The Urban Legend of Nightmare Forest

by wheelsx
co-authored: @mrs-wheelsx
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.35
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.02
In Hawaii in the late 1940's there was a rash of unexplained deaths among Filipino men that left experts bewildered. Although seemingly healthy, 81 people died… mysteriously… seemingly without any cause… in their sleep.

These occurrences increased over the next several decades among various minority ethnic groups residing in the United States, finally gaining the attention of the CDC in 1980.

Legend has it that there was a group of researchers doing experiments to understand these phenomena. Ninety three subjects were chosen based on their family history and ethnic origins. They were subjected to vigorous physical testing to insure they were of perfect health. Then, as soon as night fell, the real research began. Each subject was hooked up to a host of monitoring equipment and given a mild sedative. Soon they had all drifted off to sleep, and the researchers retired to their beds for the night.

But when the alarm clock rang out in the early morning light, the researchers were bewildered to find patient after patient dead in their beds. No wounds. No explanation… All but one. A single terrified subject survived. When asked what happened, he could only repeat two words… nightmare… forest…

Can you survive until morning?

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Comments14

Travis Hermant21 Apr 2020, 06:24
I like that your weapon was both your life and light, I did feel like it needed some recoil or pause between shots because you can pretty easily kill the beasts
ROBOWARRIOR1982
ROBOWARRIOR198221 Apr 2020, 06:31
Creepy survival game ! The dogs are very realistic ! Good job. Maybe you can just improve the performance, it a bit laggy after a minute under my laptop.
ModalModule21 Apr 2020, 06:42
I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more if it were normal vertical controls as opposed to inverted, and the only option I saw said "invert controls", but I don't believe it actually did anything. I really liked the vibe though!
Kevin Meissner
Kevin Meissner21 Apr 2020, 14:42
Really nice game concept. I also like, that the weapon is also your Life. But I dont see a reason fight actually. If you just run away the enemies will not catch you and you dont need to waste your energie. I would like to know if you can actually win the game or is it just a endless highscore?
HEXIEZ12321 Apr 2020, 14:43
@modalmodule it starts of inverted mouse on default, you have to check the box, click accept. Then uncheck it (and accept) in order to set it to normal.
Shugor
Shugor21 Apr 2020, 15:01
Nice little game for the time frame, the dogs function well. everything being on one meter is interesting, dogs are a bit easy to kill but as you need to get em to fill the meter i figure that's for balance reasons. good work!
wheelsxauthor21 Apr 2020, 15:07
@kevin-meissner There is an end. It is time based, you just have to survive for a certain amount of time. I don't remember how long off the top of my head though.
Bakaraf21 Apr 2020, 17:13
Nice one, with a good creepy vibe. Some beasts got stuck between tree, but had a great time playing !
TheWustache
TheWustache21 Apr 2020, 18:10
Great creepy atmosphere! The dogs really give you a scare the first time you see them.

At first I didn't get that the dogs drop energy, so I just ran away from them. But after I figured that out, it was pretty fun blasting through them. I would say that they are a bit too easy, but they did get the better of me.
krakadushka
krakadushka22 Apr 2020, 08:41
I liked the game - cool graphics, original combination of horror elements and themes.
Comments: 1) Things are not well chosen
2) it is Strange that for health and energy, one strip
3) Bad game design: there is no point in going anywhere other than the center, because if you distance yourself from your opponents, you will lose
wheybags
wheybags22 Apr 2020, 22:46
I found that the RNG seemed to have a lot of effect on how far I'd get, as sometimes I'd have a lot of dogs spawn at the start, and sometimes they'd come at me pretty slow. Some specifically chose times + spawn zones could make it more balanced that way. Overall, creepy atmosphere + nice dog models.

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