Psychological Horror Concept

Oxymoron28 · 2011-10-12T14:35:34

I’ve been milling over an idea for a horror game for a while now, my concept would revolve around a mansion of which you must escape fromand a monster hunting the player down. The horror aspect of the game will centre around the unknown, the lighting will be dark making the mansion featureless and making it difficult for the player to recall direction, the mansion’s rooms may also be randomly generated meaning no two game saves will be the same. The monster will be entity-less it will patrol around the mansion and will only interrupt this patrol when the player does something to effect the game world, then the monster will be alerted to the players last location and will patrol around that area. The player will have equipment to assist in their escape; however each piece of equipment will also act to assist the monsters hunt. The player will be equipped with a wind up torch which will eventually run out of power meaning the player will have to wind it up; this will create sound which will in turn attract the monster to your location. The player will also have an item for saving progress in the game, this item will permanently mark the game world, and will act as a point of origin for the monsters patrol path. During the players escape from the mansion they will come across puzzles blocking their way, while the player attempts to solve these puzzles the monster will be alerted to the players location and slowly make its way to the player thus adding an unknown time limit to solving the puzzle. This concept is still being worked on by me but I wanted some opinions on how people felt about it. Feel free to comment and criticise the shit out of it. Also I have no team nor programming ability to make this game so if you’re interested feel free to PM me?

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Started by Oxymoron28 October 10, 2011 10:47 PM

9 comments, last by Orymus 12 years, 6 months ago

Victor Nike

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October 11, 2011 09:31 PM

The idea of a sandbox world where you just have one goal- escape- is pretty cool. The main thing I would suggest is add a few close calls where the monster is coming and oh god it's right there but the player solves a puzzle and escapes at the last minute. Randomised timers with inexact clocks can help- I'm low on time but how low?!

Orymus

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October 12, 2011 02:35 PM

I don't have much to add to this thread, but I think your idea sounds VERY interesting.
You could be on to something there, and I'd like to play a game like 'that'.
If it gets started, be sure to let me know

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