Solitude DEMO

[Hangman]

Solitude


Abstract: Explore a spooky mansion while encountering phantoms.


Genre: Thriller/Puzzle


Average Demo Time: Demo time can range from 15 minutes, to an hour depending on how fast you find everything and solve puzzles


Game Progression: This is going to represent about 20% of the actual game so far.


Recruitment: Writer. Maybe Artist. Maybe Musicians.


Story / Setting / Purpose:


There is not much of a story in the game, as I am working out the ways to implement them. The setting is a large Gothic mansion, and the purpose in the demo is to find the a way to free the girl you find in the first screen.


Character Bios:


There are currently only three characters in the game. The first is ‘Regi’ whom the player controls. Backstory is yet to be finalized. The other two are NPCs. One, a nameless girl whom is seen in the opening screen, and the other is a set of black phantoms that are encountered throughout the mansion.


Credits:


Malign Chords-  Patrick de Arteaga.


Ancient Dungeons- Celianna


Kha’s Awesome Lighting effects- Khas Arcthunder


Victor Basic Engine- Victor Sant


Scene Combine- Efeberk


If your work is used and I didn’t list it, contact me and I’ll add it.


Screenshots:

Features:


Combine items to solve puzzles


Hidden puzzles to uncover more story


Emphasis on exploring to progress


Download:


http://www.mediafire...litude DEMO.exe


Known Issues:


No known issues aside from text/selections being hard to see against the darkness.

 

[IamGilgamesh]

Playing right now. Just a lil discrepancy I noticed, I won't put it out there cuz its a spoiler. I dunno how to do this 'hidden content' things you click to see it in the posts, my bad.


I just finished the demo. I like the combination system. The darkness was just a tooooouuuuuch too heavy for me. Overall tho, I like the game. I also like the lack of explanations. Keeps it mysterious. Reminds me of the Hugo games for DOS, but without being too much alike. 

 

[Hangman]

Playing right now. Just a lil discrepancy I noticed, I won't put it out there cuz its a spoiler. I dunno how to do this 'hidden content' things you click to see it in the posts, my bad.

I sent you a private message regarding this.

I just finished the demo. I like the combination system. The darkness was just a tooooouuuuuch too heavy for me. Overall tho, I like the game. I also like the lack of explanations. Keeps it mysterious. Reminds me of the Hugo games for DOS, but without being too much alike. 

Thanks for the kind words! The darkness was a very hard element to balance, since I wanted to keep the mansion dark enough to keep the atmosphere and tension in tact, while still keeping enough lighting to make the game play-able. 

 

[IamGilgamesh]

Its playable, but its more like circles of visibility inside of pools of pitch black, instead of like a dark rook with very little light.