ECH8

Interesting concept with good writing between the MC and her AI and would love to see this developed into a full game, but at the moment though its just more of tech demo / proof of concept than a game.

Короткий симулятор ходіння з парою загадок. Можна пройти до кінця без багів. Це вже велика рідкість

Game is too short. But this is a demo so I just hope they expand on it.

As demos go, doesn't really do much except set the basic story of [spoiler]"we found evidence of aliens, let's go see them."[/spoiler] Can be finished in under 20 minutes if you don't spend too much time looking around. There's not really much to see outside of the linear path that's set up. There are no options to speak of, just start, play, credits. Voice acting was good, though. That's usually a sign of real care and effort going into a project. Will be waiting to see where it goes.

Short but fun puzzle game! Great work guys!

A bite sized proof of concept Ech8 is less of a game and more of a display of something that could be larger. It's much more of a vertical slice than anything else. The voice acting, models, music, and gameplay are all simple, but very competently done. However, unless you enjoy looking at very small projects, there isn't much here to dig your teeth into, and what IS here has some issues. This seems to be a puzzle game, but only one of the puzzles really worked for me. The first puzzle you're introduced to is a translation puzzle, but depending on what you translate, you may skip it entirely, as you can fully translate it accurately by simply translating the 3 other phrases first. Regardless, I found this puzzle to be very strangely handled, and I think it was done wrong. Essentially, it boils down to translating between different bases in math. Base 10 is what we do most math in as humans, with Base2 being used in programming at a bottom level. Base 10 goes 0123456789 and then jumps to the next level of numbers. Base 2 goes 01 and then jumps to the next level of numbers. 9 in base 10 is actually 1010, so you can see that switching between bases causes a MASSIVE change in values. Luckily, or unluckily if you actually want to figure out the puzzle, there are two incredibly simple solutions available to you. First, as mentioned above, if you translate this message last, or translate it again after translating the other 3 messages, you are simply given the answer. Second, right next to the message is a machine that translates base 8 into base 10, and translates the alien text into base 10, so you can figure out the answer by simply clicking a button a few times. I find this hugely disappointing, as I want puzzles to make me think, even a little bit, and this one simply does not require thinking. The second puzzle doesn't have automatic answers, but again, the solution is so simple that it would be strange for anyone to really have to think. Even brute forcing it would take only about 8 attempts for both solutions combined. IF you want to see a very well made vertical slice and you don't need to have compelling gameplay or puzzles, this experience is pretty great. Anyone else, this isn't worth your time.