Haunted PS1 Summer of Shivers [7] Eyes Closed
Channel: Pudding Muffin
Date: 2021-09-06

In this video I play The T.V. Alert, SEACORP 02.06.2002, Hide and Peek, and U-1536. As always, they're all available here: https://itch.io/jam/hps1sos

The T.V. Alert

The incredibly warping textures, the door you could phase through, and the oddly scaled objects gave this an interesting dreamlike vibe. The triggers could use a little more work, as I had to look up how to interact with the refrigerator to get my food. The writing on the alert was good, although it felt a bit off that I couldn't leave after having seen the monster.

SEACORP 02.06.2002

First time I died because I thought the ending had sealed up, but it was just the noisy textures and the low resolution conspiring against me. Fun concept, and I like how it punished you for not paying attention while you were going into the subterranean area.

Hide and Peek

This had a fun concept (hiding your browser window to move, which is why you see me tabbing over to the submissions page), but it ended up being a bit too difficult to execute and the hitbox really should have been more forgiving, especially given that you can't see for most of it. I wasn't sure if I was missing what you were supposed to do at the part right before the stairs or it was as difficult as it looked, but either way I wasn't destined to beat it.

(Apparently shortly after I recorded this, the hitboxes were updated to be more generous, so give it a go yourself.)

U-1536

That pre-rendered cutscene at the beginning was on point. The static scenes after it were also great, although sometimes the perspective was clearly wrong. The attack animations were goofy in a fun way, and the enemy design was cool. Hopefully they can figure out how to make the combat interesting in the full version. This holds a lot of promise.

00:00 The T.V. Alert
02:52 SEACORP 02.06.2002
10:46 Hide and Peek
14:06 U-1536