Darkness will crush me by ExtreLime

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made by ExtreLime for LD28 (COMPO)
Experimental game about the fear of unknown.

You are walking in the forest at night. It's hard to you to see the objects so there's so many strange and scary shapes around You're fear. You'll probably need some light to calm yourself. And you have a box of matches, but there's only one match left. The road is too long...

Please, read ALL the text in the game for understand it!

Made in Flash, so the Web-version is avaliable :)

Ratings

Coolness 47% 1041
Overall 3.00 491
Audio 3.43 101
Fun 2.12 916
Graphics 3.21 349
Humor 1.67 736
Innovation 2.59 694
Mood 3.71 56
Theme 3.29 267

Feedback

Ysty
16. Dec 2013 · 11:47 UTC
Really nice concept. I love the art.
zebi24
16. Dec 2013 · 11:53 UTC
Yes! I've made it through! :D
Good job, the game (visuals + sounds) really creates a nice atmosphere. Too bad it is so short...
TobiasNL
16. Dec 2013 · 12:55 UTC
Good stuff! I always like experimental games.
ydg
16. Dec 2013 · 12:56 UTC
Short but intense, the music helped a lot to get the perfect mood. Good job!
metkis
17. Dec 2013 · 11:39 UTC
A simple game, I really enjoy the concept of just one match/torch/light source. Works well here, and I think you did a great job on the atmosphere and mood with fitting music. Great!
Ozeotropo
17. Dec 2013 · 11:47 UTC
Answering your question about my game: the wall is not the end-> pick the bulldozer and go back to the left (see the comments for more info)
Kane
18. Dec 2013 · 12:43 UTC
Nice concept with good art and sound, i also laught when i see that we can go to the left of the screen for a time!
it's an interesting game, just a little too short
madflame991
18. Dec 2013 · 12:46 UTC
Creepy atmosphere, but entertaining. The graphics fit well with the overall game and the sounds build up the mood. Good job!
Linus Lindberg
18. Dec 2013 · 15:47 UTC
A little too short, but it had great graphics and music! ^^
sadiquo
18. Dec 2013 · 15:54 UTC
Creepy... But beautiful ;)
Lyje
18. Dec 2013 · 16:11 UTC
Short and sweet, great atmosphere!
Daniel Debert
18. Dec 2013 · 16:26 UTC
That's a nice game you have there :)
jdpalmer
18. Dec 2013 · 16:53 UTC
Very creepy. The music and sound is especially nice.
SerialVelocity
18. Dec 2013 · 16:57 UTC
Had a very "Amnesia" feel to it - nice work.
aviktorov
18. Dec 2013 · 18:52 UTC
Very moody yet too short. Well done!
BlazingFanfish
18. Dec 2013 · 23:49 UTC
Pretty short but good, especialy the atmosfer :)
Cawrtz
20. Dec 2013 · 19:58 UTC
I like the art a lot ! The parallax effect with the blurred pines in the background is really nice, so are the colors. God job with the audio too. But it's a very short game, unless I missed something...

If you want to work with the fear of unknown, what about reducing the viewport using a radial gradient from transparent (near the player) to black (outside) and/or fast and surprising monsters instead of static ones ? Just some random ideas ^^
joserodolfofreitas
20. Dec 2013 · 20:04 UTC
Nice experience. Very tense atmosphere. I loled at the end, though, in the good way. Funny.
Snuti
20. Dec 2013 · 23:37 UTC
Cool concept! The music fitted the mood perfectly and really nice work on the art. I wish it was a bit longer though.
SecondDimension
06. Jan 2014 · 23:08 UTC
Nice idea, it definitely has a good atmosphere