ELDER71'S PROFILE

author=Gourd_Clae
@Frogge Silly frogge, your paragraph is good, but you didn't basically say "jumpscares are stupid"!

I will disagree that rm is limited in how scary it can be. If anything, its limitations encourage creative/varied scares.

I think that that's the root thesis of the experiment I'm running. To see how unsettling/scary I can make a game with sprites, tilesets and a low resolution. So far, my impression is that it's just about understanding what will and won't work with such limitations in place, and taking as much advantage as I can of what (hopefully) will work.

I'm still working on fine-tuning my approach to the story, trying not to overload it with any one thing. So - while I wouldn't guarantee that I'm gonna get it right - rest assured that a lot of care and attention is going into the script.

author=CashmereCat
This looks so gorgeous. Lovin' it.

I was worried that it looked a bit basic, but the main idea for this project is to finish it quickly, so I won't be devoting weeks/months to parallax mapping like I did with Omnis.

author=Dragnfly
Piles of cardboard boxes block the path. It'd be easy to just shove some out of the way but Snake could be in any of them and you don't want to blow his cover.

Well, of course. If you inspect one of the boxes, you can overhear snippets of his conversation with Otacon. He's whispering, of course.

author=MasterAngie
Love the graphic style! Great choice.

To be honest, the priority was on creating tilesets quickly, so I'm doubly delighted that the look has come out so well!

When this project first came about it was just going to be RTP only and made in a day. But I've done my usual trick of getting heavily invested, so one day's development time has turned into two months!

author=Pikasprey
Nice looking sprites. I'll see where this goes.

I didn't want to spend hours and hours on them, but I guess I've picked up enough pixeling skill to do them quickly and not make them look horrible :)

author=Plungs
Looking foward for this project! <3

Stay tuned!

author=MasterAngie
Looks like really interesting project. I also appreciate zero jumpscares and horror atmosphere instead idea. Good luck with everything! :D

I have a visceral dislike of jump scares - and not in the 'I enjoy jump-scare horror' sort of way. Atmosphere is obviously a much harder thing to do and do right, but that's the whole point of the challenge I've set myself.

PS - All: I have some 'monster' sprites done, but I'm reluctant to reveal them before there's a download for the game. But if folks really want to see them, I could make a blog post showcasing some designs?

author=suzy_cheesedreams
I guessed it was influenced by House of Leaves immediately with the blue text but of course appropriating ideas from different mediums can lead to interesting outcomes. Sounds promising!

With my last project ('Omnis'), taking things so seriously with fundraising and marketing and all that jazz took a lot of the 'creative spirit' out of game making.

So I'm making this purely for the fun of it, without worrying about anything :)