, 10 minutes, i turn into a cat. Of course, between the start and the turning into a cat, the game gives me warnings about how im looking more and more like a cat. i just think that this timer feature should be longer, say 30 minutes.

Comment JamPuddle

15 Dec 2016

Just to check Regisblackgaard, is the problem with the in-game timer (turning into a cat) or sessions ending? If it's the first one I'll definitely change it (I wasn't really sure how to balance it) but if it's the second then I think that might be a problem with the whole site, so the only solution I can think of is to suggest that you download the game. Thanks for the feedback.

Comment JamPuddle

15 Dec 2016

Fair enough TooCasual.

Review WayTooCasualGamer

10 Dec 2016

not a bad game. I would give a better rating if you didn't go on random games you didn't play and leave ratings.

Review Regisblackgaard

09 Dec 2016

great game! the timers are a little annoyin, though

Review Smileyshoes

12 Nov 2016

This game is very interesting! I like the idea and it has a certain charm to it.

Comment JamPuddle

28 Aug 2016

Thank you Chris. I've fixed the error, but I there isn't really much to do with "me" yet.

Comment Chris Exe

22 Aug 2016

Their is an error when u try "x me"

> x me
You check yourself up and down.
You are wearing a white shirt with a thick green stripe through it.Error running script: Error compiling expression 'GetBoolean(, "Phase 3")': SyntaxError: Unexpected token ","; expected one of ")"Line: 1, Column: 12