Type Help

stumbled on Type Help after searching for games like Outer Wilds- I was hooked. I've also got my partner hooked. Satisfying to solve, and we've had a lot of fun theory crafting!!! We've done our job :)

just finished playing this game on stream and it was a blast! here's part 1 of us playing/voice acting it 

This was so great, absolutely fantastic, thank you!

great game

Incredible game, one of the only games to ever scratch the itch that obra dinn gave me. If I had to sum it up it would be Obra Dinn meets Agatha Christie. William if you see this, please consider making another game in this style and selling it because myself and many others would definitely pay for it.

awesome game! can't wait to drop dead at my computer

a fun game! Normally I feel too slow for such deduction, but since this was a slow text-based game I actually felt comfortable making my own notes and spreadsheeting everyone's locations over time.

As a 'walkthrough' here's my completed spreadsheet (though it's missing one or two key items). Anyone should be able to use it to find any scenes they're missing. However this is FULL GAME spoilers, so don't look at this unless you're desperate, or you like seeing the methodology of others.

DO NOT CLICK IF STILL PLAYING, WILL SPOIL FULL GAME

FULL SOLUTION 

DO NOT CLICK IF STILL PLAYING, WILL SPOIL FULL GAME

Wonderful game, had a ball! but i think either i'm confused about something, or the rest of the commentariat here is:

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Fb, gur CP vf va ab qnatre, evtug? Gur oevrsvat vzcyvrf gurl'er n lbhatre ntrag jub fgnegrq nsgre gur "ubeebe qnlf," fb gurl'q arire unir zrg @. rira vs gurl yrnea uvf anzr, lbh pna'g erzrzore fbzrbar lbh arire xarj. Rira jvgubhg shyyl haqrefgnaqvat gur phefr, gur ntrapl pyrneyl haqrefgbbq gung zhpu (be creuncf @ yrsg n abgr jvgu vafgehpgvbaf?) orpnhfr gung'f jul gurer'f n yvfg bs crbcyr jub ner haqre ab pvephzfgnaprf nyybjrq gb gbhpu @'f pbzchgre: vg'f crbcyr jub xarj uvz naq gurersber ner va qnatre bs erzrzorevat uvz. Rirelbar ryfr vf fnsr nf ybat nf gubfr crbcyr fgnl va gur qnex.

WRT the game itself, wonderful, super fun solving process, really enjoy the SCP-esque vibe and the gradual revelation of the "murderer." Vg vf n yvggyr qvfnccbvagvat gung gur svany "fbyhgvba" vf "bu guvf jnfa'g gur fgneg ng nyy naq lbh qba'g trg gb svaq bhg nalguvat nobhg ubj vg ernyyl fgnegrq be jul be ubj" ohg gung bcra-raqrq zlfgrel vf pyrneyl ba checbfr naq V pna qvt vg. Really really good stuff, ty.

I'm purely commenting this just to yap about how much I enjoyed playing this game. It's easy enough for someone to follow along, but still requires you to use your head. Plus once you get the flow of things it's becomes like second nature. Initially the plot and storyline were kinda confusing, and I was mainly focused on just trying to find the files, but then as you continue you'll start piecing things together which is why it's so interesting. As soon as you think you kinda know what's going on, you're hit with another twist that just makes everything come together. I'm genuinely surprised I even managed to finish considering I have a pretty bad attention span when it comes to things like this, but this game was definitely addicting. I wish I could play this again without having any recollection of what happened because ugh it's so good, so kudos to you William.

i really and truly adored this game. i stayed up all night last night playing it and haven't been able to stop thinking of it since. please make more like this!! 

I'm loving the game but there's one piece crucial feedback I have: please add a confirmation for loading a save. I just lost a few hours because when I remembered I haven't saved in a while and tried to do so I slightly misclicked, loading my previous save and apparently the autosave also happened as soon as it was loaded, so I couldn't use that either. Having the save and load buttons be separate in different places would also help with this

And just like that, its over. Although I swear that name is familiar...

Loved it :)

I just finished this today. Great work, I was enthralled. If I wanted to nit pick I could say that the charactes don't always react very believably, but it didn't interfere with my enjoyment of unraveling the sequence of events.

hooollllyyyy moooollllyyy my brothers and sisters in gaming, we have ourself a GOTY contender. this became a short-term hyper-fixation for me

I had to reset my password to log in to my account (LMAO) and yet it was worth it to say how much I loved this game!!!! So simple yet so ridiculously clever and effective, with such a cool and unique premise. It's hard to do simple well!!! With a game so bare in its UI, the puzzles and story need to be ridiculously engaging, and this is exactly what TYPE HELP manages to achieve. I can't imagine this game done in any way except within its current iteration. TYPE HELP was built exactly as it needed to be built to achieve exactly what it did, and it was engrossing and engaging from start to finish. Once I started this game, I couldn't stop playing until I'd hit the end; I completed it all in one sitting. I can't wait to recommend it to my friends!!

Oops!!! Almost forgot; one last thing: V NZ EVPUNEQ YBATYRL

Loved it! Going to check out Cellar from your repertoire next.

Amazing game, thank you for the experience!

Non-spoiler easter egg (?) but you can not only name @, you can also name # yourself (if you find being username2 boring)

Thank you for a fantastic game Willam! So far it's the frontrunner for my GOTY,  and I'll be following closely to see what you'll do next.

I can't believe this is a free game, like other have mentioned you should consider commercializing it. Evil Trout did a great job helping publish Roottrees are Dead and the release has been very successful. Or at least have a donate button.

fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. My gf and I have been engrossed in this all weekend. Truly one of the most horrifying concepts to center a mystery story around, and fantastically written. I'll definitely be watching this author's future projects with interest.

I really enjoyed the game, other than the hiccup I wrote about before, it was great. I've heard about it from Tom Francis' vlog. He talked about some inconsistencies, but I don't see them.

I think people assume that gur phefr unf fbzrguvat gb qb jvgu anzrf be bowrpgf orybatvat gb gur qrnq crefba. Ohg gur phefr bayl jbexf nsgre lbh erzrzore gur npghny crefba. Gung'f jul gur qrgrpgvir bayl qvrf nsgre qvfpbirevat gung ur xarj bar bs gur qrnq crefbaf va erny yvsr. Naq gung'f jul rirelbar pbhyq unir orra gnyxvat nobhg Ehcreg jvgubhg nalguvat unccravat gb gurz. Nyfb gur phefr pna bayl nssrpg bar crefba ng n gvzr, fb nsgre vg genafsref gb gur arj ivpgvz, abguvat jvyy unccra vs lbh guvax nobhg gur cerivbhf crefba (vs lbh pna rira rire erzrzore gurz ntnva).

Nyfb V yvxrq gur guvatf gung bguref pnyyrq erq ureevatf. Gung'f ubj vg jbhyq ernyyl unccra, abg rirelguvat gung crbcyr gnyx nobhg jbhyq or pbaarpgrq gb fbzrguvat terngre, naq bs pbhefr gur gurbevrf gung rnpu punenpgre jnf qrirybcvat jba'g or evtug. Bayl jr pna znxr n evtug bar ybbxvat ng gur jubyr cvpgher. Gung'f jul V qvqa'g chg gbb zhpu jrvtug ba gurz naq gurl qvqa'g pbashfr zr ng nyy.

That being said I sometimes found myself guessing new scenes, but just when there were a handful of possibilities, so I don't mind it that much. But because of the nature of the story it became easier and easier with time.

I also enjoyed the scenes like "everyone gathered in X", but then you realize that you are not quite sure what "everyone" means at that point.

All in all, it's a really great game

Finished yesterday after 6 hours and many pages of notes. Incredibly well put together!

It's early, but this is probably my Game of the Year.

I mean, goddamn. This has the seal of quality upon it, I just spent several nights fully gripped until I was done. You might consider commercializing this the way that Roottree did!

Got sent here by the Failbetter games newsletter and had an absolute blast - definitely one of the best deduction-type games I've played!

im halfway thru the game and it literally seems like no one know who tf is living in the house omg

Wow, that was a lot of fun! Very well written and a really unique premise

I never thought I'd find something that came close to Obra Dinn (my all-time favourite game) - Type Help finally did it! What a joy to play and complete :)

That was amazing, so engrossing, I loved the rhythm and I just cannot fathom how you managed to get such a deft balance in difficulty. The YES moment when a filename attempt works is so good.

William just so you know I'll blindly buy any next game you're making :)

Hey, this ruled. Super clever, super fun to figure out. Huge fan!!

ABSOLUTELY adored this game. Love love love. SO fun. Needed help with a friend to get some of the last stuff and a few missing scenes but it's so great! Definitely going to look into any other stuff you do/have done.

Made an account on here just so I could drop in and say I LOVE this game. I thought the writing was great, I had so much fun puzzling this out, please do more. Excellent work.