This game contains BODY INFLATION, not weight gain. There are large people, but there is no fat.
DOUBLE WARNING:
The game will likely not work if you use Winzip. Use WinRAR or 7zip instead!
There’s a calming rainstorm outside. Eve is chilling with a cup of hot chocolate and a cozy book. Nothing could ever bring-
BRRRRRRNG
Of course it had to be too good to be true. Her boss tells her the thunderstorm has caused enough damage to justify sending her out for repairs.
Little does she know that repairs will be the last thing she needs to worry about tonight.
Outside BOX is an atmospheric, mind-bending 2D puzzle game, made in RPG Maker MV. You control Eve, an unfortunate electrician sent out in a thunderstorm to fix something. The game contains no combat, it is strictly a puzzle-oriented game. However, that doesn’t mean you’re entirely safe, as danger may lurk within the most unexpected of places.
There is a box.
Expect balloons, and to be ballooned.
Stay sharp, and pay attention.
And be prepared to look outside for answers.
I think I’m stuck? All I can do us put the unreadable document into the box and get to the basement.
It there a fuse I need to find? How do I get past the balloons blocking the stairs?
I just finished the game and I have to say the fact you have to use files inside the game to modify what is in the game is cool in my eyes even if it was for a bit. I like what I got to see I think you did great.
Okay, this took me a hot second as well. So what you want to do is open BOX.json in Notepad or similar. Don’t worry, this will all make sense. At the end of the last line in the text file, you’ll find a property that says something like “mirrored=true”. Change that “true” to “false”. Once you do that, you need to reopen the game, and open a save file that just has a bunch of ??? in it.
This was pretty cool! The out-of-game interaction stuff was pretty interesting, though sometimes confusing(the last bit I just checked here for an answer). Is it weird to say the inflation seemed kinda shoehorned in, though? It was just kind of there to provide some text-only bad ends and block off a stairway, and that’s it.
That is something we’re planning to address post-launch. Expect a lot more visuals and sounds.
I’ll be sure to make another post outside the Gain Jam category for when that drops.
