Flashlight Nightmare!

On a pitch-black, moonless night, May decides to explore the abandoned house at the end of her street. She’s heard all kinds of horror stories - it’s full of ghosts, it’ll crumble on her, it’s inhabited by bloodthirsty bats - but her curiosity could never prepare her for the truth. The moment she steps foot in the house, she’s ambushed by a shadowy figure and trapped in a labyrinth with only one instruction: survive. 

Flashlight Nightmare! employs procedurally generated music, NPCs with unique dialogue options that give hints about the labyrinth, and a flashlight upgrade system to improve your chances of survival. Fight your way to safety with nothing more than the very phone your captor left you with all before sunrise, or risk becoming a mindless monster roaming the halls of the labyrinth forever!

Controls

• Movement - W/A/S/D
• Dash - Left Shift
• Flashlight Toggle On/Off - E
• Use Charging Station - hold Space
• Swing weapon - Left Mouse Button
• Talk to NPC - F
• Pick Up Item - F
• Use Sacrifice Station - Space
• Skip Cutscene/Dialogue - Enter
• Menu - Click Pause / Press Esc

Known Bugs

• Walking during the first three seconds of the game or when dialogue is open breaks the animations
• Our music is procedural, which can be difficult to perfect on a crunched timeline. The charging station loop isn't synched to the main loop in our current build 
• Charging your flashlight doesn't take you back from the dark to the light music loop
• Continue from checkpoint button does not work in this current build 
• Some UI components are unfinished and are unusable

Message us or post a comment if you find any other bugs/issues!

Development

Nastya Makarova | Lead Developer | Itch

Cloud | Developer | Itch

crabstar | Developer

El Samuel | Developer | Itch

Feassis | Developer | Itch

Artists

trich3ma | Art Director | Itch

Game Design

max_poetic | Game Designer | Itch

UI/UX Design

nasturan | UI/UX Designer | Itch

Music

Vermoot | Composer | Itch

Developed for the Gamedev.js Jam 2024 | https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2024