Being mostly known for pixel platformers for the past decade or so, I've been wanting to make a horror game, and 3D games, for a very long time now. I made a deal with the wonderful folks who do the TERROR IN THE CORN attraction in Erie, Colorado every Halloween, and Bit Bot, who do merchandising with them, and for my first ever horror game I got to make this one adapted from their haunt. I was so excited to do it, that I did it for practically nothing.
So I finally dropped my first ever horror game late last October, but unfortunately because of a massive family tragedy in my life that really hit me hard, we launched very late (only on Steam, around October 27th, to make obligation of dropping before Halloween) and a lot was cut for time, and understandably it didn't reach many people.
Usually it'd make sense to consider that a failure and move on, but although it was somewhat unfinished I loved the game and was proud of it, so this year I took a little time at weekends to try and update it to get it closer to what I had originally always intended it to be, and now I am confident enough in it to do this relaunch, and finally bring it to Itch, well in advance of this Halloween.
^ It might look pretty but it's actually built with Unity URP, so as to be able to run on Steam Deck or potato PCs. I do prefer style over realism.
To celebrate I put a huge 80% launch discount on it which lasts a good while, so it's only $2, if you want to get your Halloween thrills in early. But if you are really interested and really can't afford that, provided you aren't underaged for horror content with violence and mild gore you can get in touch, and if I have enough available I'll try to get you a key.
I dream of updating this game every Halloween, making more like it, and maybe even a chapter 2 where I'd get to adapt the town portion of the haunt. Although the launch sale discount is very low, I just want people to play it, and numbers would help me to get a chance to do more of this.
Well, here goes take 2. Wish me luck! Please enjoy, leave a comment if you like, I'd love to see anybody's playthrough or stream, and I as well as people from the original haunt, may well show up in chat when people stream the game.
TERROR IN THE CORN by FreakZone Games
^ Neon lights with no source, make no sense, call me Dario Argento but I love them so they are here.