Your game starts at 12:38. Excellent first chapter! We like the concept of each chapter being a different person's alien experience. The story was told at a good pace and details like ancient temple pictures and orbs left out in a destroyed living room made us want to hunt for secrets. The big reveal was executed well and the aliens and ufo looked awesome. We encountered two soft locks which are in the video. Having chapters was helpful as it cut down backtracking when we got glitched. We loved figuring out our van was indestructible and giving in to road rage. Lil Biscuit hated Dave for some reason and sided with the aliens. He decided the aliens didn't abduct Dave at the end cause "Dave Sucks". Make of that what you will.
Fear the unknown is a great game! Maybe the next tale can be about a woman who has cancer and decides to do whatever she can but she keeps seeing a black robed man everywhere she goes and i'll let ya do the rest. See ya!
I really enjoyed this game! I love alien horror games, they're few and far in between. It was fun getting drunk by the lake too lol. Can't wait for the future chapters ^^
Yes, thank you for sharing. It's definitely a glitch—the man should walk to the right side out of the house, but sometimes he walks at an incorrect angle.
so this game was really good. just 1 thing. I managed to soft lock myself by cleaning up the scrap outside? it kinda just froze me in place after some kind of animation.
Which level are you referring to? That issue was present in level 2 in the past, but now you can't even pick up the trash. If it's happening in level 3, that's very strange because there's a video above showing it progressing without getting stuck. Please, if you can, describe the exact moment where it gets stuck—it would be very helpful for us to work on a fix.
Yes, I found the trash that can't be removed. It's in the yard, and it's a bug because it shouldn't be there. I picked it up and removed it during the testing phase. So, thank you very much!
Fear The Unknown - Dave Story - Chapter 1: On The Way | UFO Story Series
Not gonna lie, this one I really enjoyed and being chapter 1, I’m ready for more. Few good jumpscares that got me good. Good job and can’t wait to play the next ones.
i might have had my controller plugged in so maybe that was it, but in terms of describing it better i cant really; as soon as the game loads in its an endless car ride with my POV looking up and spinning in circles.
The official game does not support controllers, unfortunately, at least for now. However, I did some testing, and my Xbox One controller works pretty well ,and try the latest version of the game 1.16.
i dont use controllers but i do notice that some games that dont have support for them cause the camera to face up and spin in circles as the OP has that issue
This was fun! Loved the style and how the tone was kept. If you ever need a voice actor for your projects let me know, I'd love to work with you! I do a lot of character work for horror games and animations. Cant wait for the next one!
Great. Nice idea and the graphics aren't bad for a free indie. If you want more resources to draw from in developing future game settings you can check out my profile here:
I'm trying to expand my portfolio in text translation, I'd like to offer translating your game from English to Turkish language so it can reach a wider audience, it has a nice story.
I'm just doing it to expand my portfolio so if you can't pay for it, that's fine!
If you're interested, you can add me on Discord, my username is n6gget
Really enjoyed this game i think it could of used a little more work in certain areas but overall it was a really fun experience and i enjoyed it alot!
You are absolutely right. I will make note of that, and in future versions of the game, I will add a few more details to enhance the narrative and bring more depth to the entire series ,I know it might feel like, 'Well, damn, we've already played it,' and now it’s different when you play it again. But there’s nothing to be done—that’s just how it’s going to be.
Any chance this was inspired by Fears to Fathom or something similar? It was fun and I enjoyed it. I'd definitely play Chapter 2. My only complaint was the sprint. If you're going to make sprint limited, can you make the sprint stamina bar visible? Thanks~
I intentionally didn't add a bar to make the plot and story feel more realistic. While having various bars and numbers can make things easier to understand, I feel it takes away from the sense of immersion and realism. Nonetheless, thank you for your attention and for the suggestion.
A Hilarious Alien Horror Game. Rating is (5.8/10) But all jokes aside let's talk about the game.
(LOTS of Bugs): Randomly being kicked out of your van, The abyss at the river side, Audio glitches all over(Car going at high speed and also the TV), The entire world changes if you exit your car in the wrong way.
(Btw you should tell the player inside the game that they can bring up the phone by right clicking)
Story : None (I really don't understand the people who say this game has "great" story. If this is great then "The Quarry" is peak fiction.
Visuals: For the love of god please add a setting to remove the CRT. Also I would suggest to balance the gamma and the lift so everything isn't neutral or at least give the player a gamma control setting
Jumpscares: Now again I don't know if it was intentionally meant to be funny or not but if those jumpscares are meant to be scary then I don't even know what to say. Either way this game isn't really a horror game. Even if let's say this game was meant to be a horror game with those jumpscares and let's for a second ignore how bad it is. This entire game's horror element are just those two jumpscares and one shadow figure. Like the shadow figure thing wasn't bad but again that's the only thing this game has to offer.
Atmosphere: This game has nonexistent horror atmosphere. General atmosphere is great like in the sense of if we are talking about the scenery.
I should say that the drunk visuals was pretty good and the music that was used on that part of the game
Listen I know the public reception on this game has been great and most of the reviewers are positive on this game and the "story". But I just have to be fully honest. This game is not great nor good. It's a very poor execution for a first episode of a series. This is the reason why I think the itch io community being positive on every game on this site no matter if it's poor or great is bad. To be fair most of the game in itch io is slop so when a little bit better game comes out people start calling it a "great game". But as I was saying calling a bad game "great" gives the game developer a mentality that their games are actually good and that puts them in a cycle where they think they just make endless itch io slop games with slight improvements per project. Because they think their game is good. I acknowledge that you are actively trying to get feedback and fix bugs but this game won't reach a good level even if you fix all the bugs. Again I am writing this review in the mindset that you think this game is great but that might not be the case. Hopefully you take all this criticism properly rather than being blinded by all the positive comments. But yeah on the final note and advice you are probably a new game dev like many other in itch.io. Acknowledge this game is very bad (not 4 stars bad*) and see how you can improve for future projects (or not this series) (Also your trailer isn't really a trailer, It's very messy and doesn't get the message across that this is even a video game. I'm not saying the style of trailer you wanted to make is itself wrong but if you want to make a trailer in that style then you need a way bigger trailer and better cuts and better music sorting and in general better music. Your trailer music itself ignoring the bad parts makes it sound like it's one of those supermarket simulator games.
If you need someone to make a trailer, you can reach out to me. No cost of course*.I will say I don't have any experience with making trailers and in terms of quality it will probably be around a 5.5/10 to 6.0/10 but better than nothing I guess.
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This looks promising so far, and was fun to play. However, I don't think the main character is doing so great at his job lol!
Fear the unknown is a great game! Maybe the next tale can be about a woman who has cancer and decides to do whatever she can but she keeps seeing a black robed man everywhere she goes and i'll let ya do the rest. See ya!
This game was awesome! Check out my gameplay!
BTW, I get a glitch at 15:34. I thought this was suppose to happen that way, and it made for a great reaction, but it may need to be reworked.
Yes, thank you for sharing. It's definitely a glitch—the man should walk to the right side out of the house, but sometimes he walks at an incorrect angle.
No worries. Still enjoyed the game.
Me encantan este tipo de juegos, esperando episodio 2 👍🏼
so this game was really good. just 1 thing. I managed to soft lock myself by cleaning up the scrap outside? it kinda just froze me in place after some kind of animation.
What version do you have? Try the latest one 1.16.
v1.16 is what i have
Which level are you referring to? That issue was present in level 2 in the past, but now you can't even pick up the trash. If it's happening in level 3, that's very strange because there's a video above showing it progressing without getting stuck. Please, if you can, describe the exact moment where it gets stuck—it would be very helpful for us to work on a fix.
Yes, I found the trash that can't be removed. It's in the yard, and it's a bug because it shouldn't be there. I picked it up and removed it during the testing phase. So, thank you very much!
was going to try and find the video but then real life happened and i got side tracked... my bad lol. but yes that trash. was entertaining though haha
Fear The Unknown - Dave Story - Chapter 1: On The Way | UFO Story Series
Not gonna lie, this one I really enjoyed and being chapter 1, I’m ready for more. Few good jumpscares that got me good. Good job and can’t wait to play the next ones.keeps pulling my mouse to look up and go in circles, unplayable rn
Please provide more detailed information so we can better understand where the problem lies.
i might have had my controller plugged in so maybe that was it, but in terms of describing it better i cant really; as soon as the game loads in its an endless car ride with my POV looking up and spinning in circles.
do you perhaps have a controller plugged in? that happens whenever i have one plugged in
The official game does not support controllers, unfortunately, at least for now. However, I did some testing, and my Xbox One controller works pretty well ,and try the latest version of the game 1.16.
i dont use controllers but i do notice that some games that dont have support for them cause the camera to face up and spin in circles as the OP has that issue
Looking forward to what comes next!
That's was something new
Gostei muito do jogo
Enjoyed your game very much - just the right amount of scary, I think. Fun game.
I dont know what I just played but I love it! Something different for sure!
fears to fathom vibes
Fear The Unknown? Much more Fear The Bug
I was 100% not expecting that ending.
Great. Nice idea and the graphics aren't bad for a free indie. If you want more resources to draw from in developing future game settings you can check out my profile here:
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Thanks.
Interesting cozy story before bed :)
Hope these series expands to more chapters ;)
Hello!
I'm trying to expand my portfolio in text translation, I'd like to offer translating your game from English to Turkish language so it can reach a wider audience, it has a nice story.
I'm just doing it to expand my portfolio so if you can't pay for it, that's fine!
If you're interested, you can add me on Discord, my username is n6gget
You are absolutely right. I will make note of that, and in future versions of the game, I will add a few more details to enhance the narrative and bring more depth to the entire series ,I know it might feel like, 'Well, damn, we've already played it,' and now it’s different when you play it again. But there’s nothing to be done—that’s just how it’s going to be.
This game was fun! Anything with aliens is a great game to me lol Check it out!
Loved the game and added my own touch to the story. Looking forward to chapter 2.
I made a shorts video from Fear the unknown! Hope you enjoy!
Cool, thanks👍
Any chance this was inspired by Fears to Fathom or something similar? It was fun and I enjoyed it. I'd definitely play Chapter 2. My only complaint was the sprint. If you're going to make sprint limited, can you make the sprint stamina bar visible? Thanks~
I intentionally didn't add a bar to make the plot and story feel more realistic. While having various bars and numbers can make things easier to understand, I feel it takes away from the sense of immersion and realism. Nonetheless, thank you for your attention and for the suggestion.
Great Game, Can't wait for chapter 2!
buen trabajo
Hello, I played this game, and I enjoyed it! Good work :)
Thank you, come back sometime, there will be a continuation soon. It would be nice to hear from you and watch your video again.
A Hilarious Alien Horror Game. Rating is (5.8/10)
But all jokes aside let's talk about the game.
(LOTS of Bugs): Randomly being kicked out of your van, The abyss at the river side, Audio glitches all over(Car going at high speed and also the TV), The entire world changes if you exit your car in the wrong way.
(Btw you should tell the player inside the game that they can bring up the phone by right clicking)
Story : None (I really don't understand the people who say this game has "great" story. If this is great then "The Quarry" is peak fiction.
Visuals: For the love of god please add a setting to remove the CRT. Also I would suggest to balance the gamma and the lift so everything isn't neutral or at least give the player a gamma control setting
Jumpscares: Now again I don't know if it was intentionally meant to be funny or not but if those jumpscares are meant to be scary then I don't even know what to say. Either way this game isn't really a horror game. Even if let's say this game was meant to be a horror game with those jumpscares and let's for a second ignore how bad it is. This entire game's horror element are just those two jumpscares and one shadow figure. Like the shadow figure thing wasn't bad but again that's the only thing this game has to offer.
Atmosphere: This game has nonexistent horror atmosphere. General atmosphere is great like in the sense of if we are talking about the scenery.
I should say that the drunk visuals was pretty good and the music that was used on that part of the game
Listen I know the public reception on this game has been great and most of the reviewers are positive on this game and the "story". But I just have to be fully honest. This game is not great nor good. It's a very poor execution for a first episode of a series. This is the reason why I think the itch io community being positive on every game on this site no matter if it's poor or great is bad. To be fair most of the game in itch io is slop so when a little bit better game comes out people start calling it a "great game". But as I was saying calling a bad game "great" gives the game developer a mentality that their games are actually good and that puts them in a cycle where they think they just make endless itch io slop games with slight improvements per project. Because they think their game is good. I acknowledge that you are actively trying to get feedback and fix bugs but this game won't reach a good level even if you fix all the bugs. Again I am writing this review in the mindset that you think this game is great but that might not be the case. Hopefully you take all this criticism properly rather than being blinded by all the positive comments. But yeah on the final note and advice you are probably a new game dev like many other in itch.io. Acknowledge this game is very bad (not 4 stars bad*) and see how you can improve for future projects (or not this series) (Also your trailer isn't really a trailer, It's very messy and doesn't get the message across that this is even a video game. I'm not saying the style of trailer you wanted to make is itself wrong but if you want to make a trailer in that style then you need a way bigger trailer and better cuts and better music sorting and in general better music. Your trailer music itself ignoring the bad parts makes it sound like it's one of those supermarket simulator games.
If you need someone to make a trailer, you can reach out to me. No cost of course*.I will say I don't have any experience with making trailers and in terms of quality it will probably be around a 5.5/10 to 6.0/10 but better than nothing I guess.
A very fun game and I can't wait for more from you :)
I plan to add localization for multiple languages in the future, but it might take some time.
ok, thanks my frien
Very cool game, good gameplay and story, plus, the graphics really surprised me. Easily an 8/10.
The next game is about a quarter complete—don’t forget to check back from time to time! It would be a pleasure to hear from you again. 😉