Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
This game is a bite-sized experience (~40 minutes). Perfect for your coffee break!
In tonight's episode of Midnight Scenes, we follow Oliver and Tina, two siblings facing some unusual situations in their quest to find their nanny, who disappeared in the middle of the night. Turn off the lights and enter the mysterious world of Midnight Scenes: The Nanny.
This is the third in a series of short horror tales with adventure elements by Octavi Navarro, creator of the critically acclaimed games The Supper and The Librarian, and artist on games like Thimbleweed Park and Photographs.
- Enjoy this exciting and intense tale through the eyes of Oliver, an eight-year-old kid.
- Story-driven point-and-click horror experience.
- Explore, interact with your surroundings... and be very afraid!
- Colorful pixel art based on '80s aesthetics, inspired by horror and mystery classics like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.
- Eerie soundtrack.
- Atmospheric sound effects.
Do you dare to play this new episode?
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Mature Content Description:
Includes horror themes, blood and gore.
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Purchase
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Development log
- Midnight Scenes: The Nanny, Available Now!Oct 27, 2021
Comments
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Just started playing this, where and when is the game saved?
I love to keep the archive of the saves of all the games I've played (and I've already played MS1, 2 and 5, all amazing!), but in the classic \AppData\LocalLow\Octavi Navarro\Midnight Scenes_ The Nanny there's nothing.
Weird... :)
Really enjoyed this!
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Amazing story! Bravo!!!
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Very different than the other midnight scenes, but equally as good!
Thanks for sharing your playthrough! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
A huge leap from the previous Midnight Scenes games and I am so hair with it. It was a lot of fun and it was really worth it.
Really builds on the first 2 games, much more ambitious. I am completely in love with the art style and this series.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! <3
Wow what a great little experience! I really love anything that's remotely close to pagan horror / creepy forests, such an unexplored genre. Definitely going to purchase your back catalog and work my way through, keep it up!
Thank you for your kind words and for your support! <3<3<3
Amazing game and really fun / interesting story. Had me on the edge of my seat. Octavi has outdone themselves once again. Definitely worth playing.
Thank you for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Hey! I know it doesn't say, but this purchase comes with a Steam key too? I ask because I'd love to support the dev as much as I can, the game being on sale on Steam too and I know Steam 30% share isn't that good for small devs. Thanks in advance!
Hi robert! Unfortunately it doesn't come with a Steam key, sorry.
All our games are currently on sale on itch, Steam and GOG, so choose the platform you prefer.
Thank you so much for your support! :)
Thanks for your reply! I'll think about it and choose one of them.
I jumped
My theory is that the previous Nanny is the real mother of the children and she was killed, and it is her spirit that has claimed the children.
This game has such an interesting story :)
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! :)
I have windows 7 and i wanted to purchase game on steam sale but recommended OS is windows 8, 10. Does the game not run on Windows7?
Hello Nickolus! I think you should be fine as long as you are using Win7's Service Pack 2, BUT I can't 100% guarantee it, as I don't have the means to test it.
Just purchased the game on Steam, works fine on Win7 SP1. Love your artwork brother. I hope 4th episode (woods) runs on my system.
amazing game once again, you are super talented! Creepy and great short game, must try
Thank you for your kind words. Glad you liked it! :)
The Nanny encapsulates the 80's nostalgic exploitation flicks of that era, with a foreboding ethereal sense throughout. Although I was a little disappointed with the lack of puzzles with The Nanny, I felt that I was taken on a journey of which was left with an ambiguous ending. I hope to see another episode in 2023!
Pros:
Excellent story driven gameplay
Ambiguous horror that leaves the player to decide what really happened
Great pixel artwork
Great soundtrack
Cons:
Lack of puzzles
Linear gameplay - would have liked to been able to explore more of the area
Think the ending was a little abrupt, but a trivial issue compared to the whole experience
Great work!
Thank you so much for the review! We're glad you enjoyed it overall :)
The game is amazing (just I don't know why but during a scene Oliver speaks spanish)
Oops! :)
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
This is my absolute favorite in the series so far! ^w^
Great pacing, tense atmosphere, expertly written story, blood and gore in all the right places... the works!
Definitely looking forward to seeing more episodes if they're on the table!
Thank you for your beautiful words! Stay tuned for news ;)
Love the improved quality as well as a good soundtrack definitely my favorite chapter and hope you continue this series : )
Thank you!! <3<3 Stay tuned for news ;)
This is the 1st game of the Midnight Series I've played and I really liked it. The soundtrack was really nice to listen to. I just have a minor complaint, at the part of taking the keys to open the front door, for whatever reason when I put the cursor on top of the key holder, the game though I was clicking on the door. It took me 3 or 4 attempts to get the game to recognize that I was in fact clicking on the keys and not on the door. Other than that, very enjoyable :)
Finally got around to playing this and it's my favorite entry in the Midnight Scenes series so far! Great story, immersive retro atmosphere, chilling ending. Everything felt very reminiscent of The Twilight Zone with a touch of Stephen King. Awesome work!
Aw, thank you! Glad you enjoyed the Midnight Scenes series and especially this one! :)
Thank you so much! We're glad you and your community enjoyed it! <3
I'm really liking this series of games.
This line has snuck into the English version it seems.
"Este bosque es muy oscuro. No pienso adentrarme más sin linterna."
Thank you for the report! We'll look into it!
The game does seem to have stepped away from the puzzle side, and focuses more on interaction with characters. The dialogue was interesting, and at times very macabre, it made me laugh at how insensitive our character is.
I loved the visuals, especially the effect you did to the screen. It really reminds me of watching TV on a CRT TV when I was a child, and a great visual to end the game on. Really makes you wonder about the Nanny.
Loved the game, looking forward to the next game you make.
Thank you!!! :) Stay tuned for the new game ;)
Playing this on an ultrawide monitor is the best thing ever ❣️<3
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Quick question, can you save the game progress?
Hi! The game was designed to be played in one sitting (it's quite short), so there's no save option. Thanks for playing! I hope you enjoy it :)
Hi, thanks for getting back so quickly!
I had a suspicion that would be the case! No problem, I'll play it in one sitting then!
I think I probably already played it almost to the end, but it's a cool game (yes totally enjoying it!) so I'll gladly replay it once I know I have enough time and won't get interrupted again.
I played this and episodes 1 and 2 in the series. They're really fantastic. It's evident a lot of care went into them. They're fun stories, and I love that I can complete each one in a few minutes. Seems like the developer has taken some inspiration from The Twilight Zone. Playing them feels like watching that show, but with more of a horror tilt.
Thank you for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed the series! :)
I applauded all alone in front of my computer when the credits appeared.
Now THAT is how you tell an horror story!
I enjoyed the 3 midnight scenes, but this one is my favourite.
Loved the art style, the soud design and the rythm. If a part 4 comes, I'd love to play it!
Support your indie developpers!
Thank you for your beautiful words. I'm glad you enjoyed the Midnight Scenes series :)
Thank you!<3<3
i love this series so much ! and i especially loved that one. the story is mysterious but not too much that you can still slowly piece everything together ! loved the ambiance and colors.
Thank you for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed it! ;)
Best one yet, was a good story
Thank you!! <3
Amazing game, beautiful, a delight to play and stream it !
Thanks for your kind words! :)
Best episode yet! Loved this one!
Thank you! Glad you liked it! <3
You always make great games, thank you!
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Just played The Nanny. What a wonderful experience this was. Definitely left me hungry for more. Count me as another one of your fans! Will be trying out your other games soon for sure!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the game! :)
I've played all 3 midnight scenes now and it's such an amazing short series, they're not too long but not super short either, a comfortable length of time to make you want another one. I hope more midnight scenes get released, their amazing! Highly recommend!
Thanks for your kind words!! Glad you liked them!! :)
Is this getting a Mac release like your other games?
Hi! We hope we can release it this year (fingers crossed) :)
I am having the exact same problem as ceege, but I cannot download the game at all.
Same here!
Having not heard from the developer, I did finally figure out how to download and install the game through my browser, but I do wish this would get fixed in the bundle. I had another game in the bundle with the same issue and that developer fixed the problem almost immediately.
Hello jackiel, sorry for the wait. We finally found out what the problem was and it should be working now.
Great news! It is working now. Thank you very much!
Hello aamonnz, sorry for the inconvenience. We finally found out what the problem was and it's working now. Could you please, let us know if you can download the game? Thanks!
I got this in the Ukraine Bundle (thanks!), but when I go to download it in the itch.io app there are no installs available. Your other 2 games installed fine.
Hi! Thank you for your support! We've tried to download it and it worked fine. Could you try to get it outside the app and see if it works that way? On another hand, keep in mind that unlike the other two, The Nanny is not available on Mac, in case you are using MacOS.
Yeah, I can download via the bundle download page, just not within the itch.io app. Weird.
Clicking around a bit more I get "Cannot read property 'build' of undefined."
https://itch.io/t/1112356/cannot-read-property-build-of-undefined-error-when-try... indicates its a problem with the app manifest.
Hmmm... We'll have to take a look at it. Thank you for the heads up! I hope you enjoy the games :)