Negative

Incomplete submission for Scream Jam 2024.

You find yourself alone in the dead of winter with only a disposable camera. Specters without form hunt you through the woods, their presence only known by the footsteps they leave in their wake. Only an in focus shot from your disposable camera can make them subside.

The original intent was for the player to slowly freeze in a remote cabin inhabited by hostile invisible specters. The player's only means of escape would have been to banish all specters; however, they could only do so by taking a photo at each specter's exact position. The player would have needed to scavenge items from the cabin to leave environmental traps, such as broken glass or boxes, to help determine the position of each specter while avoiding their attacks. Ultimately, there were too many conflicting elements in the core design that would have either made the game too hard/confusing or too easy. I may revisit the concept in the future when I have more time to think it through.

In this build, you can banish the three specters by taking a photo on their exact locations; however, there is nothing else to do.

Controls

Keyboard required

• Move: WASD or arrows
• Take photo: Space

Credits

Charles (Null Builds)