Sesame's Haunting
A downloadable game for Windows
Sesame's peaceful life of solitude takes an unexpected turn after she unleashes a poltergeist, courtesy of her mischievous neighbor and longtime nemesis, Rutabaga. Brew potions, grow plants, and problem-solve Sesame's ghostly dilemma in this cute and spooky minigame!
Movement: WASD or arrow keys
Interact, Pickup or Drop Item: E
Toggle Inventory: I
Inspect Held Item: ENTER
Store Held Item: SHIFT (some items, such as the net, watering can, bucket, and spoon cannot be stored in the inventory)
Toggle Fullscreen: 0 (zero)
More tips and basic information can be found in the 'LIVING 101' book located on the bookshelf.
Q: How many endings does the game have?
A: It has two routes and two different endings.
Q: I'm lost and/or forget what I was doing in the game!
A: The crystal ball by the window in the main room will give you hints and reminders about what you're supposed to be doing.
Q: What do I do with unwanted items I took off the shelves?
A: Nonessential items can be destroyed by tossing them into the lit firepit outside.
Q: What engine was this made in?
A: GameMaker Studio 2. Pixel assets were all drawn in Photoshop.
Q: Why Windows only?
A: Without a Mac computer, I can only build for Windows in GameMaker. In the near future, I hope to upload a Mac-compatible version as well!
+ Made by unico
+ Music by brutalmoose
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It is a really cute game, I love the music and art, but I started on the route of "Make the rash cream with the dog ghost" I got the dog tears, then my next task was to collect all the ingredients and talk to the Boofina. The problem I have now is that I have collected all of the ingredients but Boofina seems to want me to both have all the items in my inventory and have an empty hand so I'm not showing her the items. I tried everything else, not chopping and grinding the mushrooms and herbs before talking to her, putting everything in the pot before talking to her, lighting the pot before talking to her, there isn't anything else I can do. It is impossible for me to be both holding all five items and talk to her with an empty hand. Meaning unless I take the other route I am sort of soft locked.
Hi! You don't need to have an empty hand. In fact, you NEED to be holding an item to start the next cutscene. Holding any one of the ingredients in your hands, while having the rest of the ingredients in your inventory, will start the next cutscene. Are you certain you have all the correct ingredients? Don't put anything in the pot before starting, she asks you not to start without her.
If you're still having issues triggering the next scene after double-checking all your items, can you email me a screenshot of your inventory with all the items and a second screenshot of the text Boofina is saying after showing her all those ingredients? My email is ohunico.contact@gmail.com! The only time people had trouble triggering that scene during testing was because of incorrect items in their inventory. Be especially mindful that you're holding a chopped RED mushroom, and not just a chopped mushroom - that was a common mistake!
The beautiful pixel art, bewitching music, and pleasant environmental sounds gave the work a very spooky but chill atmosphere.
I especially like the pixel art, which is three-dimensionally drawn and carefully placed to give a sense of depth to the room.
Also, I really enjoyed the conversation with Boofina! What a cute but naughty doggie!
Rutabaga is also very naughty, but with dignity. I kept finding myself gazing at Rutabaga sitting in the chair, her and Sesami's body parts swaying randomly from time to time.
In any case, this is my favorite spooky and cute game
Great little game, I really enjoyed it!
If you are looking for more accessibility, I'd suggest looking into WebGL builds to allow for play within the browser! I don't know much about GameMaker, but it's my favorite way to make a free-to-play game on itch.io using Unity.
Thanks for the game, and I'm looking forward to the next one!
I saw cat, I give 5 stars. Thank you Dev for making this cute graphic game. I just kinda not really comfortable using E, I and Shift for open pick items, open inventory and store items. Kinda confusing :-D but ok. Here is my gameplay...
Hey, thanks for the feedback, and for playing! What keys would you recommend using instead? In future projects, I could keymap certain keys together to make a setup that would be comfortable for more people. I just did what felt comfortable to me, but I'd love to know what you'd recommend!
"I" on keyboard is okay for inventory but I suggest, you can choose/pick item by pressing ENTER instead of SHIFT. I usually use shift for running/dash in other games so that's kinda weird for using SHIFT for choosing item :-) I suggest using BACKSPACE or TAB if players want to know about item detail on their hand instead. Thank you. :-D
Hey, I tried to contact you via twitter but your dms are restricted to blue checkmarks (thanks elon). I heard about the game from PBG, and I really liked it! But woud be interested in having it game translated to portuguese? I could voluntarely help with that :)
Thank you for telling me about the DMs! I'm never on Twitter so I don't keep up with the chaos and broken features going on - I'll definitely remove that from my profile. I have no plans for translations right now BUT I might in the future! Could you drop me an email at ohunico.contact@gmail.com? Your offer is very much appreciated!
Alright, I sent you an email. It's probably in your inbox by now!
Thanks for the attention, congratulations on the game and happy halloween :)
Unico is so cool :)
So true!
Love you peebs <3
I'm so glad I bought this this is so awesome and cute <3
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What a cute idea for a game! Thank you for sharing your talent <3
This game is so cute and fun! I want to see more adventures with Sesame. :)
This looks amazing, I will 100% be playing this for our YouTube channel once my cold dies down a little. Much love.