Press space rhythmically to acquire speed. Lean to capture motes. Capture as many motes as you can. Pay attention. Enjoy the game.

This game is not recommended for those with photosensitive epilepsy. 

Please trance responsibly. Practice good subject agency. You can always say no to suggestions and triggers you don’t like.

Induction Transcript: https://pastebin.com/6uStC5Hj


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Updated 6 hours ago
Published 2 days ago
StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
AuthorBSTDev / Reach
GenreRhythm
Tags2D, First-Person, hypnotic, mind-bending, Transgender

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also: it would be nice to have a completely neutral praise indicator. like good [job] maybe?

this was really cool! but i felt a little scared at the drop: she said let go of everything and i didn’t know if that included the rhythm game and leaning controls too! and so i let my arms drop off the keyboard and my eyes close. and then nothing happened, and i opened my eyes and the game had gone back to its start state. is that the end of the game? i don’t want to be doing it wrong,,

HAHAHA i am so sorry that is a failure state i did not consider. i will rewrite the script a little later tonight.

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,,>_<

You should tag this with psychological horror

can i ask why?

of course.

This was really good! It's the sort of thing I feel inclined (compelled, one might say) to return to and get better at. I think on your Tumblr you asked about people paying for a longer version, I definitely would.

It looks really good! Sadly I wasn't able to keep playing it after the drop because (I think) the timing is too tight on the beats for me to be able to execute it (I'm dyspraxic). Would it be possible to add some option to make the timings easier/a no fail mode? I'm trying my best!

this one has played a few times and very much enjoyed it! its an excellent way to spend a few moments here and there,,, it wonders about the likelyhood of changing the settings or inductions for personal use or play. 

very nice though yay for dolls setting <33333

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can you make a downloadable version? i'd love to be able to play this offline

Thanks for the shout out! :) Fun stuff

FWIW - Firefox audio performance/timing is pretty rough. I don't think there's a way around this, so it might be worth adding one of those annoying "best experienced in Chrome" disclaimers.

Thank you for the resources :)

very well made experience, although i did have a few things to point out that i felt lessened the trance in some way
- the breathing instructions and collection gameplay not being synced to the beat felt like a missed opportunity (when i play traditional rhythm games i usually find focusing on hitting notes to the beat is very close to trance on its own)
- reading the transcript it seems like most of the induction didn't play for me (playing on firefox if this is a bug) including basically all of the actual suggestions which look really hot.. the "good doll" ensured i'm leaking afterward anyway but yknow

Thank you for the feedback, I will work on it.

much better after the patch @w@ awawawa

"huh i wonder why it's called zoneout" i have no idea how much time passed and didn't realize i was zoned out until i woke back up - this was delightful

:)

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visually stunning, thank you for giving the gift of empty head

I am glad you enjoyed :)