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Welcome, ladies & gentlemen!

A-ha, how y'all doing? Now, the name of the game is to answer truest to yourself. There's no right and wrong, everyone's a winner! Ooorrr a loser, depending how you think about it. Life is all about perception, you see. Onto the first question!

You're a murderer, we all know it. But do you think you are?



Close Your Eyes is an early 2014 horror game I made for Ludum Dare 29 in two days. While there were elements of the game I liked, there were a lot of problems with it, so I've decided to spend a few more days on it, remove elements and sections I didn't like, cut down on the long 'walking' segments, and add a lot of new content to make it really a whole new game.

Through a stroke of sheer luck, you've managed to escape death row. Taking to an underground subway, you try to find your salvation. Can he break free of the past that binds you, and please, can you close your eyes? Just close them.

All sprites, music, sound effects, and voicing are by myself. Art is by Rincs. If you decide to play, make sure to install the font in the font folder if the text appears off-adjacent with the game window and trails off the screen.

Latest Blog

Close Your Eyes: Intermission on Steam Greenlight

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=912371754

A follow-up spin-off for Close Your Eyes (or essentially CYE 1.5) will be releasing in late May/early June both on Steam and GameJolt, but I'd appreciate if people who liked the original would help vote for it on Steam Greenlight.

Can see the first couple of minutes here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSi1ts90Cx0

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Setting it to in Production, but it's almost done, I'm just adding a few more new things to a relatively short (but now longer) game, to be done on the 9th-10th.
Cool! Can't wait. Glad I just discovered this
Pushing it back to the 11th (though it may be done by the 10th) for a last-minute decision to include a musical number. No, don't ask.
Developments going swimingly, I was worried I'd be pushed to release this after the weekend was over, but it looks like it'll be done by tomorrow or the day after at this rate.
It's been delayed a bit because of gaming in the end. XD; I got the Killing Floor 2 beta and was another beta limited to this weekend, so I spent most of this weekend playing games. XD; Oh well, will set the release date to a no-later than date, and have the game done this week.
Annnnnd completed, a bit later than I meant, but now to see if people like the game or not.
D'oh, I made a dumb error with the final game that made it unpassable by some later-in tile messing. Fixing quickly, but if you downloaded the game before this message re-download, it made it so once you enter the train there were a lot of unpassable spikes inside.
ALRIGHT, sorry about that, the glitch of the train being full of spikes is now fixed, and safe for download. Sorry to early downloaders. XD;
Are you going to upload a no-RTP version?
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
11099
Well some of the screen shots look quite different from the original I played and reviewed, though I see some are the same. So has the story changed significantly, or is it mostly the aesthetics?
author=AestheticGamer
@AislingCait: Just added~

Thanks you very much
author=nhubi
Well some of the screen shots look quite different from the original I played and reviewed, though I see some are the same. So has the story changed significantly, or is it mostly the aesthetics?


The first fourth of the game is the same with a few fixes (making stairs/train tracks shorter, for one), up until the part in the original where you met the spider. The spider isn't in this version of the game, and then the next 3/4 of the game is completely new stuff. The original ending is there, but there's a new ending as well, both endings are pretty easy to get. Game is about three times as long now, despite shortening a few sections from the original. Story also goes in a different direction.
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
11099
Sounds like a good reason to revisit it then.
OMG puzzle 1 is imposible
is RED? BLuE? YELLOW and GREEN?
or GREEN AND YELLOW? and repeat all 2time?
CAN HELP me?
author=Emnow
OMG puzzle 1 is imposible
is RED? BLuE? YELLOW and GREEN?
or GREEN AND YELLOW? and repeat all 2time?
CAN HELP me?


There are 8 stops the train makes, the stations from West to East (left to right) are Green, Yellow, Red, then Blue. The station starts and ends at Red, so Red is the first and last button. The rest follows the notes notice.

*PUZZLE SOLUTION SPOILERS*

The note says the station starts at Red, then goes east to Blue. It then goes all the way West, making a stop at each station along the way. That makes it Red, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green so far. It then goes one East, to Yellow, then back West, to green, then comes to a rest for the night. That makes the combination Red, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Green, Red.
author=AestheticGamer
author=Emnow
OMG puzzle 1 is imposible
is RED? BLuE? YELLOW and GREEN?
or GREEN AND YELLOW? and repeat all 2time?
CAN HELP me?
There are 8 stops the train makes, the stations from West to East (left to right) are Green, Yellow, Red, then Blue. The station starts and ends at Red, so Red is the first and last button. The rest follows the notes notice.

*PUZZLE SOLUTION SPOILERS*

The note says the station starts at Red, then goes east to Blue. It then goes all the way West, making a stop at each station along the way. That makes it Red, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green so far. It then goes one East, to Yellow, then back West, to green, then comes to a rest for the night. That makes the combination Red, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Green, Red.


ty i try like 20min XD
yo, loving the game so far! I'm a bit stuck. I'm in the house and I just got the trapezoid key (I'm pretty sure) and I have no idea where to go. To give you more of an idea as to where I am, a door on the 1st floor is locked (one that was previously open) and when I was looking upstairs the screen quickly showed a picture of someone covered in blood
author=j0ntr0n
yo, loving the game so far! I'm a bit stuck. I'm in the house and I just got the trapezoid key (I'm pretty sure) and I have no idea where to go. To give you more of an idea as to where I am, a door on the 1st floor is locked (one that was previously open) and when I was looking upstairs the screen quickly showed a picture of someone covered in blood


You're looking for 'The Runner', as I call him... Spoilers to that below;

*SOLUTION SPOILERS*

There's a guy who runs around the house you need to find 3 times. He's in the following locations (you have to go to them in order):

-In the hallway that leads to the blue bathroom and the three bedrooms on the second floor, check the farthest bedroom to the left.

-On the first floor right-win, in the living room (the room before the music room with the piano)

-The first floor left-wing bathroom.
author=AestheticGamer
author=j0ntr0n
yo, loving the game so far! I'm a bit stuck. I'm in the house and I just got the trapezoid key (I'm pretty sure) and I have no idea where to go. To give you more of an idea as to where I am, a door on the 1st floor is locked (one that was previously open) and when I was looking upstairs the screen quickly showed a picture of someone covered in blood
You're looking for 'The Runner', as I call him... Spoilers to that below;

*SOLUTION SPOILERS*

There's a guy who runs around the house you need to find 3 times. He's in the following locations (you have to go to them in order):

-In the hallway that leads to the blue bathroom and the three bedrooms on the second floor, check the farthest bedroom to the left.

-On the first floor right-win, in the living room (the room before the music room with the piano)

-The first floor left-wing bathroom.
ah i see, thanks!
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