#lonely house

[sukinapan]

hi!! i really really love your art and specifically rental! i'm a mac user so unfortunately i won't be able to play it but for this reason i was wondering if youre able to share more screencaps & excerpts from the story/game for those of us who won't be able to see it?

umi arrives at the vacation house with her family. you can hear seagulls and the ocean in the distance, though umi herself can't...

the door to the house is already open? mom says the rental man must be inside with the keys, why not go check for him.

trapped inside, there's nothing left but to look for the dental man

forget about your parents! you'll never see them again anyway! unless... unless?

unless you find the artifacts hidden within the house, for the ritual only a young girl can do:

a new door appears....

leading to the mirror labyrinth where you can find the last ones

finally, time for the ritual

something seems to be coming to get you but before you know it you wake up outside again, before everything happened.

was all that real? it's not clear, but if you grabbed the rosary necklace that was lying in the house before, it'll still be on you when you wake up:

playing again will result in a slightly different ending as you seem to have gone back in time even further

that's it for the story of rental. sorry that you're not able to play, hope you enjoy this~

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[frogoru]

Umi from Rental by @lonely-house!!

[dethkrypt]

⟡　horror gotw　×　RENTAL .

i don't think we should go inside the house... 　❀　available on steam for free.

[yooku-ri]

played rental… obsessed with her

[gebo4482]

Rental

Website

[timber-delights]

[thedarkbluevoid]

Rental (2022)

[aurexlemandarin]

A nice little game.

Check it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2796550/Rental/?l=spanish

[romangoldendreams]

daily life´s disembodied rawness

[myhauntedsalem]

Lonely House - Hex Hollow

What Happened at this Lonely House in Pennsylvania is Still Haunting to this Day

The story of Hex Hollow and the house that sits on its land is an infamous legend in York County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding areas. While everyone knows about the infamous Salem witch trials that occurred in 17th-century Massachusetts, very few are aware that this region was at one point also rife with paranoia and magic 235 years later.

The dastardly murder of Nelson Rehmeyer in 1928 is not only well remembered in the community, the traces of his death still haunt the house he once called home.

After years of bad luck and illness, Rehmeyer’s neighbor, John Blymire, began to suspect that he was cursed and sought a supernatural solution.

The local river witch (because they apparently had those in 1928), Nellie Noll, blamed Rehmeyer, saying that it was he who was casting the dark hexes on Blymire. She told him that all he needed to do was to burn Rehmeyer’s book of spells and bury a lock of his hair.

The “book of spells” the river witch was referring to was The Long Lost Friend, written by the German John George Hohman in 1870. Also titled Pow-Wows, it contains a collection of ancient German spells, healing rituals, and even recipes popular amongst the Pennsylvania Dutch.

By the way, the “Pennsylvania Dutch” culture is actually rooted in German heritage and language, not Dutch. Pennsylvanians are just purposefully confusing people.

Blymire and two associates entered Rehmeyer’s home, but could not find the book. Desperate to lift the curse, Blymire resorted to beating Rehmeyer, tying him to a chair doused in kerosene and lighting him aflame.

Even the river witch must have been like, “Woah, dude! Too far!”

The spot where Nelson Rehmeyer died is still eerily charred from the flame after nearly a century. Blymire claimed that although Rehmeyer had caught fire, his body never burned, proving to him and his associates that the man indeed dealt in black witchcraft.

The house that sits on Rehmeyer’s Hollow is still maintained by the Rehmeyer family and is said to be haunted. A tour is offered of the family’s home and belongings, which includes a clock that stopped at 12:01AM back in 1928. This is the exact time that Nelson Rehmeyer returned to whatever dark master he served.

[milkvast]

this game is to spooky

[sukinapan]

rental

[vozchik]

[derrickmartiano]

Biraz daha yüksek bir yerde olsaydı, hayalimdeki ev diyebilirdim :)

[paperflowers-and-purpleskies]

[shoppncart]

12/5/2024 - Rental

A neat little experience, I enjoyed the style most. It's definitely clear that it's a smaller-scale gamejam project, but given that it's free I don't think that's a problem. It was a bit strange though that the game continually acted as though I was in danger at several points while nothing ever seemed to happen. Maybe I was just lucky, or there never was any actual fail state. Still, a nice foundation and I'd be interested to see what else these devs make