That Guy

The text implies that I can throw the ladder in self defense, but spacebar just drops it harmlessly on the ground. Too many arbitrary reasons for not being able to pick things up when I first see them (Why can't I go for the flashlight as soon as it's dark? Why doesn't this kid remember that the attic needs a ladder?). blegh.

He locked the front door? So what? Can't you unlock it from the inside?

The scripted storyline and linear plot makes it feel like one of those point and click mystery games, just top-down, but for putting together a halfway decent top-down game without horrible gameplay I'll give a 3/5. Still some bugs though. You can only talk to NPCs from one direction. Walking into the garage at first results in a bug where you walk straight down very rapidly and have trouble moving in any other direction. With that said, the game design itself shows promise, don't give up.

I pressed down and right in the bottom left corner of the garage and went outside of the room

You can tell its very scripted so it doesnt feel as scary very quickly and starts to get frustrating when you keep dying, especially since you knew it was going to happen. Now i just want to grab the guys knife and stab him until he is nothing but a bloody pulp! sorry it frustrated me