Linger
A downloadable game for Windows
A massive snowstorm has trapped you in an apartment during a vacation, someone or something is giving you instructions in a notebook, every passing day gets weirder.
This game was built in 3-4 days for the Unreal Spring Jam.
Short game for those who love psychological horror. Let me know how the experience was for you!
Controls:
WASD - Move
Left Mouse Button | Gamepad A Button - Interact
RightMouse Button | Gamepad X Button - Flashlight
Escape | Gamepad Start Button - Options menu
If you are lost, there's a red notebook on-top of the bedroom drawer that gives you instructions.
Install instructions
1. Extrar game folder from .RAR file
2. Run Snow.exe
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Comments
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Really great atmosphere! Enjoyed playing this one! Well done!
"This title is hosted on an incompatible third-party website"
What do I do?
setting its cool
Hey BioXide, we had a ton of fun with this one. What you accomplished in a few days is impressive! We'd love to see that enemy more fleshed out in another game.
Here's our video if you'd like to watch.
Thanks for the experience!
It Will Keep You On Your Toes 10\10 Great Work!!
"The procedure entry point CreateDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library dxgi.dll."
How to fix this? I can't run the game.
yeahhhh this is awful in all of the good ways and none of the bad ways lol awesomely TERRIFYING. Great job bioxide!
Pros and cons are down below) Check out my vid here (likes and subs are highly appreciated)):
Advantages:
1. The game was so scary! The pacing was good and the ambiance was srong. I was afraid what's going to happen at the beginning of every night (except, maybe, the first night). Very well done!
2. The girl is very creepy. I think it's a very good character model. It reminded me a lot of Pacify, though. Still, she was very naturally animated and was very creepy. Sometimes if monsters are a bit funky then the game ceases to be scary. Well, this is not the case.
3. I loved how well-thought the nights are. Firstly, the player has to get acquinted with the place which helps out immensly during the following nights. I think, that's a very smart game design. Great job!
Disadvantages:
1. Though, being familiar with the place helped a lot, during some chapters it was still too dark. I wish it would be a tiniest bit brighter so at least the player would be able to know whether they are looking up or down. Once the player gets lost, it feels almost impossible to find the way back or to other rooms.
2. The notes are weird. Somehow the player can read them in pitch black AND how come it doesn't bother the main character that each day the notes appear to be different. So, someone comes at night, stared at the sleeping main character and leaves a creepy note. I think I would be bothered a bit if I were the main character.
3. I wish there were more endings. For example, one where the girl wins and one where the main character manages to destroy her. Maybe to reach good ending, the player would have to find additional notes and complete additional tasks each night or something like that. Anyway, that would add replayability to the game and would generally be awesome.
Overall:
That was just great! I was scared and amazed as I didn't expect the game to be as scary. Thank you so much for developing this masterpiece and reading my comment) I rate the game 5/5.
Hope my feedback was useful!
right click for flashlight :)
OMG that would be so helpful, I don't know how I missed that ahah
Well, now we know that people can miss that detail so it could be highlighted a bit more)
This game did an excellent job of ramping up the tension. Each day I was wondering what fresh hell I was going to experience, and I was never disappointed. The sounds were on point, and seeing the creature emerge from the TV was just as terrifying as you'd expect.
I just wish there was more :D
Very Good Horror game
This game was hell incarnate, or something close. I could not finish it---I hated every single thing about this game. It left me feeling unsettled, uncomfortable, unclean, and unhappy. I feel like this game is cursed---like there is an untangible evil in it that no man or woman should ever have to face. Please dont play this game, or do---just be warned you might die, in 7 days.
Very scary for me. Good game!
is this a walkthrough horror game or do I have to survive something?
This is really good. Honestly, the only thing I didn't like about it were the footsteps. They kinda sounded like a bouncing ball but really, that was the only fault I found, which of course didn't take away from the experience. It was weird and disturbing, not really filled with random jump scares which I really liked. The quality of the meshes too, that was impressive. Stay safe and I wish you guys the best. :)
One of the scariest games I have played
Goddamn scary nice game with really realistic environment
👍👍👍
I really enjoyed this game it has a good horror build up it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.😨 Here's my playthrough:
enjoy 😎👍Second Game I played. I realized after recording where my objective was
This game came highly recommended by some friends... I wasn't disappointed!
Made a gameplay video for fun
/edit/basicThis is one of the first videos I made when I started my journy down horror road and lemme tell you... ITS A BANGER
THE POWER OF DANCE CLUB STROBE LIGHT COMPELS YOU
Noticed a spelling error early on in the game. It mentions the front door won't "barge" which should be "budge". Other than that, so far so good :) love the atmosphere.
I don't remember because it's been a while since I've played but is it spelled like that, 'b-a-r-g-e'? If so, it's spelled correctly. Maybe you meant 'barge' was used incorrectly when it should've been 'budge'?
a barge is a type of flat boat for transporting across rivers typically. So, yes "barge" is spelled correctly, but the word he wanted was "budge".
I think the dev used ‘barge’ because it can be used as a verb, meaning to move into something with force, as in, “It’s rude to barge into my room like that.” But, yes, ‘budge’ is the word that should’ve been used.
No, I don't think that is the case.
The line is "This door won't barge. It's like if it was frozen entirely."
Very clearly in context of "budge".
Barge does not make grammatical sense to be used there. Should technically be closer to "This door won't budge. It's like it's completely frozen."
Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying. I’m saying that he used ‘barge’ because he thought it was the correct word to use in that context, but it’s incorrect because the context of the sentence is that the door is immovable due to being frozen that it won’t even move in the slightest, therefore ‘budge’ is actually the correct verb. I’m agreeing with you, if that’s more clear. Haha!
I commented in the first place because you initially mentioned there was a spelling error in the game, but proceeded to explain a grammar error instead. I pointed out that nothing in the game was spelled incorrectly, and agreed that it was a grammar error.
Great horror game with an amazing atmosphere, the entire game felt unsettling. The girl snuck up on me a few times and nearly gave me a heart attack!
I think the installation instructions are unclear to those that don't live in the word of pc games. I am finding it difficult to download this game on Itch and i have even tried doing it manually and nothing is happening. If anyone has clear instructions, or even a video tutorial it would be muchly appreciated.
Thank you for making this game! I had so much fun playing it!! I need more games like this!!
https://youtu.be/Pt0_pr9SJYg
That was way better than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed the game, the atmosphere was great, and the puzzles were unique! Great Job!
Really good game! Enjoyed every second of it and definitely worth giving a go if your into horror games. I recently started a youtube channel and this game was my first video!
I absolutely LOVED this game... Incredible atmosphere and ambiance. Thank you for creating this gem. Here's my full playthrough if anybody's interested.
how were you able to play the game?
What do you mean?
Definitely gave me the creeps omg
this game is soooo creepy! really enjoyed it!
I had fun during tense moments (anticipation of jump scares when the apartment was dark, evading the girl), but I wish I could say the same about the game overall. The pacing was a bit slow, and though the atmosphere was dark and eerie, the game was dull and boring. I hate to be critical, but those are my honest thoughts. One thing that would've improved gameplay was adding music and sound cues. I added music and sound cues in editing, and, without a doubt, it makes the ambiance of the game much better and creepier.
can someone help me (manually download from the page) cause it saying something about i CANT play it
Very excited to start playing, I feel full controller support would really add a lot though as I was just lying on my bed in the evening thinking "some horror would be great right now". But having to play on keyboard and mouse restricts me only to the confines of my uncomfortable desk. (The comfort of desk is not your fault ;))
Can't Install
Then manually download it from the website.
Great game! the build up was good too! Would of loved it if it had much more of a story behind it, but nonetheless I had a great time! :p
I felt like this was an incredible game that an amazing underlying sense of tension mixed with a terrifying atmosphere that were both built upon throughout the gameplay, which accumulated into a fantastic experience. Thank you for the experience and I hope you keep up the good work.
Finally i did overcome my fear and here is my video.
Man What a Game you have made. Cheers!! :)