The game sounds extremely interesting, so I'm planning to check it out . Just one question: I know the game is optimized to be played with a mouse/keyboard, but i want to try it at least with a gamepad if it works for me :)
The keys/mouse interactions are very easy to map with a software like joyxoff or AntiMicro, so that should work fine. Testing it in game was strange: it seems the game itself recognizes a controller and offers rudimentary gamepad support, though this seems a bit broken, for example, dpad up and down in the journal does not allow to walk through the menu.
My question: In case there is now full gamepad support planned, would it be able to deactivate gamepad recognition so a gamepad mapping software can be used instead that does not interfere with built in support?
Even tho I don’t recommend playing the game with controller, it is designed with controller support in mind and should work natively. The same applies to item interaction and puzzles which should work also without mouse. Last time I tested the controller support it worked in the menu without any issues (try analog stick instead of dpad). I’ve updated the engine version meanwhile so something might broke there. Unfortunately I don’t own a controller so I have to borrow one and it might took some time. Hope you will like the game anyway.
Thanks for your fast reply! I rechecked it with the controller, it seems most of the things are working, instead of one thing. I know that the focus in not on gamepad, but in case you want to reproduce it, here are the steps: Start a new game, press the "start" button on the gamepad to switch to the "Menu" (or "Journal"). Using the dpad up and down now jumps to the functions that are assigned to it in the game, dpad up goes to Inventory and dpad down to Journal. Thus, no entries in the journal or the menu can be selected. I tried the analog sticks but they don't seem to work.
Thanks for the great work you did, i walked around a bit and it really seems like a great experience. I'll wait a bit before i continue, if you have the chance to look into the controller issue anytime I'd greatly appreciate it :)
Finally got my hands on the controller support and the game input config got messed up after the engine update and rebind navigation buttons to open/close menu. Everything is working now
Sorry to bother you again. I wanted to download the new version but it says it is still the one from December 2021 (ver 1.6.3). I'll wait until the new version is available :)
I don’t how to get it to look good. It just seems to have potato and maybe medium setting and from there no real change. Got this after watching igp, so i know it should look better. Any hints?
Omg I love this game but im stuck on new game plus I can't work out how to get through the rock wall after the abandoned factory and I never opened the lakeside cabin or got the pistol the fishing thing is so cool but I only caught one fish so far. This game needs to.be fully developed good job dev or devs
well with mature content on there is blood, gore, violance and occasional strong language. All this is suprased with limit mature content turned on. But remember it is still a horror game so scary atmosphere, spooky sounds, vicious animals…
I've been playing this game for 2 hours now and have been thoroughly enjoying it, there were some parts that I found difficult such as the lock box code but was able to figure it out. I enjoy a challenge but im stuck in the factory, i've been searching for a while now, throwing myself at the big guy but have been unable to find the wrench! I've looked through playthroughs but the place where it is supposed to be only includes a letter!
You have a different permutation of this puzzle. Not only wrench can be used on the valve. Search for other item (minimap will help you with possible locations).
Hey, I'd like to stream this game and put it on yt afterwards. I don't want to do anything without your permission. I am a VERY small content and this isn't my full-time job but I would love for it to be someday. Unfortunately, there will probably only be 1 person watching. Can I review your game live?
Good game, only problem for me currently is that no matter what way I put the code in (I have literally tried everything), it just won't open, perhaps i'm missing something, perhaps a button to click once you have the right code
[SPOILER] Two pics give you codes to input but they are not along the same down line so the first pic you see will have the first 3 numbers on the far left row going down then the other pic will show two numbers that go on the bottom of the second line going down then you just flick the last remaining horizontal line untill it clicks this was a cool idea and took me awhile to work out myself
would you be ok with us extracting and viewing the assets made? if so what version of UE4 are you using? im not looking to steal your content i just would love to get a closer look at the models since its kinda hard in game
No spoiler review abstract: Don't choose Regular Mode
The game have great mechanics and graphics, but i couldn't finish it. I played in the regular mode and got stuck in two parts, the card memory and the factory door. I didn't know if i missed a character commentary about that thing on the pc table, whitch turns out to be the camera card plug in. It took ages to get to this thing, the objective was to find a tunnel or gap to get in Greenstone Cave, i walked around the map countless times, found two secret caves in the way, but at the end i watched a gameplay to proceed. When i got the pliers was the same thing, forgot the factory's door and ran straight to the lake cabin, grabbed the rod and fished 8 times, didn't know what to do, was too stressed to walk up the map again and watched the gameplay. The factory encounter was the icing on the cake to me, the stealth didn't work out, he saw me miles away by his back and I looked like a cockroach running across the train yard trying to find the right path, besides he hit me through a wall. I laughed when I read the description, it says the game takes 60-90 minutes, when i spent 3 hours on it. Oh, don't get the point of the Fox Gump that chases you down before you can defend yourself against it and the big Siren Head's show up, not so big because we all know him, but didn't give me the creppy of "He is watching me among the trees" or he is chasing me but i can't quite see him, instead it is more like "The prey sees the hunter but the hunter do not see the prey". His cutscene and his animation of jumping off did break the horror to me, because of the prey and hunter thing, and when he jumps, looks like he is running away from the player. I think that if he would have showed up in the forest, at night, i probaly would had a heart attack. So what could have helped me to find my way out the frustation i got, without the hint mode, could be a checklist at the journal, for example, i see the factory's door BANG, appears "Got to find someway in" and maybe a picture/print of the door, got the camera BOOM, "Have to upload its card", i think it also may be a better way to check your notes instead of seek information through logs. But i really enjoyed the mechanics, they are very cool to mess with, additive to the game, very fluid and immersive, besides the graphics and enviroment, whitch i don't need to talk about it. The camp is full with story, a pretty good one, the gameplay is just awesome. In conclusion, pretty damn great game, really happy to get the opportunity to enjoy such a quality work, you did a great job, maybe after a break i will re-play it with the Assist Mode to see the end.
Thanks for giving the game a fair chance. If you found it difficult to continue and even journal can’t help you, there is a guide available for everyone. Also feel free to contact me on twitter.
Definitely go for something lightweight. The most you can do without the code. Unreal Engine and Unity are both great. You can spent more time on creation rather than technical part. It can be discouraging spending most of the time learning how to do a simple thing without any real progress in the project itself.
Start with something small like walking simulators. Unless you are also experienced artist try to get as much as possible from available assets free or paid. Please just don't use demonstration levels. It's disrespectful to the author of the assets and generally not original. As you will work with the tool you will get familiar with it and maybe made something more complex later on.
Most important part is actually finishing it. Even if it is not 100% as you wanted it to be (it will never be :)) just release it.
As for a language I am using C++ but because my real job is a programmer, I code on a daily basis and I started coding a long time ago. TBH I will not recommend doing a game in it especially if it is the first game. For graphical part, only when you need some custom rendering. I am using GLSL/HLSL/Metal for shaders based on the target platform.
Just use the language you are the most familiar with and feel the most comfortable in.
My personal recommendation for starting game developer is: UE + Blueprints + Template Project. You can do amazing things even using only blueprints in UE.
Not right now. I would most probably need to get Trevor Henderson's approval for such a big store as Steam and contacting Trevor is almost impossible (I tried for almost 6 months). Another thing is when you are releasing a game on steam you need to pay a distribution fee. My game is for free and steam does not support any type of donations for supporting the developer.
But there are definitely some steam features that I would like to integrate into the game.
Is there any alternative way of downloading this game? Because every single time I try to download this game, it keeps giving me too many failed network errors to the point it then tells me the download is forbidden.
When I came across the big cave with the boulder in, The game said I could interact with it, but I haven't been able too? I really like the game though!
It might be, i downloaded the game yesterday and there was a tunnel near the old house with a big boulder in it, I'm also really stuck on the box code, i think i know what to do but i dont want to spoil it for anyone here
Unfortunatelly some very nice UE4 graphical techniques used in the game are really expensive. Without sacrificing visuals I can’t optimize more.
It can be really frustrating especially nowadays when GPUs are expensive and really hard to find.
You can still setup the visuals based on the game “Performance Guide”. The biggest boost in performance without sacrificing too much of visuals is by setting the Lighting from High to Medium (around 15%). In combination with Medium foliage you can can get almost 20% fps difference.
I am able to play it on High settings, 1080p 60fps with occasional drops to 50fps for demanding areas on my 5yo GTX1070.
my 8 gbs of ram with a gtx660 cant run it im trying to see what i can do because this game is preety good, and i mean i can run the game but when i look at the forest it goes about 19-18 fps
Recently I was considering to make a graphically less demanding version without high end effects but first I need to test if it is still possible to keep it graphically decent and support wide range of hw at the same time. It will took some time to modify and also some additional testing if everything still works correctly.
Right now I can’t promise anything but I will try to take a look into it
I know you've received comments about your game. The archive (zip) has some header errors and it's either corrupt or something is going wrong during the upload to Itch. I've tried 4 times to redownload it and it still occurs. You might want to look into it.
I downloaded/tested/extracted/start the game just now and everything works fine for me. I tired to download it using browser and Itch app. I am using butler to upload the game so upload process will fail in case of any error. Thank for the info anyway.
If you are still experiencing download issues, try to download the game using Itch app.
I'm sorry you're having trouble downloading the game. Please try again tomorrow. If the problem persists, try contacting itch.io for connection issues.
I am glad to hear that. If you like the game, be sure to try the game plus mode. It's more challenging and there are several bonus areas. Also true/secret ending are really interesting.
Hi there! On the zone of Silent Lake you can clip out of bouce pretty easily if you crouch and get up rapidly near the bridge. I just wanted to comment it for future patches!
I mean either way it's an amazing game. I wasn't tryin to seem like it would only be good if it was multiplayer. it's actually probably the best indie game I've played. you definitely did a good job on this project, I'm impressed.
Thanks for playing. The game is mostly not linear and a little cryptic at the beginning so journal is your best friend. If you are not sure what to do next, check you journal and read some entries. First part of the game is more puzzle oriented, second part is action oriented.
Your discoveries in the first half of the game strongly influence the ending.
I'm stick in that secret cave under the old house and I don't know how to get out. I've already gotten upstairs, and I've seen BetaHunter on youtube go through it with the secrets but I didn't see how he opened the wall upstairs. What should I do?
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There's a bunch of stuff in this game, I like it. You can even go fishing.
The game sounds extremely interesting, so I'm planning to check it out . Just one question: I know the game is optimized to be played with a mouse/keyboard, but i want to try it at least with a gamepad if it works for me :)
The keys/mouse interactions are very easy to map with a software like joyxoff or AntiMicro, so that should work fine. Testing it in game was strange: it seems the game itself recognizes a controller and offers rudimentary gamepad support, though this seems a bit broken, for example, dpad up and down in the journal does not allow to walk through the menu.
My question: In case there is now full gamepad support planned, would it be able to deactivate gamepad recognition so a gamepad mapping software can be used instead that does not interfere with built in support?
Even tho I don’t recommend playing the game with controller, it is designed with controller support in mind and should work natively. The same applies to item interaction and puzzles which should work also without mouse. Last time I tested the controller support it worked in the menu without any issues (try analog stick instead of dpad). I’ve updated the engine version meanwhile so something might broke there. Unfortunately I don’t own a controller so I have to borrow one and it might took some time. Hope you will like the game anyway.
Thanks for your fast reply! I rechecked it with the controller, it seems most of the things are working, instead of one thing. I know that the focus in not on gamepad, but in case you want to reproduce it, here are the steps: Start a new game, press the "start" button on the gamepad to switch to the "Menu" (or "Journal"). Using the dpad up and down now jumps to the functions that are assigned to it in the game, dpad up goes to Inventory and dpad down to Journal. Thus, no entries in the journal or the menu can be selected. I tried the analog sticks but they don't seem to work.
Thanks for the great work you did, i walked around a bit and it really seems like a great experience. I'll wait a bit before i continue, if you have the chance to look into the controller issue anytime I'd greatly appreciate it :)
Finally got my hands on the controller support and the game input config got messed up after the engine update and rebind navigation buttons to open/close menu. Everything is working now
That's great, thanks a lot!
Sorry to bother you again. I wanted to download the new version but it says it is still the one from December 2021 (ver 1.6.3). I'll wait until the new version is available :)
Sure, hopefully in a few days. Some very nice changes/updates are comming.
Thanks for playing my game :)
I don’t how to get it to look good. It just seems to have potato and maybe medium setting and from there no real change. Got this after watching igp, so i know it should look better. Any hints?
Omg I love this game but im stuck on new game plus I can't work out how to get through the rock wall after the abandoned factory and I never opened the lakeside cabin or got the pistol the fishing thing is so cool but I only caught one fish so far. This game needs to.be fully developed good job dev or devs
You need to somehow destroy those rocks. The solution relativelly close.
Where do i find the code to the red box, please someone tell me, im stuck!
If you won’t be able to figure it out message me on twitter.
What would you say is the age rating of this game?
well with mature content on there is blood, gore, violance and occasional strong language. All this is suprased with limit mature content turned on. But remember it is still a horror game so scary atmosphere, spooky sounds, vicious animals…
I've been playing this game for 2 hours now and have been thoroughly enjoying it, there were some parts that I found difficult such as the lock box code but was able to figure it out. I enjoy a challenge but im stuck in the factory, i've been searching for a while now, throwing myself at the big guy but have been unable to find the wrench! I've looked through playthroughs but the place where it is supposed to be only includes a letter!
You have a different permutation of this puzzle. Not only wrench can be used on the valve. Search for other item (minimap will help you with possible locations).
will it be on steam someday?
unfortunately no plans for steam in near future.
Hey, I'd like to stream this game and put it on yt afterwards. I don't want to do anything without your permission. I am a VERY small content and this isn't my full-time job but I would love for it to be someday. Unfortunately, there will probably only be 1 person watching. Can I review your game live?
Of course. Feel free to record/stream however you want. I’ll be glad the game will be alive and get to more people :)
Just finished my first session. Boy was it great. saw siren head for the first time and he's amazing. looking forward to seeing the rest.
I'll be streaming it again tomorrow on twitch if you want to see someone else play it. Same username across all platforms
not bad game, haven't completed it yet.
Good game, only problem for me currently is that no matter what way I put the code in (I have literally tried everything), it just won't open, perhaps i'm missing something, perhaps a button to click once you have the right code
Message me on twitter. I’ll help you with the code puzzle
[SPOILER] Two pics give you codes to input but they are not along the same down line so the first pic you see will have the first 3 numbers on the far left row going down then the other pic will show two numbers that go on the bottom of the second line going down then you just flick the last remaining horizontal line untill it clicks this was a cool idea and took me awhile to work out myself
I know that one, but like I said, I have tried everything. Nothing would work
would you be ok with us extracting and viewing the assets made? if so what version of UE4 are you using?
im not looking to steal your content i just would love to get a closer look at the models since its kinda hard in game
No spoiler review abstract: Don't choose Regular Mode
The game have great mechanics and graphics, but i couldn't finish it. I played in the regular mode and got stuck in two parts, the card memory and the factory door. I didn't know if i missed a character commentary about that thing on the pc table, whitch turns out to be the camera card plug in. It took ages to get to this thing, the objective was to find a tunnel or gap to get in Greenstone Cave, i walked around the map countless times, found two secret caves in the way, but at the end i watched a gameplay to proceed. When i got the pliers was the same thing, forgot the factory's door and ran straight to the lake cabin, grabbed the rod and fished 8 times, didn't know what to do, was too stressed to walk up the map again and watched the gameplay. The factory encounter was the icing on the cake to me, the stealth didn't work out, he saw me miles away by his back and I looked like a cockroach running across the train yard trying to find the right path, besides he hit me through a wall. I laughed when I read the description, it says the game takes 60-90 minutes, when i spent 3 hours on it. Oh, don't get the point of the Fox Gump that chases you down before you can defend yourself against it and the big Siren Head's show up, not so big because we all know him, but didn't give me the creppy of "He is watching me among the trees" or he is chasing me but i can't quite see him, instead it is more like "The prey sees the hunter but the hunter do not see the prey". His cutscene and his animation of jumping off did break the horror to me, because of the prey and hunter thing, and when he jumps, looks like he is running away from the player. I think that if he would have showed up in the forest, at night, i probaly would had a heart attack. So what could have helped me to find my way out the frustation i got, without the hint mode, could be a checklist at the journal, for example, i see the factory's door BANG, appears "Got to find someway in" and maybe a picture/print of the door, got the camera BOOM, "Have to upload its card", i think it also may be a better way to check your notes instead of seek information through logs. But i really enjoyed the mechanics, they are very cool to mess with, additive to the game, very fluid and immersive, besides the graphics and enviroment, whitch i don't need to talk about it. The camp is full with story, a pretty good one, the gameplay is just awesome. In conclusion, pretty damn great game, really happy to get the opportunity to enjoy such a quality work, you did a great job, maybe after a break i will re-play it with the Assist Mode to see the end.
Thanks for giving the game a fair chance. If you found it difficult to continue and even journal can’t help you, there is a guide available for everyone. Also feel free to contact me on twitter.
I am at the same place, I can not figure out how to get to Greenwood. My compass is pointing me to the watchtower which has nothing in it.
I was really enjoying it until now, I can't tell if it's a bug or I'm just missing something.
Either way, guess I'm out, don't feel like playing a game that requires looking up a guide.
Hi there, great game just wondering if you'd ever consider doing a multiplayer version? can't wait to see what else you decide to do.
Great playthrough. Must recommend to everyone who is interested in game.
Hello, Awesome game you've created. What programming language would you recommend for someone who aspires to develop their first game?
Thanks.
Definitely go for something lightweight. The most you can do without the code. Unreal Engine and Unity are both great. You can spent more time on creation rather than technical part. It can be discouraging spending most of the time learning how to do a simple thing without any real progress in the project itself.
Start with something small like walking simulators.
Unless you are also experienced artist try to get as much as possible from available assets free or paid. Please just don't use demonstration levels. It's disrespectful to the author of the assets and generally not original. As you will work with the tool you will get familiar with it and maybe made something more complex later on.
Most important part is actually finishing it. Even if it is not 100% as you wanted it to be (it will never be :)) just release it.
As for a language I am using C++ but because my real job is a programmer, I code on a daily basis and I started coding a long time ago. TBH I will not recommend doing a game in it especially if it is the first game. For graphical part, only when you need some custom rendering. I am using GLSL/HLSL/Metal for shaders based on the target platform.
Just use the language you are the most familiar with and feel the most comfortable in.
My personal recommendation for starting game developer is:
UE + Blueprints + Template Project.
You can do amazing things even using only blueprints in UE.
Thank you so much for the info. You are a legend! I will try to put it to good use.
are you planning to make steam version of siren head resurrection
Not right now. I would most probably need to get Trevor Henderson's approval for such a big store as Steam and contacting Trevor is almost impossible (I tried for almost 6 months).
Another thing is when you are releasing a game on steam you need to pay a distribution fee. My game is for free and steam does not support any type of donations for supporting the developer.
But there are definitely some steam features that I would like to integrate into the game.
ok cool good luck hope for the best
Is there any alternative way of downloading this game? Because every single time I try to download this game, it keeps giving me too many failed network errors to the point it then tells me the download is forbidden.
No itch.io only.
But itch had issues for past few days, I hope everything will be up and running soon.
That was cool. :) 5/5
I am glad you like it.
When I came across the big cave with the boulder in, The game said I could interact with it, but I haven't been able too? I really like the game though!
Do you mean a big boulder blocking the tunnel in Game Plus?
It might be, i downloaded the game yesterday and there was a tunnel near the old house with a big boulder in it, I'm also really stuck on the box code, i think i know what to do but i dont want to spoil it for anyone here
Oh yeah… This boulder is related to something else, no spoilers :) Feel fee to contact me on twitter if you won’t be able to progress further.
Thank you!
un juego muy interesante, una historia excelente. quizás con algunos problemas técnicos pero asumo que es mi pc.
optmz
Unfortunatelly some very nice UE4 graphical techniques used in the game are really expensive. Without sacrificing visuals I can’t optimize more.
It can be really frustrating especially nowadays when GPUs are expensive and really hard to find.
You can still setup the visuals based on the game “Performance Guide”. The biggest boost in performance without sacrificing too much of visuals is by setting the Lighting from High to Medium (around 15%). In combination with Medium foliage you can can get almost 20% fps difference.
I am able to play it on High settings, 1080p 60fps with occasional drops to 50fps for demanding areas on my 5yo GTX1070.
my 8 gbs of ram with a gtx660 cant run it im trying to see what i can do because this game is preety good, and i mean i can run the game but when i look at the forest it goes about 19-18 fps
Recently I was considering to make a graphically less demanding version without high end effects but first I need to test if it is still possible to keep it graphically decent and support wide range of hw at the same time. It will took some time to modify and also some additional testing if everything still works correctly.
Right now I can’t promise anything but I will try to take a look into it
Hey there,
I know you've received comments about your game. The archive (zip) has some header errors and it's either corrupt or something is going wrong during the upload to Itch. I've tried 4 times to redownload it and it still occurs. You might want to look into it.
I downloaded/tested/extracted/start the game just now and everything works fine for me. I tired to download it using browser and Itch app. I am using butler to upload the game so upload process will fail in case of any error. Thank for the info anyway.
If you are still experiencing download issues, try to download the game using Itch app.
I'm sorry you're having trouble downloading the game. Please try again tomorrow. If the problem persists, try contacting itch.io for connection issues.
I am glad to hear that. If you like the game, be sure to try the game plus mode. It's more challenging and there are several bonus areas. Also true/secret ending are really interesting.
Hola, como lo puedo instalar? lo descargue pero se queda en winRAR y cuando lo quiero extraer me da un error):
The game is compressed by the itch.io site so try to download the game again. I tried to download it now and the file is OK
Hello! Is this game in Spanish language? Greetings
I am sorry. English only for now.
Hi there! On the zone of Silent Lake you can clip out of bouce pretty easily if you crouch and get up rapidly near the bridge. I just wanted to comment it for future patches!
Thanks I’ll check it out.
hey I would ask you if I can stream your game on twitch?
Of course you can.
Please let me know when, I would like to watch the stream.
Thanks, at the 30th july.
how i instal?
Just download the game and run SirenHead.exe.
Everything else is done automatically.
¿Cómo instal?
mano, es una obra de arte
muy pero muy wapo lo único, es que le pusieras mas optimización .lo demás esta wapisimo
dude this would make a absolutely DOPE game if you made it multiplayer
Thanks.
I've been getting a lot of multiplayer requests lately. I will definitely take this into account in future projects
I mean either way it's an amazing game. I wasn't tryin to seem like it would only be good if it was multiplayer. it's actually probably the best indie game I've played. you definitely did a good job on this project, I'm impressed.
Thank you, I really appreciate it
Thanks for playing. The game is mostly not linear and a little cryptic at the beginning so journal is your best friend. If you are not sure what to do next, check you journal and read some entries. First part of the game is more puzzle oriented, second part is action oriented.
Your discoveries in the first half of the game strongly influence the ending.
I'm stick in that secret cave under the old house and I don't know how to get out. I've already gotten upstairs, and I've seen BetaHunter on youtube go through it with the secrets but I didn't see how he opened the wall upstairs. What should I do?
Message me on Twitter (@ushowmore) if you did not figure that out
what is the code for the lunchbox
Code is unique for every new game. It's part of the puzzle you have to figure out.
ik but im completly clueless on what it is. and no YT video I'm seeing is helping. like is there math involved
If you are struggling with this puzzle, message me on Twitter (@ushowmore).