I enjoyed the art style I was easily hooked into the setting you're placed in, the commentator voice is great, probably one of the only things that also saves this experience even if just a little. It lends to the atmosphere and the way the lines are delivered helps give you a feeling that you might not make it out anyway so I found that very enjoyable.
As for the rest of the game I can honestly say this is a hard pass for me, the audio files that are used for the end when you die and everything else that isn't the voiceover is distorted and not mixed correctly. if you watch closely towards the beginning you can see me turn the volume up on my headphones because the commentators voice is so low that you can barely hear. when you watch my footage of the game and can hear the voice clearly its because I went in afterwards and brought up the levels of the voiceover and brought down the levels of the jump scares, the buzz saw and everything else that was just too loud. I don't mind a jump scare and welcome any manner of tactics to get the job done as long as its done correctly and here its just not executed correctly and the extremely loud audio could cause some ear damage if its done on the wrong person and I doubt that's your intention but it's definitely something you should be aware of.
For example commercials you see on tv have to follow the "Loudness Compliance and the CALM Act" to ensure consumers aren't exposed to damaging levels of audio and I mention this as a precaution to you the developer, I'd honestly hate to see anyone put in a compromising position when you might not have even intended it. For the gameplay I would say that the walk animation doesn't fit the game to me its more distracting if anything, if the player is injured for some reason it is not made apparent at all and if its a design choice then it doesn't seem to fit with the game. The gameplay seems to not matter what you do no matter what you pick and I played through it twice to see if there's a different choice or outcome and there isn't, this pertains to both of the first minigames because I'm not gonna expect a maze to change every time. Whether the correct choices change every playthrough or its just made that way I don't know to say for sure but I was not interested in playing the game a third time to find out, personally I thinks its the latter of the two. Finally I don't think this game should be downloadable its way too small to warrant a download, I would say to put it on your webpage since the game is currently only 89.9 MB. A good example of this is another game on this site called Burger & Frights, the game is linear and short but the game is way more worthwhile, especially considering your game doesn't have a menu either and starts and closes abruptly. I think it would be beneficial for you since your game's page is honestly cool and simple but as is I honestly wouldn't recommend someone to play this.
Very short game, and i wish you give a option to skip the dialogue but the minigame was good i somehow got all correct, i dont know if im lucky or what but personally i would rate it a 7.5/10
Great Game!. I really liked Scrap Yard and I like this one too. I love the messed up game show theme and thought all of the little games were well done. I was super tense going through that maze. I hope you make more Fear Tapes!.
Game had some nice scares and it was fairly interesting overall. I just had a hard time hearing what was being said. But overall, really good game here.
This was a really creepy game. I don't know if you can choose incorrectly on the spear and cage sections or I just got lucky. Overall this was good spooky experience with some nice jump scares. Keep it up!
I would have loved to play this for longer! The games were scary and simple enough. I think subtitles would have been nice since sometimes the dialog was hard to hear. Also the volume balance between footsteps and dialog was a bit off in my opinion. But overall nice and scary experience :)
Haha! Thanks for the feedback always appreciate constructive criticism. I'm going to try to get a new microphone soon! Sorry about the jumpscares, I will do my best to improve next time!
This game was not for me. I thought it would be a little longer and have better audio. The footsteps were a decent volume but the dialog wasn't loud enough. Wish I had more back story about the characters in the game! Other than those things the game seem to work alright. The maze held the most tension for me even though I found my way out quickly. Overall the game could use a quick clean for the audio fix and I think it would make it 10 times better.
The games just keep getting BETTER and BETTER! I'm really digging the Fear Tapes series and I played the Junkyard one off cam and that was a really good one too. This one was a little shorter but then again it only took me one try because I'm an untamed BEAST! Seriously though, the games are really unique and you are one of my favorite indie horror devs! Keep up the great work Matt!
I'm glad you enjoyed! Might not have another game up for a little bit because I'm starting work a big project rn that might take a while. Thanks for the videos bro, always love them!
It's always a pleasure to play your games! I really like the concept here, I just wish it was a bit longer! Still a great game though, and the jump scare got me REALLY good lol. Great work as usual!
Once again true horror masterpiece with exceptional, tense driven atmosphere and unique look! Personally, I have not played it, just watched my friend Evapilot play it and it was superbly magnificent. That camera overlay was so well done! I am jealous, happy and proud at the same time! Keep up the good work friend.
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Pros-
Art style
Atmosphere
Commentator voice
Cons-
audio
audio mixing
No replayability
No Menu
I enjoyed the art style I was easily hooked into the setting you're placed in, the commentator voice is great, probably one of the only things that also saves this experience even if just a little. It lends to the atmosphere and the way the lines are delivered helps give you a feeling that you might not make it out anyway so I found that very enjoyable.
As for the rest of the game I can honestly say this is a hard pass for me, the audio files that are used for the end when you die and everything else that isn't the voiceover is distorted and not mixed correctly. if you watch closely towards the beginning you can see me turn the volume up on my headphones because the commentators voice is so low that you can barely hear. when you watch my footage of the game and can hear the voice clearly its because I went in afterwards and brought up the levels of the voiceover and brought down the levels of the jump scares, the buzz saw and everything else that was just too loud. I don't mind a jump scare and welcome any manner of tactics to get the job done as long as its done correctly and here its just not executed correctly and the extremely loud audio could cause some ear damage if its done on the wrong person and I doubt that's your intention but it's definitely something you should be aware of.
For example commercials you see on tv have to follow the "Loudness Compliance and the CALM Act" to ensure consumers aren't exposed to damaging levels of audio and I mention this as a precaution to you the developer, I'd honestly hate to see anyone put in a compromising position when you might not have even intended it. For the gameplay I would say that the walk animation doesn't fit the game to me its more distracting if anything, if the player is injured for some reason it is not made apparent at all and if its a design choice then it doesn't seem to fit with the game. The gameplay seems to not matter what you do no matter what you pick and I played through it twice to see if there's a different choice or outcome and there isn't, this pertains to both of the first minigames because I'm not gonna expect a maze to change every time. Whether the correct choices change every playthrough or its just made that way I don't know to say for sure but I was not interested in playing the game a third time to find out, personally I thinks its the latter of the two. Finally I don't think this game should be downloadable its way too small to warrant a download, I would say to put it on your webpage since the game is currently only 89.9 MB. A good example of this is another game on this site called Burger & Frights, the game is linear and short but the game is way more worthwhile, especially considering your game doesn't have a menu either and starts and closes abruptly. I think it would be beneficial for you since your game's page is honestly cool and simple but as is I honestly wouldn't recommend someone to play this.
The game has disturbing minigames! it's short with a few jumpscares and it's been fun! good job :D
very cool, super climatic, the end game scene is the best, i completely suprise
I did get jumped by those jumpscares XD
anyways here's my experience of it!
good job and keep the work up! :D
game gurgles mayo
are there jumpscares?
Yes
Clowns are quite spooky
hi, big thx for the game. greetings from rosti 😍
Interesting concept, looks good so far.
I feel like I won...
Awesome game ! Good work :D
Someone really tell me
You probably know the contents, so it might be good to see it from about 10 minutes in the second half.
Very cool concept but a little short, Scared me multiple times.
Great Game!. I really liked Scrap Yard and I like this one too. I love the messed up game show theme and thought all of the little games were well done. I was super tense going through that maze. I hope you make more Fear Tapes!.
Show post...
big scary
Awesome atmosphere.
Look... this one I got really scared huh... Matthew Ager as always bringing another interesting horror series. Congratulations on your game.
Game had some nice scares and it was fairly interesting overall. I just had a hard time hearing what was being said. But overall, really good game here.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/c/Levont
This was a really creepy game. I don't know if you can choose incorrectly on the spear and cage sections or I just got lucky. Overall this was good spooky experience with some nice jump scares. Keep it up!
This was pretty good, only wish it was a bit longer
I would have loved to play this for longer! The games were scary and simple enough. I think subtitles would have been nice since sometimes the dialog was hard to hear. Also the volume balance between footsteps and dialog was a bit off in my opinion. But overall nice and scary experience :)
absolute rubbish that was.
nah jk all I can say for improvement is make the jumpscare noises less loud it made me go half deaf and also get a better mic it sounds a little poo
Haha! Thanks for the feedback always appreciate constructive criticism. I'm going to try to get a new microphone soon! Sorry about the jumpscares, I will do my best to improve next time!
This game was not for me. I thought it would be a little longer and have better audio. The footsteps were a decent volume but the dialog wasn't loud enough. Wish I had more back story about the characters in the game! Other than those things the game seem to work alright. The maze held the most tension for me even though I found my way out quickly. Overall the game could use a quick clean for the audio fix and I think it would make it 10 times better.
Absolutely agree! Thank you for the feedback man, I will try to improve next time!
Now that’s what I call a game! Keep going Dev
That Game Was Awesome As Always Keep It Up...
I made a video on this game - 43:04
- CrazyCheesePuf
I'm glad you enjoyed! Might not have another game up for a little bit because I'm starting work a big project rn that might take a while. Thanks for the videos bro, always love them!
Yes I also wanted to make it a bit longer but I was very excited to work on a new big project so I cut out some content lmao. Thanks for playing homi
oh boy you did it again and captured my heart :D this was hella fun i would have a vid for you soon enough to laugh on my stupidity :D
TO CLOWN OR NOT TO CLOWN !
Thanks so much im glad you enjoyed!
i did indeed ... also played scrap yard cuz you got it out so sneakly behind my back so im late for the party :D
Once again true horror masterpiece with exceptional, tense driven atmosphere and unique look! Personally, I have not played it, just watched my friend Evapilot play it and it was superbly magnificent.
That camera overlay was so well done! I am jealous, happy and proud at the same time! Keep up the good work friend.
Thank you so much Niven! Always glad to hear from you man!
Awesome! As always another interesting and creepy game.
Great video evapilot, thank you so much for playing g!
Thanks