iHobo

JUNE 14, 2023

Ten Player Motives #6 Why do we love horror? It's a question that has provoked a great deal of debate, but the two most important things to understand about the horror motive are that it is about indulging in unpleasant feelings, and that precisely because it's about nasty things, it's not for everyone.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It's launch day for Casper Croes' retro survival horror game.

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Indie DB

AUGUST 22, 2023

Apartment 1406 is a horror game that will provide you with an amazing experience in a dark world of horror. The game features psychological elements, such as changing environments and two alternative worlds, which make the game very interesting and mysterious.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Just because your game features monsters, the dark, and even the fear of dying, does not immediately make it an example of horror.

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Playtown is a adventure horror game set in a kid's abandoned indoor playground. Your daughter has just lost her necklace which was very dear to her, and now you are tasked with finding it. Try to search around and unravel the mysteries surrounding the.

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Why Horror Is the Hardest Game Genre Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com This year I was all set to play the latest crop of indie (and AAA) horror games for Halloween, except this time I didn’t find a lot of games compared to last year.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 12, 2024

For his debut game Supernormal , Hitori was inspired by the much-hyped, but never-released horror game Allison Road. For me, it has always been a goal to make Hitori De Productions mean something in the world of indie horror games”, he says. “I That’s why working in a team was never enjoyable for me.” It was relatively easy.

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Game Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2023

Signalis Is a Successful Survival Horror Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com There has been quite a variety of indie horror lately and Signalis feels like the perfect companion to Scorn as a definite follower of old-school survival horror but replacing body horror with the creepiness of existential terror.

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

You Will Die Here Tonight Twists Survival Horror Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com You Will Die Here Tonight starts out as close as one could get to copying the Resident Evil formula without warranting a lawsuit.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The other day I was told that my writing is appreciated and that I need to write more… so I’m taking a moment to write about a rabbit hole that I’ve fallen down since working on BlueSuburbia!

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Creator David Szymanski tells us how an exercise in speed game development led to this strange monochromatic experience.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 8, 2023

Dredge is a Relaxing Take on Horror Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Dredge is one of those concepts that comes from the ever-popular mix of something + horror = game we see from indie developers. One part horror game, and a peaceful fishing adventure.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Here are ten lessons from decades of interviews, GDC lectures and community blogs, condensed for your convenience.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Psych-horror title creeps up on Xbox owners soon.

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Game Developer

MARCH 13, 2024

Stephen Gillmurphy and Tommy Tone talk about using the naturally-frayed edges of long-term serial narratives to explore absurd, hilarious, and creepy situations in Anthology of the Killer.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kyle Rowley: We wanted to figure out what kind of horror experience we wanted to make, based on Alan Wake as an established franchise, and the things that we did in the first game. Early on, we wanted to identify ourselves as more of a psychological horror game. So psychological horror made a lot of sense for us.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Game-Wisdom 2022 Awards for Best Horror Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. Since horror and holidays go perfectly together, for today’s best of list, it’s my favorite horror games of 2022. Honorable Mentions: Stay Out of the House.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 18, 2024

The studio has previously worked on notable projects including Fallout 76, Call of Duty Vanguard, and Sons of the Forest.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 19, 2023

The Axis Unseen is a heavy-metal open-world horror game. “If For example, when a monster tries to kill you, instead of, say, horror violins, it goes full metal. Wishlist The Axis Unseen on Steam or Epic Store The post Skyrim-dev Nate Purkeypile goes solo and makes a heavy metal horror game appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2024

The beloved indie horror game is calculated to be doing extremely well in terms of sales and revenue.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On January 30th, I launched my first-ever Steam page for a small horror game I've been working on, called Dark Lessons. Here's a breakdown of what worked and what could've gone better.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2023

The developers at Baroque Decay break down the specific factors contributing to the underdog's success.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The newly revealed studio already has its first project lined up with the tactical-horror shooter, The Forever Winter.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The currently unannounced project from Bloober is set to arrive in 2025 and will see the studio "provide our horror know-how" to a Skybound property.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 18, 2024

War Hospital's card-based triage system mixes card swipes, flavor text, and medical morality to put a face on the horrors of World War I.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2024

Taking a look at the iconic horror game 32 years later, and just before its HD re-imagining.

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Filmustage

MAY 24, 2022

In recent years, all we hear about is the "new wave" of horror films - intelligent, arty, unconventional films that contrast themselves with the silly "horror movies" of the past. The role of Robert Eggers in this process cannot be underestimated, because it was with his debut - "The Witch" - the term post-horror came into use.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2023

Alan Wake II game director Sam Lake explains why the titular protagonist isn't the only playable character in this long-awaited sequel.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

"We were trying to cram a full detective game inside a survival horror game, and it didn’t work."

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The long-awaited horror sequel has become Remedy's fastest-selling title to date.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The PlayStation 5 remaster for Naughty Dog's zombie horror game comes with a roguelike mode for players to go through modified runs or die trying.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 27, 2023

Diablo 4’s Beta Shows the Horror of Modern AAA Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com It’s been a rough couple of years for Blizzard Entertainment, going from one of the premier studios in the world to one mired in controversy, scandals, lawsuits, and destroying years’ worth of goodwill with their fans.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This short horror title uses a vintage visual style and vast bug bestiary to simulate a creepy call center in the '90s.

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Game Errors

JUNE 22, 2023

The terrifying disappearance of a Titanic submarine in the North Atlantic has taken everyone’s attention, and sales of the submarine-themed horror game “Iron Lung” have significantly increased. It emphasizes the strength of the horror genre in video games and how it may reflect real-world anxieties and uncertainty.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The fledgling game company is hoping to help Indies make original horror titles.

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Played with Fire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Designing and weaving The Cosmic Horror into Stargaze. Specul-8’s design was so unique due to spicing up our philosophical fairytale with a fair share of horror influences. Artykuł The Cosmic Horror of Stargaze pochodzi z serwisu Played With Fire | VR Developer. One that required a different approach during development.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Developer Gavin Eisenbeisz explains the appeal of distorting the nostalgic and familiar for the sake of terrifying your audience.

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