A Friend to Light Your Way

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Horror
2016

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- Wanderlust, August 1, 2017

- Hazel-Rah, July 10, 2017

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
A short creepy story infused with East Asian culture, July 1, 2017
by MathBrush
Related reviews: less than 15 minutes

This game describes a creepy summoning ritual that you are attempting to carry out as explore the remnants of a funeral for your grandfather that combines East Asian and Christian funeral traditions.

I found the cultural portions good, and the creature being summoned was creepy, but the game ended too abruptly I thought, and I wasn't all the way drawn in. But these are small problems for a SpeedIF entry.

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- Wei Yuan Lee, April 29, 2017

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verityvirtue at her best, January 19, 2017
by IFforL2 (Chiayi, Taiwan)

This story includes a light puzzle and a bit of creepiness. What I really love about it is the spot-on cultural setting. Right at the start, you can choose between two very realistic and quintessential types of Asian daughters for the PC. As you enter the scene, every detail, from conversations to "rooms" genuinely feels like modern rural China or Taiwan. (Please forgive the comparison! It's not politically motivated!) The author could have kept this as a very well-written slice-of-life. But the puzzle and the creepy plot do a good job of gamifying it all.

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