A downloadable game

More of a tech demo than a Game but it took a lot of work so I still wanted to show it off  :P

29-09-2023 - replaced cover image to try and generate more interest

Thank you for playing!

We added a tutorial room/wall that covers things in more depth so feel free to skip this and jump right in, but here are the basics:

  • Draw doors on walls to create a portal to a hub world
  • Use colored orbs to destroy the Eye-strocities (no relation to the lobstrocities from The Dark Tower)
  • Most of the jam time was spent getting the mechanics in so the gameplay is a bit simplistic. Mostly just intended to show off some possible mechanics. We have a lot more ideas, but didn't have time to implement them : )
  • Sorry for any bugs!

Controls:

  • Right click and hold, then left click to draw. Your stroke count (# of lines used) matters. The Door rune requires 2, the frame, then to knob, in that order.
  • Release right click to classify your drawing
  • WASD to move
  • E to pickup and drop
  • Shift to run
  • Space to jump
  • Esc to restart a scene
  • Enter to skip a scene

Contributors: 

  • Marcus Sullivan - Programming, Line Rendering, Classification, Doors, Shaders, Design
  • Chris Sullivan - Programming, Trees, Design

The building assets are from KitBash3D. Shaders are all programmed by us in ShaderGraph, but the 3D noise nodes used to prevent UV seams on the orbs are from:  https://github.com/JimmyCushnie/Noisy-Nodes

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorZeroTheDogGames
GenrePuzzle
TagsHorror

Download

Download
TheDarkRoom_0_1_1.zip 306 MB

Install instructions

Extract the zip file and run 'The Dark Room.exe'

Development log

Comments

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I think there's a problem with the "door detection" and I can't touch the orbs from the tutorial. 
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Thanks for trying my game! Interesting.  Are you drawing the doors in two strokes? frame first and knob second. Are you only releasing right click once you drawn the entire door? The release of right click is what triggers the classifier.

The eyes only have triggers. Once you get a door to spawn you'll find orbs that can contact and destroy the eyes.

OMG I was releasing left click last ! Ok now let's finish this game XD 

Thank you for sticking with it. I put a lot of work into this and really appreciate the feedback! Sorry for the control scheme. Still working out what feels good! This stuff is a little messy right now :P. 

If you have trouble finding the eyes in the second room, try peeking through the portals in the hub world back into the real world! ; )