I loved the concept of making telephone into a horror experience for different creators, this was great & I can't wait to see how many of these short idea's grew into a full game

this whole collection is cool as hell!! definitely one of the most unique and engrossing indie projects i have ever had the pleasure of playing. spoilers ahead tho, so dont read if you havent played.

i dont particularly understand what the devs in the latter half were doing? their narrative seemed to focus on a whole different story. and while it was really good, it left me questioning what exactly was going on. maybe im just not understanding and its a skill issue? but the guy in the blue suit, i never figured out what his deal was. what are the participants participating in? what did the eye creatures and the forbidden books of knowledge have to do with all of that? what in the WORLD was that weird alien thing that was killing scientists?

from what I can gather, Ms. Blanch was dead in the first game? and she went through the caves and found the man in blue, who gave her a chance at some form of redemption if only she could conquer some sort of internal anguish? and then you find out that he is there to guide...lost souls, maybe? Then it cuts to, what I presume to be the souls of those who didn't overcome the challenge, who fight for strength underwater to become stronger so they can escape? I have no clue what the deal with the flying head who collected the gems was. Maybe that was like...freeing yourself from the depths of the ocean, and travelling towards a something higher? Then you had to put yourself back in your body, break free from the constraints, and fight your way out of some sort of purgatory or something?

But then, and maybe i have the order wrong, there's a weird alien completely unrelated to anything else. and then there's some weird books that some dude collects so he can seek knowledge, but the knowledge isnt meant for humans, and it drives him insane. Someone else tries to keep the beings away by killing them and sacrificing people, but it doesnt work? and then it comes back to Blanch who is somehow at the end of the void and the man in blue sends her back to the beginning.

I just wanna understand, because I LOVE what I can figure out from this. I'd like to know more. Sorry for the super long message, and feel free to have me delete it if you dont want the spoilers being visible. I just wanna maybe talk to someone about it because I'm super interested haha

LOL W.T.F

C.H.A.I.N 

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twenty games for free? count me in lol

please add an epilepsy/flashing warning to the description! the third game in particular was a nightmare on the eyes (even though it was one of my favorites!)

this is absolutely amazing, what an original game. I can't remember any itch.io game that could be better than C.H.A.I.N... I love this project

I recently played through the entirety of this collection in one sitting, and it left me with mixed feelings.

It definitely started AMAZING and even DID REALLY keep up with the more or less cohesive narrative for the first few games… up until the fall into subcon, from there it would pick up for a bit in a different but still interesting narrative up until completely breaking down with SWELL And Organ, and the games themselves from that point onward weren't even really as cool in comparison, mostly. Shell, I can't even find an explanation for how could it go from Organ to the next game… It's like there was no transference of the game in-between and so the next dev had to start from scratch again, and it only confused me even more.

In my eyes, the experiment unfortunately failed.

And yet, the collection, on its own, is mostly good, some games are great, even. As much as AVERT YOUR EYES is kind of horrid to sit through, it's also absolutely amazing and truly unique, and I would honestly love to see more of such concept evolved. And, at the very least, the ending was cool, even if it was barely a game, and it amazingly looped on itself.

Very hyped for trying out C.H.A.I.N.G.E.D. now.

Hopping on super late to the party, but this was a very fun experience!! Some games were a little hard to play and actually ended up making me very nauseous, but I love the idea of having a kind of Telephone Game but with gamedev. Is it coherent? No, it´s very obviously split up into two very distinct narratives- one about Ms. Blanch, the other about rebirth and a haunted library. But that doesnt mean it wasnt a blast to play through and seeing what narrative pieces stick through longer than other (such as the ocean theming sticking around for a few games).

it's pretty much the videogame equivalent of telephone

Since CHAINGED just came out, I figured I would repost the playlist from CHAIN. here is all 20 videos playlist with no commentary, im excited for the new one!

Full Play NO Commentary Full Playlist 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLANFpp3d1ebGqoaOmxscY-GkMZqP2vXNJ

really fun, but maybe don't play if you're prone to motionsickness cuz i almost threw up several times

I'm having difficulty reading the cursive writing in the log notes for specimen 4: Emerge. Does anyone have a transcript of them?

loved all the games, and def loved how yall put it together 

i managed to glitch through the floor in one, where you had to put signs around wells? fell out the world and didnt feel like replaying that one

sensitivity was really low sometimes also

but yea, great game[s]!

I'm a bit late to this one, but am glad I gave it a shot. I played through every game, read all the logs. The presentation of the collection was especially fun with this sort of paranormal study of each disc. My only complaint was the lack of audio and mouse sensitivity controls between each game. I hope to see more equisite-corpse style jams!

streamed it here: 

This was awesome! I just finished playing it on stream, and that was honestly probably the most fun I've had streaming in a while. I love how it was basically just a huge game of telephone, but with games lol. My favorite thing was how Ms. Blanch (eventually Mrs. Blanch, congratulations on the wedding by the way ma'am) started out as just a normal lady, and then turned into a sea creature that had to pass some kind of test, and then the overseer of said test... In my opinion it just goes to show how a story can evolve over time as different people tell it... 10/10 my guys

want to play but the sensitivity is insane

I played this for my Twitch channel and it was an absolute blast playing it all the way through. We had so much fun trying to piece together all of the lore and who all the characters are. I didn't know that the devs couldn't communicate with each other during development, which I find really cool learning now! Despite that, I still feel the narrative got confused between Specimen #04 and #05, as well as Specimen #09 and #10. This could be because I don't fully understand the lore, but I'm confused as of how Mr. Floaty Head became to be and who the alien creature in containment becomes. Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed all of the developers, all of the games, and loved the narrative and story that it told!

If anyone is debating on playing the game or not, please try it out!!

This is such an AMAZING idea! Love the aspect of this anthology! It's so different and cool. I'm doing a series on it and played the first 3 games in my first video. Cant wait to see how this story unfolds! I'm HOOKED!

*spoier warning!!! i managed to play the last game first cause im dumb but so far this is a great little game and expereiance

I think this is an unforgettable game, hahaha

And final, I guess:

Final

Part 2:

Part 2

HPS1, to me, is very reference in horror games experiences like a short cult movies, but here is more ominous, because we are IN the narrative. Congratulations by the art, story and the narrative focus each game. I love it. Soon enough comes the second and third parts. Here it goes the first one:

Part 1

Love the exquisite corpse style of this project very creative. Kinda confused about what happened between Organ of Eden and Day 11. Those ones didn't really connect at all :/

only first game is truly a great one. i literally bursted into tears. what a great game. what an ending...

my play through of this game the first episode, its pretty good if a little weird, but the stories do seem to connect in some way shape and form. I love how this game is made and its format, it certainly had me hooked

i loved Dream Aether, played it too many times

thx devs for making this game, i loved it really much!! there are a few pros and cons but i absolutely loved the separate and unique atmosphere of each game!!
the overall idea of making games without telling eachother is really interesting, i hope there is a part 2, but if not then its ok :) it brings me back to the old PSX scary games hehe, all of the 20 are top-notch!