PAGER (Demo)
ABOUT THE DEMO
Thank you so much for playing the prototype and providing feedback!
Thanks to your support, PAGER now has a 10-floor demo! I hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear what you think.
If you like the demo, please consider adding PAGER to your wishlist.
Thank you!
ABOUT THE GAME
PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque horror game set in a 90s office building.
It’s your first day at work, and to succeed, you must follow the pager’s instructions carefully.
pager (noun)
A pocket-sized radio device that allows users to receive read-only messages.
FEATURES
- 1-bit 3D graphics.
- Short, weird, and beautiful.
- Lots of first-person walking.
- Caffeine-addict butterflies.
- Palette and glow effect settings.
You can follow me on twitter for the latest updates on PAGER's development <3
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars (270 total ratings) |
Author | bilge |
Genre | Simulation |
Made with | Construct |
Tags | 1-bit, 3D, Atmospheric, Creepy, First-Person, Horror, Psychological Horror, Retro, Short, Survival Horror |
Links | Steam |
Development log
- PAGER (Demo) Update v1.1.036 days ago
- PAGER - DEMO OUT NOW!!50 days ago
- Blockbench + Construct 3Jun 20, 2024
- Announcing the Full Version of PAGER!Jun 07, 2024
Comments
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thank you so much for the gameplay!!
Second level had me grinning like a fool and it only gets better. This may well be the best brewed blend of second guessing and what the fuck I've ever tasted. ahhh
hehe thank you for playing!!
I really enjoyed the aesthetic and atmosphere! The game is full of nice surprises, with a great humor to which I adhere completely.
thank you so much!!
amazing game! kind of confused about the doors on the last floor though.
thank you!!
thank you so much for the video, glad you liked it!!
it will probably be English only at launch, but I can add other languages later if there’s enough interest!
Love the 1 bit graphics!
thank you!!
Cursed to play Flappy Birds endlessly is my hell
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played this while watching the livestream of Sarah Boone the suitcase killer. Doubly odd day.
thank you for playing :D
he is beautiful
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I absolutely adored the game, already wishlisted it. But although I explored every nook and crany (I think) I didn't figure out how to do that to the red guy! What's up with that?
thank you for the gameplay!!
on the box delivering i do it right and it tells me to exit then it says i fail
i think you missed the puzzle of it. there is a second box
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got the red guy (kinda)
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Very awesome! Nice puzzles and I love the art direction!
thank you!!
Great project! Loved the idea, the little jokes and details... I really felt watched all the time (the cameras always pointing to the player is a nice touch). I don't know if this is a bug or some secret message, but I received incomplete messages two times. The first text was just "Welc" in the first level, and then I received the complete text. I believed it was on the third level, not sure, that the first message was "a". Keep it up! Nice work!
thank you so much!! the text mistakes are intentional :d
glad you liked it, thank you so much!!
Yeah, I really appreciate that. I hope you keep going making this kind stuff. Nice game, congratulations.
thank you for the video!!
Thank you for the game. The viewers loved this one. I wish much more success and much more projects from you, buddy.
Wow, really nice game, I love the art style and that you also built it in Construct, I built a museum game in construct and I thought it was funny we built amost the exact same planters :P Yours look better then mine though.
You're game is super clean though, really nice job.
thank you so much!! haha nice plants :D
:D I've decided to just go all in with Construct after seeing what you did with it, also I never heard about BlockBench until I saw your game.
100% going to buy your game on steam when it comes up, I do wish you luck with it, I know what it takes to build a game in 3D on construct, you worked some magic there.
This is a great game so far, but my god I'm slightly sensitive to flashing lights (most warnings don't apply to me, so i usually ignore them. my fault for clicking the enter key right as the game started up) and this game is making me feel like im about to have a seizure 😭. If you could somehow smooth out the visuals a bit more, I'm 100% willing to pay for the full version. But the fact it runs on my absolute potato of a computer and only took <1 second to download says something. This is really impressive, I am in complete awe this is actually 1 bit.
thank you for the feedback and very sorry to hear that! The palette option in the settings might help a bit. I will also check what kind of accessibility options can I add for the visuals in the full game.
This game runs flawlessly on my outdated office laptop, so 10/10 straight away, the visual style is amazing. Really immersive surreal kino.
thank you!!
Really cool concept! Can't wait for the full game.
thanks for the gameplay! <3
7.7/10 - Small visual feast with a fun concept, (20 - 25 mins), I'm excited for the full game because this demo has a lot going for it whether it's the visuals, the locations, the tasks you perform and the comedy, it all ties in to create an enjoyable experience as you just go with the flow and enjoy the game. There's so much more I want to say about how great it is but sometimes in life you just keep it simple, and this game is simple but great at what it does.
The game offers some horror elements/ references but they are a small aspect of the game in the whole scheme of things and as a whole there isn't anything tense, scary or creepy in the game, but that's okay because the game works well with what it delivers in terms of the themes in the demo.
I also don't have any negatives or bugs that I encountered in the demo and I'm just excited to see more from it!
thank you for the review!!
6 out of 10 directional fish.
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amazing game! kind of confused about the doors on the last floor though. I went through 0 and it just reset the game
thank you so much!! that room is like level select, you can go back to last floor by finishing the level or just restarting the game. Sorry for the confusion!
thank you so much for the gameplay!!
do i wait or go
idk :d thanks for playing!!
Thanks for the early 90s nostalgia
<3 <3
pager? i barely know her!
funny
thank you for playing :D
It was such a fun game, and the jokes where placed in the right moments, its truly a shame that this game is not getting the recgonition it deserves.
had a lot of fun playing, keep going with this good work!!! <3
thank you so much!!! <3
super good sound design the pager made me flinch a little every time which is absolutely gonna fuck with me during the full game
thank you!!
I really liked the aesthetics of the game
excited for the full version
thank you for the video!
It observed as entwined to limitations that were distracting and de-synchronous;
an aesthetic of abrasive simplicity; modernized disingenuously; abstraction
making an pleasantry; embodied aspiration towards me; tasked to tedious temper.
A feeling of cold warmth envelops my presence as each step; takes stride.
Leaving as questioning; emptiness and shocking
subtle; euphoric retrospection....
thank you for playing!!
Okay, I rarely say this, esp about horror games bc the market is so saturated BUT this game is AMAZING. The f**ing demo felt like a full game that just ran out of playtime. The gameplay was engaging, the graphics were well done, the writing was good, the coding was good; it was all just *chef kiss* Y'all please please please please please please please support this developer because this game screams promise.
thank you so much!! happy to hear that you liked it!
Lovely demo, exited for the finished project!! although I am sad to have eaten those butterflies.
thank you!! 🦋🦋
This is so fucking awesome, kinda curious how it was development since it's... 6.4 mb size lol
thank you!! I use Construct 3, its web export is really small (empty project is under 1mb). But it's a 2D engine so making 3D with it a bit cumbersome :D
very nice!
thanks!
last time i checked, paiger was barely even playable, now its been featured on itch, great job guys, it seems fun and trippy so far
thank you!!
This was such a unique game, and so much fun :D
I wrote a full review on my blog: https://horrorathon.blogspot.com/2024/10/pager-demo-by-bilge-day-6.html
thank you so much for the review, glad you liked it!!
this demo was way better than i thought it would be, the atmosphere was spectacular. waiting for the full release!
thank you!!