The gameplay of the game is very straight-forward. It's a horror game, and it plays exactly into that. The game had me on edge, and the overall experience was enjoyable for someone wanting to play a short horror indie-game.
The controls are easy to understand, however I didn't find myself really interacting with a lot, whether that was due to my inability to find things, or if there isn't a lot currently.
(The first jump scare, completely got me, verbally it made me let out a noise.)
The game is very dark, mainly outside, within the house it's honestly fine as it fits the aesthetic of the game.
The main issue I had was with the doors, I had to drag my mouse across my screen 3-4 times in order to open the door, which would make me view away from the actual room I was trying to enter.
Art Style/Graphics:
The graphics I really enjoyed, I sometimes try to stray away from repetitive graphics with similar genres (Top-down pixel farming sims for example). as I don't want to be repetitive in my reviews
However, the graphics in this game I really enjoyed, it still felt unique alongside the environment, I found myself looking at the pictures on the wall, although I quite couldn't make out exactly what they were, it brought an eerie uncanny valley feeling, as I could almost make it out, but couldn't. Had me playing the game longer and immersing myself within the game-world you created.
The high saturation with the dark lighting in the game I believe really brings out the SCARE factor in the game, you go from not being able to see properly, to oversaturated walls in the hallway from lighting, and it works WELL.
In my opinion the Menu Screen, although this does not take away from the experience of the game, and isn't BAD by any means, it's just slightly generic, the font almost feels like it doesn't fit.
Often a menu screen can deter people from playing a game, it shouldn't but it can.
Environment:
The environment in this game is incredible, I can't fault it. At points the game had me walking around corners slowly, being careful walking into darkened areas and at one point I turned down the volume, to avoid getting possibly jumped scared. (Near the end, leaving the house towards the graveyard had me worried.)
No real cons to the environment, it fit the game perfectly, even with the game being dark, I felt at some points in the house it added to the game.
Music:
The menu screen music that plays really sets the mood for the game, it has that 8-bit type of horror themed music, which suits the pixel-like graphics within the game.
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Sound Design:
From the doors/floors creaking, to the clock, and the strange sounds happening when walking around, the sound design was great, like I discussed above, I found myself turning down the volume. I'd honestly say the sound design in this game is what REALLY makes this game the way it is.
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Overall:
If you haven't played the game, experience it for yourself. Treat it as an experience, turn off the lights, have your headset on, and immerse yourself. Although a short-horror game, it will put you on edge in that short-time.
Hello Vinil! Really like the style of your games looks very interesting! I'd love to collaborate with you. I can cover all your sound needs from music to SFX, let me know if you are interested. Good luck! :)
There's just not a whole lot here. The environment is quite nice but way too dark and there's just not a whole lot of gameplay. You pace around and find notes that are way too obscured by both the darkness and the dim object outline and experience a couple of jumpscares. I'd recommend updating the game where you do have objectives that are more involved than walking around, since lack of stuff to do is the biggest problem. Also the open door mechanic is a bit finnicky too, consider maybe switching to keypress/raycaster door opening.
Yea sure thank you for your review in my next update of this game i fixed most of things you said and because this game is mostly a short story based psychological experience horror game i wanted it to be a little bit straight to the point .So yea and thank you for trying out my game
I really like how short it was and the way it puts you on edge at all times, but above all the story is quite mysterious, I hope you continue making games with this quality. I'm attaching my gameplay in case you want to see how the game is and help me :D
The ghost chick is very disrespectful for leaving those bloody foot prints in the house and not cleaning up after herself. This is very chill but creepy game. It's eerie and quiet from the beginning to the end. I enjoyed this. Keep up the good work.
This was an awesome short horror game my dude! Really great all around, nice music and sounds, nice graphics and lighting its a little dark but leads you right along the path! Fun jump scares and a dark depressing story! I enjoyed searching around figuring out what was happening! I enjoyed this game and recommend completely! Here is my gameplay video, sub and help my channel grow everybody! :)
Wow, this was an awesome game! Got spooked a few times and felt the tension the whole way through. Great job on your first game—wishing you the best of luck with future projects! If someone is interested in my reaction, you can check it out here:
Before playing this, I thought to myself - could this get any better than "Cauzage" - oh yeah, it definitely did!
Solid horror experience. It was short, straight to the point, just dripping with tense atmosphere and dimly light environment, which created couple of legit scary moments. Great job Vinil!
Best of luck with the future projects! Recommended 100%! On another note, I did send a request on your discord, maybe you can respond to it so we can talk about collaboration, if you want. Cheers mate!
Hello,i liked the game and the atmosphere it presented,a bit too short but still pretty good,Solid work! I also really liked the graphics and how it looked,though it was a bit too dark,for me at least. 5 stars (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
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The controls are easy to understand, however I didn't find myself really interacting with a lot, whether that was due to my inability to find things, or if there isn't a lot currently.
(The first jump scare, completely got me, verbally it made me let out a noise.)
The main issue I had was with the doors, I had to drag my mouse across my screen 3-4 times in order to open the door, which would make me view away from the actual room I was trying to enter.
However, the graphics in this game I really enjoyed, it still felt unique alongside the environment, I found myself looking at the pictures on the wall, although I quite couldn't make out exactly what they were, it brought an eerie uncanny valley feeling, as I could almost make it out, but couldn't. Had me playing the game longer and immersing myself within the game-world you created.
The high saturation with the dark lighting in the game I believe really brings out the SCARE factor in the game, you go from not being able to see properly, to oversaturated walls in the hallway from lighting, and it works WELL.
Often a menu screen can deter people from playing a game, it shouldn't but it can.
Thank you for your review and thanks for playing
Hello Vinil! Really like the style of your games looks very interesting! I'd love to collaborate with you. I can cover all your sound needs from music to SFX, let me know if you are interested. Good luck! :)
Sure and ty for playing
Got discord?
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Send your discord link so i can have contact with you
My discord is 6bythefire
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short fun game, wish it was longer and that doors werent difficult to open and less dark but thank you!
Thank you for playing
good atmosphere
Ty
Interesting story and a good atmosphere, was a little dark but apart from that good game.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for playing
GOOD ATMOSPHERE,THE FLOW IS SHORT BUT TIGHT,WITH A INTRIGUING STORY,ABSLY WORTH PLAYING.
Thank you for playing
This game has some potential! Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to seeing more games from you!
Ty for playing
Love the mood of the level. Only thing I struggled with was opening doors lol. Here's my video on it!
Thank you for playing
There's just not a whole lot here. The environment is quite nice but way too dark and there's just not a whole lot of gameplay. You pace around and find notes that are way too obscured by both the darkness and the dim object outline and experience a couple of jumpscares. I'd recommend updating the game where you do have objectives that are more involved than walking around, since lack of stuff to do is the biggest problem. Also the open door mechanic is a bit finnicky too, consider maybe switching to keypress/raycaster door opening.
Good luck! :)
Yea sure thank you for your review in my next update of this game i fixed most of things you said and because this game is mostly a short story based psychological experience horror game i wanted it to be a little bit straight to the point .So yea and thank you for trying out my game
cool game!
Thank you
i got jumpscared fuck
Thank you for playing
Nice game pal, the end music is great too
Thank you for trying out
Thank you for playing
I really like how short it was and the way it puts you on edge at all times, but above all the story is quite mysterious, I hope you continue making games with this quality. I'm attaching my gameplay in case you want to see how the game is and help me :D
Yea sure and thank you for playing
file error cannot open
Try downloading it again it never happened with anyone
Which os are you using
windows 10 64bit
Can you check it once more like redownloading because no one faced this issue
I submitted it to IGDB, if it is approved it will show up in Backloggd too where a fair number of people look for games.🙂
https://www.igdb.com/games/silent-burial/changes
Ohh nice
Nice! Gameplay
Thank you for playing
Thank you for playing
This was an awesome short horror game my dude! Really great all around, nice music and sounds, nice graphics and lighting its a little dark but leads you right along the path! Fun jump scares and a dark depressing story! I enjoyed searching around figuring out what was happening! I enjoyed this game and recommend completely! Here is my gameplay video, sub and help my channel grow everybody! :)
Thank you for playing
Very spooky atmosphere,and interesting little story. Keep up the good work !
Thank you for playing
Thank you
buen juego
Thank you
Included this in my 3 random horror game video!
Short but not bad at all for what this was! Definitely creepy for sure, loved the story. Made a video on it.
Thanks
A bit dark but still, I had fun with this one! The graphics style was proper creepy and that first scare really got me :D
Thank you for playing!
Nice game.
Thank you for playing
I will be playing this live tonight around 5-530 PM EST =D.
Yea sure and ty for trying out my game
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Thank you for playing
Good and atmospheric horror game.
Thank you for playing!
Wow, this was an awesome game! Got spooked a few times and felt the tension the whole way through. Great job on your first game—wishing you the best of luck with future projects!
If someone is interested in my reaction, you can check it out here:
Thank you for playing
its a nice game but it was too dark and you should improve the door handling
Yea sure and thank you for playing,it would be fixed by next update
Nice this was very short good game and good atmospheric and also I liked the game anyway well done keep it up!
Thank you
Ty for playing
nice
Ty for playing
Before playing this, I thought to myself - could this get any better than "Cauzage" - oh yeah, it definitely did!
Solid horror experience. It was short, straight to the point, just dripping with tense atmosphere and dimly light environment, which created couple of legit scary moments. Great job Vinil!
Best of luck with the future projects! Recommended 100%!
On another note, I did send a request on your discord, maybe you can respond to it so we can talk about collaboration, if you want. Cheers mate!
Yea sure and thank you for trying out my game
Excellent game
Thank you for playing
Hello,i liked the game and the atmosphere it presented,a bit too short but still pretty good,Solid work! I also really liked the graphics and how it looked,though it was a bit too dark,for me at least. 5 stars (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
Thank you for playing!
Loved the game vibe and environment!!
Ty
Hello Vinil! Nice scary game. I loved this creepy experience.
Thank you for playing!