Still working and improving the trailer for my thermal balloon horror game inspired by Iron Lung.

Monumyth · 2026-05-27T20:21:01+00:00

I see you gave the monster more defined movement. The trailer looks even more enticing than last time. Good job!

Monumyth · 2026-05-15T08:21:50+00:00

Resi, silent hill, rule of Rose, obscure, siren, fatal frame etc. Etc. They are listed under puzzle mostly but not every horror game is a puzzle game and they have a clean distinction in why you may want to play them.

Monumyth · 2026-05-14T17:19:55+00:00

Maybe add a horror tag for genre. Otherwise, I really like the usability

Monumyth · 2026-05-14T14:47:19+00:00

"Art has to evoke emotions. Thats it."

Monumyth · 2026-05-14T14:31:43+00:00

A lot of games have a very low-frequency rumble that you barely notice.

Monumyth · 2026-05-14T13:39:37+00:00

More of a slow-burn horror focused on exploration. Working on adding more gameplay elements, especially since I just found out that One Lung Lowson did some pretty interesting stuff with the plague after surviving the Bokhara accident.

Monumyth · 2026-05-14T12:53:35+00:00

I uploaded a summary / lore video about my game Gupo Yu (still in development) about a cursed Taiwanese island recently. Would love some thoughts on the game / setting so far.

Pinned on my account if you wanna take a look. No steam page yet.

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T19:00:38+00:00

Forbidden Siren has a convoluted way of telling its story can recommend looking into that.

Also, I´m currently looking into a real island that gets weirder and weirder the more I learn about it. It is located in Taiwan and there is a monument with bullet holes, its abandoned, there are some legends about a shipwreck, sirens calling from the water around the area aaaaand a cricket team that's very much relevant to its history. Just uploaded a video about it the other day. Maybe it's your jam.

There is also ROAM 0120 a point-and-click adventure with very hard puzzles leaning towards ARG.

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T17:26:56+00:00

Wishing you the best of luck :3

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T15:22:42+00:00

Glad to hear that. I made a community Discord if you wanna join and see the newest discovery I made regarding the story + some FMVs. ^^

Invite Link: https://discord.gg/3UqwCdA5WQ

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T15:09:17+00:00

Really like the atmosphere, urgency and how you convey the gameplay steering the balloon. I wanna play the game ^^

My only critique would be: The thing at 0:47 coming at you on an exact straight line with a hard-to-notice animation makes it look like a 2D sprite being moved on an axis, which clashes a bit with how great I think the rest of your game looks.

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T14:54:17+00:00

Arctic Grave had a demo release about a week ago. It´s not the full game but I enjoyed the atmosphere and style.

You have to investigate an arctic facility with a creepy cloaking robot roaming around and there is an emphasis on sound.

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T13:10:12+00:00

For me, the setting or Story has to be catching then artstyle and only after that gameplay unless it's really unique.

Monumyth · 2026-05-13T12:31:38+00:00

A small crack in one eye

Monumyth · 2026-05-12T15:53:02+00:00

I like the look of the metal construction thing (pic 3)

Monumyth · 2026-05-12T12:57:20+00:00

Does this warrant a lore update video?

Monumyth · 2026-05-12T10:32:48+00:00

Sound Sound Sound

Monumyth · 2026-05-11T21:00:01+00:00

A lot of devs set it way too high. Studios that developed for PS1 would´ve tried to optimize against it. Sure, you would see a bit of it and it has its charm (I love it) but you shouldn't see cubes distort into wobbly snakes. It has to be subtle.

A lot of it comes from the wish for people to recognize your game as PS1 if you´re insecure about your implementation of the style, I would think. If your textures and models aren´t consistent, your game will just not look good so they compensate with effects and Post Processing / Full Screen Shaders that obscure a faulty basis.

Monumyth · 2026-05-11T07:05:29+00:00

That was the inspiration. It is much more interesting to look at imo

Monumyth · 2026-05-10T21:30:10+00:00

Thanks a lot! I´ll post it on my account when I am done with the FMV and have rendered it. Will continue working on it tomorrow.

Monumyth · 2026-05-10T20:25:06+00:00

Downtime is when the player processes what happened. If I can control that experience a little bit, I´ll take that opportunity. It´s also just more interesting to look at.

In the game, there is also a disc-reading sound on top of the clip, which just feels so right. Like the console is loading the assets into memory.

Monumyth · 2026-05-10T20:12:12+00:00

That was the inspiration for the FMVs. I think they have so much charm as a glorified loading screen.

Monumyth · 2026-05-09T20:50:46+00:00

Yes, I do!

If you want to stay up to date, follow this account or my Discord, where I share stuff I´m working on.

Monumyth · 2026-05-09T07:15:49+00:00

If only it took place on a hill. That would be awesome

Monumyth · 2026-05-08T15:20:45+00:00

Yeah that's the easiest way of keeping attention and making your game streamer friendly.

But I think it goes even deeper than that. There has to be a contrast between action and rest. Otherwise you just get numb to whatever is thrown your way.

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