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A jam submission

AstraphobiaView game page

The fear of thunderstorms
Submitted by SwanBedBug, Hrasek, Mangalan — 2 hours, 10 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 24 people so far
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How does your game fit the theme?
This is a horror game that revolves around the theme of thunderstorms and it has gameplay implications too. For example, every time thunder strikes, the ghost changes positions and reveals itself. Also, players will have to calm themselves down after every thunder strike because they have a heart condition.

Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
This game was made by 3 people. Me (SwanBedBug), Mangalan and Hrasek. All the code was done by us. However, a lot of the assets such as character, static meshes, props, objects, sound effects and music were acquired from sources such as epic marketplace, freesound.org, sketchfab, quixel bridge, etc. Credits have been provided in game.

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Submitted(+1)

The visuals are very well done especially for a game jam game! I played it on low setting because everything else made my laptop lag. Either way very atmospheric but I got a bit frustrated when the ghoul attacks and I don't even notice it half the time and that ends the game.

Developer

Thank you! Yeah we realized that in low settings the gameplay gets affected because the house gets too bright and the ghost becomes barely visible. Next time we'll optimize our games better!

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game!

Developer

Thank You! :)

Submitted(+1)

Man am I terrible at horror games. That, or the game was just very difficult. Probably the latter. This was a pretty good and pretty scary experience. You've done well with the lighting and the mechanic of the monster hopping around randomly when lightning strikes. More than once I was searching through a room only to have him pop up right in front of me, eliciting some very embarrassing reactions as I quickly scrambled out of the rooms.

Things I can complain about being thusly:
-The flashlight runs through power a bit too quickly, many runs I had to intentionally die and restart as I was wholly unable to effectively navigate once I ran out of batteries.
-The camera's motion smoothing made controlling the character very tedious and difficult. That would not be much of an issue if most of the things you interact with weren't tiny objects like keys or batteries... but they are, and their collision boxes are quite unforgiving.

Other than that the game was quite alright. Your team did a good job making a full-fledged indie horror game. The type of thing I would see in a video by Markiplier or some other gaming youtuber.

Well done.

Developer(+1)

Wow this was a very extensive review! Thank you so much! Your feedback is super valuable to us

Submitted(+1)

The atmosphere was amazing, great implementation of the theme, good work!

Developer

Thanks :)

Submitted(+1)

I am very afraid of such realistic games, but I still decided to run it and yes, the atmosphere is conveyed perfectly! The graphics are super, but scary for me. The sounds convey the whole atmosphere of the horror!

Developer

We're glad you got the courage to check it out, and thank you so much for the kind words!

Submitted(+1)

You did a really good job capturing the atmosphere. I really like the design of the ghost, and how it interacted with the storm. My only point of feedback would be that the post-processing effects were a bit too strong, and there was a couple lighting bugs that I ran into that sort of broke the illusion a bit. Overall, great game and good job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for your kind words and also the valuable feedback! Pizza blitz was a blast to play

Submitted(+1)

Cool game! I enjoyed the mechanics of the ghost, they keeps the game tense!

Developer

Thank you so much! I liked your implementation of the theme in spiral

Submitted(+1)

Love dark vibes, I also made a pretty morbid game, your graphics were really top notch and this gave me the creeps ! really excellent work

Developer

Thank you so much! Seven hours was fun!

Submitted(+1)

I only read the comment about intractability after playing for a bit, that for sure makes it more fun! You captured the horror genre really nicely! Good job to all 3 of you.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you so much! Loved Singularity!

Submitted(+1)

The sound design really created the atmosphere. I love the camera easing and screen effect!

Developer

Thank you so much! I absolutely loved your fish out the end btw

Submitted(+1)

Stunning graphics and tense atmosphere, good sound. Nice job!

Developer

Thank you!

Developer

Just a reminder guys: Most objects in the game are interactable/inspectable. Just click on them :)

Submitted(+2)

The game is so cool and scary! 

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Hey I love the game's atmosphere, this could be the completed game my man. Hard to believe you did this in just a week. Good job man !

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks and glad you like it :D

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for the kind words! This was a team effort of me, Mangalan and Hrasek.

Submitted(+2)

i can not play your game on my Mac, still i gave your game a rating based on info and screenshots :)

Developer

Yeah unfortunately we didn't have time to make it for Mac :(

Developer

But thanks for the rating! 

Developer

Thanks for the rating!

Submitted(+1)

The graphics of this game were really good! I also liked the atmosphere/creepy vibe of the game!

Developer

Thank you! We're glad you liked it

Submitted(+1)

I love the games that are based on phobias, great job

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Hee-ho. Very cool. It is so impressive. Thanks for cool vibe 

Developer

Thank you! By the way I love your SMT/Persona Jack Frost role playing.

Submitted(+1)

scary! not Halloween yet tho loll

Developer(+1)

Never a bad time for some spookyness 

Submitted(+1)

Pretty good horror game for a game jam entry. The higher graphics settings don't really look great IMO since they are over-saturated with post processing like motion blur, and even lagged too much on the highest setting. But otherwise, it's fine.

The monster ended up getting me pretty good at one point because my flashlight died and with the little light in the room, I thought I could just barely see him crawling on the ground in the darkness. But in reality, that was just his shadow. The lightning flashed at just the right time to reveal that he was right there in my face before he got me and the game ended. The lightning ended up creating a jumpscare for him even though there isn't one normally lol

Developer

Thank you! We're glad that you got the full horror experience.

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