It's a cool game that captures that weird feeling you get from liminal images. Like the creator says wearing headphones is basically mandatory for maximum spookiness and immersion ^^. As the levels are inspired by liminal images from the internet the game has the same great atmosphere that you get from their original counterparts. Most of the levels look pretty awesome, but some rooms can also be a bit lacking in the visual department as you walk through them.
So if you're into liminal stuff and want a quick and cool experience, give this game a try :).
We appreciate your input :) There is a big update planned for the end of the submission period for the next Liminal game jam that will try to improve a lot of aspects of the game, so stay tuned!
This was an interesting take on a liminal game. I expected the pace to maybe take away from the effect, but I was still following with interest to see where the game would take me next. Had fun with this. Thanks for the experience! :)
Beautiful game, all the locales felt strangely familiar and hit the right tone. Based on my memories alone I could almost feel the warmth of the setting sun or the resounding silence of the metro station. I also liked the aspect of finding the doorways, I wouldn't mind more of a walk to reach them. Enjoyed the experience, thanks for creating :)
Definitely did. I even liked the glitch part where you could see the transparent pixels behind the buildings. Made it a little more meta/surreal, at least for me. I look for that stuff for better or for worse lol
That glitch part was so embarrassing to see. I never noticed in 8 months that the building had no collision, and I instantly opened the game editor to fix it when I saw your video 😅
Everything is fixed in the final release which i'm going to upload some day during the next week, so stay tuned!
Don't be embarrassed at all! Nothing's perfect the first time around, that's what edits/updates are for. Your work is appreciated. I'll actually always remember your game now, not only because of how lovely it is to play but also that little glitch. I'm glad it happened :)
I really liked this game, played it for this first time back in 2021 at a friend's house. Most of the locations are very realistic, and I think this project is really underrated. Anemoiapolis gets all the love, yet small projects like this barely get any recognition. I have been working on my own liminal space game for the past 2 years and I'm getting close to releasing it, but it's nowhere near as good as yours graphics-wise.
I've got one question, though, are all of the levels based on real photos? I recognize many of them and wanted to make a video with a side-by-side comparison of the real photos and the recreations, but I don't think I have ever seen some of these (like the one with the blue blocks).
Wow! I'm really thankful for those words, they really mean a lot to me because this is my first serious project ever, and the support it's receiving is great for me even tho it may not be much for other devs :)
I'm thankful too for the comparison to anemoiapolis, but I think they really deserve the attention they get, I'm happy with my little portion. And don't worry about the graphics of your game, the liminal feeling is all that matters, graphics are useless if your game doesn't feel like you want it to.
And yeah, all the levels are based on existing pictures, tho not every picture has been taken in real life. If you really are interested you can write to me in this email hugo.a.game@gmail.com and I'll send you the original images :)
Also I wanna thank you for your comment, I'm in a very tight schedule with my studies and haven't been able to really put time into making the game, but I think I'm gonna resume the development and finally release it thanks to you!
I have already found the majority of them, and if I don't fiend the rest I will e-mail you.
And yes, I do realize that the visuals are not everything, but I really regret using the Irrlicht graphics engine for it, because it lacks support for many key features I would need to use, and while I could theoretically implement them myself as the engine is free software ("open source"), it wouldn't make much sense when there are other, more advanced engines such as OGRE. When I started working on that game, I thought of it as a small project that I would complete in under two weeks, but then I kept on adding more and more levels and now, almost one and a half years later, I'm at the point where switching to a different engine would take too much work.
Oh, that must suck tbh. I don't really have any problems with ue4, I don't know if you tried it but I really reccomend it! I dont have any coding knowldege at all, so the blueprint system works great for me too. You should just finish your game and don't put too much tought on it if it doesn't have a practical solution, at least you learnt from the experience :)
Well, to be honest, I released the game for the first time publicly in 2020, but not on Itch, and back then it only had 3 levels, all of which were unfinished. When it reached a semi-playable state, I released it on Itch in May of 2022, and the game receives updates to this day. It's called PogoBijoux (the name is kind of random and doesn't mean anything in particular), you can download it here, however please keep in mind that even though this game had its full release on February 14, 2023, it still has many bugs and is not 100% feature-complete. A big update is currently in the making so you might want to wait until it comes out before playing.
im liking how this looks, I think you have done a good job of transferring that essence you see in liminal images into a game, something a lot of people struggle with. Good job!
I think I know what you are talking about! The hitbox is a little off the black zone, so you just have to move forwards for a bit and you should be on the next level. I'll fix it on the next update :)
wow, man, this was awesome. I'm a junkie for anything liminal and was already impressed with the first three environments, did not expect there to be so many. Great job on the soundscapes as well, perhaps change the footstep sound so it fits to the terrain in a future update. If you need any game objects or assets modelled, feel free to let me know, I'd be happy to contribute to this awesome game
Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it. I'll try to change the footsteps as you said. About the assets, right now I dont really need anything, but I'll keep it in mind :)
I can't open it properly. Don't compress the files in a .rar file. Even if it means a slower download, you should put them in a folder. Thanks to what you done, I can't play. Especially beacuse I am supposed to download, extract, and play, not download and deal with a .rar file. :( Can I convert it to a .exe file?
Let me explain, the executable is inside the .rar file, you just have to download and extract everything using 7zip or anything that can extract compressed files. It's not that difficult. Once you extracted everything in a folder, you just have to click on the .exe and play :)
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It's a cool game that captures that weird feeling you get from liminal images. Like the creator says wearing headphones is basically mandatory for maximum spookiness and immersion ^^.
As the levels are inspired by liminal images from the internet the game has the same great atmosphere that you get from their original counterparts.
Most of the levels look pretty awesome, but some rooms can also be a bit lacking in the visual department as you walk through them.
So if you're into liminal stuff and want a quick and cool experience, give this game a try :).
We appreciate your input :) There is a big update planned for the end of the submission period for the next Liminal game jam that will try to improve a lot of aspects of the game, so stay tuned!
my internet is trash.
unfortunate buddy keep it to yourself
to whoever downvoted this you have no sense of sadness you absolute idiots
This was an interesting take on a liminal game. I expected the pace to maybe take away from the effect, but I was still following with interest to see where the game would take me next. Had fun with this. Thanks for the experience! :)
Thank you too for the comment! :)
This game has the best vibes ever i hope more people will discover your creations. you're truly the best for making it thank you sm !
Thanks to you too! Comments like this are truly appreciated. Have a good day! :)
Same for you brother
i wanna play the game but when i tried to play it it said error :
Have you tried running the game from the Desktop itch app?
oh it works now! but when i try to run the game it will be stuck in the liminal game screen
That's odd, so It won't let you click play or any other button?
Looks and feels like I'm somewhere time forgot, I love it
Thanks a lot!
Hey, it's me again, I just made a video showcasing the final release of your game.
Gotta say the new levels look pretty good and atmospheric.
Yo! Thank you so much for the video, feeling really grateful for your support :)
I hope you had fun playing!
Good game. I loved how I never knew where I was going next so it was always a surprise
.Thanks for the video and feedback!
Very nice game! Very uncanny!
Thank you very much!
Hi! I'm one of the hosts of the 2022 Liminal Game Jam, would you be interested in submitting your game?
Absolutely! I'm close to finishing the game so this is perfect for me.
Beautiful game, all the locales felt strangely familiar and hit the right tone. Based on my memories alone I could almost feel the warmth of the setting sun or the resounding silence of the metro station. I also liked the aspect of finding the doorways, I wouldn't mind more of a walk to reach them. Enjoyed the experience, thanks for creating :)
Thank you too for the video and feedback! I also really appreciate the 5 star rating. I hope you had fun :)
Definitely did. I even liked the glitch part where you could see the transparent pixels behind the buildings. Made it a little more meta/surreal, at least for me. I look for that stuff for better or for worse lol
That glitch part was so embarrassing to see. I never noticed in 8 months that the building had no collision, and I instantly opened the game editor to fix it when I saw your video 😅
Everything is fixed in the final release which i'm going to upload some day during the next week, so stay tuned!
Don't be embarrassed at all! Nothing's perfect the first time around, that's what edits/updates are for. Your work is appreciated. I'll actually always remember your game now, not only because of how lovely it is to play but also that little glitch. I'm glad it happened :)
Thank you so much for the support! It really means a lot to me :)
I really liked this game, played it for this first time back in 2021 at a friend's house. Most of the locations are very realistic, and I think this project is really underrated. Anemoiapolis gets all the love, yet small projects like this barely get any recognition. I have been working on my own liminal space game for the past 2 years and I'm getting close to releasing it, but it's nowhere near as good as yours graphics-wise.
I've got one question, though, are all of the levels based on real photos? I recognize many of them and wanted to make a video with a side-by-side comparison of the real photos and the recreations, but I don't think I have ever seen some of these (like the one with the blue blocks).
Wow! I'm really thankful for those words, they really mean a lot to me because this is my first serious project ever, and the support it's receiving is great for me even tho it may not be much for other devs :)
I'm thankful too for the comparison to anemoiapolis, but I think they really deserve the attention they get, I'm happy with my little portion. And don't worry about the graphics of your game, the liminal feeling is all that matters, graphics are useless if your game doesn't feel like you want it to.
And yeah, all the levels are based on existing pictures, tho not every picture has been taken in real life. If you really are interested you can write to me in this email hugo.a.game@gmail.com and I'll send you the original images :)
Also I wanna thank you for your comment, I'm in a very tight schedule with my studies and haven't been able to really put time into making the game, but I think I'm gonna resume the development and finally release it thanks to you!
I have already found the majority of them, and if I don't fiend the rest I will e-mail you.
And yes, I do realize that the visuals are not everything, but I really regret using the Irrlicht graphics engine for it, because it lacks support for many key features I would need to use, and while I could theoretically implement them myself as the engine is free software ("open source"), it wouldn't make much sense when there are other, more advanced engines such as OGRE. When I started working on that game, I thought of it as a small project that I would complete in under two weeks, but then I kept on adding more and more levels and now, almost one and a half years later, I'm at the point where switching to a different engine would take too much work.
Oh, that must suck tbh. I don't really have any problems with ue4, I don't know if you tried it but I really reccomend it! I dont have any coding knowldege at all, so the blueprint system works great for me too. You should just finish your game and don't put too much tought on it if it doesn't have a practical solution, at least you learnt from the experience :)
Have you released your game yet? if so whats it called, i would love to try it out.
Well, to be honest, I released the game for the first time publicly in 2020, but not on Itch, and back then it only had 3 levels, all of which were unfinished. When it reached a semi-playable state, I released it on Itch in May of 2022, and the game receives updates to this day. It's called PogoBijoux (the name is kind of random and doesn't mean anything in particular), you can download it here, however please keep in mind that even though this game had its full release on February 14, 2023, it still has many bugs and is not 100% feature-complete. A big update is currently in the making so you might want to wait until it comes out before playing.
Yo! I really appreciate you doing a video on my game tho I don't understand russian :) Thank you!
One thing you should know is that the game continues if you go by the right path in the last level, you missed a lot of the game! Have a good one :)
No worries! You are the first one making a video on my game and I'm very excited about it, love to see you enjoyed it :)
im liking how this looks, I think you have done a good job of transferring that essence you see in liminal images into a game, something a lot of people struggle with. Good job!
Thanks a lot for the support!
Really Realistic i love it but pls add more levels!
Thank you so much! I'm trying my best :)
There is a Black Screen after the level with the skyscrapers and the corner door, intended or is there a fix?
I think I know what you are talking about! The hitbox is a little off the black zone, so you just have to move forwards for a bit and you should be on the next level. I'll fix it on the next update :)
Absolutely amazing! The levels look truly impressive and are very well designed. Can't wait to see more levels!
Thank you so much for the support!
wow, man, this was awesome. I'm a junkie for anything liminal and was already impressed with the first three environments, did not expect there to be so many. Great job on the soundscapes as well, perhaps change the footstep sound so it fits to the terrain in a future update. If you need any game objects or assets modelled, feel free to let me know, I'd be happy to contribute to this awesome game
Thanks for the support! I really appreciate it. I'll try to change the footsteps as you said. About the assets, right now I dont really need anything, but I'll keep it in mind :)
Thanks Hugo, can't wait to see the updates!
Are the levels linear? Why is the button downloading a .rar file?
Yeah they are, and the .rar file contains the game files, I just compressed them for a lighter download.
I can't open it properly. Don't compress the files in a .rar file. Even if it means a slower download, you should put them in a folder. Thanks to what you done, I can't play. Especially beacuse I am supposed to download, extract, and play, not download and deal with a .rar file. :( Can I convert it to a .exe file?
Let me explain, the executable is inside the .rar file, you just have to download and extract everything using 7zip or anything that can extract compressed files. It's not that difficult. Once you extracted everything in a folder, you just have to click on the .exe and play :)
Which 7zip do I use? There is also a program called "extract". Can I use it?
If it can extract .rar files, it's good. You can also use WinRaR if you already have it.
lovin this game so far, cant wait to see more!
Thank you! I'm working on it :)