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This is a big nothingburger for me. When I play a Slender Man game, I expect to see the Slender Man at least once. I played two separate runs and collected all 8 pages both times, and never saw as much as a glimpse of him. The only remotely scary thing in this game is the scream at the beginning, as well as the AI Markiplier voice in the tutorial – the tutorial also feels tacked-on and pointless.

Credit where credit is due, the atmosphere is great. I really loved the dark and stormy ambiance, and it's quite refreshing to have a Slender Man game in a sparse, open area. The house also seemed rather cramped and uncomfortable, which is a great setting for a horror game. I do wish that the spooky music would actually loop properly and build up the further you progress, instead of just playing each part sequentially and then stopping.

Overall, this game doesn't feel ready for publishing at the moment. There needs to be an actual Slender Man in it before you can call it a Slender game. I really do wish to see this completed, though. Keep working on it, and I'm certain it will become a good game.

Overall a good game, but could use some improvements:

• Some subtle spooky ambiance that begins when you pick up the 1st page and gets more intense the further you progress.
• More subtle jumpscare sounds when Slender Man is far away.
• The rate at which static builds up should be proportional to how close he is.
• Better ease of navigation. It might just be that I'm bad at the game, but I keep walking in the same places without finding anything new.
• New gamemodes like daytime mode and VHS mode would be pretty cool

I'm excited to see how this game will evolve!

Download from the official GameJolt page instead.

This is version 1.0, please upload version 1.2 if you can find it.

Some suggestions:

• Slender Man's AI needs improvement. It seems that he always spawns behind you, as opposed to sometimes appearing in front of you or off to the side. Adding an element of unpredictability makes for a much scarier experience.
• The jumpscares need improvement as well. Even when I look behind me and he's right there, there's no jumpscare sound. It seems to only play once I've looked for a full second, but most people aren't going to do that in the late stages of the game.
• When Slender Man catches you by collision (insta-kill), he should force you to turn around and look at him, rather than simply instantly cutting to the death screen. I also feel that the distance for being insta-killed is a bit too big.
• I loved the dedicated VHS style of the game, but I feel the game could be better if you went all-in on this aesthetic. Replace the classic ambient music with something that sounds more digital and diegetic, and the jumpscare sounds could be intense audio glitching (Marble Hornets was excellent at this). You could perhaps make this a separate "Marble Hornets" mode like in the original Eight Pages game.
• A daytime mode would be nice, perhaps as a reward for beating the game once.
• Reduce the DoF effect a little bit, it gets difficult to see where you're going.
• Increase player stamina a bit, it seems very low even by Slender game standards.
• General optimization would be appreciated. The game needs some reduction in file size if possible, as well as an options menu where one can adjust performance for lower-end devices.

Otherwise this is a great game, and a worthy "remaster" of the original. I absolutely love the VHS style, and I appreciate the nostalgia factor of using the 2012 Slender Man model. Keep up the good work.

My thoughts:

Static builds up too little, compared to what it takes to kill you. It's quite jarring for Slender Man to catch you while there is barely any static on screen. The audio should also get increasingly distorted the longer you look.

It seems a bit unfair to have him move towards you while you look at him. Part of the ingenuity of Slender games is that he doesn't move while you look at him, but looking for too long kills you. He also doesn't have a walking animation, which makes him look very silly as he slides across the ground.

I feel the atmosphere isn't scary enough. It's a bit too bright, and the music isn't unsettling enough. There are also no good scares. A little jumpscare sound when he gets close would be nice.

The Slender Man model doesn't look particularly threatening, it's a bit too small. I also feel like this particular model (from Slender: The Arrival) has been way too overused in Slender games by now, perhaps there's a better model out there that you can use?

The game overall needs more optimisation. It's a pretty small and short experience, so it really shouldn't have to take up a full gigabyte of space. (For comparison, the original Slender: The Eight Pages was 118 MB in size)

Overall this is a good starting point, but needs work.

Good atmosphere, but it should be a bit easier to avoid Slender Man. Whenever he comes near me, it seems like the screen darkens so much that I can't see where he is or where I'm going. Maybe do something to make him a bit more visible?

In keeping with traditional Slender games, you could try making him move slower when he's being observed, and maybe make his walking animation look more scary? Random page locations would also be really good.

Why does it say there are Mac and Linux versions available? Only a Windows build is included.

Can we not have the house blowing up every time I click play? Thanks.

Requesting a Mac version of this software, it will not run in Wine due to the fact that Nvidia hardware does not exist for Mac. I don't even see the requirement for Nvidia hardware in the first place? Alternatively, you could direct me to another Mac software that provides the same function.

Hi, I'm stuck on the highway with no idea where to use the Utility Room Key. I picked up a map, but it did not appear in my inventory and I don't know how to access it.

Great atmosphere, but it is a little too hard to find things sometimes, especially before you find the flashlight. I wish Slenderman would appear more often and follow you as an actual threat, instead of just popping up once as a jumpscare (I didn't see him until I had already got 8/8 and was near the exit).

Like I said, I have neither of those.

I don't have a joystick. Please make a keyboard version.