I got so absorbed in this game that hours passed. I just kept thinking "let me unlock just one more file" and now my eyes are HEAVY. I'm super engrossed in this story and already feel like such a detective after making it to act 2. I'll make sure to support the author by buying the new edition on steam!
Absolutely incredible game, I spent all my time after work playing it for the past couple days! The format is perfectly suited to the puzzle and it felt so rewarding to work out the mystery.
(rot13) V guvax V sbhaq nyy 97 svyrf rkprcg 00-qernz, juvpu V yrnearq nobhg sebz gur pbzzragf, ohg V unir bar yvatrevat pbashfvba - jul qvq Rir qvr? V vavgvnyyl gubhtug gur hahfhny qrngu @ ersref gb jnf gur snpg gung rirelbar qvrq nsgre erzrzorevat fbzrbar naq Rir qvrq fvzcyl va gur zvqqyr bs znxvat bhg(?) jvgu Rqqvr. Vf gur vasrerapr gung fur jnf guvaxvat bs Gubeagba qhevat gur npg?
I will be honest, I don't fully understand what actually happened, but boy what an incredible game. I just adore puzzles like this!!!! Excellent work!!!!!!
Does anyone know any more similar titles here on itch I can add to my list?
I noticed in the comments people were asking if there was a way to get hints. Someone made a github hint system for type-help at https://dfabulich.github.io/type-help-hints.html (But the steam version has a hint system built in, plug for the fancy remake!)
Thank you! I have been looking, and so far I only found Trevosa and Roottrees. Will definitely check out the other three. I think Another Night at the Archive was quite similar, even though it absolutely cannot be compared to Type Help.
i love this so much. this game.......... changed me. opened a spreadsheet and a handwritten notebook and cried in a groupchat with the friend who recommended me TYPE HELP and. oh the journey of finding out what happened!!! 10000/10 masterpiece. hats off to you, mr rous!!
Ooh, this was such an extremely satisfying playthrough! I could definitely see the influence of Her Story, Obra Dinn and Unheard, and that's no bad thing! I do feel a bit dense, though, as I've read through all the text from beginning to end and I still couldn't say that I'm 100% confident that I could tell you all the answers.
okay okay, so based on the logic that first person 11 died, and then person 10, i sorta just figured the person in the study would have been person 12 and i did 01-ST-12, but i haven't gotten past act II yet, will i be reading massive spoilers or??
Come back from the new game "the incident at galley house". What a wonderful game! Question: possible to choose a light theme instead of dark one? The black background is really hurting my eyes.
This is SUCH a great game, oh my god. I broke out a notebook and took physical notes on what was happening and why, and when [spoiler redacted] hit me that thing started looking like I was in a horror game descending into madness myself. Absolutely spectacular experience, I loved the text-only format and the note-taking and having to account for everyone and AUGH god I had so much fun with this!
I'll buy the VN version soon, but I doubt it will improve on this version of the game for me personally. The limitations of the text-based format were really charming, you know? There was just something about fumbling around in the dark with only the hand of a stranger to guide me that really made this magical.
I loved it, I loved it so much and I will now be always reminded of it evertime theres a thunderclap. Hopefully someone will also be abel to remember me
This was fantastic. Better than Obra Dinn. Better than Roottrees. 11/10. I probably wont play the Steam one any time soon (just because I think this text format was so perfect) but I'm going to buy it anyway in the hope it helps you make another one in the future.
A game that will truly stick with me, haunt me in a way. The mystery/puzzle aspects are deeply satisfying to solve, everything is so well-crafted. I would suggest playing it without reading more of my comment or others because I feel that this is a game where the best experience is going in knowing as little as possible at the start.
An unexpectedly emotional play for me, I have always adored murder mystery type stories but I think to an extent the way that this game presents the characters and follows them so closely even through what is only hours made them feel all the more real and even knowing from the outset that all of them will die does not quite soften the blow that they do. Perhaps ironically, this is a game, story, and set of characters I will remember for a long long time.
Really good! The satisfaction of the New File pop-up reminded me of the feeling you get when the "Good work, three more fates correct" in Obra Dinn. The whole story is very atmospheric, which is crazy considering the format.
Also if you want to translate to spanish I could help!
OMG I just booted up The Incident at Galley House and was like "wow, this really reminds me of that cool itch.io game I played a while back..." so excited to get to experience this game again
this is one of my fav puzzle mystery games and it started the timeline mechanic which is my fav mechanic in these kinds of puzzle mystery games. i played the galley house and it was also a fantastic separate experience (art great, voice acting phenomenal, etc.) but this format, for me, still is the peak in its simplicity. amazing work !!!!!
This game is so peak. Took me three whole nights to solve. And it will definitely leave a long-lasting impact for me. Never in my life I thought I had to actually took notes to finish a game, and I was having fun too lol. Keep pumping out quality games like this one in the future plsss!
Truly this game was just simply amazing, I don't really have other words to describe this game and so the only thing I can say is thank you for making this amazing game.
I'll definitely buy the steam version some time, I don't think I'll like it as much as this text-based version. There's just such a charm to this format, like the small notes, the slowly creeping realization as you read things and figure them out, and just the detached feeling it invokes related to all the characters that I don't think you can really get from knowing their voices and faces.
All those and more are definitely things I'll miss in a audio-visual format,even so I'm sure it'll still be a 10 out of 10 game, just not my favorite version if it XD
For the steam game, I feel like one of the things you can do to keep the original feeling is not attach anyone’s pictures to their characters. Keep them all as shadow people.
But the steam game tells a second framing story that the authors simply couldn’t do in a text only GUI. So as you solve the Galley House mystery, your blood should run cold as you realize the significance of what is happening in the present.
I loved Galley House and I loved doing a playthrough of Type Help! Hangman was a... fun?... surprise. I laughed until tears came. I don't think that minigame made it into the Steam version.
The game is sooo good, please everyone go grab the copy with arts and voice acting on Steam, it's so worth it. I hope the dev will keep working and creating more.
I've been poking this game and finding a file or two every once in a while for the past year or so, and recently decided to start over and play this start to finish. Now that I'm finally done, all I have to say is that I regret not playing this through much earlier. Outstanding puzzle.
Question: I got a spoiler from the comment section that
there's a file called 00-dream. My question is, how do you find out about it in-game without just typing random files? I unlocked all the numbered scenes and they all have 0 references next to them.
It is masterfully conceived and frankly one of the most brilliant things I have ever read, but I think the ending is pretty disappointing, especially since the footnote of 14-AT promises A Lot, but the story just goes for the easy way out at the end.
Absolutely incredible experience. Even if the remaster is just this again with some tweaks, I'll gladly experience the story again that way. Thank you so much for making this masterpiece of a puzzle game.
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I got so absorbed in this game that hours passed. I just kept thinking "let me unlock just one more file" and now my eyes are HEAVY. I'm super engrossed in this story and already feel like such a detective after making it to act 2. I'll make sure to support the author by buying the new edition on steam!
Absolutely incredible game, I spent all my time after work playing it for the past couple days! The format is perfectly suited to the puzzle and it felt so rewarding to work out the mystery.
(rot13) V guvax V sbhaq nyy 97 svyrf rkprcg 00-qernz, juvpu V yrnearq nobhg sebz gur pbzzragf, ohg V unir bar yvatrevat pbashfvba - jul qvq Rir qvr? V vavgvnyyl gubhtug gur hahfhny qrngu @ ersref gb jnf gur snpg gung rirelbar qvrq nsgre erzrzorevat fbzrbar naq Rir qvrq fvzcyl va gur zvqqyr bs znxvat bhg(?) jvgu Rqqvr. Vf gur vasrerapr gung fur jnf guvaxvat bs Gubeagba qhevat gur npg?
I will be honest, I don't fully understand what actually happened, but boy what an incredible game. I just adore puzzles like this!!!! Excellent work!!!!!!
what the fuck was that /positive
Itch’s search is completely useless at finding similar games. The games like type help that I know about are…
What Happened to the Crew by Bushmonkey (Same terminal mechanics as type help)
The Case of the Dungeon Descent by jamwitch (~1-2 hours, Obra Dinn/Red Pearls of Borneo type mechanics)
Red Pearls of Borneo by Bushmonkey (slightly different mechanics, sequel in progress)
Archives of Trevosa by jamwitch. (Similar to The Roottrees are Dead)
The Roottrees are Dead by jjohnstongames (Mentioned by William Rous as inspiration)
Does anyone know any more similar titles here on itch I can add to my list?
I noticed in the comments people were asking if there was a way to get hints. Someone made a github hint system for type-help at https://dfabulich.github.io/type-help-hints.html (But the steam version has a hint system built in, plug for the fancy remake!)
You're a hero for sharing these!
Thank you! I have been looking, and so far I only found Trevosa and Roottrees. Will definitely check out the other three. I think Another Night at the Archive was quite similar, even though it absolutely cannot be compared to Type Help.
u might just be heavensent
i love this so much. this game.......... changed me. opened a spreadsheet and a handwritten notebook and cried in a groupchat with the friend who recommended me TYPE HELP and. oh the journey of finding out what happened!!! 10000/10 masterpiece. hats off to you, mr rous!!
Ooh, this was such an extremely satisfying playthrough! I could definitely see the influence of Her Story, Obra Dinn and Unheard, and that's no bad thing! I do feel a bit dense, though, as I've read through all the text from beginning to end and I still couldn't say that I'm 100% confident that I could tell you all the answers.
"And remember... There are no ghosts in Galley House!"
Can't tell if i believe you or not yet, but okay...
okay okay, so based on the logic that first person 11 died, and then person 10, i sorta just figured the person in the study would have been person 12 and i did 01-ST-12, but i haven't gotten past act II yet, will i be reading massive spoilers or??
nope not as that much. The game is to recover the whole story. There's still sth shocked left.
Come back from the new game "the incident at galley house". What a wonderful game! Question: possible to choose a light theme instead of dark one? The black background is really hurting my eyes.
Nznmvat tnzr! Ybirq gelvat gb thrff ng gur ebbg pnhfr gur ragver gvzr. Ybat yvir Bfjnyq "BONT" Tnyyrl.
This is SUCH a great game, oh my god. I broke out a notebook and took physical notes on what was happening and why, and when [spoiler redacted] hit me that thing started looking like I was in a horror game descending into madness myself. Absolutely spectacular experience, I loved the text-only format and the note-taking and having to account for everyone and AUGH god I had so much fun with this!
I'll buy the VN version soon, but I doubt it will improve on this version of the game for me personally. The limitations of the text-based format were really charming, you know? There was just something about fumbling around in the dark with only the hand of a stranger to guide me that really made this magical.
I did the same thing- I will say that I did enjoy the remake's adjustments
I've always hated taking notes but I still enjoyed making a matrix of time code and persons and filling in the locations, so fun!
Não estou sequer a meio do jogo e acho que estou a ficar tão perdida e maluco quantos os proprios personagens.. I love this so much
I loved it, I loved it so much and I will now be always reminded of it evertime theres a thunderclap. Hopefully someone will also be abel to remember me
Incredible game! Played it in one sitting and halfway through act 1, I started a spreadsheet to keep track of everything <3
my name list =)
good game, dedicated two pages in my everything notebook towards solving it!
(rot 13)
bar - Wbua Uboorf
gjb - Naavr Ornhzbag
guerr - Bfjnyq Oevna Neguhe Tnyyrl
sbhe - Gbal Qnhre
svir - Znegun Tnyyrl
fvk - Rqzhaq Tnyyrl
frira - Ivpgbevn Ornhzbag
rvtug - Qnzvna Znfrxb
avar - Uryra Qnhre
gra - Rir Qnhre
ryrira - Uneel Gubeagba
gjryir - Ehcreg Tnyyrl
X - Xngr Ornhzbag
ng - Evpuneq Ybatyrl
What a fantastic story.
This was fantastic. Better than Obra Dinn. Better than Roottrees. 11/10. I probably wont play the Steam one any time soon (just because I think this text format was so perfect) but I'm going to buy it anyway in the hope it helps you make another one in the future.
A game that will truly stick with me, haunt me in a way. The mystery/puzzle aspects are deeply satisfying to solve, everything is so well-crafted. I would suggest playing it without reading more of my comment or others because I feel that this is a game where the best experience is going in knowing as little as possible at the start.
An unexpectedly emotional play for me, I have always adored murder mystery type stories but I think to an extent the way that this game presents the characters and follows them so closely even through what is only hours made them feel all the more real and even knowing from the outset that all of them will die does not quite soften the blow that they do. Perhaps ironically, this is a game, story, and set of characters I will remember for a long long time.
Really good! The satisfaction of the New File pop-up reminded me of the feeling you get when the "Good work, three more fates correct" in Obra Dinn. The whole story is very atmospheric, which is crazy considering the format.
Also if you want to translate to spanish I could help!
Gonna buy the steam game too, even though I get dizzy from 3D games XD
Lemme know if you'd like a translation into Russian
OMG I just booted up The Incident at Galley House and was like "wow, this really reminds me of that cool itch.io game I played a while back..." so excited to get to experience this game again
this is one of my fav puzzle mystery games and it started the timeline mechanic which is my fav mechanic in these kinds of puzzle mystery games. i played the galley house and it was also a fantastic separate experience (art great, voice acting phenomenal, etc.) but this format, for me, still is the peak in its simplicity. amazing work !!!!!
This game is so peak. Took me three whole nights to solve. And it will definitely leave a long-lasting impact for me. Never in my life I thought I had to actually took notes to finish a game, and I was having fun too lol. Keep pumping out quality games like this one in the future plsss!
would love to translate to french
Omg I can't believe your game got turned into a Steam one!! Well doneeee
Truly this game was just simply amazing, I don't really have other words to describe this game and so the only thing I can say is thank you for making this amazing game.
I'll definitely buy the steam version some time, I don't think I'll like it as much as this text-based version. There's just such a charm to this format, like the small notes, the slowly creeping realization as you read things and figure them out, and just the detached feeling it invokes related to all the characters that I don't think you can really get from knowing their voices and faces.
All those and more are definitely things I'll miss in a audio-visual format,even so I'm sure it'll still be a 10 out of 10 game, just not my favorite version if it XD
For the steam game, I feel like one of the things you can do to keep the original feeling is not attach anyone’s pictures to their characters. Keep them all as shadow people.
But the steam game tells a second framing story that the authors simply couldn’t do in a text only GUI. So as you solve the Galley House mystery, your blood should run cold as you realize the significance of what is happening in the present.
very fun and satisfying puzzle game! such a joy when I get to bust out my graph paper to plot the pieces i need to find. :)
I loved Galley House and I loved doing a playthrough of Type Help! Hangman was a... fun?... surprise. I laughed until tears came. I don't think that minigame made it into the Steam version.
The game is sooo good, please everyone go grab the copy with arts and voice acting on Steam, it's so worth it. I hope the dev will keep working and creating more.
There is a remake with voice acting and a hint system! Please buy it so that this guy makes more games in the same style.
awesome game! i'm stuck currently, around the end of act 1, so I wish there was a hint feature! but its very very very fun so far!
Get the remake on steam. It has voice acting, and a hint feature.
There is a hint system someone made at https://dfabulich.github.io/type-help-hints.html (But the fancy steam remake by evil trout is nice, too!)
Great game :]
Never thought I’d enjoy it as much as I thought it would!
This game is gold, glad it was found and got a remake now! love the obra dinn style scenes aswell. incredible that this is free!
I've been poking this game and finding a file or two every once in a while for the past year or so, and recently decided to start over and play this start to finish. Now that I'm finally done, all I have to say is that I regret not playing this through much earlier. Outstanding puzzle.
Thank you so much! What an amazing puzzle game! The dopamine hits after each
NEW FILE RETRIEVEDwere so rewarding.Awesome experience, enjoyed everything from start to end !
Question: I got a spoiler from the comment section that
there's a file called 00-dream. My question is, how do you find out about it in-game without just typing random files? I unlocked all the numbered scenes and they all have 0 references next to them.
there is a reference to it in one of the files
which one?
I’d also like to know this
(rot13) gjragl bar-pu-guerr
21-CH-3
It is masterfully conceived and frankly one of the most brilliant things I have ever read, but I think the ending is pretty disappointing, especially since the footnote of 14-AT promises A Lot, but the story just goes for the easy way out at the end.
Absolutely incredible experience. Even if the remaster is just this again with some tweaks, I'll gladly experience the story again that way. Thank you so much for making this masterpiece of a puzzle game.