Toumthump

Our current submission for SkillsUSA interactive application and video game design is a horror puzzle named Toumthump. Inspired by series such as Five Nights at Freddy’s or Resident Evil, this game sees the player work through puzzles in a room, whilst maintaining entities, in order to escape. It is heavily styled after escape rooms, with the entire game essentially being its own escape room. In terms of graphical art, it’s a mix of retro and modern graphics makes it fun to play and appealing to the eyes, using dithering, pixelation, billboards, and more to create a fun and inviting artstyle. The graphics and sounds both work together, alongside the programming, in order to create a flowing horror game that can appeal to many.

Although this horror game can technically be enjoyed by all ages, it’s mostly suitable for a teen-adult audience, as this game contains horror elements that might not appeal to younger ages. This game will appeal to those who enjoy thinking on a time constraint, as well as those looking for a fun horror experience. The game can also be enjoyed by those just looking for something indie and fun, as the game carries a lot of that feeling.

The main selling point of Toumthump is it’s death-not-end gameplay loop, which encourages losing in order to come back and do better next time.

The game is still a WIP, with many things subject to change, but right now the estimated playtime is around 1-2 hours, however it can be as fast as a minute if you know what you are doing.

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