Play Things
A downloadable game for Windows
Play Things v1.2.4
In this game, you'll be investigating a collection of dolls. Some ordinary, others hiding a dark curse. Through a series of tests, you must determine which dolls are merely toys and which conceal something sinister.
However, not everything is as it seems...
WARNING:
This game includes slight jumpscares, suicide, sexual abuse, murder, domestic abuse blood and flashing lights.
Average Play Time: ~1 hour (for one ending)
HOW TO PLAY:
Start by ringing the bell. After doing so, you'll receive a doll and a test sheet. There are 5 tests you MUST do with each doll. Audio Test, Name Call Test, Photograph Capture Test, Temperature Test and Physical Discomfort Test. After completing a test, you can mark it's result in the test sheet. After finishing all tests, you'll determine if the doll is "Ok" or "Dangerous".
Credits:
- Created by: ReynTheStrange
- Released by: Burning Eye
- Voice Acting: ReynTheStrange, Viktorie Šrajberová
- Testing and support: Histmy, Dobytčárna, cesky_vaclav, Pablo, Nickion
Thank you so much for taking an interest in our game! I hope you'll enjoy!
All music in the game is original Play Things [OST] - YouTube
Special thanks to the Unreal Engine community
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Development log
- Play Things v1.2.416 days ago
- Play Things v1.2.3.37 days ago
- Play Things v1.2.2.40 days ago
- Play Things v1.2.1.44 days ago
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adult man playing with dolls watch it here
Thank you so much for the let's play! It's always really appreciated! <3 You have a great commentary and a fricking amazing voice btw, like damn! Also, congratulations for reaching all 4 endings, even though you played the earliest version which doesn't give you nearly enough direction to find the other endings!
Thank you again!
After I took the photo of Tina my camera got stuck and I wasn't able to move or do anything
I am very sorry to hear. I'll be sure to check the bug out. May I ask if you had the dialogue happen, or did it get stuck right after the picture was taken? Also, did the bug persist after restarting the game? It's a bug no one has mentioned before.
Again, sorry for the inconvenience but thank you for reporting it. Additional details would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE!
Never mind, I believe I've found the exact problem. It's a specific dialogue option in Tina's dialogue tree. If you pick 'I'm sorry, I have to.', it freezes the camera. Fixing it now! Thank you so much for this.
UPDATE-UPDATE!
1.2.4 Update fixed the bug. Thank you again!
Thank you
This was such a great game! I am a little confused on how to enable endless mode, however. Please help, I would love to play more ;-;
Thank you!! I am glad you enjoyed it so much! The endless mode is not present in the game yet. Once it will, it will be unlocked after you finish any ending in the normal mode. However, the endless mode is very hard to program. As the ideas work on randomized generation, it's difficult to make sure that all dolls will still be fun, creepy, unique and make sense in their story.
I am however working on other full games. One of which is much longer than Play Things (Currently sitting at 4-5 hours of play time to reach 1 ending). And the other is around the same length as Play Things. I will not release any more information just yet, but I might realase a demo for the first mentioned game soon.
This of course also means, that Play Things content updates (that are not just patch notes), including the Endless Mode update are on hiatus.
Completely fair! Wish you the best luck with the programming, I'm excited to see the other games you'll release. :D
Thank you so much! <3 I'll be sure to put a lot of effort into my upcoming projects!
French Player Here I have an advice for people who haven't played the game but looking at the comment section :
Jouer Au Jeu / Play The Game
I Really Like How the different Themes were used and how the difficult one were approched
The general ambiance with some good voice acting
Also Like the different choice and the reflexion resulting of the reading of description of each doll and the after report.
Also Like the variety of situation, never got bored during my 2 hours of gameplay.
Thank you for your kind words and for uploading a video of our game! It's always appreciated! <3
Gave it a Let's Play, got all the endings, though the environment could be considered 'rough around the edges', the story, writing, even the voice acting I found were great and immersive. The Dolls backstory and figuring if they are Good/neutral/bad as variables also added to this games depth more than I was originally expecting. Great stuff!
Thank you so much for playing! I am honored that you liked our story and voice acting! That means a lot! <3 I will also take your criticism of the enviroment and make sure to make it better in the next patch. I do very much agree that it is a bit bare-bones and simple. But again, thank you for the kind words, imma go ahead and watch the whole vid! Oh, and Congratz on getting all 4 endings!
how did you do make this game amınakoym
çok iyi la
Thank you for your comment, also if you ment that you messed up the Olga doll, you may want to read her document, it will give you a strong hint as to what to do with her.
The game was made in Unreal Engine 5 and thank you for your positive feedback!
thank you for such a great gaming experience. About Olga doll, I went to that part of the game without reading the documentation. I searched for other who played the game couldn't find them and spent a lot of time on this part, so I made that comment. But its definitely my mistake, sorry for that comment. I finished the game, it was really a great experience, I will play your other game. I appreciate your interest. I hope you get better. <3
Thank you, too! I am really glad that you enjoyed this experience. I have to admit that I think that our previous game, Dawn at Laywood, suffers in quality compared to Play Things, epsecially in the Performence. But I still really appreciate you taking an intrest in our work! <3 Also you don't have to apologies for anything! Olga is one of those dolls, that are a bit tougher to crack. So if you skip some parts, that is only natural, if anything, I should just make things more clear. Thank you agian!
Please add Portuguese subtitles, I loved the game.
I'd love to add more localization in the game, but that would have to be google translated, which wouldn't be an ideal result. I don't speak any other language fluently other than czech and english, so those are the only two I was able to add, so I unfortunetaly don't think that I'll be able to add localization for any other language :(
But thank you for your kinda comment overall! It means a lot that you have enjoyed the game! <3
Ok my friend, but I'm still going to record it for the channel, I thought it was really good from the images.
Thank you, that is really sweet! I'll be sure to check the video out and give it a like (I have already subbed), and feel free to post in in the comments in here!
I loved how creepy and atmospheric this game was. The sound design on this was incredible. Definitely pulled you into the game.
Thank you so much for playing! I seriously appreciate your kind words! And thank you for recording your playthroug, too! It always warms my heart to see these positive reviews, and overall seeing people enjoying your work. Once again, thank you!
It reminded me of Dollmare, but this one has a much more tense atmosphere. Congratulations on the game! I only got one ending, but I'll try to find others.
Here's my gameplay. (PT-BR)
Thank you so much for playing! Yeah, even though I have only found out about Dollmare mid-development, and it kinda sucked to know, that a simular concept already exists and that Dollmare has a much bigger budget. But I do believe that the games are different enough to not make it look like a copy.
It's always really cool to see videos of your game, because it gives instant and honest feedback. So thank you so much once again! It really makes my day. And I'm sure that other devs, whose games you've played feel the same way! You're awesome!! <3
The tips in the report help us a lot. I went through one where the report helped me not to die.
And maybe decreasing the countdown by a few points will help increase the tension.
Congratulations on the game! I finished the game wanting more!