Mawgate

Mawgate was a very enjoyable experience. Its combat system feels very reminiscent of SIGNALIS, and while it could use some polishing, it doesn't take away from the story. The puzzles are fun and while it does hold your hand through a lot of the game, being both free and a one-time-beat-it-in-one-sitting type of game, it makes up for it. It's very much worth playing through for yourself. Great work guys 👍 Some suggestions I have for bug fixes and polishing: -I have a screen with a max resolution of 2560 x 1600, and the edge of the screen gets cut off when at that setting. I had to drop it down to 1920 x 1080 in order to get the whole game to fit, which wasn't an issue really, it's just a matter of compatibility. -Aiming is kinda janky In order to kill enemies, you have to aim your reticle at them from across the screen. SIGNALIS succeeds in this take on weaponry-aiming in that there is a white line showing where exactly you're aiming to in relation to the environment, making aiming at enemies' body parts, making crit shots and all around combat experience more streamlined. Mawgate does the same, but without the white line, and just the crosshair. This makes it hard to tell how close you need to be in order to make contact with your target, as well as where you need to move to in order to dodge attacks. -The hitboxes are weird A big thing I noticed was that the hitboxes of both Maria and the enemies are hard to gauge, making shooting and movement more reliant on guesswork than anything. For example, when you fight the (for lack of the knowledge of its actual name) [spoiler]skinwalker-halo-ghost enemy[/spoiler], not only does it only register hits half the time, its bullets seem to hit the area around Maria and still deal damage to her. This results in the need to run past all of these types of enemies and skip some of the combat, which was a bit disappointing. Another example is when you fight (pretty big spoiler) [spoiler]Dr. Hawley in the basement. Not only does he seemingly not die (which would be a nice secret achievement or something, but he also seems to only be shootable in the legs. [/spoiler] Maybe this was intentional, but if it wasn't, there ya go :3 Ik this all sounds pretty negative but I really enjoyed playing Mawgate and if any of the devs are reading this, I hope my suggestions help make the game even better. I'll be keeping an eye out for more stuff from you guys! Edit: Just realized this was a student made game for a university project! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, props to you guys. This is very well polished for what it is!

Not a bad appetizer of a survival horror. My only complaints for this game are the 2nd existing enemy is a waste of bullets that hits your hitbox a lot easier than you can hit it. And lastly, that last encounter not only do you do nothing to him while working a numbers puzzle and trap him behind props, it just ends abruptly, not a very satisfying conclusion to that. Overall you have the bones of something here.

Honestly, for a game this short, this is one of my favorite games I have ever played. There is so much story and challenges for runs. I recommend this game for people that like short story games.

That was a pretty good game! I hope the dev make more games like this soon!

Me sorprendió bastante para ser un juego gratis. Es un survival horror clásico, de esos que se enfocan más en la atmósfera, la exploración y la gestión de recursos que en la acción directa. Tiene ese aire retro que recuerda a juegos viejos de consola, y la verdad le queda muy bien. Todo está bastante cuidado: el sonido, la música y la interfaz ayudan mucho a meterte en la experiencia. Eso sí, es corto. En poco más de una hora lo podés terminar, y aunque está bien hecho, te deja con ganas de más contenido o incluso un modo más difícil. También tiene detalles menores, como pequeños bugs o cosas técnicas puntuales, pero nada que arruine la experiencia. En general, se siente como una base muy sólida de algo que podría crecer muchísimo.

Good game! Well made graphics and fun puzzles :)

Very fun game despite being short,with a nice and engaging horror plot unfortunately the gameplay is not the best.But after all it is free