whispers by kasunjkd

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made by kasunjkd for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

Waking up in a pitch-black, confined space, the air is thick with a suffocating, metallic scent, and an overwhelming sense of dread envelops you. Cold sweat trickles down your forehead as you frantically search for any source of light, but your fumbling hands find nothing but clammy, uneven walls pressing in on all sides.

A stifling silence hangs in the air, broken only by the occasional distant, eerie sound—a faint, ghostly whisper or a creaking floorboard that resonates like a distant scream. The walls, cold and slick to the touch, seem to close in on you with every passing second, as if they have a malevolent consciousness of their own.

You desperately call out for help, but your voice only echoes back at you, distorted and mocking. The realization sinks in that no one will come to your aid, and you are utterly alone in this nightmarish prison.

Your heart pounds in your chest, and every shadow seems to come alive, morphing into grotesque, shadowy figures that dance just beyond your field of vision. The darkness becomes a living, breathing entity, and you can almost hear it whispering sinister secrets in a language you can't comprehend.

As your eyes strain to adjust to the inky blackness, you catch glimpses of grotesque symbols etched into the walls—symbols that seem to pulse and writhe as though they possess a dreadful, ancient power. The air grows colder, and you feel an icy breath brush against your neck, sending shivers down your spine.

There is no escape, no hope of rescue, and the realization of your isolation and vulnerability in this grim, haunted enclosure gnaws at your sanity. In this nightmarish labyrinth of despair, you are left with only your fear and the relentless, unsettling feeling that something malevolent lurks just out of sight, waiting to claim you in the unforgiving darkness.

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jk5000
02. Oct 2023 · 11:31 UTC
The game is not working. When I try to play the game, the window used closes down after a few seconds.
mahalis
03. Oct 2023 · 03:16 UTC
Unfortunately I’m seeing the same thing—launches to a black screen then closes soon afterwards. Non-shipping build of the game maybe?
CYT
03. Oct 2023 · 04:25 UTC
I'm leaving a comment to wait for the bugs to be fixed so I can download it.

I have to say, I like the synopsis! It has a sort of Lovecraftian horror to it, especially those descriptions of sounds and symbols.
Endurion
03. Oct 2023 · 08:15 UTC
Unfortunately my graphics card can't do Vulkan good enough, and the opengl3 renderer bails out with an error:

Godot Engine v4.1.1.stable.mono.official.bd6af8e0e - https://godotengine.org
OpenGL API 3.3.0 NVIDIA 353.62 - Compatibility - Using Device: NVIDIA - Quadro K420

ERROR: .NET: Failed to load hostfxr
at: (modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp:388)
MonsieurDuck
03. Oct 2023 · 20:51 UTC
Game is broken unfortunately, the story sounds cool though
🎤 kasunjkd
09. Oct 2023 · 17:14 UTC
hmm interesting i did not get these errors but ill check more further , havent worked with godot this was my first time trying out the engine, thank you everyone who put their time to check this out
rasblo
12. Oct 2023 · 09:48 UTC
Same here, please let me know if you find a solution :)