Snowed In (Custom Story DEMO RELEASED)

[Streetboat]

Wow!

Thanks, everyone, for the great feedback. I am just now realizing that I should have tested more in the study area, as that's clearly where everyone has the problems. I have fixed all of the problems that everyone was having, they were some annoyingly simple fixes. As for immovable barrels: they're meant to be static. They're heavy barrels! Anyways, I uploaded v2 to all the links, and here's a link for convenience:

Version 2

As for the positive feedback, it warms my heart to hear you all say these things, especially about the lighting. I've done level design for various video games for most of my teenage life (I'm 20 now), and I love the intricacies of placing details to make an area totally believable. Unfortunately, as you can tell, storytelling isn't my forté. My goal is to be the designer while someone writes the story.

Plutomaniac: You must have an old version of the level, as those are all bugs I have fixed since then. It's really unfortunate that I didn't iron all these things out before I released, but you do what you can. I did all the testing myself, so of course there are going to be things I missed. If you download this version, all of those things should be done away with.

Spoiler below!

As for the dagger, I was hoping that my subtle use of decals (bloody handprint over the heart) and the placement of ritualistic symbols would make it clear that the dagger was meant for that corpse. It worked in my mind, haha. In the final version I'll make it clearer, or perhaps even change that entire section. It is also part of the whole 'unanswered questions' part of the demo. Remember, this is just a teaser, meant to make you ask questions.