I'm a big fan of indie games like Braid and Limbo. The latest (free) addition to my collection is SLENDER.
SLENDER is a short experimental horror game based on the Slender Man mythos. The Slender Man is a faceless creature with long arms in a black suit. A living nightmare from horror tales for children.
SLENDER is a first person horror game created by independent studio Parsec Productions, where your only goal is to find 8 manuscripts about the paranormal creature.
The more directly you come in contact with the Slender Man, the faster your sanity drains away. You can’t look directly at the Slender Man, or your game is over. So it’s a kind of horror hide and seek game.
The game has a lot of good features:
1) Simple first person mechanics: you only need to walk and aim your flashlight at the scenery. Perfect gameplay;
2) Very fast: you can play the whole game in fifteen minutes, and each time you play it the manuscripts (the goal) are in different places;
3) Disturbing graphics and good horror atmosphere: it’s the perfect combination for a dark environment experience;
4) A good narrative: as Dille (2007, p.16) wrote, it is important to remember that the history is working in unison with gameplay. The more your story can be told through gameplay, the better. SLENDER has a good balance between horror narrative and the gameplay, you can feel really scared playing this game.
I’m very happy with indie initiatives like SLENDER. Let's support this cause!
Check the creepy trailer below:
And to download it for free from the official website, click here.
REFERENCE:
DILLE, Flint; PLATTEN, John Zuur. The ultimate guide to vídeo game writing and design. New York: Skip Press, 2007
SLENDER is a short experimental horror game based on the Slender Man mythos. The Slender Man is a faceless creature with long arms in a black suit. A living nightmare from horror tales for children.
SLENDER is a first person horror game created by independent studio Parsec Productions, where your only goal is to find 8 manuscripts about the paranormal creature.
The more directly you come in contact with the Slender Man, the faster your sanity drains away. You can’t look directly at the Slender Man, or your game is over. So it’s a kind of horror hide and seek game.
The game has a lot of good features:
1) Simple first person mechanics: you only need to walk and aim your flashlight at the scenery. Perfect gameplay;
2) Very fast: you can play the whole game in fifteen minutes, and each time you play it the manuscripts (the goal) are in different places;
3) Disturbing graphics and good horror atmosphere: it’s the perfect combination for a dark environment experience;
4) A good narrative: as Dille (2007, p.16) wrote, it is important to remember that the history is working in unison with gameplay. The more your story can be told through gameplay, the better. SLENDER has a good balance between horror narrative and the gameplay, you can feel really scared playing this game.
I’m very happy with indie initiatives like SLENDER. Let's support this cause!
Check the creepy trailer below:
And to download it for free from the official website, click here.
REFERENCE:
DILLE, Flint; PLATTEN, John Zuur. The ultimate guide to vídeo game writing and design. New York: Skip Press, 2007
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