Some words to describe this game are: brilliant, moving, gripping, terrifying, poignant, and beautiful. it's a clear labor of love and anyone reading this should play it
Thank you. This game has done so many things for me. I played this game when I was still cracking My egg. I didn't know what name I should go with and so many other things, but when I heard the main character's name, everything clicked into place. I now use that name, and it fits me like I have never felt before. it feels right, and I cant thank you enough.
hey so idk how this happened but apparently I have some image assets from this game on my microsoft onedrive account and I'm not sure how they got there cause I never use that account. I just felt like mentioning that to whoever made the game.
I started playing this after the 2021 Haunted PS1 demo came out. Right about the time when my egg had started cracking. Being handed that lighter certainly stirred some feelings I'd been having. That egg has fully hatched and I'm very pleased I've gotten around to fully playing this game!
Dear Quinn K, I'm burning to ask - there is a line in Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt: "No live organism can continue to exist compassionately under conditions of absolute fascism, even the birds in Italy under Mussolini were observed to take part in rallies and violence."
I see many parallels between this book and your splendid game, and I mean to ask if this line was in mind when you & your team were writing your fascist birds, or perhaps even if it was a case of deliberate allusion.
I hadn't heard of "Tell Me I'm Worthless" before now, and An Outcry started development in 2019, a good bit before the book's release in 2021. Also, that line itself is an allusion to the opening of Shirley Jackson's "Haunting of Hill House" ("No live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality").
In short: It's a coincidence, but a pretty interesting one. Thanks for bringing that book to my attention!
I see, I did expect it to be more of a coincidental similarity in themes, but figured I'd ask. I am familiar with the Hill House reference as well fwiw.
I love the game!! It really has a good design to it and Anne really reminds me of a family member who is also called Anne. lol xD
I only got 1 ending so far, which is the suicide ending. But i am still trying to get more!! Love the game and keep up the work! cant wait to see what will happen with the other endings!
Hi! I'm a 19 y/o student from Lower Austria, studying in Vienna. I really love the game, its allegories and metaphors, and ever since I bought it on steam in kept me thinking. That being said, I would very much like to translate An Outcry into the language its world is set in: Austrian German. With the Viennese dialect sprinkled in by some, while heavily relied upon by others. I'd love for my parents to play the game - with their English less than sufficient, I would love to help it reach a wider audience.
I know you've put great care into the Viennese worldbuilding, and I would be honoured to add to it with the classic 'Wiener Schmäh'.
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Some words to describe this game are: brilliant, moving, gripping, terrifying, poignant, and beautiful. it's a clear labor of love and anyone reading this should play it
Thank you. This game has done so many things for me. I played this game when I was still cracking My egg. I didn't know what name I should go with and so many other things, but when I heard the main character's name, everything clicked into place. I now use that name, and it fits me like I have never felt before. it feels right, and I cant thank you enough.
hey so idk how this happened but apparently I have some image assets from this game on my microsoft onedrive account and I'm not sure how they got there cause I never use that account. I just felt like mentioning that to whoever made the game.
sidenote i have never played this game and only know the name cause the title screen (i think its a title screen) was among the files
Spooky! No clue how that happened.
I started playing this after the 2021 Haunted PS1 demo came out. Right about the time when my egg had started cracking. Being handed that lighter certainly stirred some feelings I'd been having. That egg has fully hatched and I'm very pleased I've gotten around to fully playing this game!
Dear Quinn K, I'm burning to ask - there is a line in Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt: "No live organism can continue to exist compassionately under conditions of absolute fascism, even the birds in Italy under Mussolini were observed to take part in rallies and violence."
I see many parallels between this book and your splendid game, and I mean to ask if this line was in mind when you & your team were writing your fascist birds, or perhaps even if it was a case of deliberate allusion.
Thanks,
Ash
I hadn't heard of "Tell Me I'm Worthless" before now, and An Outcry started development in 2019, a good bit before the book's release in 2021. Also, that line itself is an allusion to the opening of Shirley Jackson's "Haunting of Hill House" ("No live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality").
In short: It's a coincidence, but a pretty interesting one. Thanks for bringing that book to my attention!
I see, I did expect it to be more of a coincidental similarity in themes, but figured I'd ask. I am familiar with the Hill House reference as well fwiw.
Thank you!
I just finished ending three of this game (the first ending I got and it was so good omg I have got to play the others now
Hey just wanted to say I really enjoyed this game! Definitely needed to bash some fascist birds.
I love the game!! It really has a good design to it and Anne really reminds me of a family member who is also called Anne. lol xD
I only got 1 ending so far, which is the suicide ending. But i am still trying to get more!! Love the game and keep up the work! cant wait to see what will happen with the other endings!
Hi! I'm a 19 y/o student from Lower Austria, studying in Vienna. I really love the game, its allegories and metaphors, and ever since I bought it on steam in kept me thinking.
That being said, I would very much like to translate An Outcry into the language its world is set in: Austrian German. With the Viennese dialect sprinkled in by some, while heavily relied upon by others.
I'd love for my parents to play the game - with their English less than sufficient, I would love to help it reach a wider audience.
I know you've put great care into the Viennese worldbuilding, and I would be honoured to add to it with the classic 'Wiener Schmäh'.
I'm hopeful you'll respond.
Hello! Thank you for your interest in the game :] Feel free to send me a message over on my Twitter to discuss this further:
twitter.com/quinnkdev