The Broken Ceiling

I love the art! the love craftian creatures were genuinely terrifying. Very cool!

top down hand drawn game about wandering around a map to find items with a light source that needs recharged at the middle crystal HUB about every 15-20 seconds (gets longer as you find upgrades as the game progresses), art styles really good, general gameplays a little simplistic but still decent fun, a bit much of the wandering around looking for things as you can easily miss stuff when your light source is nearly gone, Overall would recommend this and the art especially deserves some notice.

The art is exceptional, the character charming, and its easy to sit back and let yourself get lost in this world. So many rich little details, very clearly a labor of love! The tone is spot on, and the world and writing has that right feel for eldritch horror. Turn out the lights, put on some headphones, and enjoy.

It's.. okay. The story is interesting. The art is fantastic. Love the look of the game. Gonna give it another go later and see if I can collect everything and make it though! For the price, I'd say it's worth it. The only downside is that the game not saving really takes away from the experience and makes playing through again feel a bit like a chore.

The art is Awesome! I also really enjoyed the light mechanic.

This is a game I don't know how I found out about. I think it was randomly suggested by Steam or perhaps it was part of a sale. I find it sad that nobody talks about it; there's not even any community content for it. Perhaps it's the cutesy character that drives off some people, or the lack of information given by the cover, but at the price it is (though admittedly a friend gifted it to me) and its length, it's more than worth people's time. The gameplay is simple but allows for a lot of tension to build up. Your little lantern goes out quickly and you have to run back to your starting point to recharge it. This results in a loop where you have to manage your single resource. The fact that your progress isn't saved may be a deal breaker for some people, but given that the main element of progress is information and that the game isn't all that long at the end of the day (it says here two hours for me, and that's counting a good chunk of replaying after a couple game overs, and I'm a slow player) it aisn't all that bad. There's a checkpoint after the first third or so. The atmosphere is solid; the perennial darkness and the cryptic hints at a backstory given by the glyphs you find shroud everything in mystery. Only the main character is cutesy, but the horrors that inhabit the cave are varied and have cool, strange designs. The story isn't deep but it's pretty well told, minus a couple spelling errors. All in all, I don't feel like it's the best game I've ever played, but I give it a solid 8. It's fun, it's short, it's cheap and a pretty unique, interesting experience.