Tag: horror game atmosphere
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Creating Horror Atmosphere with Everyday Objects: Unravelling the Smoking Room Cinematic
Horror has a unique power to stay with us, lingering long after the experience fades. In my latest cinematic piece, ‘The Smoking Room’ explores a space where ordinary items like cigars, smoke, and dolls take on haunting dimensions. In this post, I want to talk about how I used the subtle, out-of-context placements of everyday…
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Beneath the surface: Thinking about crafting suspense in horror games
Watching horror movies or playing horror games makes it easy to forget that horror is one of the most intricate genres. Crafting suspense in horror game design relies on a multitude of subtle, atmosphere-driven techniques to captivate and terrify audiences. Unlike more overtly action-based horror, environmental horror leverages setting and sensory cues to evoke fear…
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Common Horror Game Mistakes: What to Avoid When Starting Out
Although our discussions in this blog have focused mainly on theory, creating a great horror game is more than that, it’s an art form that requires careful balance between atmosphere, game mechanics, and creative narrative. For game designers, there are many potential traps that can undermine a game’s potential to be truly terrifying. There are…