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When I was a child, I went through a Digimon phase. One night me my brother were outside jumping on a trampoline or something and we saw some little floating lights swirling around us. There seemed to be more and more of them and I got terrified cause I thought I was getting sent to the Digimon realm or something, so he and I ran away screaming. So that was my first experience with fireflies.

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[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Ohh, I know this one! There is a part where a character is stuck and your have to get him unstuck by scaring him by selecting "scary" parts of sentences like: "Oh, no!" "Look behind you!" "A delicious cake!".

But to be fair, it did have some scary skulls falling down a staircase and a labyrinth at the end. What were you scared of?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I was like 4 or 5 and I was basically spooked every time they gave you a timer. Which once I found out that the whole game was timed got me proper spooked. At least that's what my mom tells me, I don't actually remember it that well. I remember the colour-fill-tool ghosts being a little spooky, I remember there being a scene where you have to play a xylophone (?) that was also spooky. OH and the ticking clock sound that gets louder when you're in certain parts of the house.

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Oh yeah, the clock sound was probably the most spooky part. I still find Deadlines scary today.