I had such high expectations when going into this game. From the screenshots and the title screen it looked really promising. But MY GOD it was such a let down. And an unfortunate one at that. I love the idea and story behind it but it could've been executed so much better. The whole game was riddled with bugs. Yes they were minor ones but they still broke what little immersion had for the game. Another thing is that its just really clunky. I was stuck on the first bit for like 10 minutes because I didn't know how to put down those damned boxes. And even before that I had to restart the game because it decided to soft lock. I really hope for the second game you make it actually playable because the story is really nice and I'm interested into what will happen next but the gameplay was just terrible
Firstly I want to apologize that you weren’t able to enjoy my game at it’s fullest potential and I am really sad by that. I am working actively on improving and fixing bugs in the game as I gather more and more feedback.
As it’s my first ever game and I didn’t think it would get this much recognition I am still learning and adapting to new things.
I promise I will fix all the bugs within my power and since I’ve reached a huge milestone for me I will keep adding content to the game until the second one which I promise it will be better and the plan for the story will intrigue more.
I plan on adding a scene menu so you can navigate on which level you were on before if your game glitches out or you simply want to replay your favorite part.
Again I am sorry for your experience but I want to thank you for playing my game and giving it a chance, your feed back helps me a lot to learn, fix and become better!
OMG I MIGHT BUUUUUUUUUST! This game was SO GOOD! AMAZING ACTUALLY. I can't wait for PART 2. Real talk now if you ever quit making games, I think I might beat my wife or something. YOUR GAMES ARE TO DIE FOR. Please never give up and continue blessing our eyes with top of the line gameplay. maybe we can grab a coffee later if you get where I'm coming from ;). Anyway, I just tipped one dollar. get something nice for yourself 😍
Secrets of Sundown is an intriguing and eerie game with tremendous potential, but it falls short due to several bugs and glitches that disrupt the experience. While the controls feel a bit clunky at times, the developer has done an impressive job creating a detailed car mechanic system, especially for an indie game.
I sincerely hope to see updates in the future, as with some additional polish and refinement, this game could truly shine. Please consider this feedback as constructive advice and an invitation to explore areas of improvement—many of which I discuss in my video.
Despite its flaws, I had a lot of fun playing Secrets of Sundown and am excited to see more from the developer in the future. Keep up the great work!
Hey, I've watched your video and made some fixes regarding specific stuff that happened throughout your gameplay and I hope you will give it another chance after the updates. Thanks for the constructive criticism as it helps me improve my game.
I will absolutely give it another try because the vision is there and love a great indie horror game! Whenever you release the next update please contact me <3 Have a good day!
Fun game and the eerie style is really cool. I hope to see part 2 soon or some updates man. also why can't i open that one door in my house bro what is hidden there??
There was much to like about Secrets of Sundown, from the atmospheric nature of this 'Twin Peaks' suburban little hamlet, to the NPCs all standing outside their houses waiting to talk to me - I have to tip my hat also to the nature of gameplay, from interacting with all the residents to the very expansive supermarket area...
But...
I encountered a few soft lock bugs that eventually prevented me progressing further in the game. This seemed to happen in the supermarket on two occasions when I would speak to NPCs and the dialogue channel would freeze me in place. The only thing I could do was to boot out of the game itself and start again. I did this twice on my playthrough, but didn't have the energy to try for a third time. Would love to see this episode through to the end, but would also like to talk to NPCs without the risk of being frozen.
A few other notes:
- Bringing the boxes into the house, the living room would be considered downstairs, no? There was some trial and error with throwing boxes into the rooms. Perhaps have 'ghost placeholders' for players to know where they are placing the boxes. Maybe one for each room, or just generally having them in one place and highlighting to the player. The room upstairs for me seemed like a spare room, not the main living room.
- I loved the interaction with the NPCs - they all gave a little morsel of what was going on in the town. Would have liked to see more of their characters before heading off to the supermarket. Perhaps a few more interactions with the friend that brought us to to this place to immerse us into the flow of things.
- Surely there's going to be a love interest side quest with Suzie?
Otherwise, a great job - will look forward to playing this again and getting to end once the supermarket issues are fixed!
Hey Mr_Selfy, Thank you for playing my game and I loved your video, regarding the need of restarting the game each time, it's not really necessary as I have made a button special for bugs I didn't prevent to replay the level, in the pause menu. And for the boxes from the first scene, I made it so you can place the boxes throughout the hole house to make it easier for the player. I also had seen you had troubled with the NPCs that were in the store, and I tried fixing them as soon as I watched the video. I hope you will give my game another chance as like your intuition guided you, Suzie will help you out with something and I also have plans for her in the second game.
It's hard to believe that such a cool and interactive game was made by a solo dev. Though the elements of horror, stalking, and occult were super present, I had equal fun just doing my tasks- talking to all the neighbors, crashing my car into everyone else's, my boy hit a backflip, grocery shopping for my lasagna...It all felt cool and fun and very well made. There were a couple times where bugs had me reset the sequence, but I'd say this game is well worth it and I hope you continue to develop it.
I play your game (and a couple others) and leave more in depth feedback in my video below. You can also vote for your game on my channels community page to advance in my bracket for Best Indie Horror of January. I'll be 3D printing a scene or monster from the winners game and sending it to the game dev!
Thanks for playing Secrets Of Sundown, i very much enjoyed your video, I found it funny in every way, and I'm glad that the "Last Scene Save" button was useful for you!
So far this is a pretty solid series! I did encounter numerous bugs while playing this but overall, loving the story so far, and besides the bugs, this was a treat to play, love the visuals. Made a video on it.
Thanks for playing my game and I hope you enjoyed it, your video was great and like I said I will make an update fixing most of the issues, regarding your laggy performance, there will be some improvements as well
Great game , I like Pete and his backflips, took me a few tries to complete the game but I enjoyed how the dialogue was important to the story , great game!
Nice this was ok game not bad at all but when I first play through I check in store the bathroom the game went to black screen I couldn't move and load the save the second play through was I finish the shopping list and went to the car but the shopping list didn't disappear, so there some that need to be fixing but also the game was good anyway well done keep it up!
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I had such high expectations when going into this game. From the screenshots and the title screen it looked really promising. But MY GOD it was such a let down. And an unfortunate one at that. I love the idea and story behind it but it could've been executed so much better. The whole game was riddled with bugs. Yes they were minor ones but they still broke what little immersion had for the game. Another thing is that its just really clunky. I was stuck on the first bit for like 10 minutes because I didn't know how to put down those damned boxes. And even before that I had to restart the game because it decided to soft lock. I really hope for the second game you make it actually playable because the story is really nice and I'm interested into what will happen next but the gameplay was just terrible
Hey Roach,
Firstly I want to apologize that you weren’t able to enjoy my game at it’s fullest potential and I am really sad by that. I am working actively on improving and fixing bugs in the game as I gather more and more feedback.
As it’s my first ever game and I didn’t think it would get this much recognition I am still learning and adapting to new things.
I promise I will fix all the bugs within my power and since I’ve reached a huge milestone for me I will keep adding content to the game until the second one which I promise it will be better and the plan for the story will intrigue more.
I plan on adding a scene menu so you can navigate on which level you were on before if your game glitches out or you simply want to replay your favorite part.
Again I am sorry for your experience but I want to thank you for playing my game and giving it a chance, your feed back helps me a lot to learn, fix and become better!
OMG I MIGHT BUUUUUUUUUST! This game was SO GOOD! AMAZING ACTUALLY. I can't wait for PART 2. Real talk now if you ever quit making games, I think I might beat my wife or something. YOUR GAMES ARE TO DIE FOR. Please never give up and continue blessing our eyes with top of the line gameplay. maybe we can grab a coffee later if you get where I'm coming from ;). Anyway, I just tipped one dollar. get something nice for yourself 😍
Secrets of Sundown is an intriguing and eerie game with tremendous potential, but it falls short due to several bugs and glitches that disrupt the experience. While the controls feel a bit clunky at times, the developer has done an impressive job creating a detailed car mechanic system, especially for an indie game.
I sincerely hope to see updates in the future, as with some additional polish and refinement, this game could truly shine. Please consider this feedback as constructive advice and an invitation to explore areas of improvement—many of which I discuss in my video.
Despite its flaws, I had a lot of fun playing Secrets of Sundown and am excited to see more from the developer in the future. Keep up the great work!
Hey, I've watched your video and made some fixes regarding specific stuff that happened throughout your gameplay and I hope you will give it another chance after the updates. Thanks for the constructive criticism as it helps me improve my game.
I will absolutely give it another try because the vision is there and love a great indie horror game! Whenever you release the next update please contact me <3 Have a good day!
Fun game and the eerie style is really cool. I hope to see part 2 soon or some updates man. also why can't i open that one door in my house bro what is hidden there??
But...
I encountered a few soft lock bugs that eventually prevented me progressing further in the game. This seemed to happen in the supermarket on two occasions when I would speak to NPCs and the dialogue channel would freeze me in place. The only thing I could do was to boot out of the game itself and start again. I did this twice on my playthrough, but didn't have the energy to try for a third time. Would love to see this episode through to the end, but would also like to talk to NPCs without the risk of being frozen.
A few other notes:
- Bringing the boxes into the house, the living room would be considered downstairs, no? There was some trial and error with throwing boxes into the rooms. Perhaps have 'ghost placeholders' for players to know where they are placing the boxes. Maybe one for each room, or just generally having them in one place and highlighting to the player. The room upstairs for me seemed like a spare room, not the main living room.
- I loved the interaction with the NPCs - they all gave a little morsel of what was going on in the town. Would have liked to see more of their characters before heading off to the supermarket. Perhaps a few more interactions with the friend that brought us to to this place to immerse us into the flow of things.
- Surely there's going to be a love interest side quest with Suzie?
Otherwise, a great job - will look forward to playing this again and getting to end once the supermarket issues are fixed!
Hey Mr_Selfy,
Thank you for playing my game and I loved your video, regarding the need of restarting the game each time, it's not really necessary as I have made a button special for bugs I didn't prevent to replay the level, in the pause menu. And for the boxes from the first scene, I made it so you can place the boxes throughout the hole house to make it easier for the player.
I also had seen you had troubled with the NPCs that were in the store, and I tried fixing them as soon as I watched the video.
I hope you will give my game another chance as like your intuition guided you, Suzie will help you out with something and I also have plans for her in the second game.
Great video! Keep up the good work!
It's hard to believe that such a cool and interactive game was made by a solo dev. Though the elements of horror, stalking, and occult were super present, I had equal fun just doing my tasks- talking to all the neighbors, crashing my car into everyone else's, my boy hit a backflip, grocery shopping for my lasagna...It all felt cool and fun and very well made. There were a couple times where bugs had me reset the sequence, but I'd say this game is well worth it and I hope you continue to develop it.
I play your game (and a couple others) and leave more in depth feedback in my video below. You can also vote for your game on my channels community page to advance in my bracket for Best Indie Horror of January. I'll be 3D printing a scene or monster from the winners game and sending it to the game dev!
Thanks for playing Secrets Of Sundown, i very much enjoyed your video, I found it funny in every way, and I'm glad that the "Last Scene Save" button was useful for you!
I will be playing this live tonight 1/18 around 530-6 PM EST.
Please make sure to download the newer version with more bugs fixed.
Just downloaded it =)
Does your game have translation to Portuguese? If not, I'm interested to help.
Hey there is no translation to Portuguese. Unfortunately I don’t plan on adding other languages to this game. Thank you for the kind offer tho!
So far this is a pretty solid series! I did encounter numerous bugs while playing this but overall, loving the story so far, and besides the bugs, this was a treat to play, love the visuals. Made a video on it.
Thanks for playing my game and I hope you enjoyed it, your video was great and like I said I will make an update fixing most of the issues, regarding your laggy performance, there will be some improvements as well
Great game , I like Pete and his backflips, took me a few tries to complete the game but I enjoyed how the dialogue was important to the story , great game!
Cool game!
Nice this was ok game not bad at all but when I first play through I check in store the bathroom the game went to black screen I couldn't move and load the save the second play through was I finish the shopping list and went to the car but the shopping list didn't disappear, so there some that need to be fixing but also the game was good anyway well done keep it up!
Hey I am aware of the few bugs, and I'm going to make an update as soon as possible