Lucy Gorbalm is Missing
Lucy Gorbalm, 20, went missing a week ago. There might be clues regarding her whereabouts in her hard disk drive; however, her HDD might have fallen in the wrong hands...
Warning: in order to progress and play the game as intended, chat with Sandra, Anna and Jennifer and turn off the computer. There is a bug that skips most of the game. Avoid looking at Lucy's photo gallery in her social media THE BUG HAS BEEN FIXED
A short experimental horror game with retro aesthetics.
Created with Rpg Maker MZ, this is an entry for the RPG Maker Horror Game Jam #13: Social Media
https://itch.io/jam/rpg-maker-horror-game-jam-13
WARNING: THIS GAME IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. IT MIGHT DISTURB YOU OR MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS |
| Rating | Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars (35 total ratings) |
| Author | A. V. Dossow |
| Genre | Simulation, Interactive Fiction |
| Made with | RPG Maker |
| Tags | Atmospheric, Creepy, Horror, Narrative, Psychological Horror, RPG Maker, RPG Maker MZ, Short |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English, Spanish; Latin America |
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Development log
- Regarding the bone saw sound effect38 days ago
- The game has been fixed55 days ago
- Bug that skips most of the game56 days ago







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Gameplay completo:
Juegazo, m encantó
what is the music playing called when playing the mossy cyan door?
first time you has ever make me feel disturbed dossow, i'm proud of ya
This game was really creepy and THAT horror scene near the end was really well done.
Navigating and customizing Lucy's Desktop was also a pretty nice touch, and I had a lot of fun because of that.
Interacting with the other users was also very heartbreaking and made me hate the antagonist a lot.
The only thing I didn't like was the ending because it felt out of place in this story.
Maybe if there was some build up through the blogs, the e-mails, and the social media posts, it could have been a bit better.
!!SPOILERS!!
I don't think that the virus segments were enough to build that, personally.
They felt too random and too vague to lead to the ending where Lucy comes back as a vengeful entity.
Dear Mr. Dossow, I am a big fan of your games (from China). I like your games very much, but I hope you can adjust the volume a little. Sometimes my ears are always stimulated by sudden screams and tinnitus, I hope you can accept my advice. 😖
eh jugado tu juego y te digo que fue perturbador sobre todo la parte del martillo, muy buen juego lograste ponerme la piel de gallina jaja saludos desde argentina...
Muchas gracias por jugar y por el gameplay! Me alegra de que te haya parecido perturbador (aunque capaz con la escena del martillo me sarpé un poco y fue una banda jajajaj)
As a fan of over a year now I think this is some of A.V.'s best work, the overall mechanics and story were really scary and solid and the mini games (especially the mossy cyan door) were so fun and such a nice little detail. I was planning on writing this review before I even got to the final act after turning off the computer, this is truly a work of art and more than that a work of true talent. Keep up the good work!
I think this game is really good! Incredible quality with its sprite-work, music, and general atmosphere along with its aesthetic. The use of ye olden paintings instead of public/personal stock photos is also really cool! Great at creating a sense of dread throughout, even during supposedly "safe" areas. Though the dialogue from certain characters (especially the protagonist,) can come off as a bit cheesy--I think it's just charming enough to get away with it. With time I think you can totally improve upon it, if you ever wanna update the game post HGJ!! But for just being made by one person, I think this is very impressive. Good job!!! Hope to see more from you soon :)
Hola,me gustó el juego estuvo guapo (me hizo gracia lo de meterle un martillo por el recto al señor que pensaba que era mujer xd). Aún sigo jugando al Alice Slaughters Wonderland con el que llevo más o menos 3 horas y jugar a este nuevo juego me ayudó a distraerme un poco del otro :)
MY GOAT Has released ANOTHER AMAZING GAME
Thank you so much for playing guys! Sorry about the bugs hahah (they were already fixed). I'm glad you liked the reference! : D
I beg you balance screaming sounds, I put them all on 20% and still my ears hurt after all. Game is nice by the way.
This game definitely has big disturbing energy, specially in that one scene that I was really no expecting to take part of and it left quite a (good) impression on me.
What I think really adds a lot are the minigames and the last part when we get a switch on perspective, I honestly think that was the best decision possible for this game since I find some other games of this style drag the "investigation" part too long.
Great job as usual and Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much for the playthrough and the feedbak Moriko!
This is the first time I attempt to make a game like this (although I had already tried to simulate an operating system in A House 4 Alesa) so there's definitely a lot of room for improvement if I want to make another game with the same mechanics, but it was nonetheless pretty fun to make (I'm always amazed at how much you can do with a "limited" engine such as Rpg Maker just by using parallaxes, pictures and variables).
Happy holidays to you too!
The "failed to load pixi" message error has been fixed and the game should work fine now.
it keeps saying failed to load? im a huge fan of your games too. thanks for making them.
Thanks for letting me know. There was a missing file in the latest update. It should work now
holy shit
shot y,m wife
Very disturbing game
Thank you Bis!!
No problem
i need to replay this to find the other ending (i don't believe game developers ever /j) but this was a treat!
Did you get the ending by checking some of Lucy's photos or not?
very good
Bug: Lucy's post about sunsets forced me to click on the message twice to get out. Did you mean to write something else along the way?
Thanks for letting me know!
You're welcome!
You saying that there isn't a super secret ending makes me think that there is a super secret ending ;) /j
THIS GAME IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY you say?
Hahahah yeah, exactly! You got the reference
My ears! Anyway, interesting concept 👍