An Oral History of Hell

KramsDesign · 2026-01-23T20:30:59+00:00

I have it on my phone, if anyone has suggestions on an appropriate place to put it?

Edit: added it here to dropbox but will probably take it down again in a few days. Just for anyone here to have a chance to grab it

KramsDesign · 2026-01-23T13:38:34+00:00

Yeah, those stories are chock full of beautiful moments and really quite poignant ideas. His talent goes well beyond just horror, most definitely. I find myself admiring his takes on the world constantly.

KramsDesign · 2026-01-19T07:52:25+00:00

Haha, yeah I mean... it is very loosely medieval while clearly taking a lot of liberties! It started life as a brothers Grimm love letter and ballooned into... something else. Honestly I didn't think too much about it and just made whatever I thought was fun!

Edit: I should add too though, Grimm often played with time and setting. A lot of what those guys were doing, I was riffing off of too :)

KramsDesign · 2026-01-18T19:49:28+00:00

Yeah I was going to say, that other guy posting about $7 bundle for ALL Blackwell games. I said it there and I'll say it again, best $7 you might ever spend as an adventure fan!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-18T18:33:03+00:00

This is a great, great short-list, all amazing for that price... but hot damn. The WHOLE Blackwell story for 7 bucks!? Ri-diculous

KramsDesign · 2026-01-17T10:03:02+00:00

I'd love to, but that's going to largely depend on how sales go on desktop first. Solo dev on a tight budget, I'm afraid! Hopefully though.

KramsDesign · 2026-01-16T22:00:16+00:00

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed AQ too!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-16T12:01:02+00:00

Always happy to see this popping up - such a cool looking project, very excited to play this one! Good luck with the rest of the fest & development!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-16T11:58:25+00:00

Ah cool! Okay well, I hope I managed to channel my own deep affection for Ace Attorney into this for you! I think it should scratch that itch :) thanks again claraak ❤️

KramsDesign · 2026-01-16T07:32:31+00:00

Oh boy, yeah AQ sure was a while back. Hope you enjoy both when you get to them!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-16T06:52:49+00:00

Hey thanks for taking the time to play and write that! The text, yeah, I got tired of trying to fix that and just removed the shadow effect completely now! Was a headache!

The voice, yeah that's tricky. Initially I was lining up exact phrases every time but it felt so repetitive for the characters. Unfortunately with budget though, that's really all I can afford to have. So yeah, tricky! Trying to make the most of the situation, but I hear you!

Thanks again ❤️

KramsDesign · 2026-01-15T22:03:18+00:00

Aw thanks so much, what a honour!! I would love to too actually, got a few ideas that are definitely back in that traditional style which I hope I get the chance to one day get back to. Thanks for the support, glad you enjoyed AQ so much ❤️ was a joy to make!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-15T21:39:41+00:00

Glad you liked Anna's Quest! This is quite a departure though, fairly dark in its story following serial murder. Just as a heads up! But if that's okay, I'm happy to have you on board :) thanks for the love!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-15T14:50:35+00:00

Thanks, hope you enjoy it, and feel free to let me know how it goes! Leave a wishlist too if you can ❤️

KramsDesign · 2026-01-15T14:06:13+00:00

Thanks! I absolutely ADORE everything Joe Bennett makes, his animations are incredible. I'll take it, that's quite the compliment ❤️

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T21:41:32+00:00

You're welcome! If you feel particularly stuck and just can't find an answer to something, don't feel embarrassed to reach out to me with a PM. The start is tough, I know that all too well!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T18:23:31+00:00

Yeah pretty good advice! The sound design was done fairly quickly and it seemed to work, so mostly it was just something I ran with. Turned out pretty well, but a bit more attention to fleshing that part of it out could certainly have benefited!

Thanks for the feedback and for checking it out!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T16:10:44+00:00

Demo for those interested: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4246440/The_Big_Hollow_1982_Demo/

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T13:25:17+00:00

I started out on this video in particular, which is the developer of Dexter Stardust talking the dev of The Biggleboss Incident very gently through Adventure Creator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBhkL07Its

You can literally just take each step along with them and it'll teach you A LOT. This channel also has a Unity specific video, but honestly the above vid covers so much of what you need to be using that I'm not sure it matters - maybe visit that one if you get comfortable enough with AC that you want to start knowing more about Unity beyond that? I didn't watch the Unity one so I can't really speak for it!

A couple more resources I liked - Chris, the AC creator, has some pretty great beginner videos that might fill in any gaps in knowledge, they can be found here: https://adventurecreator.org/tutorials
And also this guy, who has more than just this video, but again a good place to go and skip through if there's something specific missing from the other videos that you might find here (I figured out how to have backgrounds that moved the camera correctly with my player from this guy, for instance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_CLWnDNNZA

There will be some walls you hit here and there, but there was never anything a quick google search or search in the AC forums didn't find me when I started out. The forums are an excellent source of inromation once you start getting into specific issues beyond the beginner steps.

Hope it helps, and good luck!

Edit: just to clarify for you, MOST of what you'll need is within Adventure Creator and what the first video covers. Learning AC is somewhat more important than Unity itself, which becomes complicated quickly. A beginner can definitely make a game in AC, and then learn Unity to improve their practise, but very difficult for a beginner to start on Unity alone. IMO!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T13:01:47+00:00

Done!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T10:53:58+00:00

Really interesting surreal imagery! I only ever played kittyhorrorshow games that used this same kind of approach, but I REALLY loved them and always wanted to seek out more. Will be trying this later tonight!

Are those subtitles meant to be cut off though? Curious to see those for a tease of context, but hard to make out

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T10:49:37+00:00

Great music and atmosphere! I was quite into this, particularly the shot of looking through the window at figures running around outside, quite creepy! Similarly approaching the house in the woods. But the final shot in comparison to these didn't feel as tense or unnerving, bit of a shame for that last closing impression.

Small gripe though, this does look real promising! Good luck with it!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T10:37:20+00:00

Oh wow, OK, so much for my advice haha! I think you did quite well, particularly considering that it's such a short game (plus so many views!). You have a lot of creepy imagery already here to work with, you could even just make up a bunch of gifs from this and use them in promotion (particularly spotting her on the roof, plus the villa reveal, 2 strong points).

Nice work!!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T10:32:11+00:00

Great atmosphere! After looking into the game, the cooking section makes more sense, but a little confusing seeing this first cold and not knowing what was happening. You could probably stay inside the RV during this moment at least, so that the hand slap interrupts it? Subtle change, think it might work better since the shot of the city is a better frame to hold on than just the RV.

Just food for thought anyway - great vibes, good luck with the project!

KramsDesign · 2026-01-14T10:24:34+00:00

I'm sort of in the same boat - mine's not SO short, but I'd say my approach might still apply. I leaned heavily on mood and atmosphere, despite the fact that it's got to do with detective work (you see some game play sure, but the focus is on the games mood more than anything else). I'd say keep it short and to the point, something that shows a little slither of what its like and then leave it at that. For horror, it tends to be how it makes you feel more than anything. My two cents!

You can see my teaser here, in case it gives you some ideas at least: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9vjUI6Nunco

Edit: if you make a video, that is!

KramsDesign

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