Pen Pal
A downloadable Horror Experience
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๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ ๐ช๐ท ๐พ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ญ๐ธ๐ธ๐ป. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐พ๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐พ๐น ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ธ๐ธ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ซ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฝ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ธ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐, ๐ช๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฝ๐ธ. ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ...
๐๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ...
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ:
๐๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ต ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ, ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ป๐ธ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ท๐ผ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ป๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ ๐ช ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ช๐ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ผ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ต๐, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐พ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ญ. (Pen Pal can only be played on a Windows 64 bit.)
๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝs:
๐๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ช ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ
๐ข๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ธ๐ท
๐๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ท๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ท๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ 4
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐น๐ป๐ธ๐ญ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป: ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ
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.)
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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!
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
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!
Thanks for playing, and thanks for giving your criticisms. They help out a lot. Glad you enjoyed the game for the most part.
COOL
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.
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.
No worries at all, it's a really well made project for a first game.
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 :)
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 -
Who knew that exchanging letters with a complete stranger might lead to this!
Loved the video. Glad you enjoyed my game.
Thank you! I also very much love your username lol.
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.
Glad you two enjoyed.
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.
Awesome game really loved it. larry scared the crap out of me Lmao his my vid enjoy
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!
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.
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.
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
that's really cool!
Leftovers was definitely one of the games that stays in my memory for great games on this site.
Loved it!
Thanks for playing
How do I turn down graphics? My computer isn't 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.
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 :)
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.
Nice Game ^^
Gameplay en espaรฑolSince 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
Thanks for playing
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!
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.
np man
This game was really cool! A few jumpscares, and overall pretty dang creepy! Nice job!
Really creepy and tense game. Great work!
That was a really frightening experience and I really enjoyed it! Please make more like this.
bro im to scared to play it good job
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
Loved watching this. Congrats on being dedicated enough to get both endings lol. Thanks for playing. :)
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.
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.
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!