What I love: Semi-horror/eerie atmosphere

[Eisen]

It just something about this. I saw the streamer "Jerma" play this game and had the feeling this was a horror game at first. Please expand (if you care of course and it adheres to your vision of the game) on this notion! It's so unique and special.

[devotid]

A few years ago I was in the Unity forums working on some lighting stuff for another game of mine and came across a Made With Unity thread for a driving game. A user was working on a night driving game through a small town. (Originally called Driving Survival Game and Now called "Beware" )
Long story short, I really liked the night time atmosphere and the 3D Volumetric lighting. In my opinion It adds more to the feel of a scene without really adding much. It's kind of an M. Night Shyamalan thing, where you the player imagines what is out there and its different for each player. Hence the reason I made a flash light early on for the player to decide. I hope it takes some of the darkness away and adds some nostalgic summer night vibes.

I will add, that I don't see myself adding anything "horror" scary to this game. Definitely crazy, silly and weird.... but not too scary.

I have also entertained the full day cycle lighting system, but I have to do some work to fit it into the back story of islandville and uncle phil.

I cant give away too much more right now... I don't want to let all the excited supporters down. Lots of tastes to satisfy and I'm going to give it my best. :)

Kevin

[Eisen]

Thank you for answering! I think the "horror" vibe I am getting is BECAUSE it's not "intended", you know what I mean? It's a "uncanny valley" kind of a feeling and it's great! It's comparable to the feeling of "What does this knife do in the garbage container? Is this a potential murder weapon?" without really saying anything else. Anyway, I love it. Thank you for working on this game!

P.S: Or the "shady" pawn-broker. Is he a gangster? I love the ambiguity and the unintended effect it has on me as a player (creepiness, eerie feeling of impending horror).

[djrezzie]

I like this as well. the eerie feeling is what i love about this game. The there is more to this than you think kinda feel. Even though it is pretty much empty I still expect to see something in the woods. kinda wish you could put bigfoot or something out there to find. little easter eggs. more to the ufo etc. And It doesn't need to be scary. My five year old loves this as well looking for stuff to find. Hope the dev can add to make exploring just as much fun as the games are.