Comments (24)
I just tried your game. I wonder if there is a bug in the current version or if I am doing something wrong. Whenever I meet a character, they just say "...". It doesn't help to press space. I was able to read signs though. But it seems to me that I cannot talk to characters and I cannot enter any houses either (I didn't try them all but a lot of them). I am using Windows 10 and tried both with the Chrome browser and the Windows Edge browser. The game looks lovely and I like the music, so I hope there is a solution to the problems I mentioned above.
Cute story. Ariom came on a bit strong and I was worried Mael would not like that. It took me a while to understand the ending, I admit 
I was going to remark that the world didn't feel very alive by the fact that you can't talk to any of the other characters except in a rare instance. But, I suppose that is actually correct, considering the ending and because it makes Mael stand out.
There were some graphic glitches in the winter landscape with the character being drawn over/under things incorrectly.
A little long to tell the story but it was worth getting to the end 
I thought that would be something like they were dead 
Actually the end was a lot funny for me and I loved the music
Well done, this was a charming game. It took a while to get going like some others commented, but it was definitively worth it to stick with it all the way through!
Oh, and you've picked some beautiful tunes for it as well 
Cute story. I especially liked the first scene at the party. Unfortunately I couldn't finish it. Couldn't interact with anything in the winter landscape and when I tried and reloaded the page, the whole screen was just white and the game was gone.
Game Soundtrack
- 1.Pleasant Creek by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com
- 2.A cloudy morning by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com
- 3.A conversation with Saul by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com
- 4.Free Run [8 Bit(ish)] by TAD opengamearty.org
- 5.From where I dream by SoundMasters http://opengameart.org/users/soundmasters
- 6.Winter Snow by Tom Peter
- 7.Shake and Bake by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com
- 8.Funky house by Of Far Different Nature https://fardifferent.carrd.co
The Watcher is a story about people, relationships, forms of control, interactions and human nature, with a dark twist. #topdown #adventure #textadventure #altgame #AdvJam2020 
Gameplay estimated time ~ 1 hour.
Developed by Davide Happydev Pedron > https://bit.ly/pedrondavide.
Conceived, designed and translated by Chiara Di Modica (LoQAce.com) > linkedin.com/in/chiaradimodica .
The game is available in English and Italian.
Featuring Music by Matthew Pablo http://www.matthewpablo.com (and many more)
Hey guys, just a few words since many of you asked: due to lack of time we could not implement NPCs speeches before the jam's deadline, so it's perfectly OK to have "..." when interacting. They're only useful in one situation: Ariom will ask you to do so!
I want to share a nice article written by @ChiaraLoQAce 
that describes her point of view on the development of this game.
https://bit.ly/the-watcher-localizer-perspective
So, it seems that some of the people who played this game got stuck at some point. The game is pretty straightforward, if you get stuck it's probably some bug. You just need to refresh the page and it should be fine! Sorry for the inconvenience!
And so our first proper game is on :)
Please be kind, as @happydev 
has nothing to deal with games development and I am just a games translator, not a designer! We still believe that the story is interesting. We just found "alternative" ways to tell it :)
