INHERITANCE
A downloadable game for Windows
"A mysterious message reaches Claude Harris. A voice on the other end informs the protagonist about his grandfather’s death and that he left a will. The grandfather bequeathed all his property to Claude.
Claude arrives at his grandfather’s remote house near Lake Valley — a place where he spent most of his childhood. The protagonist discovers the house is in terrible condition, and overall, some serious weirdness is going on in this place...
Various clues found in the house will help Claude unravel the mystery of this place..."
Inheritance is a short detective-horror game that I created from scratch in one week. It’s pretty quick to play — around 15–20 minutes, depending on how fast you read, since the main story unfolds through notes.
THE GAME CONTAINS CONTENT THAT MAY SHOCK SENSITIVE PLAYERS.
The game was made as part of my own challenge, #GameIn1Week. Sure, there are game jams for that, but hey — this works too.
Enjoy the game!
P.S. There are 2 endings :)
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Development log
- 100+ downloads!46 days ago
- MAJOR UPDATE & BUGFIX48 days ago
- INHERITANCE RELEASE49 days ago
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this game was truly disturbing, honestly one of the best games ive played off of the site.
Wow, what a nice comment! Thank you very much! :)
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Thx for playing and video!
This was quite a solid game! It got super disturbing and it was unexpected turn when I was reading that diary, I felt did feel unease. I liked the built of the tension too! Great ambience. Nice one! I did get stuck behind that bed while looking at that photo frame ahah.
Here is my gameplay!
Enjoy and good work!
Thank you very much for playing and the video! I appreciate it :)
Amazing game with a great story! Loved it!!
Thanks for playing and video! I appreciate this :)
I really love the concept of this game. It was so spooky and the art style was truly great. I'd love to play your other games too. I made a video on it!
Thank you very much! I am very glad that you liked it. Great video! It's really cool that you actually translated the game into Japanese. I'm glad to see players from Japan :)
This game was absolutely phenomenal! I truly loved the atmosphere and the sheer creepiness of the entire game! Well done and I can't wait to see what else you make!
Thanks for the feedback and the video! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game!
More games coming soon! :)
You are very welcome!! I truly loved it, I'm certainly excited for more of your work! :)
Really creepy game!, i dindn't expected the grandpa could have that in his basement
Included this in my 3 random horror game video!
What a solid experience this was indeed! Really solid plot/story to this for sure. Who knew the grandfather was doing all this.... Made a video on it.
Thanks for the feedback! Nice to hear that you enjoyed the game — and thanks for the video too! :D
Hi RosenshineGames. I enjoyed a lot and got the 2 endings (I think) the secret ending :D
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed my game :)
P.S you right, the second ending calls secret ending :D
I loved it great short horror game, that whole idea of the grandpa and his "family" is really great stuff
Thank u so much! I'm happy that u liked my game :)
Comments below clip:
To inherent something should be a big boon, but what happens when the building your granddad left you, comes with a loaded history...?
Only one way to find out: play the damned thing!
I didn’t run into any bugs, hiccups or other snags. Kudos to all involved and thanks for making this awesome game.
Hi!
Thank u very much for the nice comment and video! It's very pleasant to read this, very motivating. I'm glad u liked the game :)
@ RosenshineGames,
I played version 2.0. That meant you ironed out bugs based on player feedback. That's the kind of mentality I appreciate :o]
I'm following you, so whenever you upload something new, I'll record it and add it to my channel. You so rightfully deserve it!
Game's pretty ok for the most part. I would work a bit more on putting more tension into the game.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont
Thank you for playing! I appraciate this :D. Good video!
NICE BUT NEED FIX
Thx! Now it must work correctlly :)
Hello.
Long story short, I found the grandpa's will upstairs, I checked it out, but the game doesn't progress, any updates or what to do next?
FYI, I've seen from the screenshots that you can interact with the random newspaper article - well if so, that doesn't work either. Looking forward to your response.
Hey!
I just checked, and everything was working fine.
To complete the first location, you need to visit all the rooms in the house — only after that your objective will change to "Find grandpa's will."
Once you read the will, close it using LMB, next an event should trigger, after that your objective updates.
I never encountered this issue during testing.
As for the newspaper — it will become interactive in later stages. Not everything is interactive right away to maintain the logic of the story progression.
Let me know if this helps! :)
Alright, I will write this again - I found the grandpa's will and checked it out, meaning that I've already checked out the house and the objective changed, don't you know your own game design? If I was not able to check out the newspaper, how would I be able to check out grandpa's will if the game didn't allow me? I told you, I did what the objective told me to do and it didn't change!
This is a very poor game design. In order to progress you need to have simple interactions and progress from one room to the other, not just wait have everything available right from the start and not let the player interact with it. Sorry, but this was very disappointing experience. Fix the game, so that maybe someone else can play the game. And I won't make a video or rate the game poorly out of common decency.
Edit: FYI, I was one of the first who played your game "Ufologist" and recommended it to tons of people, 1 year ago, I wrote a comment and left a great review, so you would understand why I feel this disappointed it this. Good luck.
I apologize for the disappointment and the unpleasant experience :( I truly value my players and I’m grateful that they take the time to play my games — the last thing I want is to let them down.
I’ve released an update that should fix your issue, along with many others.
Thank you for leaving a review and sharing your feedback. :D