The Lighthouse
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
Content
You start your new job as a lighthouse keeper. As you do your daily duties, you realize that something is off with this place.
This game is a short story that is designed to be played in one session.
This game was made for the Screamjam 2023.
Controls
- Movement: WASD
- Interaction: E
- Flashlight: F
- Zoom: RMB, R
Credits
CC0 Sounds from opengameart.org and freesound.org
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Very spooky game, the feeling of isolation is quite effective and the use of sounds did unnerve me a lot. I like how the ship is just this ominous red light in the darkness, I wasn't even sure if it was real or not. I will say the pacing was a bit quick, I feel like we should have had at least one more fairly normal shift at the lighthouse before things started going wrong to build a bit more tension, and the final scare didn't hit that hard at all, but it's still an incredibly creepy game and I enjoyed playing it.
I love games about lighthouses))
This Was The Second Game I Played. nice Work
Un gran juego me sorprendio bastante
I found this game well-made, and I was creeped out significantly when night fell. Lighthouses can work well in the horror genre with the idea of being isolated. This game helps a little with that concept. Overall, spooky and fun!
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It took some time for the dude to say "everything looks alright" but other than that its a great game, keep it up!
Hello, I played this game and I liked it, good work :)
Maybe I'm just stupid, but this game was quite boring. The painfully slow speed of movement plus almost invisible ground and walls with the flashlight were a large part of that. It made finding the various clues random at best (I couldn't even see whatever made the character freak out in the bathroom and want to call an emergency over the radio). And the lack of indication for when to zoom or not made my playthrough unnecessarily annoying. Walking up and down and up and down and up and down and around and back up before realizing I needed to zoom in while walking around to confirm that there was no boat-despite being able to See the lack of a boat light perfectly clearly without zooming-completely killed any enthusiasm I initially had.
Atmosphere, visuals and sound design were great, but the gameplay/glitches and lack of scares kinda ruined it unfortunately.
Sorry to hear that, and that the pacing did not work in your case. It was a thin line creating the feeling of strenuousness and not hinting everything. I can see that this can lead to the feeling of boredom.
Thank you for your honest feedback.
All good. It seems like I might be an anomaly considering other comments. it's not that I really needed any hints beyond the zooming (and maybe I missed a text prompt to zoom at that specific moment, as I saw the first one earlier), but rather at least on my screen I just couldn't see any of the clues. Some of the walls and floors or stairs were lit by the flashlight but it seemed like the areas with the clues just stayed dark lol. Maybe that was just a one-off glitch though. Maybe I'll give it another shot after a while when I've forgotten the locations of everything
And I don't mean to be rude if that's how I come off, I just figure if you do want to tweak it any more, some negative feedback is a bit more helpful than just the positive. Anyway, thanks for the free game and good luck with future releases!
Exactly!!!!! Why i need to zoom when i can see things clearly in the game? i just ALT+F4 the game and came back to this page to find out if im dumb or the game is broken.
As always, it was a delight. It’s this fantastic bag of surprises whenever I see that you’ve published a new game. I think the weather was a great detail that added a lot to the immersion and the pacing was so well done, I particularly liked that the intro took its time for such a short game, that way it was easier to get a feel for the place.
Thank you very much for the kind words! :)
I love the atmosphere and the ambience in this game just those stairs can be a little shorter for me other than that great game keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for the feedback and sharing your experience in a video! The stairs-? Yeah, they are the true evil here.
Note to self: do not work for a lighthouse https://youtu.be/otJ6Tif1xlg?si=fWSwz0Ux8KlemhTv
Oh yes, we will hoard all those lighthouse jobs for ourselves - thanks for checking out the game and making a video!!
nicely well done game
Thank you!!
This was a fun little experience! I was expecting a cosmic horror the whole time but instead a haunting, very fun! Good atmosphere and great sounds too! Good job check out my gameplay video.
Thank you for checking our game out and making a video! Cosmic horror...I can see why the setting invites that direction. In my personal opinion the true enemy have been the stairs all along.
the game was so funny good job man keep up the good work
Thank you so much!
Very nice vfx. Great atmosphere.
Thanks for playing!
hi maybe we can make a collaboration !!
Took me a bit to get through it but it was not bad at all. Made a video on it.
Thanks for playing and taking the time to explore it!
Oh you found a bug, thanks for recording, so I saw it first hand. I will fix it in the post-jam version. :)
nice spooky
Thanks for playing and sharing your video!
Great little game. I love mysterious lighthouse games lol.
Thanks for playing! We love lighthouses, too! At daytime, with a group of tourists, with one foot on the boat, just in case!
What a creepy experience! I really enjoyed this game! The lights going out and the lightning suddenly casting light on everything for a sec or two is a relief and horrifying! Awesome job!
Thanks for playing! We're glad you enjoyed it!
It was pretty awesome! Thanks for a terrifying experience!
Haven't complted the game yet but I enjoyed the sound and mood and the foreshadowing of something wicked to come
Hey! Thank you so much!