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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: cels on May 07, 2014, 08:23:30 pm

Title: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: cels on May 07, 2014, 08:23:30 pm

SuperTurnip brought up an interesting point today. He said pixel art should work well for scary games, because it lets the viewer make up the details. Which makes sense. The scariest monsters are always the ones that are partially or entirely concealed, because when the rabbit is out of the box, the monster is never quite as scary as you had imagined.

But I can't think of any scary pixel art games. The closest I can think of is SuperBrothers, which was creepy, but not really scary. Alone in the Dark was scary when I was a kid, but not it's not pixel art.

Can anyone help? I'm talking about horror games, primarily, but all pixel art games with an element of spookiness are of interest.

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: PixelPiledriver on May 07, 2014, 08:56:55 pm

Clock Tower (https://www.google.com/search?q=clock+tower+snes&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS553US553&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=zJ1qU7a1LYGJogTmyoLwCQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=947)
A midget with giant scissors is scary even in plain sight.

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: rikfuzz on May 07, 2014, 11:51:41 pm

Lone Survivor is scary.  http://superflatgames.com/wordpress/?cat=1 (http://superflatgames.com/wordpress/?cat=1)
I love clock tower. 
Yume Niki gave me the creeps.

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: cels on May 08, 2014, 02:09:51 pm

Thanks for the suggestions!

Clock Tower seems like a very interesting concept for a game. Puzzle game with a timer. Kind of like certain parts of Phantasmogoria (https://www.google.no/#q=phantasmagoria). I can see how that would be scary, and get your heart beating.

Lone Survivor doesn't look too scary to me. And the poor pixel art rather ruins it. The main character looks like he's running around with a constant trolling grin.

Yume Niki does look a bit creepy, in a surrealistic Twin Peaks kind of way.

Any other suggestions?  :)

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: DeariePrince on May 09, 2014, 01:46:57 am

Ever heard of Rpgmaker? There are a lot of good scary games for that, and they use pixel graphics. My favorites are Ib, The Witch's House,  The Crooked Man, and Mad Father.

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: yaomon17 on May 10, 2014, 05:24:56 am

http://ogc.freeforums.net/thread/368/oracle-horror-game-beta-1
One of the users from an old community I was part of made this.

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: rikfuzz on May 10, 2014, 05:44:34 pm

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=254647598 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=254647598)

This game looks pretty good

Title: Re: Are there any scary pixel art games out there?
Post by: cels on May 10, 2014, 06:24:10 pm

Thanks for your suggestions, guys! It really is much appreciated. I will check those games out!