I super enjoyed the 1.0.7 demo! For a demo it is pretty complete and I rather enjoyed it, minus a few bugs and weird game things here and there! I'm going to make some soft recommendations that of course you don't have to follow, but it would be cool to have some of these things added!
-Save points in front of boss fights or an manual save. Now I might be the only person but I had a hard time fighting the last boss of the demo, mostly because of the spawning of monsters that just made it a pain to track back to the point I could save without loosing a bunch of exploring and items. Again might be me complaining but from a game play pov it's a pain to ever fight unnecessary monsters just to save.
-Phoenix down type item. I'm pretty sure there is one in the game (the hot coco) but it never seemed to work for me? It would heal the party member to use it not the member I wanted revived.
-Indication that you are too low of level to fight a boss. More of a nitpick but even it comes to the last fight I was under the impression that I could fight her with the passive level of 7-8, only to be wiped and needing to grind to level 12 to get better skills to clutch to fight her. Something like "you have a feeling you are too weak to survive if you enter this door" would be great and would have saved me 3 restarts to actually kill the boss.
That's I have to say! Make sure to keep up the great work! I'd love to play the full version of ghost hospital one day! Kind of related do you play to make some sort of donation type thing like patreon? Because if so please tell me! I'd gladly give funds to put this game in a full version!
( ps: im pretty sure i see what u are doing with jay's story devs! im not gonna shout it just in case you guys wanna keep it hush other than some context hints, but its very nice for some inclusion that just isnt there for 'hey we have [x minority]'! ~some dude in the same boat as jay (although if this isnt the case and im reading too much please ignore me) )
Hey, thanks for your input! I'm a little against a manual input, but I'll see what I can do about finding a way to make a save point in front of boss fights make narrative sense. Most important people have secretaries, I suppose...
Yeah...the hot cocoa. Hoo boy. Turns out it hasn't worked at all this whole time. I'm planning to put out a patch to fix a bunch of stuff tomorrow-ish, so you can hold tight there, don't worry.
A low level indicator might be a good idea- it'd make narrative and literary sense, and it's not super hard to implement! I've gotten a lot of complaints about game balancing across the board, too, so I'll take a closer look at all of that.
(ps, I'm glad you noticed! I was actually worried it'd be too subtle for people to pick up on- yeah, I hope to make it more clear in the full game without saying it outright- Jay isn't the kind of kid who'd necessarily come out about being a trans dude, but it's part of who he is. Besides that, we have plans for more lgbt+ npcs in the final product [also not just there for Brownie Points, sometimes people are just gay/trans/whatever], so expect more where that came from!)
Cannot make progress on confronting Black and white lady, and the lady keeps saying 'Undefined'.. hey, other people getting same bug.
I really enjoyed this game and felt 'Fun' in a long decade, and really want to see the end. Please fix the problem!
edit: Is this the end of current version?
edit 2: Played 1.06. Yeah.. that was very near of the end. I gotta wait long enough.
This game didn't do, What I say, "THIS IS DEFINITION OF ANXIETY UNDERSTAND IT BLAH BLAH BLAH", Just showed someone suffering from anxiety and made me say "Hey maybe I know that voice". I like that point.
Played through the full demo! The music is awesome and I still love the writing, especially how the 'anxiety text' is worked in. I'm super excited for where this goes.
Oh! You might want to look at the Disposable Gloves item. It seems to reduce defense instead of adding to it? >u>;;
Man, I love the character design, the combat (which most people get pretty wrong), and the writing! It's a real cool concept which would probably be woefully underwhelming in the wrong hands, but I'm so psyched for more! The red voice, while a little hammy at times, was really engaging and helped drive the tension
Hey there! Enjoying the game, but saving doesn't seem to work on the Mac for some reason. I can open the save menu, but choosing any of the save slots doesn't seem to do anything.
What? You can't just end it right before the final boss... That's not fair! It's like promising a three course meal, delivering on the starter and main courses, and as soon as the dessert shows up, you tip the bowl upside-down on my head!
I feel so betrayed.
But then again, I guess it's my fault for not clicking the 'more information' button. It's also rather thematically appropriate. But in all honesty, I adored this game. I really dug it's humour, setting and visuals, and was willing to overcome some odd control issues and visual artefacts to just enjoy the experience.
Sorry about that! I do intend to put the bossfight in there, as this IS just a demo as opposed to the full game. Thank you for the complements and feedback!
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I super enjoyed the 1.0.7 demo! For a demo it is pretty complete and I rather enjoyed it, minus a few bugs and weird game things here and there! I'm going to make some soft recommendations that of course you don't have to follow, but it would be cool to have some of these things added!
-Save points in front of boss fights or an manual save. Now I might be the only person but I had a hard time fighting the last boss of the demo, mostly because of the spawning of monsters that just made it a pain to track back to the point I could save without loosing a bunch of exploring and items. Again might be me complaining but from a game play pov it's a pain to ever fight unnecessary monsters just to save.
-Phoenix down type item. I'm pretty sure there is one in the game (the hot coco) but it never seemed to work for me? It would heal the party member to use it not the member I wanted revived.
-Indication that you are too low of level to fight a boss. More of a nitpick but even it comes to the last fight I was under the impression that I could fight her with the passive level of 7-8, only to be wiped and needing to grind to level 12 to get better skills to clutch to fight her. Something like "you have a feeling you are too weak to survive if you enter this door" would be great and would have saved me 3 restarts to actually kill the boss.
That's I have to say! Make sure to keep up the great work! I'd love to play the full version of ghost hospital one day! Kind of related do you play to make some sort of donation type thing like patreon? Because if so please tell me! I'd gladly give funds to put this game in a full version!
( ps: im pretty sure i see what u are doing with jay's story devs! im not gonna shout it just in case you guys wanna keep it hush other than some context hints, but its very nice for some inclusion that just isnt there for 'hey we have [x minority]'! ~some dude in the same boat as jay (although if this isnt the case and im reading too much please ignore me) )
Hey, thanks for your input! I'm a little against a manual input, but I'll see what I can do about finding a way to make a save point in front of boss fights make narrative sense. Most important people have secretaries, I suppose...
Yeah...the hot cocoa. Hoo boy. Turns out it hasn't worked at all this whole time. I'm planning to put out a patch to fix a bunch of stuff tomorrow-ish, so you can hold tight there, don't worry.
A low level indicator might be a good idea- it'd make narrative and literary sense, and it's not super hard to implement! I've gotten a lot of complaints about game balancing across the board, too, so I'll take a closer look at all of that.
(ps, I'm glad you noticed! I was actually worried it'd be too subtle for people to pick up on- yeah, I hope to make it more clear in the full game without saying it outright- Jay isn't the kind of kid who'd necessarily come out about being a trans dude, but it's part of who he is. Besides that, we have plans for more lgbt+ npcs in the final product [also not just there for Brownie Points, sometimes people are just gay/trans/whatever], so expect more where that came from!)
Cannot make progress on confronting Black and white lady, and the lady keeps saying 'Undefined'.. hey, other people getting same bug.
I really enjoyed this game and felt 'Fun' in a long decade, and really want to see the end. Please fix the problem!
edit: Is this the end of current version?
edit 2: Played 1.06. Yeah.. that was very near of the end. I gotta wait long enough.
This game didn't do, What I say, "THIS IS DEFINITION OF ANXIETY UNDERSTAND IT BLAH BLAH BLAH", Just showed someone suffering from anxiety and made me say "Hey maybe I know that voice". I like that point.
So when i tried to use hot cocoa it wouldnt let me target the one pacified guy and would only heal the person using it
also my game soft locked after talking libitina, she would go to the end of room and walk in place, also she would keep saying undefined
I love this game and can't wait until the full release comes out. Though I wonder are you going to include Poltergeists or anything like that?
This game is amazing and i love its concept! i cant wait to see how far this goes!
Wow, thank you! That means a lot to me, and I hope you'll like the full version as much as the demo!
This was AMAZING, i really really really hope a full release is in the works...
((will update comment with bug info and specific review later))
The disposable gloves seem to decrease defense dramatically rather than add +5%?!
I can't wait for a full release!
Played through the full demo!
The music is awesome and I still love the writing, especially how the 'anxiety text' is worked in. I'm super excited for where this goes.
Oh! You might want to look at the Disposable Gloves item. It seems to reduce defense instead of adding to it? >u>;;
Ah, jeez, it looks like other people have had that problem, too. I'll work to fix it, thank you!
Looking forward to the full game!
Linux link is broken, incomplete archive. Can you please re-upload the archive for the Linux version?
Honestly can't wait for a full release! Loved this game and I did a 3 part series on my channel!
Man, I love the character design, the combat (which most people get pretty wrong), and the writing! It's a real cool concept which would probably be woefully underwhelming in the wrong hands, but I'm so psyched for more! The red voice, while a little hammy at times, was really engaging and helped drive the tension
Hey there! Enjoying the game, but saving doesn't seem to work on the Mac for some reason. I can open the save menu, but choosing any of the save slots doesn't seem to do anything.
Hope you can fix! Thanks!
oh my goodness that was so good! I'm really excited for more!
Can't wait for the full game! Will it be on Steam?
Maybe! I'm looking into how to get it up there, but for the time being, I'll keep working on the demo version!
Did a little LP for it for our channel! Loved doing the voices and stuff, which is why I love playing games like this.
Thank you so much!!! I'll watch it when I get the chance!
This game is SO FUN! I have uploaded my first impression and playthrough of the game. Hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=8K47AlgdfXo
Thank you very much! I'll have to watch it later!
The download link for the linux file does not work, maybe it is an incomplete file?
What? You can't just end it right before the final boss... That's not fair! It's like promising a three course meal, delivering on the starter and main courses, and as soon as the dessert shows up, you tip the bowl upside-down on my head!
I feel so betrayed.
But then again, I guess it's my fault for not clicking the 'more information' button. It's also rather thematically appropriate. But in all honesty, I adored this game. I really dug it's humour, setting and visuals, and was willing to overcome some odd control issues and visual artefacts to just enjoy the experience.
I live for games like this. Please finish it.
Sorry about that! I do intend to put the bossfight in there, as this IS just a demo as opposed to the full game. Thank you for the complements and feedback!
Looks super cool, but I don't think the Linux version is working......it's weirdly 1/3 of the size too
Wow look at this! it lookss so good! look at this UI! dude. dude