Red Zero

This game looks amazing! I feel eager to play :)

The challenge of balancing life and responsibilities in college quickly give way to a life and death struggle in this extraordinary game.  Wonderful characters, heartwarming and thrilling moments, and I only got two of fourteen (14!) endings.  A high level of interactivity--it almost feels like a VN-Adventure game hybrid.

The central conceit is very well researched, and the story that unfolds is backed up by a seemingly huge amount of lore.  I'm excited to get back to it and see what else I can discover.

Outstanding game! I didn't see all the endings but I really enjoyed what I read, the atmosphere is comfy or scary when it needs to be and I love the backgrounds and how you can see the items in the inventory. Special mention to the music which is also well made (loved the lofi piano approach).

Despite thoughtlessly clicking on one spoilery image on Discord, I still had no idea what sort of horror this game would contain. I was pleasantly surprised when the scary moments started popping up! 

I love, love, love the exploration, point-and-click, and inventory features. These aspects truly made me feel like I was playing a fleshed-out game.  All the visual effects, like the wobbly text and action lines (???), gave the experience that extra oomph. The sound effects were great as well. 

All the art was very clean and polished to look at. The sprites were super expressive and adorable, even during the darker moments of the story. The backgrounds turned creepy yet cool when the horror started settling in. 

I was able to get 12 of the endings and around half of the achievements by myself, then I checked the guide and got all the endings and achievements I was still missing. That's how invested I was. My favorite ending was probably S or M. 

Congrats to the team for creating such a thrilling and entertaining game! I had loads of fun! 

(Note: Copy-pasting this comment from the Spooktober VN Jam 2023 page.)

(Copied from my jam comments to help this title with Itch.io's algorithm!)

I had a fun time with this title: especially with the point and click sections. I didn't get all of the endings, but I enjoyed the ones I did get - including the true ending. The character art is also nice and expressive.

Some of the visual effects you used here were really cool too: like the math-solving scene with the protagonist, and the flashback filter you used for certain spoilery parts of the game.

SPOILER STUFF BELOW:

Also... zombified Professor Fields is really something, isn't he? Love, love, love his glasses shine expression - I adore seeing mad scientist characters, and I'm glad I've met one extra this Spooktober. 

So much fun! I enjoyed the exploration elements immensely, and the overall design is engaging and stylish. Well done!

Love the energy of this game. Also one of the most unique entries in the spooktober. It's fun, it's colorful... If you're looking for a lengthy game with eye catching art, take a dip. You won't regret it.

Arson is the way, everytime.

The game was insane, from every point of view. I kept trying to save them all, and I'll refrain from spoiling what happens witth that lol

The dialogues, everyone was so well written, and then the multiple outcomes and posibitilies for every action? And all of this just in one month? Dude, you lot are incredible!

I got almost all endings, did check the guide to get the last one of the swarn ones and didn't mind about the zero ones I didn't had, but besides that? I just wanted every ending I could get lol

The art is gorgeous, and so well crafted. The designs so cool, and the amount is incredible as well.

Music wise? If you don't get best composer, it should still make it to the list. Damn, the ost is SO good! My most sincere congratulations on it!

I'd love to blast more about it, but I did so many endings my head is spinning lol

This was super slick and stylish :3 The art is absolutely gorgeous! The exploration elements were really well done too!

You can tell a lot of love went into this!

This was so much fun omg. I had time to play for one ending but I'll definitely make more time to get a couple more. Loved the art, UI design is spectacular, ambience and music is incredible, story and pacing was superb. Definitely has great replayability and just the one playthrough made me eager to go back again. Props to everyone involved, this was super awesome! 

bro. BRO. This game is sick as hell.

Killer atmosphere CHECK

Sound design and music NUTTY

Writing A LITTLE SLOW AT THE BEGINNING BUT GREAT

Banger art CHECK

Sophia BEST GIRL

What a great game. Needs a hundred times as many people playing it.

Also check it my amazing plan:

Leon why tho ;-;