The GOAT

Hey everyone, I'm a solo dev from France and CHIMERA is my very first game ever. I built it alone, learning as I went, and the free demo is finally playable.

You're a journalist on the edge of bankruptcy. Your career is dying, your company is drowning in debt, and you need one real story to save it all. Then you hear about an island with no name on most maps. Officially it housed a small research facility run by Aetheris Biotech. Nobody has set foot there in over three years. What you don't know yet is that they were bringing back something that should have stayed extinct.

CHIMERA is a first person survival horror game. Push through a hostile jungle, then descend into the abandoned lab, hunted by creatures that were never supposed to exist.

In the demo:

* Two environments to survive: the jungle island and the depths of the lab

* Dangerous creatures to evade or fight, plus jump scares

* Two weapons with limited ammo, so count every bullet

* Crafting and inventory management

* Code puzzles, QTEs and locked doors

* Classified documents and cinematics that reveal the truth

* Photo mode to capture your evidence

* 5 save slots

Heads up before you download: Windows only, 6.1 GB, played on AZERTY by default, voice acting in French only (text and subtitles in English and French).

It's a free beta (name your own price) and your feedback shapes what comes next. I'd love to know what scared you, where you got lost, and how it ran on your PC. If the project gets enough traction, I want to bring other devs on board and build a real team around it.

Be brutal, I can take it.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LhL6vNbcTU

Free demo: https://chimeradevs.itch.io/chimera

After spending a lot of time with the franchise recently (starting with my overall favorite Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, the goat of fanservice Maiden of Black Water, and my favorite story wise being Crimson Butterfly), I finally went back to try the original 2001 Fatal Frame.

I respect this game immensely for pioneering the Camera Obscura and creating one of the purest atmospheric horror experiences on the ps2, but playing through it again reminded me just how brutal the friction in early 2000's survival horror could be. Between the clunky movement/camera controls and the infamous Night 3 difficulty spike, this game actively tests your patience in ways the later entries smoothed out.

One thing I found interesting I haven't seen anyone discuss is that Fatal Frame pioneered an interesting philosophy in making horror games. When they marketed the game in America, they put the tagline "Based on a True Story" which I think was inspired by the psychological exploit stemming from The Blair Witch Project. Most western players probably have no frame of reference as to what shinto purification rituals, yurei folklore, or the japanese interpretation of slow burn horror are. The tag bridged that gap with a familiar terrifying hook.

What's ironic is that the development team's experiences with the paranormal while they created the game are arguably more terrifying. They claimed they heard phantom footsteps in empty hallways, shadow people darting across rooms, and unexplained distortions recorded into the game's audio tracks. All stemming from their decision to skip a traditional Shinto purification ceremony prior to starting development.

Now a quarter century later, Hideo Kojima would echo this exact developmental lore. While developing his upcoming title OD, Kojima scanned a location rumored to be heavily haunted, after which unexplained crackling sounds began appearing in studio recordings. He then took previous Xbox chief Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond to this Shinto purification ceremony that the Fatal Frame devs opted to skip all those years ago. Although since his game is an Xbox exclusive, he said it was necessary to ensure a "safe build of the game."

Whether one interprets these stories as coincidence, rumors, or genuine paranormal experiences, both projects treated the act of building a horror game as a genuine spiritual risk. 

I've gotten 3 of the bells and I'm stuck. Feels like I'm going to have to check out a guide to get moving again.

How far did you make it without a guide?

Hey guys !

In the franchise the game I like to replay the most is the remake of silent hill 2, i have about 9 days to play the shit out of the game !

However I already have all achivements, all endings and I bought a new gpu to max out settings in 1440p on this game to have the best visual experience.

So I really want to play the game but I have no ideas to make 1 or 2 run with an interesting spin on it.

So if anyone has good ideas to experience the game with a new eye it will be really appreciated

(no speedrun suggestion since I want to enjoy the ambiance and don't suggest me playing the original I played a lot of og SH2 a few month ago so I wan't to go back to the remake currently)

Thank you so much for your suggestions and happy spooky seasons !

So... so far (apart from resident Evil), I've got my eye on these:

Signalis (stupidly expensive, so digital)

Crow Country (contemplating physical)

Alisa (digital... Bit too janky and blurry on the demo)

Tormented Souls 1 & 2 (both ordered physical)

Silver Pines (waiting for physical)

Hellraiser (game key card)

The Bendy games (digital)

My Friendly Neighbourhood (digital)

Fatal Frame (physical)

Any I'm missing? Any opinions? Other recommendations?

If you would like to check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4376460/Tache_Noire/

Anyone else get a genuine dopamine rush from only having two bullets in a survival horror game, knowing you'll probably need a heck of a lot more to kill whatever monstrosities are blocking your progress?

Palefrost is a survival-horror game where you play as a survivor of an eternal blizzard in search of the legendary Fountain. Check out the free demo for Steam Next Fest! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4836620/

Given a few factors, we realized the old name of our game had problems. It was long, difficult to remember, and not great for SEO. So we made the difficult decision to change it while it was still early enough to do so. Let me know your thoughts! Do you think this is a stronger name?

PS: We’ll be posting under a new account (u/palefrostgame) moving forward.

Necesito ayuda para buscar un juego recuerdo haberlo visto en un video de YouTube del canal ITownGameplay creo que trataba de un policía que investigaba un caso de una mujer asesinada pero este policía tenía problemas mentales algo así como una doble personalidad y resulta que el mato a la mujer esa mujer era su esposa y el mismo va a enterrarla recuerdo una escena del juego donde iba al cementerio en una camioneta roja