The Little Secret - First Person Survival / Horror Game

Hey Everyone. This is the first major game im working on called The Little Secret. A first person survial / Horror Game.

I wont say that much about the story right now, as it plays a major part in the game, but the world has turned into a desert wasteland, riddled with radiation. At night, mutated humans (Well im not sure if you can call them humans anymore) come out and kill anyone or anything they see. The only thing that seems to hurt them is Light.

Your job is to discover what happened to the world, find out just what these "things" are, and survive.

I have yet to take any screenshots (pretty ones at least) but i have created the first development diary.

Download the game here!

Please tell me what you think of it so far! (im not expecting much as theres not much to show besides 2 mechanics haha).

I'll try to update this thread weekly. But with school and all, if i cant do it weekly, the bi-weekly would be the answer!

Heres the first Gameplay Showcase!

Click the IndieGoGo image to look at the IndieGoGo page and doante today!


Click the IndieDB page to check out the IndieDB!

 

Heres the first screenshot of gameplay ! (I am using Placeholder UI images. Nothing shown is final)

 

~Major Update 1.1~
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First, i should apologize for the delay. My internet went out and i have been working offline for almost two weeks. Now it is back up and i have much to show! So lets get started!

~UI Update!~
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I have updated the UI to a cleaner, prettier placeholder (Maybe Final?).

The Health and Toxicity bars have been redone! Well i cant really call them bars anymore
Instead of bars, i have decided to use letters. Yes, the word HEALTH and TOXICITY will be spelt out instead of using a bar to represent depletion or "re"pletion... if thats the word to use.

Heres how the Health looks:

And the Toxicity:

I think these looks really nice, and their not very distracting from gameplay. Of course these are not permanent and could change any time.

~World Update!~
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The world looks exactly how i want it to look... A desert with shanty homes and broken down homes. Of course its not done yet, but heres a little example with a DnN System (Day "N" Night): Please tell me what you think!

~Mob Update!~
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Yes, the deadly Zombie has been added. Say hello to our little friend! (Thanks to the asset store) (His Name is Zom!)
Zom has a bunch of family members that try to kill you as soon as you get close to them. They dont die normally. They can only be hurt with Light. So make sure your flashlight has enough battery power to make it through the night!

~AI Update!~
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The AI for Zom has been started! So far he can stand still, Walk around, AND if you get close, will chase you! Did i mention he also attacks you? But i wont speak to much, as im saving it for the next update!

Thats all!
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Thats it for this update. A video will be uploaded soon going over the same material you just read. Please tell me what you think. Good or bad, any opinion is greatly appricated. Thank you!

 

I friggin' love the mood in that day/night cycle gif! Did you code the day/night yourself or did you hit the asset store? My only critique so far would be about the font for the "Health" and the "Toxicity" bars: I guess you're using Papyrus as a font and personally I don't dislike it, but I think a lot of people without big graphic design skills used it in the past for different purposes and so it is now recognized as the "I don't know what font to use, I'll just use papyrus" font, and this could ruin the first impression of your game. I would think about changing font. Overall, I like where this is going

 

Thank you! The font is just a placeholder for now. Im going to change near the finalization of the "Pre-Production stage, and the entrance of the Alpha. I did not code the Day and Night Cycle. It is the Time of Day Asset from the asset store

 

~Model Update!~​

The Water bottle has had a make over! And say hello to the first weapon in the game, the Mighty Tire Iron! Stun the Deadly Zombies, or bash in the heads of the crazy Savages, the Tire Iron will be your bestfriend!

 

Hmm This thread has been pretty dead. No opinions? Good or Bad Everything is appriciated

 

When it comes to videogames, people like seeing things move on a screen. They like playing the game even better.

 

Nice progress man. Looks good so far.

 

Thanks!

Yeah thats true. I plan on adding a update video very soon

 

Hey Everyone! Just dropping by to say my IndieGoGo has started! Please help me create my game, and discover what happened to the world by donating! Click me! Heres the IndieGoGo Teaser Trailer!

 

The zombie is shown and so are the health bars. Im confused as to what you do not see? I also started the WIP thread with a dev diary explaining the mechanics and showing how they work.

 

I apologize, It only showed the video, I thought it was the only thing. I should probably go to sleep now Project looks good though

 

Haha no biggie

 

Hey Everyone! In Addition to the Debut of the IndieGoGo, i have released the first Gameplay showcase! Take a look here!

 

Journal Entries have now been added ! Now you can discover what happened to the world!

 

Hey everyone! Just an update, i now have a public version of The Little Secret available to download! Download it from here!

 

No opinions on the Public Version?

 

You should make a Web Player version to demonstrate your game. Not many people will download and start an exe from someone they don't know.

 

I tried but i dont know how to make it work anyone else computer

 

The IndieDB page has been created! Come check it out! http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-little-secret