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Making "retro plus" horror with The Tartarus Key

Game Developer

The clever conceits that allow The Tartarus Key to serve up retro, PS1-style horror (and laughs) minus '90s-era frustrations.

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Evolving a horror aesthetic with The Dark Pictures Anthology

Game Developer

The creative director of Supermassive Games' anthology series explains how they built a growing subgenre of horror gaming.

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Why Horror Is the Hardest Game Genre: Scaring the Design Out of You

Game Developer

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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iHobo

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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Apartment 1406: Horror

Indie DB

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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Why Horror Is the Hardest Game Genre

Game Wisdom

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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You Will Die Here Tonight Twists Survival Horror

Game Wisdom

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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