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For Schell Games, VR is the technology of the present (possibly the future, too)

GamesIndustry.biz

Looking at Schell Games' recent output, it's pretty easy to spot a common thread.

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Gamer Deep Lore, Exhibit #3. The Tomb of Horrors.

The Bottom Feeder

The myth, the legend, the 1978 Dungeons & Dragons murderfest Tomb of Horrors. The Tomb of Horrors was an early attempt to solve a very difficult problem: How to balance a turn-based RPG once characters get very powerful. Instead, Gygax filled his dungeon with obscure puzzles and instant deathtraps. And that's it!

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Bobo's Funzone - New Trailer!

Indie DB

Step into the haunting realm of Bobo's Funzone, in this horror/puzzle adventure. Your mission: find your daughter, who was attending a birthday party here. Navigate the eerie corridors, unearth what happend, and be careful and cautious as Bobo is about.

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Frightful Favourites: The GameDev.tv Community’s Top 10 Halloween Game

DameDev.tv

For gamers and game developers alike, this is the season to dive into the world of horror games, immersing ourselves in atmospheres filled with suspense, mystery, and pure fright. From haunted mansions and desolate space stations to eerie towns shrouded in fog, this list promises a thrilling ride through the annals of gaming horror.

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Escape the sinking ship in Globiss Interactive’s VR game Titanic: A Space Between

PreMortem.Games

In VR horror title Titanic: A Space Between players find themselves entangled in a bizarre time-travel mishap. It’s a horror game set on a sinking ship around the early 1900’s. This took us literal years to master, and we still find that planning puzzles for VR requires extra attention to detail to make it work. Sounds familiar?

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The Cosmic Horror of Stargaze

Played with Fire

Designing and weaving The Cosmic Horror into Stargaze. Specul-8’s design was so unique due to spicing up our philosophical fairytale with a fair share of horror influences. The main idea was to have a dark and alien planet that encased a beast inside, which is only briefly glimpsed at until solving all the puzzles.

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In Sound Mind Review - Puzzling Horror

Indie DB

Check out our DBolical review of this modder-made survival horror indie!

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