This game was made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2023, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit. 

You, a paranormal investigator, go into an abandoned hospital in the middle of the night in order to satisfy your client. However, you end up meeting a chatty spirit.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Authormagbo
GenreVisual Novel
Made withUnity
Tags2D, Comedy, Ghosts, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish

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Spirit Box Strangers Version 1.0 WINDOWS.zip 58 MB

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Awww, honestly this was so cute to read! I love Matilda is so lively and fun while MC is just chill and going along with the flow, halfway there I kept forgetting Matilda was a ghost but it was honestly a fun little experience! It made me smile quite a lot~

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Thank you for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Fun, the conversation was more realistic than most VNs have and its a charming read.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Now that is one cute ghost. I love her hair. And your conversation is so quippy and fun. 

One thing that was tripping me up was multiple dialogue boxes being visible on the screen at once, especially when there's an option so there are three boxes (yours, hers, and the option)--it sometimes made it confusing what order the lines went in. I'd like your dialogue box to disappear when it's her line and vice versa.

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Thank you for playing! I greatly appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the UI/UX.

This was really fun! Wish we packed extra batteries.

Thank you! I think a lot of people wish they brought more too! 

Aww I enjoyed this! Smiled throughout the way =) and I hope next time we (MC) would bring extra spare tools, I'd love to see more interactions!

Thank you! I'm glad the dialogue made you smile!

Love it, would love to see a sequel! 

Thank you! I'd love to revisit the setting and characters someday.

I like the ghost jokes! The end feels like “oops, I hit the 1000 word limit!”

Well, at least it doesn’t sound as bad living there as in the graveyard in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves after nobody asked the 3rd question!

Issues:

  • no keyboard/gamepad-only support: Start/choice button doesn’t auto-focus and nav keys don’t focus either, so need mouse
  • maybe no need to punch character and textbox on every new line? only when speaker changes. Unless it’s to indicate expression change and catch player’s eyes?

Thanks for playing it! The ending was definitely a result of that - hahaha.

Adding full KB/Gamepad support is something I'd like to do eventually.

Such an anticlimactic ending shake smh my head

Very fun concept, I liked protag

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Thank you!

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Neat visual novel! The ghost girl was cute! I like the writing, I got a good chuckle from the humor! It was a short and sweet time! Great work!

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Thanks so much for playing it! I loved hearing your reactions while reading it!

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This was such a delightful read ✨

Lovely little game!

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Thanks so much!

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Nice short story 👻😊

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Thank you!