Ghost Simulator [published]

@Luiza
Found it! This choice is preceded by a hide_reuse. That means the choice “disappears” after you select it once.

The solution is not so simple as removing this command, though. I must create a pathway that acknowledges the player already having unlocked the phone (without this messing further choices up). I’ll get it done by the next update.

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Ahhh I see! Well then in that case my bad! :pensive: However I enjoy the WIP! I love freaking amber and Ollie out :joy::joy:

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Love it!! I am hooked cant wait till the next update love interacting with the fam, but Michael… Sigh

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August 16 update: Chapter 3 available


Hey, people.

Chapter 3 is fully playable, at last. Some parts are rather streamlined, so I will add further sub-pathways as I come back to them. This is exactly what happened in Chapters 1 and 2.

Suggestions and reports are valuable as always. During the next weeks I will be working on Chapter 4 and adding more sub-scenes and choices to Chapter 3.

I wish you all a ghostly week!

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I fucking love this so much cant wait for you too finish

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New update let’s fucking goooooo

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Found a small error I guess. It should have been Violet here?

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Well this story is delightful and unique. I liked the way we can interact with the occupants and influence their lives. Because when someone sees stuff like these happening in their house it effects them. I also loved the kind options like cleaning the rooms and so on. It’s probably crazy but if you are thinking about different endings one of them should be Brooks acknowledging the ghost as a part of the family and have it some duties like the caretaker of the house. Anyway great story I’m excited about upcoming chapters.

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Absolutely love this wip and the 80s ghost story movies it gives. The status are really balanced and fun to play with. I wonder how it’s gonna be once the game is complete.

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found: “I don’t know,” Lily Edgeworth says. “Perhaps I’m just crazy, but… I think Lily has something to do with it. With the accident.” (mean Violet) also, asking 'do you think violet is involved would be weird if she just announced suspicion)

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@Nerull
In chapter 1. In the choice: “Possess Ollie and tell the people not to go in the attic.”

"I’ll check this out later, Samantha says, in a tone that certainly preoccupies you.

Put a double quote after the bolded word.

Becky dances with Ollie, too, shaking her hips and trying not to stpill the alcohol out of her glass.

Spill

Rita, hearig this, directs a deadly gaze at Amber.

Hearing

Rita and Laura leave for the bathroom as Diana leads rita to the glasses of water

Capitalise the bolded word.

and you can even sense how fastly and hardly their hearts are racing.

Hard

You know," Amber says, almost gaspinG.

Gasping

“I havent’, too,” says Edgar

Haven’t

You show up in the middle of the dancefloor.

Put a space between the bolded words.

If ask youserlf whether this is common with kids nowadays.

Change the italised word to: you. Change the bolded word to: yourself.

sometimes standing up and longing at the senario through the windows for lengthy minutes.

Looking, scenario

she stops, on the bed, and listens to the silent of the house.

Capitalise the bolded word.

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August 20 update: Minor fixes


Thank you all for taking the time to play the new version :slight_smile:

@ItachiUchiha
You are right: it should be Violet. It’s fixed now. Thanks!

@E_RedMark
It’s fixed! About the dialogue option, it makes sense. I changed it so it should be more appropriate now.

@Bugreporter
I was missing your reports! Valuable as always. Thanks a lot!

@EmirAli
The game will have different end states according to in-game choices and variables. About your suggestion…

The Brooks acknowledging the ghost as part of the family will be one of them for sure. Actually, the family can start regarding the MC as an ally as soon as in Chapter 4.

There is a short sequence in Chapter 3, too, in which Amber acknowledges you and talks to you as if you were a person for the first time. This happens if Rita and Laura end up together in the party.

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I love this, the ending where we can be a part of the family is the one I will be going for my first play!

(Also that make-out scene did make me laugh with how they just, accepted that a ghost had seen them kiss hahaha)

How does this happen? I’ve always had Lauren get with Amber.

Maybe I’m always too nice?

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Just found this wip and the concept is super interesting! It’s definitely a nice breather to have a game where you can influence other people’s lives, instead of having to worry about ROs and stat checks and whatnot tbh. The added mystery element behind your ghostly-ness is also a treat!

I was a bit confused at the end of the demo, though, because William gets a call and learns that his mom and uncle die from a break-in, but then Lily says they died from a car crash. No one mentions this disparity, so was it a mistake?

But otherwise you do a great job setting up little events, and the pacing of each little mystery reveal kept me hooked! Can’t wait to see what comes next.

Typos/Errors


So my last dinner choice was possessing Ollie and telling everyone not to go to the attic, but I got an apparition description at the end there. However, my character doesn’t have the apparition power! Just wanted to point out that this might be misplaced.


“who approaches Older Rebecca and kisses her lips”?


I don’t think you need this about, since you use the word twice


Is it supposed to be She? It gets kinda muddled who’s talking here


?

Also, after investigating my grave, it suddenly said that Samantha was rushing out of the crypt and fell. I was a little confused- did something happen?


got a double description here

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It’s been so surreal playing this demo again, from the beginning. Especially now with the update. I wish I can’t believe they was making out while knowing that a ghost is watching them, but I could. I’m not quite sure if it is different for everyone but I really love the description of how technology changed if your MC is a Victorian. Not going to lie. I didn’t expect that ending.

Summary


I was still able to click on the first choice when I already picked it.

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Make two Nazis kick down the door and shoot Ollie that is just funny as hell i really hope there is more stuff like that to scare the hell out of the people in this.

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THE SHADOWS OVER INVERNOCK
Nice reference, I caught on to it almost immediately :slight_smile:

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So now the mom wants out after the Halloween party? Uh uh that’s not how this is ending :smirk:. Also it felt kinda weird when Amber and Lauren made out in front of me ngl​:flushed:. Kinda surprised that when I made my appearance to Ollie and his friends with the Oujia board that the party wasn’t outright ruined(I mean I was mostly peaceful true, but still, maybe it’s just me :man_shrugging:). Loved the party sequence overall, I’m very curious about the family meeting at the end and can’t wait to see how it goes depending on the various possibilities.

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it’s been absolutely amazing revisiting this after awhile and seeing how it progressed. This game SLAPS, 100/10

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