Home Alone
Note: The core game was made in a week for the Brackeys Game Jam 2022.2. It has received QoL patches but not much else.
CONTROLS
WASD - Move
LMB - Interact/Advance Dialogue
RMB - Zoom
P - Pause Game
THE SCENARIO
Your parents are heading to a fancy dinner and have to leave you behind. It's not a big deal, you're old enough to take care of yourself now. It's simple, just do the chores your parents left for you and the night will be all yours... or will it?
GAMEPLAY
This game is a short, atmospheric horror demo/prototype that dumbs down the gameplay and turns up the scares. How will you handle the obstacles laid before you? Will you stumble and become a victim, or be brave, and leave freely?
DEVELOPER NOTES
This is my first game submitted to Itch and my first game jam submission. There are many aspects about this game that I would love to improve on, but as of writing this, it's 5:00AM and I just want to get this uploaded and drink to celebrate. So, I hope you enjoy this short game. If it wasn't obvious already, I was heavily inspired by games like Fears To Fathom and the Puppet Combo titles. Really cool developers/games, you should check 'em out. Anyways, congratulations to all my fellow Brackeys Game Jam participants, and thanks to Brackeys for teaching me so many helpful things.
PS: I forgor 💀 to mention that all the low poly models were sourced from here.
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Development log
- We Do A Little Patching...Jun 15, 2023
Comments
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The only piece of horror media that can actually make me squeal like a little wuss
I beat it
If you're looking for good Horror games. Silent Hill 2, Little Nightmares, RE7 and The Outlast Trials are some popular but solid choices.
while those are good horror games, I think you hit the nail on the head with this one, even if you never intended it. nothing really has animations except for the guy at the end, so you get lured in to a fall sense of security of thinking everything is still and the big scare is gonna be small, but then the guy actually comes after you. I think the way the screen just abruptly cuts to black and justs let you linger on what just happened also helps. while games like RE are scary in the sense that a big 'ol monster is coming after you, this is scary in the sense that you're absolutely defenseless and just praying that nothing bad happens to you while knowing that something bad is absolutely about to happen to you. I think thats one of the reasons FNAF got so popular anyway, so yeah. (what is bluddy waffling about)
Well I certainly feel like I'm receiving more credit than I am due but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
the door physics scared me the most, always made me feel like there was someone else in the house
Hmm the doors are very polarising, but you're convincing me to keep them as they are.
This game is pretty good but I have to say that the part when the guy is outside your house needs more light bc I can barely see it so it isn´t that scary (just my opinion of course). Anyway, this game is good so guys, try it!!
Aquí os dejo mi gameplay en español por si queréis echarle un vistazo. Igualmente os animo a jugarlo!!
Will consider that, thank you. I appreciate you playing. Better games on the way.
Format's a bit stale and the gameplay/story are kinda buns. But I like to think I improve with each new game so if you follow you'll be first to know about new projects. Thanks for playing 👍
Please leave it to me on the phone 😓😓
this game is bogus it scared my son to death! 1 star! im speaking to your mother!!!
Sending my condolences 🙏
It was fun kinda anticipated where the killer is coming from.
Big up. Thx 4 playing.
This game becomes inherently more funny if you start commentating it with sass. "What the hell do you mean check the list again there's only 4 things can we not *ucking count?" "Well I guess I'm going to eat this whole pizza by myself like a *ucking fat arse" "Nobody's home go *uck yourself" "Welp time to play Valorant now that I'm do- HOLY SH-" Also haha door physics go brrrrr.
Probably what the protagonist is thinking tbh. Thanks for playing.
Nice short horror game with a cool aesthetic. I gotta ask though... what the heck is up with the appliances in this house?!?!?! Washing machine in the kitchen next to the stove/oven?! Fridge in the dining room?! TV on the GROUND in the master bedroom? What????
This question is so valid but so funny to me. I modeled the house layout 1:1 to my actual old house. The washing machine placement is exactly how it was in the house, but other things such as the TV on the ground were more just time-saving things. In real life it was on a stand lol. We did have a fridge in the conservatory too. Maybe it was an us thing, or maybe just a UK thing idk. Thanks for playing.
lol i was so scared the first time i played this. i played it again just now and i kinda speed ran it cus i was scared
Good strategy tbh
Great game!! Loved the jump scares. Really enjoyed it. Go play it if you haven't already!! Mediasaur
Happy you enjoyed it.
Thank you!!! Mediasaur
Jogo bom , só não entendi a motivação da pessoa manca no nosso protagonista .
Olá, estou usando o Google Tradutor, então isso pode não fazer sentido. Fico feliz que você tenha gostado do jogo. A história e os personagens foram um pouco esquecidos. Não tenho esse jogo em alta conta, mas estou gradualmente evoluindo minha jogabilidade e história. Espero poder impressioná-lo no futuro. Tenha um ótimo dia!
Obrigada e você também tem um ótimo dia .
i played it without sound and looked away for one second and still shit myself whenn he suddenly came into the room my heart is still beating fast omg
Sounds like you won't be doing that again.
*did it again
exactly my experience first time playing lol
That's very cool!
Nah you're cool mate.
Glad you enjoyed. good luck with YT.
really enjoyed it, atmosphere was there with a nice scare!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, more on the way.
Oh f*ck this game's great !!!
You shivered me up !!
Glad I could shiver you up 👍
Hilarious potato graphics, but you got me
👇👇👇👇👇
Ayy if it works, it works :)
Hi! Play your game and its SO COOL!!!
Thanks for playing :)
Thank you for the game!
im really scared pls heolp
This game is so awesome!
❤️
i can't eat the pizza :(
Try the cutting board 👍
my lord and savior
The game is nice and all, but when you pause the game there is no way to return back to the game, I hope you would fix that..
and the doors movement is nice but if it swings twice then closes it would be nicer and less distracting..
and thanks :)
Thanks for the feedback, Sarah. Will look into it 👍
I went ahead and tested both builds and the 'P' key should work fine in pausing and un-pausing the game. Let me know if that's not the case for you. However, it's likely a design mistake as there's no specific instruction to un-pause the game.
is there a 3rd plant? bc I cant find it
I FOUND IT
Glad you had some fun. Good luck with the streams 🙏
enjoyed the multi-endings - game starts at 16:40
Rare to see the hero ending. Good job on that one.
thank you, it was the most enjoyable haha
It was fun, spooky, but just a few things: The swinging doors really werent it. They were a bit janky and kept swinging even after passing through one a while ago.
Also, it wasnt really quite clear what to do with the items, such as the pizza. Otherwise it was a nice experience! :D
Thanks Nourie. I've made a list of player feedback and a patch is in the works. Can't remember if doors were planned to be changed as people were divided on it but I'll take your opinion into account. Either way I'm happy you played and had fun.
those door were crazy! but good game none the less!! keep up the amazing work!!
Solid video mate. Keep chasing dreams bro
struggling to eat the pizza
Be sure to put it on the cutting board first
Thank God, I was just about to ask that question!
Some stellar voice acting there. Thanks for playing 🙏
Bet He Regrets Not Wanting A Babysitter Now lol
i didnt pay attention and thought this was a "silly" home alone game, color me surprised and spooked as hell when that man appeared out of no where to deliver me a bad ending... thanks devs for making me yelled like a kid.
Sounds like you had an extra spooky experience. Thanks for playing.
Dont let them get you
get little game very well made for a little indie game
We fell in love with this game! thank you!!
Kumichan＆Keichan
私のゲームをプレイしていただきありがとうございます。今後の私のゲームをお楽しみいただければ幸いです。素晴らしい一日をお過ごしください。
i liked this game, the doors swinging around were funny but i tried to hide in the closet and couldnt get in:(
a delightful little experience! the gameplay loop is easy enough to get both endings fairly quickly. kudos!
Kind words. Thanks for playing.
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For anyone interested about Home Alone or future games.
Happy you enjoyed it, good luck with your YT career.
I wasn't able to finish the game and one of the doors cliched out over all the game needs to make it easier to know what you need to do despite all of that I still liked the game great work.
I'll add it the fix list. Thanks for your feedback :)