Horror, at its core, is primal. You don’t need a multi-million dollar design budget or advanced realtime bullet physics to make something scary. You just have to have an idea that is raw, and the honesty to execute it.
That was the challenge Ted Hentschke of DreadXP posed to 10 brilliant creators. With nothing but 7 days and their imaginations make a playable teaser for the horror project of their dreams. Both a game on its own, and a window into a much larger world. Make it raw. Make it real. Make it a reflection of your own fears. Make it in just 7 days.
Partial Proceeds Go To Charity: Given these trying times, we all decided it would be best to donate a portion of the profits to charity. $2 USD (2/7 of purchase price) of every retail purchase (proportional for sales) will go to Doctors Without Borders.
Included in Dread X Collection are games by Airdorf, Lovely Hellplace, Mahelyk (Kyle Frost), Oddbreeze, Scythe Dev Team, SecretCowLevel, Snowrunner Games, Strange Scaffold, David Szymanski, and Torple Dook.
IN THE KEEP catches up with Ted Hentschke, long-time writer for Dread Central and now editor-in-chief at DreadXP, where he discusses the DREAD X Collection.
Airdorf – SUMMER NIGHT: From the creator of FAITH. Run around in your backyard picking toadstools and chasing monkeys in this LCD handheld game where nothing scary happens!Oddbreeze Games – The Pay is Nice: From the creator of Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey. Discover what happens in an ultra secure facility, as you get ready for work and wander the dark halls of your office. Using old school fixed-camera perspective, they’re watching your every moves.Scythe Dev Team – Carthanc: From the people that brought you Northbury Grove: Entity, Walls Closing In, Happy’s Humble Burger Barn, and the rest of the Scythe Saga Universe. Explore the ruins of an ancient society on a dead planet.Strange Scaffold – Mr. Bucket Told Me To: From the creator of An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs and the writer of Hypnospace Outlaw. The abandoned tools of your existence come back to haunt you in a surreal and terrifying tropical survival adventure.Torple Dook – Hand of Doom: From the co-creator of Earl’s Day Off. Trapped in an arcane realm by the dark sorcery of the ubiquitous Master, can you learn the correct rituals and incantations needed to escape?David Szymanski – The Pony Factory: From the creator of DUSK, Fingerbones, and The Moon Sliver. Winston thought he could use hell energy to create magical ponies. Winston was wrong.Mahelyk– Outsiders: From the creator of SCP: Blackout. Enter a world of uncertainly as you discover the truth behind the house, and behind the Outsiders.Lovely Hellplace – Shatter: From the creator of Dread Delusion. In the ruins of future Britain, new gods rule the wastes.Snowrunner Productions – Rotgut: From the creator of Soda Drinker Pro. Crystal Tigers Presents: The Circle World Party!Secret Cow Level – Don’t Go Out: From the creator of Doomtrooper and one of the minds behind Fallout: New Vegas. Run. Hide. Sacrifice your friends. Survive the night.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: OS: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or Faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or MD Radeon 6870 HD Series DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space
