So, I just started playing this tonight. Here are my honest thoughts:
The game's actually pretty good! I thought it was pretty easy compared to the IOOD (I'm On Observation Duty) series and other games like it (looking at you, Alternate Watch), but it's still just as spooky. The humanoid in the hallway especially spooked me.
I wish that the anomalies wouldn't disappear upon leaving a camera. I saw that an object was missing once, went back to the camera, and the object was suddenly back. Also, the drone that appears whenever certain anomalies appear should stop when said anomaly gets reported.
This is just my own personal opinion, but it'd be cool if I get to see the anomalies disappear in real time. That's my favorite part of IOOD 3, anyways.
The ghost in the bathroom gets me every time. It's SO cheap! 😭
I hadn't gotten any other jumpscares yet, but I'm sure that staring at the cover humanoid for too long would cause an instant game over.
I know that you're gonna release the full Windows version when you have 4 levels done, but I want you to have the 1 level-only one up as a demo, and update it alongside the full game.
Thank you very much for the review. Since I use real footage, some things are harder to achieve. But I will improve as much as I can. I am planning to ad more levels to the demo.
i really wanna play this, but it keeps on crashing in the room thats in your banner pic. i'll get so far in, report a few anomalies, and then for some reason it'll just close for no reason. shame, i was getting in to it to
yeah thats the one. its always when the lights go off, i go to report it and it crashes. i think maybe its tryng to load an anomaly or jumpscare footage, i don't know, and my computer wigs out. It could just be my old ass laptop. its a celeron N15 something something, quad core, 2.5Ghz and 4gb of ram with just intelHD graphcs chipset i think. (lenovo ideapad 305) so i'm probably lucky it works at all. it was just cool to see one of these that wasn't using a full 3d engine for the house and was just using footage like a classic FMV game or something.
But again it could just be the computer. everything else works fine so far in the game, and its been really good. i love the use of real footage, i think it adds an element of realism to the game that way, that other games of this type try to emulate. so its a great idea.
I'm so shocked of this game, this is amazing! Today i bought Paranormal Inc. on Google Play Store, this game has potential, keep working on this game, because you are going in the right direction, don't give up this work and keep trying your best, you are doing a great job! But i have question, where can I buy it on my computer?
I want to have this game additionally on my computer, but I can't find the full version to buy anywhere. :)
I took this screenshot today, it makes me feel like I'm in Backrooms <3
Im so glad to see more games like this pop up . This one is a little different because it uses actual real life pictures ! It took me a little while to get the hang of it but it is a really cool . I love that this has jumpscares lol
I really liked the game! The game is very well done and better, it is in Brazilian Portuguese, which makes the game even easier.
There was something that bothered me, I don't know if it was because of the translation of the game, but when the doors of the cabinets are open, they are classified as "lids", this in my opinion does not make much sense, because "lids" means objects with lid, for example: pot lids, bottle lids, etc. It left me somewhat confused, but then I got used to it ^^
Anyway, the game is very good and it is also very promising.
Yes it is exactly the translation issue. I used the word "Cover" so it made so much confusion in translation. I changed this "Cover opened/closed" to "Cabinet door opened/closed" which I hope makes more sense(In version 2.9). In Brazilian Portuguese it is "Porta do armário aberta/fechada"
good game but there was a reflection on the glass and i reported it as that but it said i was wrong. I also selected human one because it looked to be a human. (1st level) I didn't select shadow though cause i failed before I could *in the bedroom with the pink chair*
There is a bug where if you report an intruder anomaly but don't switch cameras after fixing it then you'll still be attacked. Interestingly enough, if this is the first anomaly of the night doing this will have a 100% report rate and gain points.
Besides that this looks quite promising. Best of luck with further development!
Thank you for the feedback. Actually this is not a bug. Whether you remove an anomaly or not, if you don't switch cameras for a certain amount of time, you will be realized by the entities and you will be attacked. I mean fixing one anomaly and waiting to get 100% success, will not work :)
This game has some INFINTE potential. I dont know if this is a bug or something but in the first map in the like...Hallway yellowish with the basket when the guy appears in the top left corner of the screen i couldn't report it, and i failed it.
Hello Again! So i was playing the game and recording it for the Youtube. But while I was playing it crashed 3 times, and gave me the unity crash handler. I was only able to play 1 game because of the 3 crashes. Please fix ASAP because I really want to record this game for Youtube. :)
This is the video. Watch in the begining on around 1: 50 AM in game time.
I played through another computer and it crashed a lot less than before. Hope you make new maps, because it's so fun! I love the real anomalies with the strange shadow people.
This is insanely cool! I was skeptical about how an Observation Duty style game would work with real life footage, but it plays so smoothly, and everything works incredibly well! I'm hoping to see even more updates with new maps and anomalies! One thing to note, I did get some random crashes while playing, but I noticed that you've addressed it here and recently put out an update, so thank you for that! Keep up the great work!
Hello, the game is incredible, you have done a spectacular job, but in the most recent version (2.3) the game crashes and does not allow me to pass the first level, I have created an account on this page to leave you this comment, I hope you can solve the problem! This is amazing, keep it up!
Hello, thank you for the feedback. Some users reported that random crashes have gone with update 2.3 Can you please download and test version 2.4? Thanks.
Thank you for the feedback. I am trying to find this bug and I hope I will fix it soon. Thanks for your patience. Please check latest version I made some changes.
Insym just finished playing Paranormal Inc on Twitch and he seemed to really like your game. I'll keep an eye on your game and get it when it's more in my budget! I like the real footage.
I see like 10 pixels of something leaning in from the corner on cam 002 and im suppposed to be able to deside if its a humen shaped, animal shaped, alien, moster or other, same thing on 003 in the first "map". Also the fridge door is apperently a cover.
This was really cool! Loved how it uses real footage for the gameplay, really makes it seem like you're using some type of security camera system. Made a video on it.
Hello I am sorry to hear that. At what time is this usually happening? At the beginning, middle, or at random time? Did you try re-starting your computer? What is your system specs, ram, cpu, os, etc.?
The crashes happen randomly throughout the game, sometimes later, sometimes earlier. Yes, I did restart my computer. I'm on Windows, a standard Intel i7 CPU with 16 GB of RAM.
Guys I have been trying to replicate a crash but no success so far. If anyone can send me files in C:\windows\temp\Riv3r\Paranormal Inc.\
if ths path doesn't exist try to search "Riv3r\Paranormal Inc" path and send me files inside this location after the crash. you can send to: contact@riv3r.com
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here is a video with the game
Thank so much for playing and for your support!
The game is just excellent, especially with real camera.
However, one thing I don't understand.
In the "forgotten" part, in the gym, when the door moves, I tried Ghosts, open door closed, human, moving object, nothing works.
bro for me works doors open/closed
Hello, thanks for the feedback. It is "Door opened/closed" :)
banger game fr fr but:
reflections are lame af they look like from ms paint
the tense music lasts for too long after anomaly is gone
in the forgotten level jumpscare on the last camera is also lame af
also add more different jumpscares
overall the game has so much potential and i cant wait to see if it lives up to expectations
i really like realistic imagery and anomalies i havent seen that in any other game
Thank you for the feedback. Good points. I will check them out.
good to see developers actually value the feedback
So, I just started playing this tonight. Here are my honest thoughts:
Overall, I'm excited to see what this game holds in the future!
Thank you very much for the review. Since I use real footage, some things are harder to achieve. But I will improve as much as I can. I am planning to ad more levels to the demo.
where do i get the full windows version tho
Hello,
When I complete 4 Levels, I will release full version for windows.
how many maps will there be '
Probably 4, at the least.
i really wanna play this, but it keeps on crashing in the room thats in your banner pic. i'll get so far in, report a few anomalies, and then for some reason it'll just close for no reason. shame, i was getting in to it to
I am very sorry to hear that :( I keep searching the reason of this random crashes. Does it always crash in the same place? The hallway below:
yeah thats the one. its always when the lights go off, i go to report it and it crashes. i think maybe its tryng to load an anomaly or jumpscare footage, i don't know, and my computer wigs out. It could just be my old ass laptop. its a celeron N15 something something, quad core, 2.5Ghz and 4gb of ram with just intelHD graphcs chipset i think. (lenovo ideapad 305) so i'm probably lucky it works at all. it was just cool to see one of these that wasn't using a full 3d engine for the house and was just using footage like a classic FMV game or something.
But again it could just be the computer. everything else works fine so far in the game, and its been really good. i love the use of real footage, i think it adds an element of realism to the game that way, that other games of this type try to emulate. so its a great idea.
are you adding more maps?? definitely enjoying the gameplay so far and would absolutely pay for more content.
i'm loving the game i like to see a School map or high School i think that be cool i have 1049 pts in game now
keep the good work
not good game as that not how god hunting works
I'm so shocked of this game, this is amazing!
Today i bought Paranormal Inc. on Google Play Store, this game has potential, keep working on this game, because you are going in the right direction, don't give up this work and keep trying your best, you are doing a great job!
But i have question, where can I buy it on my computer?
I want to have this game additionally on my computer, but I can't find the full version to buy anywhere. :)
I took this screenshot today, it makes me feel like I'm in Backrooms <3
Hello,
Thank you very much for your support!
I will put full version for pc here after the development completed.
I will keep developing this game for sure :)
Thank you again and have a nice day :)
Im so glad to see more games like this pop up . This one is a little different because it uses actual real life pictures ! It took me a little while to get the hang of it but it is a really cool . I love that this has jumpscares lol
Thank you very much for playing and support :)
Pretty fun game! The dark shadow guy was the one jump scare that really got me
I really liked this game so much man, keep it up.
Thank you very much!
I really liked the game! The game is very well done and better, it is in Brazilian Portuguese, which makes the game even easier.
There was something that bothered me, I don't know if it was because of the translation of the game, but when the doors of the cabinets are open, they are classified as "lids", this in my opinion does not make much sense, because "lids" means objects with lid, for example: pot lids, bottle lids, etc. It left me somewhat confused, but then I got used to it ^^
Anyway, the game is very good and it is also very promising.
Gameplay PT-BR
Thank you for the detailed feedback.
Yes it is exactly the translation issue. I used the word "Cover" so it made so much confusion in translation. I changed this "Cover opened/closed" to "Cabinet door opened/closed" which I hope makes more sense(In version 2.9). In Brazilian Portuguese it is "Porta do armário aberta/fechada"
Thank you for the support.
thank you too bro, I will definitely try to unlock the new map and play ^^
the game keeps crashiing
Hello,
I am sorry to hear that. Can you please write your system specs?
OS version, graphics card and ram please.
hey dude i'm running the game but this game stays on the blue screen if you don't fix it i will come near you and blow your head off(joking)
:))
my favorite part was the blanket ghost lol
Lol. Thank you very much for playing and support.
good game but there was a reflection on the glass and i reported it as that but it said i was wrong. I also selected human one because it looked to be a human. (1st level) I didn't select shadow though cause i failed before I could *in the bedroom with the pink chair*
Thak you for the feedback. I will check that out. Oh it is "Human Shaped" by pink chair in the child bedroom. I tested and it is working fine.
There is a bug where if you report an intruder anomaly but don't switch cameras after fixing it then you'll still be attacked. Interestingly enough, if this is the first anomaly of the night doing this will have a 100% report rate and gain points.
Besides that this looks quite promising. Best of luck with further development!
Thank you for the feedback. Actually this is not a bug. Whether you remove an anomaly or not, if you don't switch cameras for a certain amount of time, you will be realized by the entities and you will be attacked. I mean fixing one anomaly and waiting to get 100% success, will not work :)
Thank you very much for your support!
I was able to repeat this more than once with intruder anomalies so if it occurs early enough in the night you definitely can get points this way.
Ok . Thanks for letting me know. I will check that out. You found a very good bug, thank you :)
Thank you :)
This game has some INFINTE potential. I dont know if this is a bug or something but in the first map in the like...Hallway yellowish with the basket when the guy appears in the top left corner of the screen i couldn't report it, and i failed it.
I reported
1-Alien/Ghost
2-Animal shaped
3-Human shaped
4-Shadow
5-Other
AND NONE WORKED!! Please respond dev :)
Keep this game updated because i love it.
Thanks for the feedback. It is an extra object right now. But I will change it to Ghost/Monster/Alien
Hello Again! So i was playing the game and recording it for the Youtube. But while I was playing it crashed 3 times, and gave me the unity crash handler. I was only able to play 1 game because of the 3 crashes. Please fix ASAP because I really want to record this game for Youtube. :)
This is the video. Watch in the begining on around 1: 50 AM in game time.
Hello, ıI am sorry to hear that.
Can you send me the crash (dump file) report?
Ok i found the file. But how do I send it?
I have sent it in your Google Play store email address
I played through another computer and it crashed a lot less than before. Hope you make new maps, because it's so fun! I love the real anomalies with the strange shadow people.
Thank you ! :)
This is great. I love it so far and can't wait to follow its updates.
Thank you very much for the support!
Thank you very much for your feedback and support! I will keep updating.
Hello, thank you for the feedback. Some users reported that random crashes have gone with update 2.3 Can you please download and test version 2.4? Thanks.
This is a fantastic game but I keep experiencing random crashes constantly, which is very frustrating.
Hello, thank you for the feedback.Please download and try version 2.3 and above. People reported that the crash bug has gone.
my game keeps crashinfg everytime i cant finish the game
Thank you for the feedback. I am trying to find this bug and I hope I will fix it soon. Thanks for your patience. Please check latest version I made some changes.
This is such a great idea and so entertaining. Need more footage of locations? I have all sorts of weird and creepy goodies to plant in scenes.
Fantastic work!
Thank you very much!
Very fun! But the game keeps crashing...
Insym just finished playing Paranormal Inc on Twitch and he seemed to really like your game. I'll keep an eye on your game and get it when it's more in my budget! I like the real footage.
https://www.twitch.tv/insym/schedule?vodID=40733491448
Thank you very much for playing!
Loved the new map! Left some notes at the end of the video!
Thank you! You are doing an awesome job!
I see like 10 pixels of something leaning in from the corner on cam 002 and im suppposed to be able to deside if its a humen shaped, animal shaped, alien, moster or other, same thing on 003 in the first "map". Also the fridge door is apperently a cover.
Thanks for the feedback
Absolutely loved your approach to the Observation Duty-type games! Hope to see you continue working on this game!
I appreciate your feedback. Thank you very much for playing :)
This was really cool! Loved how it uses real footage for the gameplay, really makes it seem like you're using some type of security camera system. Made a video on it.
Cool. Thank you very much for playing :)
Hello, thanks for sharing your work with us, i really like it a lot, but i am experiencing random crashes too. I can't go through the game
Hello,
Thank you for the feedback. Can you somehow send me the crash log please? contact@riv3r.com thanks.
Done, i've sent you the crash report. Thank you so much
I keep experiencing random crashes. I haven't been able to finish a shift yet. Any help is appreciated
Hello I am sorry to hear that. At what time is this usually happening? At the beginning, middle, or at random time? Did you try re-starting your computer? What is your system specs, ram, cpu, os, etc.?
The crashes happen randomly throughout the game, sometimes later, sometimes earlier. Yes, I did restart my computer. I'm on Windows, a standard Intel i7 CPU with 16 GB of RAM.
omg I thought it was just me it was driving me nuts lol
bro
me too
Guys I have been trying to replicate a crash but no success so far. If anyone can send me files in C:\windows\temp\Riv3r\Paranormal Inc.\
if ths path doesn't exist try to search "Riv3r\Paranormal Inc" path and send me files inside this location after the crash. you can send to: contact@riv3r.com
Thanks for playing :)
any plans for more locations? this was really well made!
Thank you very much. Yes I am planning to add more locations soon.
cool . tu sei un dev italiano?
No. Sono Turco. Ma molte lingue sono supportate.
ok nice idea