Turtle head: Unmasked

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I want to leave a review, because I think this little gem, made by a small group of developers, left me some good feelings that many RPG Maker games (even well known titels such as OMORI or ONE SHOT) fail to do so. I hope that this review may help the developers to improve for other projects.

So, let's start the review.

THE GOOD:

I LOVE everythings about the characters: the way they are written, the way they are drawn  and the way they interact each other (specifically Emma, she's my favourite). The story is simple but effective and the relation between Turtle Head and the protagonists (Harriet/Emma) is really good.

THE OK:

The level-design is well made: the school is big enough that allows you to roam around and explore without feeling lost. My only nitpick is that there are too many rooms where you enter once, only to get an item for a puzzle. The main villain of the game is the classic villain that love to play with their pray before killing it. It's not very original but it works in the context of the game.

THE BAD:

There are 2 things that I found frustrating to deal with: the puzzles and the chases. Some puzzles are not clear enough to tell you how you should solve them and sometimes, after you completed one, you end up in situations where you don't know what to do next, so you have to look around the entire building and read every text possible just to find something that allows you to proceed (I know that Emma/Mason gives you hints based on the items that you possess, but sometimes their advice didn't help at all). The chases were not handled well in my opinion. The idea is that, when Turtle Head is chasing you, you need to find a spot to hide; HOWEVER after you used that spot Turtle Head will know where you hid and you have to find another hiding spot, if you want to avoid a game over. Sometimes you don't know what are the available hiding spots and so you have to guess while being chased.

Great game and simple story! Really love the artstyle. :) 

i am enjoying this game, and got all ending,
thanks for the game~!!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw9UC_kLESYazG1271V24TBz1TpA9iJr6

loveddd the characters, and the puzzles and map are set up perfectly to make it so fun!!! waiting to forget enough about it so I can replay :)

I've played the first version with my lil bro about an month or so ago, now I discover that game was remastered by fan and I'm so excited now!!!

can there be a mac version?

can't stress enough how much i love this game!!!!!!!

nice pc horror game

Hi my game can't detect capslock for the Kurtis password sequence so I'm stuck and can't progress. Would you consider the case sensitive feature in a future update? Or is there currently a way to fix this? Please help, I would love to play it myself rather than watching playthroughs of it

Can i ask a question?

If it's ok: Did you use RPG maker?
Just to curious that's all ={ 

um how do you enter the date on the cabinet? 😅

definitely one of my favorite rpgmaker games:)

This was so awesome I played my first play through in one go, does anyone know any more games like this on itchi

love this game

One of my favorite newer RPG horror games to date - I hope future titles are just as horrifying as this one!

This was such a amazing game! i loved the art style the story everything about this game! you all did such a amazing job working on this game keep up the awesome work!!   

I had an amazing time playing this game! I never played the original but I really want to go check it out now. 

The characters all grew on me so much--I especially love Harriet of course, but also Emma. Her side of the story made me really feel for her. The atmosphere gave me so many chills at times, in particular the old school parts, and Turtlehead is such a frightening guy to run away from through the school (I got caught...way too many times lol).

The writing, the sprites and art is lovely! Great work you all <3

I played the original Turtle Head years ago and this was an amazing remake! I loved the new artstyle, and I also loved the writing and added character development for Emma's route. I liked how Emma's route was very different to the original because it allowed you guys to add all these new things. Overall, great job! 

This game was amazing. It reminded me a lot of the old RPG Maker games like "Mad Father" and "Ao Oni", and I enjoyed every second of it.

Found a bug

I love both the original game and this remaster! I did a video showing the deaths there are in the game, as well as in Emma's Story!

I absolutely adore your artstyle! :)

looks adorkable

i love this game so much! as soon as i saw the wardrobe to hide in and the lights went off i immediately thought of ao oni, like you said in the description! i had parts where i was stuck and frustrated, and i rlly wished there was a full walkthrough for harriet's part, but i eventually figured it out haha :) i think emma's mental illness was portrayed rlly well and i liked how her and harriet's stories differed so much! i do wish mason was playable for longer or had his own story bc i liked even the small sections we got w him (and the fact that emma pantsed him on his first day is hilarious lmao). you guys made something special here, and it deserves to be recognized w some of the top games in rpg horror imo. the style is nostalgic but also fresh and it was so fun overall! thank you for making such a great re-make!

So I'm really enjoying the game so far! But in the emma route yellow paper to prompt me to go library isn't appearing. And I don't know what i did wrong

Why is the title screen of mine like this? I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be like that. Can anyone help?

Edit: I also forgot to mention that I received a message saying I unlocked a new gameplay but when I checked nothing's changed.

Edit 2: I'm also using joiplay.

Absolutely amazing game, but I would love it if movement can be rebind to wasd, and there is a toggle run. I <3 this game.

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Hi! Would you be interested in a Spanish translation for this game? If so, please contact me!

it's beautiful I don't have to say more

can't get through it because of the controls, would really love if yo could add rebind-able keys!

Thanks for the game, really liked it! Great story, art style and music. Really enjoyed it.