A downloadable Horror Experience

𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂:

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓫𝔂 𝓪𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻. 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓻𝓾𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽. 𝓖𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓾𝓹 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓭, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓯𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓽. 𝓐𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀, 𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓽𝓸. 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭...
𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭...


𝓓𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼:

𝓟𝓮𝓷 𝓟𝓪𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓽, 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮, 𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓻𝓸𝓻 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓫𝔂 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓵𝔂, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓭.  (Pen Pal can only be played on a Windows 64 bit.)


𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽s:


𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓔𝓵𝓲 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓼
 𝓑𝓮𝓽𝓪 𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝔂 𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓜𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓼
𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝔂 𝓛𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷
𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓤𝓷𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓔𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮 4
𝓔𝔁𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓭𝓾𝓬𝓮𝓻: 𝓣𝓱𝓮

This game is also available on Gamejolt here https://gamejolt.com/games/penpal/726069

(If you have anything that you dislike or think could be better, please don't hold back in the comments. I require criticism to grow.)

StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
AuthorEli Stevens
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withUnreal Engine
Tags3D, Atmospheric, First-Person, Horror, Short, Unreal Engine
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

Download

Download
Pen Pal v2.zip 306 MB

Install instructions

Download the .zip file

Extract it

Run .exe file

use your common sense

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sometimes I got carried away reading notes, so I got the feeling that I missed some screamers, oh

I honestly loved this game. You got the buildup to the first jumpscare perfectly and everything after was just the icing on top. The game didn't overstay its welcome and ended nicely. I honestly was too scared to do much after the first jumpscare. This was a unique idea for a "choose your adventure" style game, in my opinion. Can't wait to see what else you have!

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Thanks for playing! Loved your vid, you're honestly underrated. The other games I currently have aren't quite to the same level as this one since they're mainly just me experimenting with code and ideas, but I've got a game coming out sometime soon that I can say I'll be genuinely proud of. Glad you could find enjoyment in this simple little game :)

Esa bueno el juego, algo corto, pero bueno

That's game's super good bro's 

Hey! Just checked out your game and I gotta say, I'm a big fan of it. I love the idea, it's very unique. Picking your path with the letters and all that is really cool. The monster is legit creepy to me, plus the jumpscares were built up perfectly! Got me extremely good lol. 

Only issue I had was I got so scared by the first jumpscare that I wasn't able to fully read the "get a new fuse" text. Probably more of an issue with me to be honest but I had no idea the fuse would look the way it does, actually had to watch someone else play to get past that part lol.

Aside from those minor issues and the fairly bad performance, I had a great time! I think I'll be checking out your other game as well. Thanks for making it!

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Thanks for playing, and thanks for giving your criticisms. They help out a lot. Glad you enjoyed the game for the most part. 

THIS WAS FANTASTIC!!!
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COOL

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This Larry chap looks like he could be a great artist. Really freaky game, 7.6/10. I shall look at more of your works!

I gotta say, this was really good, but after 4 bad endings in a row, granted I didn't get the office one, I gave up. I watched the reply below that found both, and I'd say in the future definitely try to at least hint at how to get the secret object/objective, it wasn't obvious to run (well, walk) around clicking things and fumbling in the dark to find the secret notes.

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Yeah, sorry about that. I definitely could've done a better job at hinting towards the good ending, like maybe putting the first hidden note in an obvious spot so they know there's more lying around. I'll definitely try to add more breadcrumbs for things like this in the future so the player isn't walking around aimlessly. Thanks for playing.

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No worries at all, it's a really well made project for a first game.

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Hello! I just played this for YouTube and really enjoyed it. The amount of time and effort put into the story and the letters written was really impressive! Great job on creating a very scary game. Thanks so much for sharing!

If you'd like to check out the playthrough I did for YouTube, follow this link here!

Hello, I played this game and I thoroughly enjoyed it, the concept was great and I enjoyed reading all the letters, got both of the endings as well, it was great, good work :)

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Thanks for making this, I was on stream while playing it and had to stop so I didn't explore the game much but while offline I did and it's really great. Very interesting piecing this together. Keep up the great work! If you'd like to see my short playthrough of it check it here - 

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Who knew that exchanging letters with a complete stranger might lead to this!

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Loved the video. Glad you enjoyed my game.

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Thank you! I also very much love your username lol.

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This caught my eye after looking for some scary games to play one night. My friend and I played it together and it scared the shit out of us. Thanks for the experience; we hope to see more in the future.

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Glad you two enjoyed.

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Yeah man this was a great wee time. I was genuinely having fun reading the twos back and forward till the very sudden escalation lol. 

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Awesome game really loved it. larry scared the crap out of me Lmao his my vid enjoy

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This was a really cool experience. I thought it might've been based on the classic creepypasta and story, but it set itself apart in a cool way. Nice job with the writing, and thanks for sharing this with us!

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The game really had me scared and screaming for my life. I never want another pen pal. 

When the screams are louder than the jumpscares themselves.

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lol yeah I admit. That was one of the scariest moments of my career. The tiny hallway and closeness. Feels like no where to run. 

Well thanks for playing. Loved the vid.

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First game in the video! What a unique game.

Firstly I loved the black and white graphics. Really underused in horror games and I really appreciated it. Played a game called "Leftovers" which was also black and white and these 2 games will stick in my memory now.

Very scary too, and I enjoyed the mechanic of the choice of replies!

Check out my video.

Leftovers was amazing. I actually commissioned my avatar from the artist @Skekarin

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that's really cool!

Leftovers was definitely one of the games that stays in my memory for great games on this site.

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Loved it!

Thanks for playing

How do I turn down graphics? my computer isnt the best so when I try to play its like a slide show

I didn't think to add graphical settings... sorry about that. I'll try my best to implement that in my future games so those with worse computers can still enjoy them.

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It is a simple but very entertaining game with a particular plot. I liked the two little scares that there have been and in fact, i would have liked to see some more. As a criticism or recommendation, I would suggest adding a little more playable part that is like the ending. Although I generally liked it.

Thanks for the suggestion :)

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the lore is great, now I might make an animatic on this game 

Please bless me with motivation

I would love to see that. Motivation is granted.

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Nice Game ^^

Gameplay en español
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Since my computer is being super rude to this game I just wanna say that after seeing kubz scouts play that this is an epic game. Really loved it and that jumpscare actually got me lmao. Can't wait to see more of what you have in store in the future.

Thanks. Sorry you couldn't play it. lol

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Loved this game. Loved the animation from the windows. Also loved that you can choose how to go through out it. Great job creator! 100% recommend playing this. Hers my video if you're interested in watching. I did post the link to the game and your page in my description.

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Thanks for playing

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I had a lot of fun playing your game! The only thing I can criticize (Like you asked) is at the end of the game, the jumpscare sound absolutely destroyed my eardrums. Loud noises aren't bad, but high-pitched loud noises are one thing that annoys me about horror games. You can be scary without giving me hearing aids. Other than that, it was a great experience!

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Played the game on my channel! It was REAL creepy! Something about this game was very unnerving. Bravo!

Laughed so hard while watching this. Thanks for playing.

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np man

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This game was really cool! A few jumpscares, and overall pretty dang creepy! Nice job! 

Really creepy and tense game. Great work! 

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That was a really frightening experience and I really enjoyed it! Please make more like this.

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bro im to scared to play it good job

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Amazing, thanks.

the game crashes everytime i click on start

Don't know what could cause that. It must be just a problem with your computer.

dont think it is because my pc works just fine, but i'll try to redownload it eventually.

Interesting. Well sorry, idk what to tell u

What's your computer's operating system? Is it Windows 10 or something else?

i have windows11

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Awesome game really enjoyed the atmosphere of the game itself. Hope to see other games from you soon!!! Keep it up!!!
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This was a very interesting and creepy game. Great job!
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Such an UNSETTLING experience! I'm very proud to say that after HOURS of playing this, I finally got all the endings! Love the choice of the whole game being in Black & White and the stalker is SO SPOOKY as he subtly will appear in windows, around corners, etc waiting to pounce on his prey! SO GOOD! SO IMPRESSED!

Loved watching this. Congrats on being dedicated enough to get both endings lol. Thanks for playing. :)

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fantastic game, loved it, i think it was really well made, with unique letters to each option you chose, i got all endings, my only criticism i would of liked different bad endings instead of it being the same one over an over, because it started to get repetitive, gameplay above if you enjoy be sure to hit that sub button 

Thanks for playing. Sorry for the repetition. This is my first game, so I'll definitely try to make the gameplay more fresh and interesting in my future ones. Loved the vid.

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seriously! first game? bro thats amazing, like i would of never though this was your first game, you havea bright future ahead of you mate, if this is what your doing in your first attempt!

Thanks, I appreciate that a lot.

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I absolutely loved this game first game I've added to my favorites on itch.io I was kinda sad you didn't have more games to play but I'll definitely play any you make after that good work honestly.

Great vid, it made me laugh a bunch. Ur kinda underrated tbh. Anyways, thanks for playing, and thanks for your support. :)

And Thank you for the game!

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