Go To Bed: Survive The Night

I was tempted to say that this game is far more enjoyable than it has any right to be, but fuck it: It's actually quite genuinely CLEVER, so any kudos I'm inclined to give it is fully deserved. Simple, yes...deceptively so...but definitely clever. How, you ask? Well, in...SIMPLE ways, really! Such as the fact that your visibility declines as the game progresses, meaning that the formerly easy task of clicking on all encroaching beasties becomes significantly harder, especially if you have to keep frantically turning on lights just to keep said visibility up! So, yes, it's basically a "time management" game with a very simple interface, and in that sense may well appeal to the Five Nights at Freddy's crowd (without being a completely blatant rip-off of said franchise, such as, hmmm, let's see...123 Slaughter Me Street, anyone?)! Add to all this an extremely charming art style, fabulously spooky sound and - what's this - highly competent voice acting? In an indie "horror" game?! ...

Needs work... I couldn't figure out how to exit the game. I eventually killed the process, which of course deleted my game progress. I'm loath to play it again, knowing that I'll encounter the same problem, and be unable to save. Furthermore, the game can't be paused. If your phone rings while playing, you're out of luck. I've tried the game twice - had to restart both times. Not trying anymore. If the game is patched to support an intuitive way to save and quit, and a "pause" button, I'll update my review. Tips for all game developers: In most PC games, the ESC key is a common standard for both pausing the game, and displaying menus.