The Cloudberry Abyss

Well I beat all the levels in about an hour. A couple things to point out: the static screen affect on the start screen does hurt my eyes a bit, and being able to control the overall volume would be nice if added. The volume of the creature sound cues seemed just the right volume in comparison to everything else though. Made me jump the first few times. The dialog is very hard to make out in places. I didn't understand that the voice said I needed to collect 13 of the items instead of 10 until after I had reached 10 and it didn't let me leave and then listening to the voice a few more times. Either subtitles or clearer recordings would be nice. I also didn't really understand the after level mini games? They seemed rather pointless to me. The only thing that frustrated me was the face creature you had to click in order to leave a room. It doesn't always spawn in right away and if you're scanning a room a little more thoroughly (because they are small and can blend into the background really well sometimes) sometimes it will spawn in and then you don't have time to click on it before the creature that doesn't like you staying still will get ya. Same with the standing one I've dubbed Lenny. (It just looks like a Lenny) The annoyance with the face creature is most evident in the later chapters/levels because you have even less time to react to everything. (Oh and I kept accidentally opening up tabs because I would sometimes panic click on the bottom of the screen and just miss the arrow completely >o>. Would like a full screen option) Overall, the game wasn't terrible. Definitely needs more to it if it's ever going to be a paid product and no longer free though. My main tactic for the majority of the game (after figuring out how the creatures worked) was to check one room and then spam click all the way back to the striped entrance room before continuing on to check the other rooms until I found the item. Completed the last chapter without even seeing a glimpse of that entrance creature. Basically, the difficulty only comes with how fast you are able to click and how good your eyesight is. There isn't really any skill involved other than to figure out the strategy to not get got by the creatures. For its current price of free, I'd say its still work checking out and giving a try.