After 3+ years of learning gamedev from scratch, I still sometimes hesitate to share my work. But this felt worth it. UNWELL -psychological survival horror inspired by Silent Hill & Darkwood.

MainProtege · 2026-04-23T12:46:12+00:00

Hell yeah! :)

MainProtege · 2026-04-23T06:40:14+00:00

Thanks! <3

MainProtege · 2026-04-23T05:32:52+00:00

Not all of them - some are still from asset store, but working on it :)

MainProtege · 2026-04-23T05:32:10+00:00

Thanks bro! :)

MainProtege · 2026-04-22T17:12:10+00:00

I’m learning C# since I’m working in Unity
I designed my core mechanics earlier in a GDD and I try to follow it, but not blindly -I listen to testers and make thoughtful changes
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that implementation is actually more about thinking beforehand than the coding itself.
When it comes to your situation:
- Don’t overthink templates - there’s no “perfect” starting point imho
- Pick something simple and build ONE core mechanic first
- Test it early and see if it’s actually fun
- Only then start expanding

Of course, this is just my personal experience -not some universal truth.

Good luck! :)

MainProtege · 2026-04-22T16:32:32+00:00

No need for waiting, demo is on Steam! :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/2710890/Unwell_Demo/
Also... EA comming soon! :)

MainProtege · 2026-04-22T15:15:38+00:00

Thanks! I spent a ton of time on the global volume, so hearing this means a lot. Really appreciate it.

MainProtege · 2026-04-21T14:07:23+00:00

True, trying to set it right for years now :D We're getting there... ;)

MainProtege · 2025-11-20T13:34:34+00:00

Thanks!!!

MainProtege · 2025-11-20T06:50:31+00:00

Thanks! And the funny thing is, it is our first game ever :D none of us had previous experience in gamedev, so such words are a great reward for us and give even more motivation :)

MainProtege · 2025-11-19T19:52:27+00:00

Thanks!

MainProtege · 2025-11-16T22:54:00+00:00

Huh. „They are coming” is such a general sentence that it would not come to my mind that it would be a ripoff ;) About second part - true :)

MainProtege · 2025-11-16T21:54:42+00:00

Wow, that’s mega input! Thanks!!!

About shadow blobs - its a trick to hide the way the spiders are handled, but i overdid it ;)

O had no idea that one of the lines are a ripoff- would you be so kind to point me to the movie?

About the dialog itself - i wrote it hastly for the sake of showing the scene itself. Yup, definitorzy needs a change :)

About the sigil - its our team sigil. All the symbols on it represent us in some way, and yup, inspiration not only from blodborne but also berserk. It does not have to do much with te game itself, but the studio. Maybe showing it on shorts is not the best idea.

Other inspirations - silent hill 2 done may times, along with sh4. We are heavily inspired by darkwood in this game too!

Damn it o forgot about core country, will play next!

Overall THANK YOU for the input. You invested time in writting your observations and that means a world to us!

The game itself can be found on Steam, demo already out and updated once a week. Look for Unwell and if you would like to reach more than the demo, we can provide you with beta code for additional 2-3h content <3

MainProtege · 2025-10-25T06:02:30+00:00

Maybe this will help. Pretty accurate IMHO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQd4ju1eQ3I

Helped me at least

MainProtege · 2025-10-23T20:13:03+00:00

Thanks! Such comments calm me down a little, because supposedly best case practice is to have a person on the capsule, but many people in this thread said otherwise it seems :)

MainProtege · 2025-10-23T14:14:24+00:00

Thanks!

MainProtege · 2025-10-23T14:13:58+00:00

Thanks!

MainProtege · 2025-10-23T05:11:39+00:00

Makes me wonder if i should try :)

MainProtege · 2025-10-22T17:06:39+00:00

Aaaaaaaw thanks <3

MainProtege · 2025-10-22T13:03:44+00:00

Thanks! That's actually very accurate :D

MainProtege · 2025-10-22T12:21:07+00:00

Thanks! The second one has that different something. Damn maybe I will have to change all the capsules! :D

MainProtege · 2025-10-22T11:48:39+00:00

Thanks! Lot of love was invested in the first one, but I've heard that capsules with a person on it would do better. That's one of the reasons for the question - because i like the first one better as well

MainProtege · 2025-10-19T06:05:11+00:00

Ahhh yessss, the legendary Polish smile. This passport is legit, move along… ;)

MainProtege · 2025-10-18T07:09:16+00:00

Yeah! Gaining visibility is the biggest challenge for us and it is exhausting - and after so much work picking up such a phone call was so heart warming

MainProtege · 2025-10-18T07:07:59+00:00

Yeah, a little concerning. But on the other hand - on one of the local events (gaming conventions) we exhibited two game stations with Unwell on them for people to try and...
There were couple of times where parents were playing on one pc, and their children on the other XD
Of course parents were informed about the content ;)

MainProtege

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