The reason this is so scary is because we can all relate to our phone running out of battery on late night when the whole city is under constuction and everyone has no night life and abandons the streets.
I really like the idea. Too many horror games now a days have the monster outright kill you or attack you in some jump scare. It's nice to see a project where it builds the tension and it all works out fine. It's like an indie horror breath of fresh air.
I think the reason there wasn't any "danger" is because it's something that happens in real life. You could compare it to the home invasion kind of stuff in the sense that it's possible to happen to you any time. I personally find home invasion kind of stuff and being on the streets alone at night really scary. Could be because I don't easily feel safe, but overall I really enjoyed the way this game was made. Gave me the chills
that is why i carry a pocket knife, i dont live in a safe area and had to walk a friend down a alley with no lights so i had a knife jsut in case even today i still carry one just in case
I like that basically nothing happens in this game. It makes it unique and I think the idea is really good. But they definitely need somthing, anything really at the end to make it feel like a complete experience.
I actually really like how this game was portrayed. When I saw the concept, it made me wonder why in the world I hadn't thought about this sooner as a realistic horror game. Walking home at night is extremely paranoia inducing, and to have it end with nothing happening is such a mirror to how that usually goes. I walk in the dark, always feeling jumpy and on edge, and then get into my home and go, "Whew, nothing happened, why was I worried?" I think the game mirrored that scenario quite well, even if, like all games, there's room for improvement. The sewer steam in particular seemed weird for the tension building, but eh.
Scarier Ending: The game starts with you texting your friend, saying you're lost and need directions. They slowly give you directions to their house and you think you're being followed. At the end, you get to the house... Only to reveal that you murdered their friend and were using their phone to get directions to your next kill. Your 'fear' was paranoia at getting caught. Scariest Ending: You rush to your front door to open it and realize you left your keys at your friend's house and your phone's dead, and you either get to walk all the way back or sleep on the front step.
Even scarier ending : your friend has been murdered soon after you left and the murderer is leading you by giving you directions to one of their "friends".
Scary ending (personally): You rush to your home when you can still hear an extra footstep behind, and went inside your house...only to realize that your other door (backdoor or balcony door) is opened... Stalker vs robber haha I'd fokkin die 😩
Scariest ending: you get home and nothing happened, there's no invaders or murderers. You breathe a sigh of relief before it hits you that the most exciting thing that's happened to you in years was walking home in the dark with literally nothing bad happening. As you get ready for bed it sinks even deeper in that that late night walk will be a point of reference in time for you, because your life is so mundane and routine-driven that such an event is extraordinary enough to use as a milestone for the year. As you climb into bed you try to remember the last noteworthy thing to happen to you, and realize you're not sure. You know stuff happens, but time is basically a blur to you. That Christmas party you got talked into attending, was that last Christmas or the one before that? Or even longer ago? You let out a deep sigh, because even if you knew the date it wouldn't matter because the way your perception of time has warped it might as well have been last week and ten years ago all at once. You know you need a change in your life, you're wasting away at a job you hate to pay off a mortgage you can't afford to live a life that no longer has any luster. But where would you go? How would you earn enough to survive? Would it even make you feel alive again? You briefly toy with the idea of buying a van and living on the open road, but quickly shudder at the thought. The uncertainty of such a lifestyle fills your very core with dread. No, mundane or not, there's security where you are now. Misery, yes, but security. Security has lulled you into a place of fear and complacency that you will never be able to leave. As you roll over in bed and try to banish such grim thoughts from your mind, it happens: you remember that time you said something stupid and made a fool of yourself in front of your peers years ago. You can tell this one's gonna haunt you for the rest of the night. Oh well, what's another night of lost sleep?
As dumb as this sounds, these are my favorite videos of yours. These playthroughs of small, indy horror games. Good or bad, they're my favorite games to watch you play. Stuff like this and even the old RPG Maker stuff. (The Crooked Man and all those.) I just enjoy these a lot more than the more polished AAA or even B-lister horror games, at least when it comes to watching you play them.
Same here. With these games, you don't know what to expect, and it's a compact experience instead of a prolonged one which ends up being more predictable than anything in the end. IMHO
I gotta agree here. I thuroighly enjoy these types of games (I can't remember the one where you walk the a forest very early in the morning and get stalked by a hooded figure barely discernable in the dawnlight.) But honestly when a series is uploaded, it doesn't really hold my attention, mostly because they aren't scary, like re7.
Having played this myself I experimented to see whether it is possible to get murderered in this game. Long story short, you can't (invisible walls everywhere).
I could only heard "Trata de probar, arrojar perlas a los puercos." "Try to throw pearls to pigs." it's from the Bible Mateo 7:6 it says: "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Wasn't expecting nothing to happen at the end, what with disappearing late night mystery jogger and the creepy whispering. I figured the lights would go out at your house or that jogger would be waiting inside to get you or something. Kinda like the whole theme around it, like the player hyping up the danger in their own mind while a friend sends unhelpful texts.
as a woman this is a real fear lol if this was a bit more lengthy and fleshed out this could be absolutely terrifying. Imagine something like this in VR D:
Exactly! And you can't even listen to music or anything to calm yourself down because you have to be on high alert at all times lol and idk about you but I always am holding my keys as a weapon!
When I played it it seemed more like the game was playing off the expectation something bad would happen, similarly to how when you walk alone at night you think of all the bad things that could happen but never do.
This game really does have a lot of potential. Not to mention in real life people do really have a fear of walking alone home or walking anywhere at night. I really like it when horror games and even some horror movies actually prey on very common fears. (Not too cheesy though; like giant spiders and shit)
I remember last year, it was 10 PM and I was walking home from a friend's house after I was dropped off by a bus. The area I was walking was so eerie, dark and quiet. When this feeling suddenly came to me that someone was watching or following me. And I looked back to see but there wasn't anyone. I guess I was just being paranoid at the time. Then I got a call from my mom asking me where I was and told her I was on my way home. When I finally got home, she ran up to me saying she was worried sick. I'm never staying out until late at night again.
Great atmosphere and the "text me when you get home," part hit a bit close to home since the gf and I do the same thing after dropping each other off at destinations, but it did feel a tad anticlimactic. Still great potential here and I want to see more from this dev!
I probably walked home alone at night between 12-6am 500 times from the ages of 13-18.. I look back at it now as dangerous, but it was kinda fun. You kinda learn a lot if your a late night wandering person. You learn how to hide great, even though your not doing anything wrong it's always good to hide when you see a car coming down the road or something
I think the point of this game is the fear of walking home in the dark. You don't need to die or have someone follow you. Also this happens a lot and it's some people's greatest fear. Also saying you never walked home in the dark would be a lie from anyone unless when you was to young to drive you always had someone pick you up and drop you off. Which also proves the point that either the person is scared to have you walk home alone or you were. Also the people in the background could just be a random jogger, out for a late night walk, just got out of a bar (drunk walking), etc.
@@DinnerForkTongue 😂 people just mean dark as in at night, heh. I always carry a small torch in my bag as well as my phone. I used to work jobs that finished anywhere from 11pm til 4am and it was still kinda scary walking home. Maybe it's because I live in a small place in Scotland where everywhere is closed by 10 and no-one is around. Maybe because a guy used to stalk me on my way back from work...
I love walking through Rapeandmurder town in the Gonnagetmuggedhard district. Peoplearestabbednightlyhere street is especially lovely, beautiful foliage. Nice show of atmosphere creation here, definitely shows some potential, but it's not so much a game as a walk-home-at-stupid-late-night-without-taking-precautions simulator. It was nice, though.
Love you John! I don't say that enough! I have been a fan for years and have never let you know how I feel about your channel and content, so here we go...You're fantastically sarcastic and I absolutely love it! Sending love and support from Maryland!
The part where the character started to sprint to their house;then 'John' turned around at to look behind at 7:49, I thought that there would be that very same dark figure chasing after you.
Okay so I know it seems lame, but as a female in a big city this is my life if I choose to go out with friends. It’s dark, there aren’t a lot of people out, and the people who are, are weird and intimidating. Yes, if it’s three am I’ll call a Lyft or Uber, but still. This game plays off of a very real danger, and to me that makes it scary enough.
Very relatable game. It think it would be sweet if there was like a 1% random chance of being attacked on each playthrough. Or maybe several possible random events would be even better. So then people would get a false sense of security until someone actually got that 1% roll and dies, and it would create hype as well as increase replay value. It would go along with the realism of this game and the whole point of it.
Random events would be awesome! I agree with some comments saying that a person/shadow figure following you in the running part would be a great ending.
At least you don't have to find your key in the basement. Reminds me of that you're the monster game jam game. Take your time and thanks for the edits!
I didn't expect to like this game! What an interesting take on horror, using a real life scenario and our imagination to strike fear. A lot of indie horror games nowadays go for the flashy gore and monster chase scenes, but games like these are a rare gem.
your bonus ending gave me goosebumps, nice job. but I loved the end here too - I've definitely been walking alone around 2am before and had an experience similar to this. it's the threat of danger that is the "true horror".
the creepy old spanish lady said: "trata de arrojar perlas a los puercos" - try tossing your pearls to the swine. I google it and it's taken from Matthew 7:6 "Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
I liked it too, I would have thought maybe when you saw the fog and your house up ahead and found out when you could sprint you could run to your house and when you look back see someone running behind you just to give it that sense of "HOLY SHIT I AM BEING FOLLOWED" and was fully expecting to see someone behind you when you looked back, so was a little anticlimactic when there was no one there... I don't know, I would have liked something like that, or running to the house, locking the doors and stuff and looking out the window and just seeing someone walking away under the street lamps or something, just a little spook at the end, nothing over the top or anything like that because I think that would ruin it, but just a nice little "Oh damn, there's someone there" before ending would have been a great touch.
I thought the game did a great job of allowing the player, and even audience members, to create their own fears. I think the ending re-enforced a notion that the greatest fears are those we create for ourselves. Also, it was refreshing to not have to collect pages/glyphs/whatever to avoid another copy/paste jumpscare monster.
John you should definitely be a game developer. You know way more how to make those games get to you XDD work with a team or something! It would be great!
He'd still suck at it lmao Playing some shitty games doesn't mean yo're good at developing. That's exactly how all those shitty games are actually made.
What a friend Emma is..don't get murdered. hehe. A neat little game, the idea is there. What could of been an idea at the end, like John said about you walk in the door. What about you want into you home, close the door. (and your battery had one bar left), your phone buzzed again, and you get a text from Emma, that says "It was me" you turn on your lights, turn around and she's sat in your living room. I don't know, just me thinking anyways. It was a nice little game that could have more idea to it, it more real because as some points in our life's, we have walked home at night, so this kind of puts you on the edge. Thank you for the awesome uploads John. Keep up the epic work.
i enjoy the videos that go like 10-25 minutes the most. if they are longer then its cool if there are multiple parts, then you got something you can look forward to.
Hi John. The dark hallway creepy lurking guy said: "Arrojar perlas a los puercos". That means "To throw pearls to the pigs"... Yep! That's what he said.
I think this game gets you more when you're someone who had to go home late at night. I've been in situations in which I was coming home late, the street was pretty much empty, and my imagination played tricks on me. The moment I got home, it was like the best goal achieved in my life. For me, this game gets that feeling pretty well. Also John, where I live there are parks that have no night lights and look like the one in the game.
Again always so calm and collected and funny you make horror enjoyable for those who love it without yelling and acting barbaric over tiny jump scares like other youtubers love your content and you💕
I really like this game and its ending. It taps into that fear of the unknown and being alone. Ive been in this sutation many times in my younger years so its very much relatable.
*Gets taxi home.* The taxi driver was actually quite pleasant. He had snacks for sale. ($1 for a bag of Doritos.) Had a lot of interesting anecdotes....GAME OVER!
I walk around at night a lot on account on not being able to sleep but if i see someone just standing under a street light, i'm going another way. But more than anything i love how these horror protags never have any reactions to anything happening.
This reminds me of a game called "Only End" and it starts out as you getting home then seeing a man in your mirror and such I can't ever find it again but it's a good scary one
this is what i understand from the whispers "la tierra... es tuya... trata de probar... arrojar perlas ... a los puercos" it is indeed spanish and in english would be "the earth... is yours... try to try... throw pearls... to the pigs"
Nighttime Visitor was actually the first video of yours that I ever watched and got me into your channel! But this game definitely had Nighttime Visitor and DISCONNECTED vibes with the phone in the beginning. I wonder what they were going for with that ending.
I agree with your analysis on the game: neat idea, but it needs to be more refined with better sounds and a better ending, like what you suggested with a shadow at the window. Heck, even just finding the door wide open after locking it would be a good little scare.
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The reason this is so scary is because we can all relate to our phone running out of battery on late night when the whole city is under constuction and everyone has no night life and abandons the streets.
HunterBrotherhood that's sooooooo scary
Totally
HunterBrotherhood facts it’s called living in Delaware
thereal eht543 I used to live in New Castle County back in the day too congested for me
@OP
Its cuz theyre all at Applebees
I really like the idea. Too many horror games now a days have the monster outright kill you or attack you in some jump scare. It's nice to see a project where it builds the tension and it all works out fine. It's like an indie horror breath of fresh air.
Темный Лес - No offense, but, it's a indie horror game. Why do you need a spoiler alert?
Yeah the spoiler was not needed
Stop looking at comments before finishing the video if you don't want spoilers.
You’re right and I don’t think it was a spoiler they can add things
This game built tension? Okay there Dat. You're a funny dude believing that.
John: *walks through streets*
Me: wee woo wee woo
John: *stops under light* is that a person?
Me: WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO!!!!
Lol so many other people are feeling the same reference hahahaha
John: "I think there's someone standing in the middle of the street"
MENACINGLY!
wee woo?
THE MANIAC'S IN THE MAILB0X
nice times :)
I think the reason there wasn't any "danger" is because it's something that happens in real life. You could compare it to the home invasion kind of stuff in the sense that it's possible to happen to you any time.
I personally find home invasion kind of stuff and being on the streets alone at night really scary. Could be because I don't easily feel safe, but overall I really enjoyed the way this game was made. Gave me the chills
Christine Hoek This was my exact thought. For me it was pretty creepy to watch because it's very much an experience I've had many times.
that is why i carry a pocket knife, i dont live in a safe area and had to walk a friend down a alley with no lights so i had a knife jsut in case even today i still carry one just in case
might be better off learning martial arts/self defense since a knife can easily be turned against you unless you know how to use it properly.
summoner kittycat If you live in an area where you can get one get a concealed carry permit and buy a gun.
cant really do that since i am blind in one eye
I like that basically nothing happens in this game. It makes it unique and I think the idea is really good. But they definitely need somthing, anything really at the end to make it feel like a complete experience.
And that fog
''i think i know where i live, if i dont then, i deserve to get murdered .....'' --john 2018
That's analogically what life is about
Its the Hash-Slinging Slasher
Oscar Garza the sash-singing, flash-flinging...
@@starboy2160 lash-linging........rash-ringing........
@Nathaniel Rodel Rogacion Ha-Ha-
It's the HASH-SLINGING SLASHER!!
The.... Ass singing flasher
At night?
I actually really like how this game was portrayed. When I saw the concept, it made me wonder why in the world I hadn't thought about this sooner as a realistic horror game. Walking home at night is extremely paranoia inducing, and to have it end with nothing happening is such a mirror to how that usually goes. I walk in the dark, always feeling jumpy and on edge, and then get into my home and go, "Whew, nothing happened, why was I worried?" I think the game mirrored that scenario quite well, even if, like all games, there's room for improvement. The sewer steam in particular seemed weird for the tension building, but eh.
Scarier Ending: The game starts with you texting your friend, saying you're lost and need directions. They slowly give you directions to their house and you think you're being followed. At the end, you get to the house... Only to reveal that you murdered their friend and were using their phone to get directions to your next kill. Your 'fear' was paranoia at getting caught.
Scariest Ending: You rush to your front door to open it and realize you left your keys at your friend's house and your phone's dead, and you either get to walk all the way back or sleep on the front step.
no offence but "This Monster Was YOUUU!" card is sooo overplayed lol
Even scarier ending : your friend has been murdered soon after you left and the murderer is leading you by giving you directions to one of their "friends".
Scary ending (personally): You rush to your home when you can still hear an extra footstep behind, and went inside your house...only to realize that your other door (backdoor or balcony door) is opened... Stalker vs robber haha I'd fokkin die 😩
I'm super late on this, but... make this a game. Please.
Scariest ending: you get home and nothing happened, there's no invaders or murderers. You breathe a sigh of relief before it hits you that the most exciting thing that's happened to you in years was walking home in the dark with literally nothing bad happening.
As you get ready for bed it sinks even deeper in that that late night walk will be a point of reference in time for you, because your life is so mundane and routine-driven that such an event is extraordinary enough to use as a milestone for the year.
As you climb into bed you try to remember the last noteworthy thing to happen to you, and realize you're not sure. You know stuff happens, but time is basically a blur to you. That Christmas party you got talked into attending, was that last Christmas or the one before that? Or even longer ago? You let out a deep sigh, because even if you knew the date it wouldn't matter because the way your perception of time has warped it might as well have been last week and ten years ago all at once.
You know you need a change in your life, you're wasting away at a job you hate to pay off a mortgage you can't afford to live a life that no longer has any luster. But where would you go? How would you earn enough to survive? Would it even make you feel alive again? You briefly toy with the idea of buying a van and living on the open road, but quickly shudder at the thought. The uncertainty of such a lifestyle fills your very core with dread. No, mundane or not, there's security where you are now. Misery, yes, but security. Security has lulled you into a place of fear and complacency that you will never be able to leave.
As you roll over in bed and try to banish such grim thoughts from your mind, it happens: you remember that time you said something stupid and made a fool of yourself in front of your peers years ago. You can tell this one's gonna haunt you for the rest of the night. Oh well, what's another night of lost sleep?
Ugh this is how I feel when walking to my car after my night class. Paranoia sets in.
lol
As dumb as this sounds, these are my favorite videos of yours. These playthroughs of small, indy horror games. Good or bad, they're my favorite games to watch you play. Stuff like this and even the old RPG Maker stuff. (The Crooked Man and all those.) I just enjoy these a lot more than the more polished AAA or even B-lister horror games, at least when it comes to watching you play them.
Xeo7 Oh yeah. I liked watching him play things like Phobia 1.5 and Bunker 16. Games like RE7 and PT were less entertaining comparatively.
Theyre my faves too
Same here. With these games, you don't know what to expect, and it's a compact experience instead of a prolonged one which ends up being more predictable than anything in the end. IMHO
Bro that sounds dumb af.
I gotta agree here. I thuroighly enjoy these types of games (I can't remember the one where you walk the a forest very early in the morning and get stalked by a hooded figure barely discernable in the dawnlight.) But honestly when a series is uploaded, it doesn't really hold my attention, mostly because they aren't scary, like re7.
Having played this myself I experimented to see whether it is possible to get murderered in this game. Long story short, you can't (invisible walls everywhere).
Well I don't really think it's supposed to be like that. I think it's displaying that bad things COULD happen, but doesn't mean it will happen.
Wow so the game is pretty demo-ish
Getting merdererererered sucks.
invisible walls is the true horror
I could only heard "Trata de probar, arrojar perlas a los puercos."
"Try to throw pearls to pigs." it's from the Bible Mateo 7:6 it says:
"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
"They came from the wall!"
*Gasp* PILLARMEN
is that a jojo reference!?!?!? LOL Kars- sama
John better learn hamon quick.
*AYAYAYAYAYAAAAA*
*rapping in ineligible language*
a bit of a stretch but it works, 10/10
OHHH NNOOOO
For a student game, and a game about just walking home, it was pretty good. I felt creeped out, which tbh is best for horror imo...
They call me the wanderer
Yeah the wanderer
I roam around, around, around.
Do you get rosey on your chest?
Cop N' a Half.
Charley Herrera i go through life without a care
lol was thinking that too
Beat The Dragon You called?
Wasn't expecting nothing to happen at the end, what with disappearing late night mystery jogger and the creepy whispering. I figured the lights would go out at your house or that jogger would be waiting inside to get you or something. Kinda like the whole theme around it, like the player hyping up the danger in their own mind while a friend sends unhelpful texts.
as a woman this is a real fear lol if this was a bit more lengthy and fleshed out this could be absolutely terrifying. Imagine something like this in VR D:
Yeah, I've been in this exact situation a lot. And if you hear double foot steps? You practically crap yourself.
Exactly! And you can't even listen to music or anything to calm yourself down because you have to be on high alert at all times lol and idk about you but I always am holding my keys as a weapon!
mbwalrus i always have my keys sticking out through my knuckles..and keychains of a knife and mace just in case..hahaah.
Oh my god, same. The personal connection made this so much scarier.
If it's a real fear why say lol
When I played it it seemed more like the game was playing off the expectation something bad would happen, similarly to how when you walk alone at night you think of all the bad things that could happen but never do.
This game really does have a lot of potential. Not to mention in real life people do really have a fear of walking alone home or walking anywhere at night. I really like it when horror games and even some horror movies actually prey on very common fears. (Not too cheesy though; like giant spiders and shit)
I remember last year, it was 10 PM and I was walking home from a friend's house after I was dropped off by a bus. The area I was walking was so eerie, dark and quiet. When this feeling suddenly came to me that someone was watching or following me. And I looked back to see but there wasn't anyone. I guess I was just being paranoid at the time. Then I got a call from my mom asking me where I was and told her I was on my way home. When I finally got home, she ran up to me saying she was worried sick. I'm never staying out until late at night again.
Great atmosphere and the "text me when you get home," part hit a bit close to home since the gf and I do the same thing after dropping each other off at destinations, but it did feel a tad anticlimactic. Still great potential here and I want to see more from this dev!
Get to house, charge phone, turn on phone, get a message
"omae wa mou shindeiru" by ???
"Nani?"
*turns around and dies*
Madway lol story of my paranoid life. 😂
北斗の拳
just don't turn around
@@rumory IS THAT A JOJO' REFERENCE!!!!
@@knes167 no
I probably walked home alone at night between 12-6am 500 times from the ages of 13-18.. I look back at it now as dangerous, but it was kinda fun. You kinda learn a lot if your a late night wandering person. You learn how to hide great, even though your not doing anything wrong it's always good to hide when you see a car coming down the road or something
I think the point of this game is the fear of walking home in the dark. You don't need to die or have someone follow you. Also this happens a lot and it's some people's greatest fear. Also saying you never walked home in the dark would be a lie from anyone unless when you was to young to drive you always had someone pick you up and drop you off. Which also proves the point that either the person is scared to have you walk home alone or you were. Also the people in the background could just be a random jogger, out for a late night walk, just got out of a bar (drunk walking), etc.
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No, I never walked home in the dark, because I've always carried some form of flashlight on my person. I'm not a moron.
@@DinnerForkTongue if you need a flashlight to see then it *is* dark 🤦🏻
@@nunpho
But when you turn it on, it's not dark anymore 😸
@@DinnerForkTongue 😂 people just mean dark as in at night, heh. I always carry a small torch in my bag as well as my phone. I used to work jobs that finished anywhere from 11pm til 4am and it was still kinda scary walking home. Maybe it's because I live in a small place in Scotland where everywhere is closed by 10 and no-one is around. Maybe because a guy used to stalk me on my way back from work...
I love walking through Rapeandmurder town in the Gonnagetmuggedhard district. Peoplearestabbednightlyhere street is especially lovely, beautiful foliage. Nice show of atmosphere creation here, definitely shows some potential, but it's not so much a game as a walk-home-at-stupid-late-night-without-taking-precautions simulator. It was nice, though.
Love you John! I don't say that enough! I have been a fan for years and have never let you know how I feel about your channel and content, so here we go...You're fantastically sarcastic and I absolutely love it! Sending love and support from Maryland!
Thank you!
The part where the character started to sprint to their house;then 'John' turned around at to look behind at 7:49, I thought that there would be that very same dark figure chasing after you.
No, no, no. You go home, close the door -- and the Hello Neighbor guy catches you and throws you out.
"It just happens to be foggy over there." The protagonist lives in Silent Hill.
The scariest thing about this game was how freaking loud the phone vibrating was.
Okay so I know it seems lame, but as a female in a big city this is my life if I choose to go out with friends. It’s dark, there aren’t a lot of people out, and the people who are, are weird and intimidating. Yes, if it’s three am I’ll call a Lyft or Uber, but still. This game plays off of a very real danger, and to me that makes it scary enough.
woman
Love the psychological horror, the fear of something might happen is always a great direction.
walking around at 2:30 in the morning? what a relatable protagonist i was just doing that 4 nights ago
Very relatable game. It think it would be sweet if there was like a 1% random chance of being attacked on each playthrough. Or maybe several possible random events would be even better. So then people would get a false sense of security until someone actually got that 1% roll and dies, and it would create hype as well as increase replay value. It would go along with the realism of this game and the whole point of it.
Random events would be awesome!
I agree with some comments saying that a person/shadow figure following you in the running part would be a great ending.
This game is more realistic, it’s almost how I feel when I have to take out the garbage or walk the dog late at night.
this actually got me on edge
Not bad. Always nice to see more games with IRL horror setups like this one.
At least you don't have to find your key in the basement. Reminds me of that you're the monster game jam game.
Take your time and thanks for the edits!
I didn't expect to like this game! What an interesting take on horror, using a real life scenario and our imagination to strike fear. A lot of indie horror games nowadays go for the flashy gore and monster chase scenes, but games like these are a rare gem.
your bonus ending gave me goosebumps, nice job. but I loved the end here too - I've definitely been walking alone around 2am before and had an experience similar to this. it's the threat of danger that is the "true horror".
the creepy old spanish lady said: "trata de arrojar perlas a los puercos" - try tossing your pearls to the swine. I google it and it's taken from Matthew 7:6
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
That’s something old ladies tell young women as dating advice 😂
@Your Boss dont give out valuable stuff to people that can't appreciate it
I liked it too, I would have thought maybe when you saw the fog and your house up ahead and found out when you could sprint you could run to your house and when you look back see someone running behind you just to give it that sense of "HOLY SHIT I AM BEING FOLLOWED" and was fully expecting to see someone behind you when you looked back, so was a little anticlimactic when there was no one there... I don't know, I would have liked something like that, or running to the house, locking the doors and stuff and looking out the window and just seeing someone walking away under the street lamps or something, just a little spook at the end, nothing over the top or anything like that because I think that would ruin it, but just a nice little "Oh damn, there's someone there" before ending would have been a great touch.
I thought the game did a great job of allowing the player, and even audience members, to create their own fears. I think the ending re-enforced a notion that the greatest fears are those we create for ourselves. Also, it was refreshing to not have to collect pages/glyphs/whatever to avoid another copy/paste jumpscare monster.
Maybe nothing would have ever happened in this game... just something playing with your paranoia. I love it.
John you should definitely be a game developer. You know way more how to make those games get to you XDD work with a team or something! It would be great!
Victorianme yea critic with no producing,C++,or graphical design skills should make a game ha
He could work as a director, leadership could be his thing
Riok unsung Fusin how do you figure he has no coding skills?
Yeah those pesky writers, advisors, beta testers and concept artists should learn some c++. That is the language games are written in after all.
He'd still suck at it lmao Playing some shitty games doesn't mean yo're good at developing. That's exactly how all those shitty games are actually made.
This game terrified me honestly. I’m scared of people stalking/home evasion/etc.
That hair. Boiiii
John went full emo on this one
Minalinsky he sure did lolol
Its either an anime homage or he lost his comb.
Sura Ventri omg 😂😂
Why do people say boi, it's not like it shortens the word?. John's hair doesn't look emo imo
In my town, there is no Uber, Lyft, taxis, or even buses to travel.
What a friend Emma is..don't get murdered. hehe.
A neat little game, the idea is there. What could of been an idea at the end, like John said about you walk in the door. What about you want into you home, close the door. (and your battery had one bar left), your phone buzzed again, and you get a text from Emma, that says "It was me" you turn on your lights, turn around and she's sat in your living room.
I don't know, just me thinking anyways. It was a nice little game that could have more idea to it, it more real because as some points in our life's, we have walked home at night, so this kind of puts you on the edge.
Thank you for the awesome uploads John. Keep up the epic work.
John, you're my No. 1 TH-cam inspiration, and I'm ashamed at how much I emulate you in my LPs. You deserve 1M.
The dislikes were from the ppl who were murdered from running low on battery
"Theres literally no one"
I walk this empty street, on the boulevard if broken dreams...
John: i think theres someone in the street
Me: hes just standing there... MENACINGLY
This reminds me of spongebob.
it's just wafflz It seems like somebody.... WANTS TO SELL ME SOMETHING!!!
GHOSTLY REAPER the maniac is in the mailbox!!!
GHOSTLY REAPER yes. ^^
Spongebob, how?
wee woo wee woo wee woo! Spongebob, I see him!
i enjoy the videos that go like 10-25 minutes the most. if they are longer then its cool if there are multiple parts, then you got something you can look forward to.
Hi John. The dark hallway creepy lurking guy said: "Arrojar perlas a los puercos". That means "To throw pearls to the pigs"... Yep! That's what he said.
I think this game gets you more when you're someone who had to go home late at night. I've been in situations in which I was coming home late, the street was pretty much empty, and my imagination played tricks on me. The moment I got home, it was like the best goal achieved in my life. For me, this game gets that feeling pretty well.
Also John, where I live there are parks that have no night lights and look like the one in the game.
Love you John, you spoil us with those longer videos you mentioned! Keep them coming but don't get too burnt out!
These videos are so addicting.
Thank God I found this channel!
Again always so calm and collected and funny you make horror enjoyable for those who love it without yelling and acting barbaric over tiny jump scares like other youtubers love your content and you💕
I don't live in a particularly dangerous area but I can definitely see where this sort of scenario would be terrifying.
I found you back in '13 or '14 looking for a playthrough and I never left again. Greetings and love from Germany !
I really like this game and its ending. It taps into that fear of the unknown and being alone. Ive been in this sutation many times in my younger years so its very much relatable.
The blink-double-blink at the end was pretty much perfect.
*Late Night Johnderer*
This makes me think of a Yandere John
That little tapping of running feet at 7:50 really kills me for some reason
“Los puertos?! The doors?
Listen, I don’t want to know what’s on your mixtape. Just keep it to yourself.”
LOL, omg John. 😂😂😂😂😂
*Gets taxi home.*
The taxi driver was actually quite pleasant. He had snacks for sale. ($1 for a bag of Doritos.) Had a lot of interesting anecdotes....GAME OVER!
It scared the crap out of me and nothing happened! The suspense was built up very well!
i had a dream about this, a world in darkness, in a city where i was going home but apparently i going into a abandoned subway
I walk around at night a lot on account on not being able to sleep but if i see someone just standing under a street light, i'm going another way. But more than anything i love how these horror protags never have any reactions to anything happening.
This reminds me of a game called "Only End" and it starts out as you getting home then seeing a man in your mirror and such
I can't ever find it again but it's a good scary one
Hey John! Thanks for all the work you put into making vids for us!
"Oh no! Only 10% left! Better conserve the battery!"
*turns cellphone light on every five seconds just for funsies*
this is what i understand from the whispers "la tierra... es tuya... trata de probar... arrojar perlas ... a los puercos" it is indeed spanish and in english would be "the earth... is yours... try to try... throw pearls... to the pigs"
This game reminds me of that Hitchcock quote "There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."
That scared the crap out of me,and u are hilarious 🤣
Walked home late for years. This sums it up pretty well.
You are really funny! I watched some of your vids and you do an amazing job
Just walked home in the pitch black icy hell my town is and came home to this. Nice.
the hair in this one is top notch
That person has great stamina, he or she ran all the way home with out getting tired.
Can we talk about how amazing that flashlight on that phone is
Nighttime Visitor was actually the first video of yours that I ever watched and got me into your channel! But this game definitely had Nighttime Visitor and DISCONNECTED vibes with the phone in the beginning. I wonder what they were going for with that ending.
The horror in this game was his phone battery going dead. lol
I like your idea of how it could have ended.
This is pretty cool. Walking outside at night is a scary concept.
I agree with your analysis on the game: neat idea, but it needs to be more refined with better sounds and a better ending, like what you suggested with a shadow at the window. Heck, even just finding the door wide open after locking it would be a good little scare.
Latin American here..
I got "Espera, Estudia, trata de probar. Arrojar perlas a los cuerpos" (Wait, study, try to prove. Throw pearls to the bodies)
Well it is terrifying alone...but lol at the playlist with the doors
"I tihnk I'm going to walk home at 230 in the morning with a dying phone." CLEARLY you've never had a solid night out.
Much love John, I hella love your videos. Keep up the good work :)
Great vid and critique! hope this group makes more games :)
This is the type of game that sounds cool on paper and then pisses you off when you paid actual money for it
"Trata de arrojar perlas a los cerdos" that's what the creepy voice said not doors involved 😂
This is a nice little atmospheric game
Good video, commentary made me laugh more than usual
Like adding some weirdo calling you out would be a nice touch to the creepy feel instead of random whispers out of nowhere
Squidward: Who walks home at 2:30?
Patrick: Oh boy 2:30!