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Post by iseehorror on Jun 23, 2010 15:01:13 GMT -5
I have an idea for the pause screen.
After a few minutes (or seconds, we need to find out good timing) of the game being paused, a face/baddie appears in the distance, like a generic creepy face or whatever.
After some more time, it gets closer.
It continues this way in set intervals, so if you went to eat or something and come back to the game, scary face right in front of you. Especially effective if your TV/monitor went into sleep mode/turned off.
Of course you would have to evade/fight the enemy when you unpaused, but as long as it doesn't get too close you should be fine.
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Post by steph on Jun 23, 2010 17:12:02 GMT -5
cool idea, but it would be cool if it was random, so it didn't happen every time. that way it'll be more of a "WTF" moment when it first happens.
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Post by iseehorror on Jun 23, 2010 17:20:20 GMT -5
Well it would definitely happen the first time they pause for a long period of time, after that the chances would be greatly reduced.
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Post by steph on Jun 23, 2010 17:21:41 GMT -5
nah nah man if it happens the first time they'll come to expect it. it should be perfectly safe the first time they pause so that they aren't expecting that shit at all when it actually does happen.
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Post by Kino on Jun 24, 2010 0:23:49 GMT -5
Maybe not directly in your face but hm... maybe you hear a creepy noise and it's RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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Post by 404 on Jun 24, 2010 1:14:41 GMT -5
That has kind of been done before. I think some of us had the idea of just a 1/50 chance of something spawning and maybe your health slowly draining. Also, what happens if you leave it there for a long time? It just stops in front of you? That would be pretty cheap to the player. Kino I don't think that would work because if something was behind them it would kill them basicallly as soon as the unpause, and if it was just a noise, then it would happen every time and they would get used to it. |
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Post by slob on Jun 24, 2010 2:13:46 GMT -5
the most proper way to do this is as an unexpected easter egg rather than a mechanic.
if you make it happen always it's gonna be the most tired mechanic in the history of video games.
i think steph's way is the best way to do it, it's hardly anything very noticeable or important at all, but it would be unexpected and nice
just don't try to overwork these things, pauses are for TAKING A BREAK and giving you a penalty for going to eat or taking a shit is kind of a bummer unless you're just lucky/unlucky enough to get something with low chances of appearing. and like i said it's really minor don't put so much thought on it and make it DA BEST idea ever. some things are perfect being imperfect (and in a horror game it's about how fucked up you can make things, fitting right???)
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Post by Kino on Jun 24, 2010 2:41:47 GMT -5
Yeah, only once or maybe twice at the very most. Definitely a random event that shouldn't happen the first time... even if the player suspects that it was caused by the pause screen they'll be paranoid to pause / unpause for the rest of game. Or if they know about this random event before playing the game, well...
The whole point of the horror game is to seriously put the player ill-at-ease, this could help. But like slob said, it shouldn't be something too serious / over-the-top.
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Post by steph on Jun 24, 2010 3:24:40 GMT -5
maybe kind of like uboa in yume nikki?
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Post by slob on Jun 24, 2010 14:10:46 GMT -5
p. much. only in PAUSE FORM
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Post by steph on Jun 24, 2010 16:45:32 GMT -5
SOUNDS GOOD
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Post by Mindustries on Jun 28, 2010 3:48:11 GMT -5
FUND THIS
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Post by iseehorror on Jun 28, 2010 18:48:21 GMT -5
maybe kind of like uboa in yume nikki? Pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unp-OHGOD |
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Post by Mr Snibbles on Jun 28, 2010 20:18:18 GMT -5
maybe kind of like uboa in yume nikki? Pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unp-OHGOD ........Uboa??? .......Yume Nikki?? Please, EDUCATE ME |
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Post by Sweet Bro on Jun 28, 2010 20:26:30 GMT -5
Pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unpause, pause, unp-OHGOD ........Uboa??? .......Yume Nikki?? Please, EDUCATE ME You're in a thread about horror game ideas, yet you haven't played on of the most popular indie horror games of all time, at least for /v/? Here's a link: www.indiegames.com/blog/2008/04/freeware_game_pick_yume_nikki.htmlThere is an easter egg in one of the areas where if you enter and leave and area, specifically if you kill a person then turn on a light on and off for a while, a face would appear in the room and you would be trapped in. The face's name is Uboa. I never found Yume Nikki particularly scary, just weird, but Uboa has become more or less a meme for the Yume Nikki community. For the pause idea itself, I think it could do well if implemented right. Like it wouldn't happen near the beginning of the game, but much later when shit has hit the fan and things are getting particularly fucked up. |
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