Djilyaro

Was planning to play this on acid, really glad I didn't. I thought this was only gonna be like a weird and trippy puzzle game. That entity made me panic while sober, it would definetly give me a really bad trip on acid. Would be okay if I knew there was gonna be a jumpscare, but there was no warning.

I do like the artstyle though. It's simple, yet complex with the trippy vibes.

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Introduction

Djilyaro is a walking simulator in which you collect objects that make the world surrounding you get more trippy and psychedelic every time you pick up an object.

Visuals and Mechanics

It's as simple as it sounds. The visuals are flat and boring and when you pick something up they get a metallic sheen or rainbow effect. The mechanics are literally walk, look around and interact.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Djilyaro is immediately as boring as it sounds. You walk slowly through a badly textured world until you find collectibles that make the world trippy. Admittedly and a definite unintentional analogy for real life, everything gets so trippy that it's hard finding the normal among the insane. Then, after being surprised out of nowhere by a flashy object and a loud jump-scare scream you get send to a vast and empty city I couldn't find anything to do in that had very ominous music I was on edge for the rest of that 'attempt'. Which eventually lead to me going back to the menu to reset the game and again more of the flashy dudes showed up. My only guess is that Djilyaro has the intention to be a Slender-like game where you pick up collectibles and don't get caught but the flashy things always hunt you down and move faster than you can making this a guess without a definite answer and that getting caught just sends you to time-wasting limbo.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, as far as it's there did make at least an impact on me, but for the wrong reasons. After a jump-scare then getting ominous music obviously puts you on edge, but the area you are sent to is just emptiness making it unease without reason unlike fridge horror.

Conclusion

So in conclusion, I would personally not recommend Djilyaro, I kid you not however when I say that the weirdness of this game does set a poignant tone of unease and 'mood' but at the speed you walk and the vastness without guidance of this game and just how unfair it is. Djilyaro couldn't keep my attention and as there is no saving or no real explanation of an objective, you have to do whatever it is you do in one go so I personally wouldn't recommend this game. It is however very cheap so do give it a look for yourself!

Associated Media

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2341864621

Cool experience, well worth a dollar.

Fun little arty game, definitely worth a play

I was high as fuck and this game was amazing

suuuuuper creepy game. I love it. 10/10

very boring game, walking simulator with no effort added from dev

booo fps

What a mess. This isn't even really a game. More like a "developer's" first attempt at programming something. Game can't even maintain its framerate at points, and becomes nearly unplayable. This would be an excellent free demo on itch.io as something maybe in someone's portfolio, but not a paid game on Steam. Hell, even putting it in your portfolio might do more harm than good.

Silly bollocks really. Not many other ways to describe it. At least they provided an epilepsy warning.

Positive review for now as I actually felt something whilst playing it, which doesn't often happen for me with games at this price range. But it was over all too soon - hit 2 FPS so never got to finish it.

Reviewed in The Steaming Pile #3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HBQ7WGSvVE

Like eating too many mushrooms except this game ends before the vomiting.