The Windows Are Gone

A great game, if a bit buggy.

Game seems awesome, but there's a bug where I can't open boxes anymore after placing the telephone down in the downstairs Office. Not sure why this occurred but I hope it gets fixed!

Loved it! Unique interactions, great vibes, really cool premise. Unfortunately around the halfway point I experienced a bug that prevented me from opening any more boxes. I could no longer progress, so I decided to load and give the game a chance to reset things - turns out there's no save system so I couldn't continue. I finished watching the rest in a video. Still loved it! Keep it up!

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I LOVED THIS GAME SO MUCH!!! I GOT THE GOOD ENDING :D

Ey, bonito juego.

Somos un tipo que nos retiramos a la casa que vemos en nuestros sueños. Pareciera que nos llama a mudarnos allí, así que, sin nada que perder, terminamos haciéndolo. Al poco de empezar a desempacar las cosas de la mudanza…extraños sucesos empiezan a sucederse… y cada vez van a peor.

Jueguito que homenajea claramente a las típicas pelis de los 2000 sobre casas embrujadas, mientras ahonda en la psique humana de un hombre hundido y deprimido por un reciente accidente.

La historia nos brinda una interesante propuesta que, aunque ya vista multitud de veces en el mundo del terror y los traumas, logra convencer incluso al jugador más experimentado. Esto lo consigue gradualmente, mediante varios recursos, como los SMS del móvil, las cintas VHS o las pesadillas que sufre el protagonista. Poco a poco, vamos desentrañando los sucesos que nos llevaron a mudarnos a esta inquietante casa y del porqué terminamos haciéndolo.

La manera en la que está montada la acción para con la narrativa de la historia resulta muy agradable e inmersiva. Tanto, que nos será imposible no mantener los escalofríos o sudores durante gran parte de la partida. No sufrimos jumpscares ni sonidos estridentes aleatorios. Si no que todos los elementos de terror están muy bien armados, mamando en muchas ocasiones de la misma técnica que empleaban los primeros Silent Hill. Esto sería, aterrorizando al jugador de a poquito. Con una gran ambientación, escenarios e historia confusa que se va desgranando.

Sobre la ambientación que acabo de mencionar, lo más agradable es sentir que el autor no se esfuerza cada 2 por 3 en meternos cosas perturbadoras por los ojos. Ni hay sangre a borbotones, ni una atmósfera arquetípica de oscuridad y sonidos estridentes, ni monstruos que vemos por el rabillo del ojo, ni ninguna de esas mamadas a las que nos acostumbran desde hace tiempo.

Aquí la inmersión se logra, al igual que la propia historia, con el pasar de los minutos. Al final todo se pudre y el gameplay se vuelve aterrador y siniestro, pero, como ya he dicho, es “al final”, no de primeras ya con todo….

A modo personal, me encantan los juegos con una estética que imita la tecnología retro del milenio pasado. Todo lo que tenga filtros VHS, PS1, píxeles, etc siempre se ganará mi curiosidad por empezar a jugarlo. Este juego avisa que incluso emula los gráficos de ciertos juegos de PS2, y podría decirse que es así en ciertas ocasiones. Mayoritariamente, y como suele suceder también mucho con este tipo de “interfaz” gráfica, se pasa a meter un filtro de estática o ruido visual que adereza a la perfección el campo visual de la acción.

Los diálogos del juego, así como los textos son un importante recurso que el juego aprovecha en exprimir a su favor. Y cómo los utiliza para que el jugador penetre aún más en la historia tan perturbadora que atormenta a nuestro protagonista.

Está todo en inglés, pero a un nivel muy asequible y fácil de comprender. Gracias al creador por esta pequeña joyita de los juegos indie gratuitos. Estaré pendiente para próximos trabajos que lance el creador.

7/10

This game was absolutely stunning! It was so well crafted and immersed me immediately

nokia phone carried survivability 

This game had such an emotional story. I enjoyed playing this one a lot. 

best story-drive ps1-styled game. absolutely incredible

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PART TWO OF BAD PARENTINGGG BUT WE'RE THE DADDD

i have not even started the game yet i reclined my chair and just listened to the ambient music, i will start it lol

This was one of the best games I've played on this website. The atmosphere the music it was too good. It started out slow but it picked up real quick and did not let up. Would highly recommend to anyone who loves psychological horror

This game is pretty awesome, I like the story line

I Loved this Game! Im very new at youtube I hope I showed the game off well in my video. Im still learning how to pay attention to the game while recording so I know I missed some things. I loved uncovering the story and the feelings of the MC. Also the interactions with doors/cabinets/toilets feels much better than most games. Going to play that Building 71 Game SOON!! <3 <3 

THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! 10000/10!

spoiler alert (do not read before playing):

here's some theories about what we think what happened to help clear some stuff up.

- the grostoli that the woman (we named her caroline slash karen) was the thing that made the protagonist start to lucinate. it was kind of random for her to give us some food that we don't take any effects from, especially because she literally went inside our house somehow??

- near the end, he winds up in the same place where the man was in the VHS tapes, with the red lines. but how could the man have filmed inside of his mind? as we watch the VHS tapes, it is described to us what happens, and we don't actually see it unfold. this could have just been because not knowing is scarier, or it could have been because it didn't happen physically, but instead inside of the protagonist's mind. the tapes may have just been part of his hallucinations. 

- this might be obvious, but in his hallucinations at the end, jessica his wife told him to "join them." jessica and the baby, as we know, are both dead when the wife bled out in the car. this is implying that in his hallucinations his wife asked him to kill himself. in the bad ending he does and in the good ending he doesn't. 

anyways that was LITERALLY the best horror game i have played. i HIGHLY recommend scary cube's other game the building 71 incident!

the only thing i would say that could be improved is that picking stuff up and opening the boxes and stuff is kind of hard with the scrolling thing, but it's not a big deal. 

once again this game was sooooo good at everything, left room for a lot of food for thought and even with the storyline i would say it's somewhat of a sandbox game. it literally gave us goosebumps it was so good at keeping an eerie atmosphere! 10000000000000/10 would recommend!

hi, big thx for the game. greetings from rosti 

It took me 1 hour and 16 minutes to complete. It was really good. The game was really scary. I will upload it to my youtube channel the playthrough. I really liked the story.

(It's a Hungarian channel, so I also speak Hungarian in the video)

In my eyes, definitely a well composed piece of art. I love the psychological story and the analog horror elements. A nice and well done combination. And last but not least: No cheap jump scares.

Thanks for this wonderful game.

Also, I've made this meme:

lo probare y luego comento de nuevo :)

Absolutely loved it. Thank you for such a great experience.

This was insanely good developer, great job!

ABSOLUTELY PHENOMONAL!
I could never have guessed that this would have so much lore, so much emotional impact and mentally.

Wonderful game. I really enjoyed it.

Hello! We are looking for a contact email to offer to bring this game to Nintendo Switch!! Could you please provide us with an email address? Thanks!!!

I had never heard of this game before and had never seen any gameplay. It just popped up while I was browsing for something to play on itch.io, and I have to say, wow! I love the slow pace at the beginning and how it gradually becomes scarier. The sound design is phenomenal, adding to the tension without relying on cheap jump scares. Great job, developer!
It took me two playthroughs to uncover all the secrets. The telephone one was the trickiest to find.
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THIS IS SOOO GOOD. probs the best horror game I've ever played. really loved how eerie it was, and I thoroughly enjoyed decorating the house! I neved knew I needed such an element in horrors!

Lukewarm welcome