A Hollow Harvest
A downloadable game for Windows
First it went for the livestock, now it's after the villagers.
You find yourself in a quiet little village. After inheriting an old farm from a deceased brother, a family reaches out for your help to find out what's responsible-but the investigation isn't easy; someone locked everything up. Search a dead man's belongings and penetrate his secrets one lock at a time-but hurry, bodies are piling up by the day. Your decisions will affect the fate of who lives and who dies for different potential endings-as well as several death scenes along the way, if you aren't careful.
Features custom art, atmospheric storytelling and plenty of scares! This is technically the fourth installment of the series, but you can start by jumping into this one just fine!
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the well speaks to me went missing? Did it fall down the well or something?
well, all is well that ends in well speaking to me doing well
may i ask something? is this the last games from your RPG Maker Games series, after TWSTM, TWFTW and LVBTT?
It's the last in order of my games so far, but there will be more-in this series, and others!
Managed to get all the non-secret endings (assuming there's a secret one) - and boy, was it worth my time! This not being a part of a creepypasta jam massively helped this game's quality in all aspects. Like, going from the previous two titles (never got to play the actual very first one as I'm too late to the party) to this is night and day! Absolutely looking forward to the next entry.
Also, I need a hint on how to find the game's one secret. I believe I have the means to unlock it, but not idea where to find the secret. Do I need to do something like do specific things on specific days or something?...
PARTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD
Thanks, I'm so thrilled you enjoyed and appreciated it! This one took the longest time to make and I'm glad for the reassurance that it was worth the wait. There are 5 endings, no secret ones-the secret is a lore thing that you definitely have the means to unlock! Unlike my previous games that needed retroactive codes, this one can be activated just by interacting with it, if you're in the right place at the right time. (If you want more hints or for me to flat out tell you, let me know and I can message you privately!) Also, the first game will be back after I upgrade it. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a kind comment, and good luck secret hunting!
finally beat this game and OHHHHHHHHH BOY
OOH BOYYYY
12/10, made me genuinely uncomfortable at times [in a good way!] and the monsters are disturbing to look at :D [also Thornhart needs a hug and/or a really long vacation]
Thank you so much, your enthusiasm makes me so proud XDDD I'm glad you like the monster designs, it took me a while to edit the one sprite, and the art was a blast to make! And agreed... the doctor could most likely use both.
where did TWSTM go?😮
It's a surprise ;) Don't worry, it'll be back soon
oh, i'm intrigued😊 How's the development going?
Thanks! It's going slow but steady, with some random bursts like around a week ago when I exported over 100 dialogue portraits XDDD I'm really liking what I've got going
glad for you! I'm thrilled to see what's coming:>
i get it about sudden inspirations - i tried to participate in jam, but i absolutely can't work with time limit:((( Even if i had 6 months i'd still not make it in time. But then i thought - what if for the next jam i make a really tiny game? And after 2 days it's 90% finished lol. I immediately came up with the story and concept. I think it's a progress for me - i used to be really bad with making short stories.
(sorry i'm rambling about myself so much😅)
That's so awesome!!! Yeah I actually built TWSTM for a game jam and knew to start small for the same reasons! No worries about rambling, I'm always happy to hear how your games are going. Good luck!
Spoilers
I wonder if the ghost we see in hidden room is one of the corpsed Jesse tried to reanimate
Oooh, I won't spoil anything by confirming or denying but I do love your theory!!! I'm thrilled to see you trying to piece the mystery together!
还有后续吗我是说下一场比赛。
还没有，但最终会的，很高兴你对这个故事投入了精力！
I even completed the Forest Trilogy，I'm already curious about the next game
Dang this was INTENSE. Dare I say, this was the best one you have made yet.
I am really, REALLY loving and into whatever is going on in the backstory of the protagonist of these games. Can't wait to find out what happens next.
Also *HUGE SPOILER ALERT DON'T LOOK*
Is the "canon" ending to this really the one where the two of them die? I was pretty shocked to see that ending have the "true" ending label instead of the "good" ending.
Thank you so much!!! I've been building up the story in my head for so long it's great to add more pieces to the puzzle, and it makes me so happy to see you invested in it as it unfolds! And yeah it is, I wanted to have the canon series of events mixed with successes and failures as a Chastiser to hit harder than if everything went smoothly. I do feel bad for Fern especially though... but I was going for that Aesopian feel-don't open the door to strange things in the Forest, or you won't live to tell the tale!
I played this game a while ago and I really liked it. The chase scene was pretty hard for me though so it too many tries to complete that. I do wish that we could save the game at some points ourselves I do that there is a continuation of the game to learn more about the chastier's background and the story of the first itself. It was a great game overall.
Thank you very much!!! I'm thrilled you made a let's play and I'll go check it out! Sorry to hear the chase scene took so long, I'll make an easy mode for the game in an update. The reason I took out manual saves was mainly because it could interfere with the game's switches/event memory, but also the fear of not having that agency adding to the tension. I'm glad you want more out of this series though--and there's a lot on the way! This story's only just beginning >:3c
Love this game, however I do think it could do with a couple save points, particularly one just before the orchard because it can get pretty frustrating having to redo the whole day everytime you die. Also, I think the monster is getting stuck at the top of the orchard because I had to backtrack to get him to follow me. Aside from that, great game, I dreaded closing the windows everytime
Hi there, so glad to hear you love it! Sorry to hear about the save points, there was supposed to be one before the Orchard but it sounds like it must have glitched out--I'll look into it. Same with the monster. Haha glad the windows got to you though, I had a lot of fun designing that!
Ok so I have gotten the 1st ending so now all I need is the 4th. Can anyone give me any hints as to how how get the 4th ending.
Spoilers ahead!
The 4th ending is kind of a joke ending, try walking into one of your own traps and see what happens <XD
I was able to get endings 2,3, and 5 so far. The hardest part about this was trying to get the Skinwalker into the hole. I'm lost on how I can find endings 1 and 4 though.
Does anyone know what to do after finding that letter in the basement?
The letter isn't the only thing to find--there's also a key. Find that, go back upstairs, and the story will continue!
ok thank you
No problem, glad you reached out to get unstuck! Let me know if you have any other questions!
We all have to, Jesse... we all...
A shame, really
i kinda finished it. I got 3rd and 5th endings(worst and best i guess:>)
not good with detailed reviews, so just random thoughts
Jesse is scared of spiders??
LaaaaI mean it's ok we all have phobias😏doctor Gregory... and his house?..🤔
Amazing story, it really makes you stick to the monitor nd like "what's next, what's next i want to know". you don't see it every day. Amazing music, perfectly fit for the atmosphere. Amazing art too.
hate chasing scenes...😭 at least i'd want to save right before one.
but nevertheless i still enjoyed the game, and very glad you finally finished it<3
(btw other endings difference is only whetther the whole family survives or not? Will there be a walkthrough? especially for endings?)
(also nice to see myself in credits😊)
Spoilers Ahead!
Haha nice! Spiders are worse than death, can confirm. One fell on my hand recently. And Gregory is worth paying attention to! I'm glad you love the story, art, and atmosphere! I poured my heart into a lot of it and had fun putting it all together... more to come for sure! As for the chase scenes, I'm sorry for all the difficulty X-X I'm working on a patch that'll add an easy mode.
As for the other endings, there's another bad ending with a totally different cutscene, but the other two are (as you guessed) variations based on who lives and dies. A walkthrough's a great idea, thank you! I think I'll do that. And yeah totally! Thanks for your support-both financially and with all your kind words of encouragement!
aw, always welcome<3 can't wait for the next game already(no, i will wait ofcourseXD)
P.S. poor spider...TvT
I'm gonna preface this with the fact I have NOT won that last chase sequence,,, probably a skill issue on my hand, Jesse and I cannot overcome that at the moment HJFDKHKFJDHJFKD
This was wonderful to play through!! It's been so cool following your games and seeing how they evolve. This is definitely my favorite in the series so far, it's just so MEATY especially compared to other entries. You just keep outdoing yourself!
Thank you very much, that means a lot!!! I’m so glad you like it, I was super excited to add all the lore to this one! Each game I try new things to add more tools to my belt… hopefully my work keeps getting better!
And for running, try enabling “Always Dash” in the options menu. It’ll make the running automatic. And the best route through the maze is down and slightly to the left. Hope that helps!
That was a huge help, was able to get the good ending just now!!
AWESOME, LET'S GOOO!!!
Ahem, done finally!! I mean, not 100% gallery yet but all the endings! (Yet unsure if one said true ending or something.. too lazy to do the chase again)
wuh woh! Spoilers from here on!
First of all, AAAAA??????? I NEVER EXPECTED THE WINDOW TO JUST DO THAT, THOUGHT IT WOULD PERHAPS TAKE ONE FAMILY MEMBER BUT NAH BRO DID NOT WASTE TIME.
As I was sayin', I for sure did not struggle with the skinwalker, nahhh, totally...
BUT RAHHH THIS WAS FUN TO EXPLORE DESPITE THERE BEING JUST A BIT LESS CHANGE IN TEXT IF YOU EXPLORES EVERY SINGLE DAY, But did like the difference it made if you let any member of the family die !!
Also I'm unsure what's considered a gallery image for the game because in the ending where only Edward survives but you calm down, it doesn't really save the picture where Jesse holds the shovel? Hence why I'm at like 88% or so completion? Also some images have 1/2 or stuff like that, I assume that means it has variants? And if so what does it depend on because the first image and the one where you read the journal both have that..
But onto the story, JESSE BACK AT IT AGAIN!! HE CANNOT FIST FIGHT A SKINWALKER, THAT'S WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT /J
No but the dreams sure were... interesting
Now I'm unsure if he IS a little delulu or just got falsely accused, since he both seemed to have been drugged but also the snake veins thing from both the last game and this game.. Jesse my guy you don't seem sane
BUT THE PLANTS LIKE GROWIN' DID REMIND ME OF "The Well Speaks To Me" SO THAT WAS FUN..
Now I await another year for the next game I guess
NOW ONTO PERSONAL THOUGHTS TYPE-A STUFF
FUN GAME, ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT I DID GET SPOOKED AT JUMPSCARES..
Your games over all are just fun since it's pretty narrative and story driven, and I both like to write and read so it's just eye candy to me, ya know?
Had fun killing Jesse in the most creative ways over and over again, poor guy does NOT want me to play I'm sure of it
SADLY I GOT NO REAL DEEP THEORIES, MY KNOWLEDGE IS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE. BUT SINCE I DID FIGURE OUT THE CODE THINGS IN THE PREVIOUS GAMES, I DO HAVE MORE OF AN IDEA. What is it, you ask? How about you go find them codes yourself mate !!
The bugs I personally found are usually just visual stuff (sprites being wrong, OUR LAMP CHANGING INTO A CANDLE? And one time I still got killed despite the skinwalker falling into the trap but I think that was a one time thing, and I won't test it again I suck at the chase..)
Also there is a suspicious person in the town plaza, wonder who that is.. /J
NO BUT I WILL WORK A BIT MORE TO GET 100% GALLERY, GOT TO GET CREATIVE.
Next Halloween ya better have more for me to explore, I'm not easy to impress, Michaela. /JJ DON'T CHA WORRY I REALLY ENJOY THESE
Yayyy congrats on beating the game and getting all the endings!!! That takes a lot of dedication! I loved reading through your comments and seeing the highlights of your journey. And don’t worry, I’ll try to make a game in less than a year this time.
And haha I did have fun making that window scare XDDD It actually took several different layers to bring together to make it work but it was worth it.
For legal reasons... I can't elaborate on the dreams
Thanks for letting me know about the gallery, I’ll try to fix that! My best guess could be since the endings take you straight to the title without saving but I’m not entirely sure (I used a plugin so the code is more complex than my skill level).
I’ll fix those sprite glitches-as far as the skinwalker death, do you know if you were right by the hole/trap when you died? In that case it still would have pulled you in (sprites touch). Also to help with chases, try enabling “Always Dash” in the options menu… hope that helps!
The next games are going to be even better than this one if I can help it >:)
Highlights of my journey: Just straight up despair and shock
BUT WINDOW THING WAS TOO SCARY GUYS I'M BEAT, THANKS.. /J
But yeah I always put on the dash because I know your games ain't gonna let me walk around (And I'm just a little impatient with walking, leg day, Jesse. We need to
cookleg day, Jesse!)AWAITIN' THE NEXT INSTALLMENT, ODD TO BELIEVE THIS ALL STARTED LIKE WHAT? 3 YEARS AGO? AND IT STILL FEELS LIKE THAT ONE NIGHT MY IDIOTIC SELF DECIDED TO PLAY TWSTM AT 2 AM? (Never recovered)
I will try to be legal and not talk about the dreams (the fbi is at my door right now) or the snakes (snakessnakessnakes)
BUT guess who did you a favor by replaying the game entirely and testing out every visual I could think of being bugged and retried the skinwalker death? Yeah, this idiot
I WAS right at the trap, but in my new playthrough it didn't kill me when I was right at the trap?? I guess a one time thing, or I was punished for gaming at 1:43 AM
I didn't pay TOO much attention to sprites, only that in the like 2nd day where Jesse with the white button up exists, there are some plants or crates that personally triggered me the vest Jesse instead?
And of course I found out that in ANY day or time of day, the lamp glitches into a candle (oil for the lamp was too expensive, the 'mericans took it all..)
ALSO I DID NOTICE THERE IS A YOU IN EVERY SINGLE GAME AND I DO ENJOY JUST FINDING THAT BECAUSE SILLY LINES? (What if the true skinwalker was Michaela Thisten all along guys)
ANYWHO, I SHOULD CONFESS THAT I DID OFTEN CHECK YOUR PROFILE TO SEE IF THE GAME HAD RELEASED YET, SO DO NOT EXPECT ME TO NOT KNOW WHEN YOU RELEASE SOMETHIN', I SEE EVERYTHING. /J I just really like exploring every single darn diggity barrel just to find out a RACCOON died in one.. (rip)
“Highlights of my journey: Just straight up despair and shock”—best highlights ever
Oh good thinking on keeping the dash on! Sorry it couldn’t help in this case. I will also say the best escape route through the corn maze is slightly to the left and down.
And heyyy that’s so awesome that you’ve been here from the beginning of my journey! Yeah I can’t believe it either… time waits for no man (also 2am!!! Yeahhh playing as intended in a dark room alone!)
Hahaha XDDD We can take the legal stuff to pms, they won’t find us there >:3c Also dang, I’ll look into those glitches. The dialogue one I should be able to fix pretty easily. And yeahhh I’ll infect every game with my presence, it’ll be great! Wasn’t expecting someone to find the true skinwalker so early, I said it wasn’t me so that should have thrown everyone off my trail…
And hey honestly you’re a real one for doing diligence, having day one players helps me out a lot cause it tells itch io that others might want to see my game and gives it a little boost in those critical opening days.
OH YEAH THERE WAS A DISCORD RIGHT? WILL CHECK YER CHANNEL TO FIND IT WHEN I'M NOT BUSY (I'm not busy, just my time is spend on doing anything but writing stories)
But yeah, I thought "It's just an rpg maker horror, what's the worse it could do?"
And oh boy was I unaware this would lead me to follow this story about a skinwalker Michaela... /J
NAH BUT I DID GET A FRIEND INTO THE STORY ONCE BUT.. UH.. STUFF KIND OF FELL DOWN BETWEEN US.
OTHERWISE MY ONLY FEW FRIENDS ARE FORCED TO LISTEN AS I EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF THIS VAMPIRE LOOKIN' GUY WHO BELIEVES HIS VEINS ARE SNAKES
HOPE THE 4TH GAME HERE AND THE FUTURE ONES GET MORE ATTENTION!! MANLYBADASSHERO, DO YOUR THING.
Awesome, can't wait to have you there! And oof... but I still appreciate you spreading the word! ALSO YES, MANLY, YOU HAVE ONE JOB
PLEASE GIVE ME THIS
How did you get ending 4?
I sadly do not remember ending numbers BUT
The endings depend of stuff
SPOILERS:
Letting the child you play as briefly go outside and die lets you trigger a route of endings, once she dies you argue with Edward, calming down gets you an ending and escalating gives you an ending
the other is keeping them all alive
another should be running into the trap yourself !!
thanks for the help
Wow, this series is incredible. I love how the games are indirectly connected because of the freaking forest. I was because the second game needs a code from the first game. Is there anything else like that here?
Thank you very much!!! And no, this game doesn't have a code (or use any from previous games), but there is still a secret hidden somewhere ;)
Ok! Thanks For The Reply!
No problem at all, I love hearing from you! Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions--and stop by the discord or twitter if you want to just hang out :)
Will there be a mac version? 😭 I tried using wine but I can’t playyy
Oh man! I'll try to make one soon (I won't know if it'll work because I don't have a mac to test it but I'll do my best!)
No problem, I appreciate the work and thank you in advance!!
Thank you so much!!! I appreciate your encouragement, that's very kind of you!
GUYS ITS HERE GUYSGUYSGUYS- Oh wait my laptops dying, give me a few hours guys I will literally skin this game down to the bone you do not understand my need for secrets
HECK YEAHHH THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! Rip your laptop, but soon...
SOON- Also briefly back to say
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, IRONICALLY I'M GOING AS JESSE THIS HALLOWEEN SINCE I HAD THE VEST AND RED/PINK BUTTON UP PLUS THE BOW???
I'm too old to trick or treat though now my little sister gets to go but I don't..
That's so awesome, I love that!!! Twinning by the way-I'm dressed as him (with the cape) as we speak XDDD Also I feel you there, same with my siblings and I. Maybe you could be the one in charge of the bowl at home and get some from there?
Gaming as we speak because I decided my family is not important, at the desk /J
Nah but I have been blessed with those citrus candy things all grandmas have, black licorice and a can of iced coffee
do wish me luck on this because I am not giving up today before every possible scenario is explored (Halloween, more like "I lack sleep")
AHEM WILL REPORT BACK ONCE DONE AGAIN, SORRY FOR CONSTANTLY BEING IN YER HAIR
But prediction: Jesse is mentally ill (shocker), and this will be REAL fun
Haha nice! However, black licorice is no blessing. Good luck---you got this! And looking forward to your report! No worries, I love getting to hear from you, and feel free to say hi on the discord if you want!
A fascinating prediction indeed...
OMG finally !!! omg i'm so happy i 'll play it right now!!!!!
Thank you so much, I'm so excited for you to get to experience it! Enjoy!
do i really have to play the whole day all over every time i get killed?:(( some saving would be nice...
also i still don't understand which part you made unskippable? at 1st try i began the second day, gathered 2 keys, then we went to the corn maze, saw a skinwalker and he killed me. at second try i gathered all keys, then we went to the cemetery, game shows Jesse with Fern(i didnt get that at first, but probably a bug?), then we searched for Fern, then Jesse goes to his room, i forgot to close the windows and was killed. It's so non-linear, i have no idea what i'm supposed to do:((
sorry if i sound rude, but it's just a really unusual design for an rpgm game🤔
SPOILERS AHEAD
Sorry about that! There is an extra save on the last day but I'm going to patch in an easier mode for people who struggle with chases. The part I made unskippable was the room hidden behind the bookshelf (you used to be able to walk out and set up the traps without even going in). Also the Jesse and Fern thing sounds like a bug, I'll try to fix it. And don't worry about sounding rude, those are genuine concerns and I appreciate you letting me know so I can improve/fix them, as well as know if I should change my approach on future games. (Tip for chase scenes: Enable "Always Dash" in the options menu, that'll make you run automatically. Hope that helps!)
room hidden behind the bookshelf? where and on what day?..
(and btw funny coincidence - I finally released my first game exactly that same day - october 31stXDD)
It'll be in the farmer's house on the 5th day, when you hear a thump in the house! And that's so cool, great job!!! I'm for sure going to check it out! Yeah halloween is such a perfect release day for horror games XD
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