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Full title; "I need to get home before it gets dark" is a small project I made while learning Unreal Engine 5's systems and practicing various design disciplines like texturing, modelling, and character animation.
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Atmospheric/Psychological Horror
Made with: Unreal Engine, Blender, Aseprite, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity
Playable Demo on Itch.io
The core gameplay loop is intentionally very barebones and straightforward, as I wanted my design focus to be on using a simple underlying mechanic that facilitates the atmosphere of horror that I'm particularly interested in, that being; an overwhelmingly powerful cosmic horror with a strong sensation of inevitability and dread.
The fundamental premise and theme of the game is the inevitability of the character's fate, and the emotive atmosphere that is formed out of the understanding that there's nothing you can do when faced against a power vastly greater than yourself.
The player is dropped into the game with little context about the world or their place in it, ideally creating an uneasy confusion.
Among the few directives the player is given, their character's internal monologue deems it necessary to "get home before dark".
Aligning with the target feeling of tension and dread, the path to safety is a lone pillar of smoke across a vast "empty" field.
The eventual revelation of the threat is regarded by the game character's disbelief and horror at proof of its existence.
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