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Remember that feeling of running to the next room after flicking off a light switch in hopes of beating the darkness? Or before the monsters hidden within it can grab you? That feeling has been turned into a video game by InqDrop Studios (@colorthebooks), and that feeling is captured rather well. Flick starts you off in a dark room. So you've already lost that race. But there's a light switch right above you. Flicking it on illuminates the room. But it doesnt quite look how you thought it did while it was dark. It's full of furniture that you're sure wasn't there before. Flick the light again. The room changes. Now it's empty except for a small desk with a child's drawing. Do you dare flick it again? What else may change? What is that figure in the darkness? Just a trick of the mind, or something sinister waiting for you to step out of the light? This game grabs hold of those primal, childhood fears and takes you for a ride. The demo is short but it certainly leaves an impression. The entity stalking you from the dark is silent and terrifying, only giving you glimpses of it's withered form. The fear of the unknown quickly closes in. It uses light and dark for puzzle solving, which gives way to all sorts of uniqe puzzles. Searching for clues involves turning the lights off and on to see what changes in the room and collecting the pieces while you can. It's a bit easy to start feeling a little overwhelmed with all the changes. But the rooms start to cycles after a few tries, giving you a bit of structure to grasp onto. But then that cycle changes after you find a clue and that anxiety starts over. This demo shows a ton of promise. The Dev boasts 10 years of AAA game dev experience, and it certainly shows in this short piece. I look forward to seeing how the rest of the game plays out. See the comments for a link to my playthrough of it. #Flick #HorrorGame #IndieDev #IndieHorror #IndieGame

We Are Sisters from BobaGames is a short horror experience where we play as a dude searching for another dude.... Apparently, Aleks likes heading off on adventures to explore places he probably shouldn’t. This time, he didn’t come back. So naturally, we head into a secret underground facility that we just happen to know the entrance to. And judging by some of the dialogue, we don’t even seem to like the guy all that much. But here we are, risking our life for him anyway. Aleks had better appreciate this. The gameplay is mostly walking sim territory, with some puzzle-solving along the way. There’s also a short stealth section that I found more awkward than tense, but it did help break up the pace. The “sisters” come into play later on, taking the story somewhere much darker than the opening suggests. What starts as a search for our questionable buddy turns into something a lot more disturbing. The ending is intentionally ambiguous, so make of it what you will. Despite a few awkward moments, I enjoyed We Are Sisters for what it was—a short horror experience with a darker story than I initially expected. I couldn’t find BobaGames on X or YouTube. If you know their @ handle, drop it in the comments! #WeAreSisters #BobaGames #IndieHorror #HorrorGames #indiedev #indiegame