The Castle of Dr. Hoot

[h3]6/10[/h3] [b][EN][/b] [h2]A Teacher with Secrets[/h2] A horror game disguised as "educational" software. When I started to play it, I was confused at first about how it works, but then it becomes very easy, as if it's a game for kids (which it isn't, by the way, unless you want them to have nightmares). It's mostly a point-and-click game where you go through rooms while surviving from 8:00 to 15:00, from Monday to Sunday (a little bit like Five Nights at Freddy's, except you don't have to look out for animatronics, you have mini-games, and you aren't stuck in a single division managing the electric power). There are only a few mini-games: Dr. Hoot's Spelling Class, where you have to spell words; Astronomy Lesson, where you have to find constellations and click on specific stars (indicated on the board) - I didn't particularly like this one, to be honest; Alphabet Assembly, where you guide letters to the chute by dragging arrows; and the Library Pop Quiz, where you have to select the correct word for the shown phrases. Besides these mini-games, you have random Pop quizzes by Dr. Hoot himself to spell words, and knights (who show up randomly in the rooms) giving you random q…

Hi. So I played the most recent version of Dr. Hoot and while I don't typically write reviews regarding games, I thought this one deserved one since I think it's worth it to recommend it to people though warn them about certain things about the game because it isn't like your typical game. The game is styled like a 90s educational game so, there is a learning curve to it in that you will be told what to do but how you do it isn't so you have to take your time with it to learn the mechanics, don't be afraid of death, the game isn't that punishing for when you die, and honestly becomes way too easy, especially doing a second playthrough if you're going for the other ending. Though I will get into flaws later on. That being said, the pros are pretty good. -Pros The gameplay is rather simple, spelling, directions, more spelling and pattern recognition (astronomy) and the occasional chasing objects around the screen, its not bad. Once you get it, the game starts flying. The characters have fun enough designs, some are better than others and that also goes for personalities. I can't say there's a standout character outside of Hank and while he can be a bit of a Morshu reference, it's…

Worth the price of admission, pretty cool little game, reminds me of the old newgrounds point and clicks more than old educational games. Not really scary (unless you think FNAF jumpscares are terrifying) overall, fun time.

While the game could definitely use some polishing (such as a better implemented pause menu, fixing some of the games glitching out and forcing a strike, or the knights just giving an energy bar or coin penalty instead of instantly sending you to detention), I found this to be a short but pretty fun and enjoyable experience, and this is coming from someone who's not really that invested in mascot horror. Really love the visuals too; you absolutely nailed the early CGI theme. Gives me a very [i]Theme Park World/Inc.[/i] inspired aesthetic (also helped by some of the jumpscares from Dr. Hoot himself), incidentally a game that I personally find very near to my heart, so having an allusion to it, intentional or not, is definitely a bonus in my book. Pretty eager to see a growing community for this game!

perfect for edutainment horror fans!

not even 1 hour into the game and the minigames dont even function properly, everytime i tried to do one task it became an insta lock that had me quit the game, log back in and repeat the same process with each minigame, game really has potential to be great but with the minigames problems i hardly see it becoming somewhat enjoyable