Tower22 Demo1

[u2slow4stealth]

Well thank god for decaying buildings. Looks like an awesome game. Never played Penumbra? You're missing out! ;)

[u2slow4stealth]

Frictional Games is obviously the inspiration for this one, so, thanks again Frictional. And thanks to the maker of this one for taking after Frictional and trying to give to a genre that is terribly lacking. Can't wait for this!

[Rick16bit]

Then it may dissapoint a little bit that I never really played Penumbra! Only an Amnesia demo. Some ideas might be the same, like not killing 20 enemies per minute and relying on athmosphere. But the inspiration comes more from (childs) nightmares and an obsession for decaying buildings in Eastern Europe :)

[ShadowLeggy]

This looks really amazing! The thing appearing under the sheets is really chilling, and even more so realistic and scary that you can't pull the sheets back. If it was me I'd say "fuck that" too. If anything the only thing I have an issue with is 'Push button for action!' kind of thing, but that's just a personal preference I think is starting to be overdone in horror games. But that part of your game is still scary nonetheless. Keep it up!

[o0Condrag0o]

@ShadowLeggy Seems like they are showing the engine in this one. I think the game looks awesome and more scarier than any game of this generation.

[JestersGhost]

Cutest. Game. Ever...

[lordcima55]

Then the ending happened, TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

[RebirthMinecraft]

Looks bonerific

[GreedAndSelfishness]

For kinect this would be awesome.

[DarkGharren]

Reminds me of Penumbra. Nice. :)

[MunchyToast001]

I think you drove a little over the sanity mark with the motion bluring.

[luisbrujo77]

Hehe, this game is being programmed in delphi.

[PeetrSz]

looks good!

[anacsadder]

I... I must have this! O.O

I love it XD

[DanielVonRommel]

Fuck yeah Mag-lite, I have a 6D, best flashlight EVER

[ShitMovies2000]

Looks amazing. I love the Eastern Europe style! I love this different kind of horror, like in Amnesia and Penumbra.

The graphics are great and I really can't wait! I laughed at the fat woman at the end :P

Great work!! I think I just shat my pants! (But that's good because it means it's scary!)

[morten325]

Silent Hill much?

[nova100222]

I like it.... alot but one thing i suggest is tone the yellow blurring effect and put some more variety in and instead of a loud noise when somethings behind you make a mirro popout in which you see yourself and your character freaking the fuck out always wanted to see that cause you get the shit scared by the spastic mirror and by the monster right behind you. but its looking good so far and and the texture with the blanket and the fat girl face look exactly alike its be good if it more dirty.

[Neondarkness72]

4:00 Typical shock scare, hear loud screeching noise, turn around, monster staring you in the face, yup, this "horror" game is probably gonna suck. Sound are horror enough, but sometimes lack of sound is more scary, and if you rely on these shock scares and not genuinely creepy gameplay then well, I don't know what to say. Plus, I'm sure the music will stop being scary if it's on 24/7 when there's nothing around at all. I'm not an asshole, but this just doesn't look good at all TO ME!!! OPINION!

[RyuRanXII]

I like the atmosphere and the hook thing. This project can be a success if you continue working on it. I said the same thing for Frictional Games when they released their first tech demo... ^~

[Obedience]

I'm very interested in helping out with the audio aspect of the game. Mostly musical or ambient tracks, but I guess I could try my hand at sound effects too. I was greatly inspired by Silent Hill 2 and Amnesia as far as the psychology of horror goes. You can review my experience in music production on my channel, where there are several videos and links to project pages and the like. Leave me a message if you're interested.

[Tollaneri]

Note to self: chairs aren't good at holding huge amounts of shat bricks

[knifeguy]

5:38 lol

[OshMMf]

@knifeguy Yeah xD Was that a kind of end joke ?

[nightflyer1]

What the FUCK did I just watch?!?

And who's going to pay for my now-ruined chair?

[TehAspic]

NOPE

[Nphektatlivedotnl]

Already really NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE. I'd buy it. If you need dutch betatesters...

[CrowbarSka]

Is this a standalone game or a mod for something? I recognised assets from Half-Life 2, but it doesn't look like the Source engine.

[ThinkofUser]

What language and libraries did you use to make this? You can pm it to me if you want.

[ThinkofUser]

@ThinkofUser I currently have a good knowledge of c++ and an okay-ish knowledge using the SDL library. I want to make a 2D game to get started. Do you recommend any books I can read?

[liamlololol]

fuck watching this again at 1am "just before bed"

[Zerocreature]

I agree with top comment: the fat girl is really not scary. I'm more scared FOR her, than of her. The BEETUS and all.

[Kryptoslol]

Thanks, I didn't plan on sleeping tonight anyways.

[redbearon89]

Well there's a another pair of pants ruined

[lemonsys]

Really enjoyed the sound effects. Great for suspense.

[supertamal2000]

looking really good so far, but Id recommend adding some hand or movements like the char was really scared of the sudden appearances of the enemies..

[VirtualDynamite]

The atmosphere is the sum of everything that charges fear into my brain, rusty, industrial, surreal. I hope so much that this game makes it through and is released. Telling from this video this game is one of the greatest horror games of all time.

[StJohnisaJoke]

Maglight blurring is too much, but that could just be post processing on the video. A lot of indie devs do that to spice up early builds of games.

As for the whole "Tap Shift to Sprint", do you have to manually control your character? Or is it auto run. Actually having to navigate is much scarier than just mashing a button and watching a cutscene.

[TheOneMagpie]

Looks too me like a first person Silent Hill.

He's got the atmosphere, audio/music and horror styling right, but certaintly not the whole 'fear' factor of it.

I hope by the time this game is done, it acts more like a piece of art with a good story, without him trying to push a stupidly large amount of 'BOO I'M BEHIND YOU'.

But all in all I wanna play this game whenever I get the chance.

[L3gendary92]

Looks absolutely stunning, man! Any way people can send some donations for support your way?

[adj789]

omg the audio! :*(

[Murd3rByMod3m]

Maglites rock! I really need to buy a 3D one like that.

[Ken10124]

I have a fever, and the onlyprescription is more motion blur

[yusufsheth]

FUCKING STICKEY KEYS

[vevovy]

damn bass drop, u so scary

[Darkeh112]

Shitty sound.

[Densleywale]

The graphics (or the textures in this case) are sort of grainy and blurry? Why is that?

Also, was this built on the Source Engine? Or some other variant?

[TheHamishbatten1995]

@Densleywale It was created by one guy, cut him some slack.

[Densleywale]

@TheHamishbatten1995 It's a simple question.

[BongSoldier]

This would have been better if there was a guy screaming like a woman.

[KainDrake]

I want to play it now.

[mikethered123]

Dear Silent Hill Team, remember when you used to make games like this? Remember when your games didn't suck? Before you turned your back on what made the first games so great? Well, it was only a matter of time before someone came along and picked up that style/theme. The saddest part is that he's one guy and he does horror better than your entire multi-million dollar team. Bravo, man. This looks almost perfect.

[zackalini]

this game looks fucking scary

[TheBehattedOne]

You're in my world now Batman....

[herpsuderpsu]

You should make it so that the rest of the world (outside the tower) is completely normal :D (people on the street, cars, trees, etc)

And it turns out you're the only one living this nightmare and no one can help you :)

[alexhart1986]

Awwwhelllnooo

[Jonnylols]

NOPE

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[KainDrake]

@Jonnylols Did it scare you? :p

[Varcieh]

the audio quality makes me wanna kill kittens

[Ookami2512]

Sorry, but how does it show engine capabilities if you just used the source engine?

[FostersNation]

@Ookami2512 He didn't. He used assets from HL2.

[WHYSOHOMOSEX]

oh no a fat chick

[treelover42]

Throughout the whole video, all I could think was "OH GOD PLEASE KEEP THE FLASHLIGHT ON OH GOD DARKNESS OH GOD"

[jvemPiRe14]

lot o distorted bass!!

[2nodes]

Wow, that was creepy. At the end I wanted to tell the guy "Jump! You'll only die. This might be your last chance!"

[kiintlord]

I approve of this. Kudoz m8 :)

[utubeb14]

sorry but the quick time event makes it not scary 

[robitii]

this shit is trippy

[RyuRanXII]

Very atmospheric and scary. But I didn't like the QTE sequence and the linear level design. Hopefully it'll have some exploration and puzzle solving like in early Alone in the Dark or Resident Evil games.

[papixx95]

3:40

the power of viagra...

[willem113]

damn i want this game afther seeing this trailer, It reminds me very much of Silent Hill 3 and that is my favorite in the series.

[TheKyshu]

OMG O.O This creeps me out!

[lip58]

Now this is how you make a true terror game. Not some run and shoot lolghosts game. People fear the most what they can't comprehend.

[raiki15]

SLAM SHIFT MUTHAFUCKA

Apart from that, this seems very interesting, also, I think it's the first game where you feel that something's behind you and yep, something Is behind you.

[13jobinbs13]

3:40 someone had an erection :D ..

[talic017]

thanks to this stupid video, i broke my shift key.

[Gracelyassa]

@talic017 what do you mean with shift key?

[G1os89]

At the end i was like "omg what the fuck is that!!!" and then "..oh wait.. it's only a fat girl lol" .

[trofdugweed]

awesome!!

[imdaltino]

shit looks super sick bro. really looking forward to this.

[bullno1]

Anyway, great work, except for motion blur and noise abuse. The lighting is scary enough.

[bullno1]

In Soviet Russia, tower climbs you

[TheMoepProductions]

looks like penubmra + silent hill, but cool

[dziubus554]

Source engine, i can see the familar textures

[1amStudios]

Awesome work! I had goose bumps a couple of times!

[Theil]

Wow, that's incredibly awesome, how many people are in your team?

[Rick16bit]

@Theil

There was no team while making this :)

But after its release I asked for help on a few sites. Can't fool around forever eh? So far it gave me an experienced story writer, a sound/music composer, and a (high-poly) character modeler who can make a drawing as well. Can't complain!

Yet a talented (environment) concept artist & a mapper who can draw textures as well would be nice!

[The1177]

@Rick16bit a tip: dont explain too much early on try following amnesias type 

[HuginnG]

@Rick16bit you did this by yourself?

[Rick16bit]

Motion blur only occurs when rotating the camera so far. Since the framerate is choppy while recording a movie, it becomes far more visible. Other than that, the hand & flashlight shouldn't be blurred at all. Yet another thing to improve!

[fibojoly]

Dude! You did the programming, the graphics AND the sounds! That's some amazing work! Bravo! :D

The soundscape alone is impressive, with all the grinding and screeching sounds mixed with the constant thumping. You could give some studios a lesson :)

Although chance the torchlight sound, it sounds like a switch in a room, right now ;) ... that's about the only thing I dare criticise :)

[Rick16bit]

@fibojoly

I whish that was true, but many of the sounds come from Doom3. However, mixing the whole thing with triggers, timing & events required quite some work though. The noisy sound however is more due the recording quality :) Originally it isn't that "crunchy". Turns out to be a good thing ironically!

The flashlight switch, hehe, is a room switch indeed :)

[Rick16bit]

That's what I hope as well! Let's pray the Game God's for some talented artists!

[crapsite]

This looks (and sounds) absolutely amazing, just saw it as IOTD on gamedev, hope you get the help you need to get a full game together!

[TheJonnyhope]

wow, impressive works! looking forward to more!