The art design and the design of the church is fantastic. I love the protagonist's big braids. The design of the puzzles was a little clunky, but I still enjoyed them!
(Spoiler talk below)
It's interesting to me that when you "fail the test", forcas seems to be addressing the wife's consciousness, and vice versa, when you "pass" the test, forcas seems to be speaking to the angel. If I'm understanding the story correctly, the wife tragically only gets to take control on the story path that leads to her mind being erased. She had a good heart after all, too good to survive... This is really cool!
i dont believe the soul of the wife is in play at all, other than the angel lying about being her to continue possessing angelicas body without suspicion
true, that's also very possible. It would mean that Forcas is wrong in the test failed ending, but if he's only basing it on the protagonist's behavior then he would have no way of knowing
such a cool game, i love all of rachel's games they never disappoint me! there is lag but i just put up with it because i was so interested in this game!
Heyy, I've played most of your games and so far I love all of them! This one is next on my list but I'm struggling with the lag. I've tried extracting the 'windows lag test' .zip but it didn't work (not sure if I have to do anything else "-3-).
If anyone sees this and knows how to fix it I would appreciate the help :,)
read the title as "Eloquent Encountenance" at first until i realized that isn't a word and Counterance would make more sense until i read it again while writing this comment and realized BOTH of them aren't words though i swear i've heard them somewhere and the actual title is Countenance, which i did have to google, it means Eloquent facial expression or Eloquent support, i think support makes more sense but idk, this whole comment was kinda dumb so, sorry.
4/5 great and brief but with a punch that packs, ultimately the limitations… of the requirements of one interactive world piece… make me incapable of walking away not wanting more. I was invested but felt it needed another hour to be perfect. I want to see this style deepen… good job :)
Great game! I recommend everyone to try it out. I love the characters, especially forcas. Thank you for making this, hope you continue making more games!
The main character, Angelica, had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body). Also the entire funeral for the Pastor was staged, so they could see if the ritual actually worked on her. Just throwing that in incase you didnt pick up on it SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! I tried to keep my explanation as simple yet detailed as possible.
I clicked on this game because it was the only one I hadn't heard of from racheldrawsthis, and I'm really glad I did! It was a short but fun (AND LIKE. LEGIT TERRIFYING. HELLO.) experience for me, and I like the story quite a bit even if it's just slightly infodump-y at the end (but tbh, fair -- because I can see the merit in it with Forcas + the time limit and inexperience and all)
The main character, Angelica had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body). SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! Lowkey I was a bit confused too but this is what I got from it, feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong!
Forcas, on his way to try to convince you to trust him while saying "don't start assuming I'm evil just yet", describing himself as a "suspicious angel reeking of old man energy" and occasionally trying to seem menacing in order to scare you into obeying:
Also like. Veering into spoiler territory but for some actual plot/character analysis.
I really like that Angelica's being possessed by her own guardian angel. After falling, her angel likely comes specifically after her, because a human without an angelic protector would logically be a far easier target.
And we don't know how much of what Forcas says is lies- or whether he ever lies at all, he's meant to be testing Angelica's blind obedience faith, not lying to her. But he mentions that he was already assigned to a human in the church, and that he'd be reassigned to Angie if she listened to him... what happens to his initial human then?
Is this, at least in part, why Forcas wasn't supposed to be helping? He's just trading one human for another, picking favorites instead of following his duty and being a steadfast protector. And yet, his "picking favorites" is based on a sense of morality and empathy: he doesn't want to ignore a helpless innocent while protecting one of the fundamentalist cultists who's hurting them.
All in all, I really like how Forcas is constantly compared negatively to the divine, and even takes his name from demonology- and yet, when push comes to shove, he's truly caring and merciful while the heavens are cold and detached, only not rebelling outright because he'd lose his position to help if he did.
hi, saving on mac doesn't work :( i go to the save feature on the table in the bottom right of the church and hit enter but it doesn't actually save for me. not sure if anyone else has this issue but wanted to let you know! very fun game though!
This game was SO GOOD. I recommend anyone to play it for yourself! The art was amazing and the story was really gripping for me at least! I can't believe I was sleeping on this game thanks so much for being such a great indie studio guys!
i got the good ending but i used a vid to help out bc i didnt know where the flowers were and i was dumb and couldnt remember anything so other wise i love the game. it was a bit laggy but scared the crap outa me. will play again tho ty for such a good game!!! <3333
this game was great! the horror was amazing, really got my fight or flight going. the story was also great. did not expect that twist but not in a way where it ruined a part of the story to surprise you. its definitely the shortest and has the simplest gameplay out of their games but it was a really fun play!
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The art design and the design of the church is fantastic. I love the protagonist's big braids. The design of the puzzles was a little clunky, but I still enjoyed them!
(Spoiler talk below)
It's interesting to me that when you "fail the test", forcas seems to be addressing the wife's consciousness, and vice versa, when you "pass" the test, forcas seems to be speaking to the angel. If I'm understanding the story correctly, the wife tragically only gets to take control on the story path that leads to her mind being erased. She had a good heart after all, too good to survive... This is really cool!
i dont believe the soul of the wife is in play at all, other than the angel lying about being her to continue possessing angelicas body without suspicion
true, that's also very possible. It would mean that Forcas is wrong in the test failed ending, but if he's only basing it on the protagonist's behavior then he would have no way of knowing
i hope this is available on android, every games of Rachel tho :C
ik it'l take a long time to code it all so- yea not happening
You can use joiplay ı play on android
OH MY GOD WHAT
what is ameyui doing here
such a cool game, i love all of rachel's games they never disappoint me! there is lag but i just put up with it because i was so interested in this game!
This game is amazing but i cant figure out the passcode for the cage and i really wan the other ending please help;-;
5521, its from the verse of that one book
Heyy, I've played most of your games and so far I love all of them! This one is next on my list but I'm struggling with the lag. I've tried extracting the 'windows lag test' .zip but it didn't work (not sure if I have to do anything else "-3-).
If anyone sees this and knows how to fix it I would appreciate the help :,)
im lagging really bad too! :( i just tried to power through the lag
really good game but so many copyrighted songs
read the title as "Eloquent Encountenance" at first until i realized that isn't a word and Counterance would make more sense until i read it again while writing this comment and realized BOTH of them aren't words though i swear i've heard them somewhere and the actual title is Countenance, which i did have to google, it means Eloquent facial expression or Eloquent support, i think support makes more sense but idk, this whole comment was kinda dumb so, sorry.
Love this game. It's short and sweet and I can't wait for your next release Rachel!
The lags bother me so much ;( And the thing is, I don't know why I'm lagging. I've been running way more requiring games without any issues.
4/5 great and brief but with a punch that packs, ultimately the limitations… of the requirements of one interactive world piece… make me incapable of walking away not wanting more. I was invested but felt it needed another hour to be perfect. I want to see this style deepen… good job :)
I took the right thing bc I saw the art.
Great game! I recommend everyone to try it out. I love the characters, especially forcas. Thank you for making this, hope you continue making more games!
could someone explain to me how to get the code person cage ending thing i cant seem to find the code
5521. 'verse of the day'
tyy
Forcas is a smash
real
Great game! Loved the characters and the story.
Hello Miss Rachel. I was looking through the folders for this game and found SEVERAL images of a supposed other game. What are they????
(sorry, English is not my mother tongue. I used Google Translate)
was anyone lowkey confused with this game? i kinda understand but i need someone to make it simple to understand 0_0;
The main character, Angelica, had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body). Also the entire funeral for the Pastor was staged, so they could see if the ritual actually worked on her. Just throwing that in incase you didnt pick up on it
SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! I tried to keep my explanation as simple yet detailed as possible.
omg thank you! this actually helps with making more sense, knowing this makes the game even more interesting :)
Random thoughtsss
why do forcas and the protagonist both look like winnie from cold front 😭
I clicked on this game because it was the only one I hadn't heard of from racheldrawsthis, and I'm really glad I did! It was a short but fun (AND LIKE. LEGIT TERRIFYING. HELLO.) experience for me, and I like the story quite a bit even if it's just slightly infodump-y at the end (but tbh, fair -- because I can see the merit in it with Forcas + the time limit and inexperience and all)
Great game! <3
Can anyone with more brain cells than me explain the ending to me? My few remaining cells died trying to make sense of all of this.
The main character, Angelica had been possessed by her own guardian angel who had fallen. After the Pastors wife died the Pastor (and/or the followers of this church/cult) wanted a way to bring her back. So they listened to the voice of Angelica's (fallen) guardian angel and used Angelica as a sort of "vessel" for the wife. However ofc, the angel was lying when she said she'd bring the wife back and instead used Angelica's body for herself, so she could walk around Earth as she pleases (or something like that, since angels need a vessel, and fallen angels have their vessels taken.) Forcas had been the only angel willing to help Angelica, seeing that she hadn't been completely possessed (her and the fallen angel were fighting for control of the body).
SORRY THIS IS SO LENGTHY!! Lowkey I was a bit confused too but this is what I got from it, feel free to correct me if I got anything wrong!
Thanks a lot, man I appreciate you. Your explanation is pretty spot-on I finally understand what's going on in this super cool game
Forcas, on his way to try to convince you to trust him while saying "don't start assuming I'm evil just yet", describing himself as a "suspicious angel reeking of old man energy" and occasionally trying to seem menacing in order to scare you into obeying:
I love this dipshit sooo much I swearAlso like. Veering into spoiler territory but for some actual plot/character analysis.
I really like that Angelica's being possessed by her own guardian angel. After falling, her angel likely comes specifically after her, because a human without an angelic protector would logically be a far easier target.
And we don't know how much of what Forcas says is lies- or whether he ever lies at all, he's meant to be testing Angelica's
blind obediencefaith, not lying to her. But he mentions that he was already assigned to a human in the church, and that he'd be reassigned to Angie if she listened to him... what happens to his initial human then?Is this, at least in part, why Forcas wasn't supposed to be helping? He's just trading one human for another, picking favorites instead of following his duty and being a steadfast protector. And yet, his "picking favorites" is based on a sense of morality and empathy: he doesn't want to ignore a helpless innocent while protecting one of the fundamentalist cultists who's hurting them.
All in all, I really like how Forcas is constantly compared negatively to the divine, and even takes his name from demonology- and yet, when push comes to shove, he's truly caring and merciful while the heavens are cold and detached, only not rebelling outright because he'd lose his position to help if he did.
FUNA????
Yeah Funamusea
OH MY GOF THE YTTD REFERENCES
HELLO WHAY REFS ARE THERE?? I MISSED THEM
I DIDN'T CLOCK ANY :(
THIS HAPPENED TO MEE!! u have to put only the game file into ur applications folder and then it should let you save :)
IT WORKED!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
game
i want to know the music that was being played when we meet the guy in our head
T-T plsss
Can someone explain how you can make 2.5d game like this in RPG maker MV please. Is there a plugin for it?
I was absolutely blown away stricken in awe at how absurdly good this game is.
The Characters and Music look and sound great, It has an Erie atmosphere and the creepy moments were genuinely making me question at times.
I think you did a fantastic job and would suggest other people play it as well.
Second Off: I'm a Small Twitch Streamer who enjoys all types of games far and wide
And picked your game for last night's stream.
Everyone in chat loved it. (Attached is the video of me playing the game, However I Curse like an absolute sailor so you've been warned people)
hi, saving on mac doesn't work :( i go to the save feature on the table in the bottom right of the church and hit enter but it doesn't actually save for me. not sure if anyone else has this issue but wanted to let you know! very fun game though!
I loved this game, especially the art !
Holy crap this was really good. Would definitely recommend playing.
i got the good ending but i used a vid to help out bc i didnt know where the flowers were and i was dumb and couldnt remember anything so other wise i love the game. it was a bit laggy but scared the crap outa me. will play again tho ty for such a good game!!! <3333
it keeps freezing
i love this game! when we have to check for the flowers they made it creepy and ominous it was awesome!
this game was great! the horror was amazing, really got my fight or flight going. the story was also great. did not expect that twist but not in a way where it ruined a part of the story to surprise you. its definitely the shortest and has the simplest gameplay out of their games but it was a really fun play!
9/10 would recommend