When I first started making my game, I had absolutely zero art skills, so I had no choice but to use AI to generate the images.

Honestly, I was never really happy with them.

Still, I was in a rush, so I released the demo using an AI-generated image for the mirror interaction scene.

But now I have a boyfriend! A boyfriend who is an amazing artist!

So, we came to an 'agreement' of $20 per piece, and he is currently working on the new art.

For the official release, I plan to remove the AI images entirely and replace them with his hand-drawn artwork.

Here is a sneak peek at one of them!

It's still a work in progress, but it looked practically finished to me, so I already paid him.

We still have a few more pieces left to go.

Thank you, boyfriend!

What do you guys think of this drawing?

My boyfriend is super curious to see Reddit's reaction, so I decided to post it here!

Hey everyone! I released my indie psychological horror game, Panic Files: Buried Sanity, about a month ago, and it's now 50% off during Steam Scream Fest V!

It's a short, 1-hour first-person horror game designed to be played in one sitting. So if you're interested in indie horror games for Halloween, here is mine.

You start your first day working in a local mine, but things take a turn for the worse when the mine suddenly collapses, trapping you underground. After a falling rock knocks you unconscious, you wake up alone with no clear way out.

Your only option is to go deeper into the tunnels and discover why the other miners were so afraid of the depths.

If that sounds like your kind of game, you can check it out here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012730/Panic_Files_Buried_Sanity/

Happy Halloween!

Silent Hill is a treasure trove of unique horror designs.

I like the visuals from the majority of the games & in general it had peak video game horror imo.

More games added to the collection . Alot more to go

The idea for Trox The Reversal came to us during the Russia Ukraine war, especially with how things have been escalating around the world over the past few years.

We started thinking about how far a government and society could go, and what happens when something unthinkable slowly becomes normal.

The game is set in an alternate Soviet reality where cannibalism is legal.

We have a demo available on steam, if you find the premise interesting do check it out.

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5240560/Trox_The_Reversal/

Unfortunately, all the slots at the Steam Scream Fest are taken by successful games from big-name studios. I'll try to drive traffic to the game from outside the festival. This is my first game—it's inexpensive and currently on sale for 20% off—so maybe someone will be interested!

steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4895060/The_Quiet_Flat/

A couple of weeks ago, I shared my playtest with you guys and got a lot of feedback and bugs to fix.

I got to work and fixed most of the things player mentioned and now I'm releasing the full Demo on Steam.

Here's the link if you want to try it, don't forget to leave a review that helps me a lot.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5396140/Noctheria\\_Demo/

Steam Scream Fest V just kicked off, and I wanted to drop in and share the playable demo for my game, Rulebound.

The premise is pretty surreal: you are trapped in the Void, and your main focus is an old CRT TV running a disc-merging game. You spend your time bouncing discs, stacking upgrades, and aiming to forge 3 Golden Discs to escape.

I wanted to make the game as diegetic as possible. There is minimal traditional UI, but every way you interact with it happens directly within the rules of the game world (you are physically operating this old TV in your space). Because of that layout, you have to rely heavily on your eyes and ears to stay alive. Sound design is huge here, and you really need to listen closely for subtle audio cues creeping up on you in the dark. While you are busy managing your score on the CRT screen, entities start invading your room. You have handwritten rules to follow, and if you miss an environmental anomaly or break a rule, your sanity drains fast.

As a side note on the audio: if you play the demo and put on the vinyl record, that’s actually a real live recording of a jazz band we specifically recorded for this game.

I am actually working on a new trailer right now because my current one feels a bit dated, but the actual gameplay loop and atmosphere are in a really good spot. If you like hypnotic mechanics or atmospheric games I would love for you to check out the demo during the event and let me know what you think.

Play the demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5057050/Rulebound/

Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rf4bX5mDY

Thanks for taking a look, and hope you all have a good Scream Fest!

Here it goes: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3969640/PENANCE/

Why is Mascot Horror so bad nowadays.

It's basically just reheating the same nachos every Single time.

How to Make Mascot Horror:

\-add trillion characters for merch potential

\-kill characters off within 2sec of knowing them.

\-make Lore extremely over complicated so Theorist make Videos.

\-no oherent well flowing story, bc Views from Theorist make Game more money

\-have a chase scene (preferably every Minute)

\-evil cooperation

\-cute likeable characters for Money

\-Plottwists that arent plottwists

\-forget everything from previous chapters

\-use popular content creator face ingame

\-evil big bad guy

\-no character attachement(character must die)

\-hinting at big bad stuff at beginning of game

\-make a walking sim with occasional puzzles for "gameplay"

\-make 5 trillion Chapters for Views and Money

\-Deaths

\-make Lore vague occasionally for Theorists

No but seriously why is Mascot Horror just rebranded slop. Not every Mascot Horror is bad, there are good ones, Like: My Friendly Neighborhood, Mr Hopp's Playhouse, Baldi's Basics, Granny.

Modern Mascot Horror is just doing what FNAF & Bendy and the Ink Machine did as It's profitable as Players will get engaged even if the Lore isnt the best same with the Gameplay. And with that Engagement from the Players, they'll ofcourse pay every penny when a new game releases.

If FNAF released today it would be called Slop for how messy the Story is and simple the Gameplay is, just like how Poppy's Playtime is called slop.

Meanwhile FNAF pushes out Merch after Merch making it not scary nor niche, because of mainstream it is with Merch targeted towards Kids like Toys & Plushies.

The best Example for a "perfect" Mascot Horror to this day is 'My Friendly Neighborhood'. It shows what Mascot Horror can be at its core.

Anyway enough ranting

It’s called GRAVE SHIFT, and I’ve spent the last year and a half making it solo. I wanted to mix the tension and dread of survival horror with the unpredictability of a roguelite.

It releases October 27, free on Steam. Hope you enjoy the trailer!

Steam Scream V is officially here! 🎃

I'm curious, what horror games are you looking forward to playing during the event? Any hidden indie horror gems worth checking out?

I'm also participating with my own psychological horror card game, Desecrated Deck, which has a free demo available on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3328270/Desecrated_Deck/

But I'd love to discover some other indie horror games too!

Drop your recommendations below! 👻

A blizzard, a mountain monastery and a hundred candles that must never go out.

I made a short horror gamebook for one phone in the middle of the table. You turn the lights down, a narrator reads the story aloud, and you and up to three friends choose what to do and roll the dice. The dice are not kind. About 25 minutes, four endings.

It’s dark: corpses, wax, dread. No sexual content, 16+. Sound on, lights low. English and Italian, voice and text. Made with the help of AI tools (text, voices, music and images).

The free preview runs in your browser (no download, no signup), about 3 minutes, and stops at the first dice roll in the chapel. The full story is a paid unlock with a small code file, so I’m saying so up front.

Link: https://radixitchio.itch.io/the-candle-eaters

I’d love to hear where it gets stuck, confusing, or not scary enough.

This game is an obscure gem. It got such a limited release outside of Japan and never got a US release that it seems most have never heard of it. To my knowledge it never even got a digital release later on. I'm American, but I own a physical copy from Europe and use a modded region free console to play it. Emulation would probably be the better option, though.

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Every time the elevator doors open, the floor looks exactly like the last one. Almost. Spot something wrong? Go back to the elevator you came from. Everything looks normal? Walk on to the next one. Make no mistakes and you only ever go up. Retro low-poly visuals with a grainy look, dark ambient sound and anomalies that range from tiny details to full nightmares. Short, tense runs. I'm the developer, and I'd love to know: what kind of anomaly would scare you the most?

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Game: ONE LAST CONE

Steam: Steam page coming soon for wishlists

Who win?