AESTHETICGAMER'S PROFILE

I'm Dusk Golem, aka AestheticGamer. You can also just call me Ryan. I work on small RPG Maker horror games for contests and pleasure, that usually tell cryptic surreal stories and were made relatively quickly. Most of my games either feature mostly original or completely original graphics, art, and music. However, I also work on much bigger and developed games as well. My first big developed RPG Maker game I'm working on slowly over time is Complete Isolation. In the meantime, I work and release smaller things here and there, they're good practice and learning experiences.
Red Haze
A twisted and cryptic take on the classic Red Riding Hood story.

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Close Your Eyes: Redux

author=niewribbon
i just finished the gameeeee i really like the artwork,and the songs are beutiful :D
i just wonder how many endings are there in this game?
great game btw ^_^


7 Endings total, if you want some help, someone on Steam wrote a non-spoiler Ending guide.

Close Your Eyes: Redux

author=4nj13
I really love the game, it's amazingly creepy :3 especially the audio, and you're such a cute little marshmellow! But I am stuck in a place with tombstones and the epitaph, where there's glowing eyes on sticks that you turn on with switches at the base, then press the button on the stone book to (I think) open the gate. It would be great if someone could give a hint :)

(SPOILERS FOR THE SOLUTION BELOW)

There's nine statues around that, when clicked, make a light in the statues turn on and glow red. Next to each statue is a tombstone, with an inscription on it of some sort. Right above all of this is a barred-off underground entrance, and a book monument with a longer inscription. The book inscription gives hints to what statues to press, you need to read the grave's inscriptions and determine what graves match hints in the book's inscription, and in turn, which statue lights to turn on.

The graves each mention the name of the person, the date they died, and a small flavor text about them.The answer to the small riddles in the book inscriptions are related to all three elements of the grave's inscriptions.

Hint:

Solution if you decide to give up:

The statues to light up are as follows, an O means the light is on, an X means the light is off:
O________X
X _X _O _X
_X___O_
___O____
Diagram of the statues.

Close Your Eyes: Redux

author=shayoko
i have played this before but theres no comment :/...

to remind my self i hated this got stuck on the color puzzle which by the way it was worded was unsolvable as things overlapped.

it would also be great if the developer hid some comments that talk about such things in detail without them hiding it.
spoilers are messed up :/



Oh my, I actually forget how to do spoiler tags in this comment section. But I did add a spoiler warning.

I think I recall your comment, it was on the older version of this game, which was a different game page. That version was reworked a lot now twice, this is the 'final expansion' version, the note's wording has been changed a lot and several things from the original version were cut/changed, along with a lot of new stuff.

Close Your Eyes: Redux

author=DarkHero1245
can you please tell me how do you beat the don't leave me puzzle. i already got ending 5 and i am now trying to get every other ending.

SPOILER WARNING:

Don't go the route where you get a 'Don't Leave Me' message. Try and keep in mind where you got the message, as it'll only pop up once, even from different angles.

However, look for a table... Near there is where the exit is.

Also know if going for all endings, there's two endings in the mansion earlier when you get the key that has two uses (Endings 6 & 7, though 7 you needed to have messed with the radio during the party scene earlier, before meeting Host, but in the party room).

Screenshot Survival 20XX

author=ExtremeDevelopment
author=AestheticGamer
About to release the final expansion version of Close Your Eyes, here, on Steam, GameJolt, some other places.

I've been trying not to post too much, but I love how the design of one the characters, Simon, came out.



Oh, the things I want to do to you, Little Marshmallow...
Would you moan?
Would you squeal?
Would you whimper?
I'd like it if you screamed.
I imagine you'd give the most wondrous scream.
Would you scream for me? Would you scream real good?
Simon is yours, and you are mine, Little Marshmallow.
I thought this version was gonna be paid? Haha, incase you did not know gamejolt does not accept commercial games or demo versions of commercial games either.
Anyway tat is some pretty fuken good art, real creepy. How long is this version going to be? 3-4 hours?

Nah, gonna remain free, though there will be one piece of paid DLC, a Goodie bag for some extra goodies, mainly for people who want to support, but that'll only be on Steam and the game itself will remain free.

I'd say 2-4 hours, I can beat it faster but I know what to do. However, this version of the game has seven endings, so should be fun to see how that all plays out with people.

Screenshot Survival 20XX

About to release the final expansion version of Close Your Eyes, here, on Steam, GameJolt, some other places.

I've been trying not to post too much, but I love how the design of one the characters, Simon, came out.



Oh, the things I want to do to you, Little Marshmallow...
Would you moan?
Would you squeal?
Would you whimper?
I'd like it if you screamed.
I imagine you'd give the most wondrous scream.
Would you scream for me? Would you scream real good?
Simon is yours, and you are mine, Little Marshmallow.

Screenshot Survival 20XX

author=ExtremeDevelopment
Close your eyes
Close your eyes:Deluxe
Close your eyes:Deluxe deluxe


That's basically what's happened. XD Though each version of the game is free, so I guess it's not a big deal, I'm calling this version to myself, "Close Your Eyes: Redux Final Expansion". The first game was made in two days in 2014, but it was flawed, I removed a lot of stuff but also added a lot of stuff, the Redux version was about 2/3rds new stuff and took about an additional 5 days of work, still a quick project. But then that version of the game was received far better than I could of anticipated, several YouTubers played it and the game ended up on a few indie game blog sites, and someone asked for my permission to write about the game in a book they're writing about horror game design in their independent category, and wrote a pretty well-pieced article on a website about the game (where they chronicle horror experiences). But been received far better than I expected for a quick project, so I tried Greenlight, it got through Steam Greenlight far faster than I expected (11 days), so I'm working on my final version again, spending a few more days with it, and again the new version of the game is all the old stuff and about 2/3rds new stuff.

BUT THE NEW STUFF IS COMING ALONG WELL. Much better than I anticipated, to be honest.



Miniature version of the last piece done, full version is 1920x1080. But last I'll post until the game is all done and up here, on Steam, GameJolt, etc.

Screenshot Survival 20XX

Getting art assets ready to release a much updated version of an older game of mine, Close Your Eyes, onto Steam. My artist Rincs has been doing new art for it for the release, here's a sketch she did earlier today in four hours (she did two different sketches today, this was just the most recent one and one I selected to use for a small teaser).

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Close Your Eyes: Redux Greenlit on Steam!

It's gotten more attention than any of my previous games, so I've been happy with the response, and more surprising I haven't really gotten negative response like I expected due to some design things in the game. I'm re-working the game right now, but it's interesting.

Some "Close Your Eyes" Fan Art

Yar, I of course, though I think I feel more flattered for getting fan art.

I hope it gets through Greenlight too, but now is the hard part of the process, getting it attention on Greenlight. XD;