Atmospheric! The spooky vibe is not the only factor in this game that will raise your heart rate and arterial tension, as you will inevitably rack your brain to figure out if Nyctofobia is a legitimate way to spell the name of the concept of fear of the dark.
I can't confidently rate the technical merits of the lighting system, but someone with experience on the topic might appreciate the implementation of lights and shadows. All I can say is that the lamp you carry and the ones you light do cast real-time shadows that look pretty good to me.
While repelling darkness monsters with a light source is an intuitive and a cool concept, I think it could be hard to turn the smooth real-time movements on a plane into compelling and balanced gameplay with just more time and effort thrown at the project. I don't think it's necessarily a completely hopeless cause, especially as the game might rely more on the merits of the atmosphere and aesthetics, but it might require a lot of revamping to reach the esteemed status of a puzzle classic!
LD48 — Deeper and deeper (1)
Nyctofobia by Cubanfrog 2021-04-27T09:10:10Z ♥ 2
Atmospheric! The spooky vibe is not the only factor in this game that will raise your heart rate and arterial tension, as you will inevitably rack your brain to figure out if Nyctofobia is a legitimate way to spell the name of the concept of fear of the dark.
I can't confidently rate the technical merits of the lighting system, but someone with experience on the topic might appreciate the implementation of lights and shadows. All I can say is that the lamp you carry and the ones you light do cast real-time shadows that look pretty good to me.
While repelling darkness monsters with a light source is an intuitive and a cool concept, I think it could be hard to turn the smooth real-time movements on a plane into compelling and balanced gameplay with just more time and effort thrown at the project. I don't think it's necessarily a completely hopeless cause, especially as the game might rely more on the merits of the atmosphere and aesthetics, but it might require a lot of revamping to reach the esteemed status of a puzzle classic!