We Never Left: <Standalone>
A downloadable game for Windows
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The year is 1983. You sit at home alone on a dark and stormy night until the ring of the phone pierces your ears. Answering, you hear a voice unfamiliar to you. The mysterious caller informs you with little urgency that your recluse game developer of a cousin has gone missing. All that was found of him was a note. Written inside was your contact information and a vague message: “FINISH THE GAME”.
We Never Left is a hybrid first-person / text-adventure narrative horror game developed by 20-year-old college student Conner Rush in 2 months through his studio FYRE Games. Inspired by '80s horror films as well as No Code's Stories Untold, it was developed as part of the Dread X Collection 5 anthology game. All 12 developers in the collection were tasked to make a unique game in 2 months that fit the unifying theme of "entertainment". Dread X Collection 5 is currently available on Steam.
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I'd really like to thank you for checking out this small project I did. I'm currently working on my next big project, and it's my most ambitious by far. I'm looking at another 2 years or so of development, so if you're able to spare any money to purchase the game, it's greatly appreciated. There's also a link within the game to donate to my studio if you'd rather try the game first. Whether you donate or not, I genuinely appreciate your support, and giving my game some time out of your day :)
I hope you enjoy.
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//<We Never Left includes...>
- 30 - 60 minutes of tightly orchestrated "edge-of-your-seat" tension.
- A stellar voice cast consisting of Jonah Scott (Beastars, Dying Light 2), Jenny Yokobori (Genshin Impact, Demon Souls), and Garrett Watts (YouTube personality).
- An interesting and well-realized pixelated art-style.
- An eerie soundtrack thanks to Auric Echoes, Reece Rowan, and Abstract Inspector.
- An auto-save system as well as numerous configurable settings to be as accessible as possible.
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"That was so good! ... I absolutely love it!" - Gab Smolders
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//<Controls (Reconfigurable)>
W/A/S/D or LEFT STICK= Walk
MOUSE or RIGHT STICK = Look
LEFT CLICK or A = Interact
RIGHT CLICK or X = Secondary Action
RIGHT CLICK or LEFT TRIGGER = Focus Camera
TAB or Y = Open Journal
LEFT CTRL or X = Speed Up text
GENERAL KEYBOARD = Type Text Commands
NOTICE: While first-person segments and menus have full controller support, a keyboard is required for text adventure gameplay.
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//<Links>
Play the original Dread X Collection 5 HERE
Visit the FYRE Games website HERE
Visit my Twitter HERE
Visit my Instagram HERE
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//<WARNING>: This game features gory imagery, animal death, and strong language. Viewer discretion advised.
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If you have any issues, questions, comments, concerns, or really any general inquiries, don't hesitate to contact me at conner.rush@fyregames.com, or visit our website: www.fyregames.com
There is a known bug that causes poor performance and screen flickering whenever in the main menu or when paused. This only occurs during these points, and should not influence actual gameplay.
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Development log
- We Never Left v1.11 ChangelogMay 27, 2023
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I really enjoyed this game. I was immersed and that doesn't happen a lot. I liked the ambiance of the game and the way the story unfolds. I LOVED the use of the horror text adventure game. That was very original and it felt so nostalgic. The voice acting was also amazing! I was disappointed about the ending, though. I expected it to happen and all the signs lead to it. Because it was so 'on the nose' I was hoping there to be some kind of plot twist, but there wasn't. Therefore the story felt a bit cliché. But overall I really liked this game and want to see more of this developer! I made a Let's Play video with my experience.
This game was such a cool experience. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The entire experience was super clean and well executed. And my Twitch chat loved it!
I was right at the end and my dad opened the garage door downstairs. I almost peed. 9/10
CW for anyone playing: dead cat
We Never Left Actually Got me Scared
I can't click Enter,it's stuck
It was a very interesting game, I haven't seen many games like this but when i do i know I'm in for a good time, though I wish that their were different endings and more interactive gameplay with the items that captured the lore and horror you're supposed feel more, but overall I thought the game was very well designed and created.
Really Good!!!
This game is WAY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER PLAYED! 10/10!
JONAH SCOTT!!!! good game btw :)
phenomenal game!!!
that was tairifying
For anyone that enjoyed this, I'd strongly recommend The House Abandon, and the related game collection, Stories Untold. It's very obvious this game was heavily, heavily inspired by it, and I suspect that you folks would enjoy it even more, since it's such a good game/collection.
yup i don't think my 9 year old win 11 bank computer with 466GB HDD Hard Drive can run this bcuz my pc using an "Intel(R) HD Graphics" graphics card with a "Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3220 @ 3GHz" CPU and "4GB DDR3" memory card (btw im so surprised that my pc survived that long)
Great game, I really liked the connection between text-game and reality :p
This was a great experience - there was suspence the whole game, everything looked great and the story was very eerie. Loved this!
It's such an amazing short indie horror game, thank you so much for your effort to created this cool short game !!
GOD GIVE MORE DIRECTIONS TO YOUR GAME!!!!!!!!
Idk if its just me, but after the secind cutsene (the phone bit) I keep getiing kicked of the app? I realy wanted to try this game so pls help when you can
Hm, I've never seen this issue happen before. What are your PC specs?
Ive solved the issue, but thanks for your consurn. Before i was using an outdadted antivirus and digging deeper, something in the code, like a veriable, made it think it was a virus i think. Thank you for your concern though, i got it working after instaling a new antivirus. Maybe thats something you might want to check on
a virus? L for you then
don't know if you read but i says ANTIVIRUS
cuz your ugly B)
It was such an amazing and cool game! It made me so paranoid!
thank you so so much for the kind words! Hope you stick around, I’m hard at work on my next game. My most ambitious yet!
I can’t wait! So excited!!!
Really amazing horror game! Love the text based mixed with first person it really made a truly unique experience. I also own the Dread X Collection 5 and really need to play it if the other games on there are as great as this one! Awesome job and looking forward to your next project.
Once i got going (got stuck) This game was brilliant, hard to get immersed in text based games but when you mixed it into a first person game here you nailed it! Thanks for this game :)
I love this game man, honestly it was such an atmospheric experience that really built up tension in all the right ways. Combined with the really cool text-based game integration.
Keep doing your thing Connor you’re a mastermind.Game was outstanding. Just the right amount of challenging and had me on the edge of my seat. Donation coming as this should not be free. Keep it up!
This is such a good game. The art and atmosphere are so well done, the whole thing is just great!
Hands down, I would have genuinely paid for this game.
I played it on stream, it was the second game I played.
I know you'll never see it probably, but this game was really, really good.
https://twitch.tv/ChaiTrappuccino
hands down was one of the best games in dread x 5
Absolutely spectacular. 10/10
Honestly one of my favorite horror games ever made. Keep doing what you're doing.
That's so incredible to hear. You're truly too kind! Thank you so much for being here and supporting :)
yeah no problem I am actually so happy I played that, such an amazing game I have no words for it. I would definitely donate if I could
I've been made aware of a minor main menu glitch that occurs when you haven't completed the game yet. I'll be away from my computer until May 24, but I'll be getting to fixing it then :)
Absolutely brilliant! I would say that the game being free is a crime. Loved it!
Since the earlier projects you had, I was interested in the storytelling, which your games provided. This game in particular has it all - superb atmosphere, fantastic voice acting, eerie sound design and immersive gameplay. All I can say is that the game truly deserves to be in the top of the list on any site.
Best of luck with the future developments Conner. Cheers!
Thank you so so much for the kind words!! You don’t know how much it really means to hear that someone has gotten so much enjoyment out of this passion of mine. You’re doing more than you can imagine.
I’m working very hard on my next game, and it’s my most ambitious yet, so the support genuinely appreciated. Spread the word of the game however you can, and I hope to see you for the next one!
Cheers mate!
I do hope my small support helps you 😎. I will make sure to share the game, for sure. Good luck with the new project ✌
故事非常完整的游戏，游戏里还有游戏，游戏外也还是游戏（什么套娃？！）玩起来真的是毛骨悚然的。我在游戏里“指导”表哥最终杀了我……期间尝试了多次“自救”，游戏不允许，因为感觉脊背发凉还经常暂停去屋外查看情况。总的来说游戏质量真的蛮高的，尤其这还是独立制作的，如果有中文就更好了！
PS：非常喜欢这个游戏的配音，情绪到位，吐字清晰，十分好评！
【喵玛】表哥设局引我入套，文字游戏照进现实，恐怖游戏We Never Left（我们从未离开）通关视频
Intriguing story!! AWESOME VOICE ACTORS- HUGE W ON THAT PART \o/ Loved them game so much, I watched my friend play and I'm gonna give it a run myself tomorrow! I'm excited to play it myself and try to be more interactive than they were :D awesome job on this one Conner <3 love your work as always!!
I love the build of tension in the game.
Really enjoyed this one! It had me on edge throughout. Atmosphere, sound design, graphics and voice acting were all very good.
I highly recommend playing this if you love old school psych horror with a twist!
Struggled finding the code for that chest, hint plz?
think about the format in which the note on the bed is written.
I cannot believe this was developed in two months. Gripping from start to end, even if it was a bit too on the nose with the "horror protagonist syndrome" towards the end of (not to get into spoilers)
you actively goading Michael to do his thing and not even attempting to stop it.That said, in the grand scheme of the game it's an extremely minor nitpick that's truthfully used a lot in horror works to varying degrees of success, though fortunately in this instance it certainly was used masterfully to deliver an overall phenomenal experience, from the pacing, to the atmosphere, to the voice acting, all done amazingly well.
And again, all developed in TWO MONTHS. Absolutely mental.
The one thing I was left wondering is if there's any secrets to be found from getting high scores in the space shooter game, but that's a question for another day.
thank you so much for giving it a play! genuinely appreciate the support!