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A jam submission

A Mysterious PlaceView project page

For a game that mixes "Gone Home" with "Outlast", through a house in the middle of the forest, in the 50s.
Submitted by danilo.noberto — 3 days, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Composition#163.8103.810
Creativity#193.7623.762
Overall#193.6863.686
Quality#203.8573.857
Impression#283.5243.524
Correlation to theme#383.4763.476

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
It's a suspense/horror game in which the protagonist will revisit the old farmhouse where he spent his childhood. The beginning of the game would be inspired by Gone home, but soon the player would realize that he is not alone, and there would be a chase gameplay, such as in Outlast, where an alien presence would seek to hunt the player down. The game would have a lot of focus on silence and ambient sounds, but at some key moments of exploration there would be music that is both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time. Before switching to the pursuit track, there would be a trigger that would start the percussion and a disconcerting track that would focus the terror. I was inspired by The Shining soundtrack. I used Reaper, and arranged everything into a single audio track to simulate the layers of rotary instruments that I would program in fmod, as well as the transitions between the first and second tracks.

Theme

Panspermia (Πανσπερμία)

How does it fit the theme?
The presence of a being from another part of the universe hunting a human full of memories and resentments would make a good plot, and this atmosphere would have everything to do with panspermia and the fear of the unknown that can come from thoughts about this concept.

Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/pachec0music/a-mysterious-place

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Scary! But good for horror game :) Good job!

Submitted(+2)

Really love how the beginning section is weirdly offputting and calming at the same time.  Captures the horror aspect perfectly

Submitted(+2)

Really love how the beginning section is weirdly offputting and calming at the same time.  Captures the horror aspect perfectly

Submitted(+2)

This would definitely work for the type of game you describe!

Submitted(+2)

When it starts I thought "wow it actually is a bit cozy". Then 01:41 happened. :)
Really well done!

Developer

thank you so much

(+2)

Now I only sleep with light on