It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad.
As he continues exploring the house, Carlos encounters many terrifying yet 'cute' monsters. As he solves the puzzles before him, he draws ever closer to the truth...
Freud once said: "Love and work, work and love...that's all there is."
But what of the pain, the struggles that arise
when we're forced to choose between our ambitions and love?
In dealing with such conundrums, we’ve all likely hurt those we hold dearest to us.
For it's often in the darkness that we feel most safe.
With Dad's Monster House, I wish to provide those kinds of heartrending memories a chance at redemption.
I dedicate it to scientists, to my childhood dreams;
to those I love, and to faded memories.
I hope that within you'll find the greatest of answers, be they for your love, for science, or dreams.
[Gameplay]
A sudden call in the deep of night has you return to a house you haven't visited for many a year. You must unravel one puzzle after another: to from within scenes intertwined with memories find clues and get to the bottom of your father's secret.
The choice of whether to redeem or ultimately end this sad story lies in your hands.
[Features]
Instead of going for bright and vivid colors, I have opted for a black-and-white art style. The fragmented narration, plentiful puzzles, and delicate sound designs create an immersive experience where you as the player get to truly feel the ups and downs of the protagonist's emotions. Continue to unravel the story as you collect more items...
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4.15 out of 5
20 ratings
in United Kingdom
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Fantastic
Cottongame have made quite a few really good games but this is my favourite. It’s really atmospheric, disturbing and moving. The puzzles are not always easy but that’s good, for me they were pitched at exactly the right level. The artwork is beautiful and the music and sound effects are spot on.
Right level of difficulty but graphic sounds
I’ve played all cotton games and enjoy them all. This one might be my least favourite however, still a good game though. Puzzles were challenging but not impossible. The sound effects though. They are so graphic, I had to play on mute the whole time. So much squelching. Made me very uncomfortable
Great game
Brilliant game certainly not easy some clues a bit difficult
To spot , so you must examine everything and record a lot
Look forward to next game
SOON I HOPE 😀😀😀
Dreadful. No tutorial. Have no idea what to do?
Really disappointed as great looking game. I am a few minutes in and no idea what to do? I have managed to light gas under pot of water but that’s it. Other puzzles make no sense? Buttons and pie chart dials. If I could ask for my money back I would. This us no Rusty lake and disappointed it was recommended on Rusty lake page.
My favourite
The best cotton game to date, I looooove this game, great story and characters, good graphics and perfect puzzles and gameplay, what’s not to love?
NO MORE THAN OKAY
Quite slow and frustrating.
Could be a 4 / 5 star with:
- In-game hints;
- Ability to skip between scenes instead of plodding through every room;
- Optional music and sounds so user can listen to their own audio while playing;
- Simpler clues that don’t require translation of symbols or a much neater in-game note-taking system so the user can convert the symbols to find a solution. Making notes with your finger on an iphone just does not work.
Game crashes
Game crashes on iPad. It’s unplayable. Please fix!
Crashing
I haven’t even played the game yet because it keeps crashing after I click “new game”. I’ve deleted the app once now hoping that would fix the issue, but after downloading it again I am facing the same problem!
Recommend
Very enjoyable game. File is very large, would be good if it could be formatted for the Nintendo switch.
Another quality Cotton games
Bit obscure in places but and slow to get going (me, not the game). At the end I looked up what the ‘achievements’ were and found most were incorrect (Morse ‘inventing’ telegraphy, Freud 100 yrs out, Turing ‘breaking’ the enigma machine, Faraday birthplace etc). Bit sloppy that bit.