School Grind Demo

The game

Their dear friend Mina will be leaving Akasasori high tomorrow, and the preparations for a leaving party are well underway. 

You join a group of classmates desperate to finish before it gets too late.

Follow their instructions carefully and learn the secrets of Akasasori, but beware, you're not the only ones visiting the school at this untimely hour. Wait...where did Melanie go...? Can you unlock each ending? Can you save them all?

Making Of

This is a first-person low-poly passion project horror story game demo for my up-and-coming title on Windows. Built in Unity, all the models were made with Blender and the texturing was done in a mix of Photoshop and occasionally Aseprite. 

My goal was to create a game that somewhat mimics the style of PS1-era graphics, although whether I hit that mark or not, I leave to you the player!

Please keep in mind this is a work-in-progress, and little more than a tech demo, so some things might be a little janky here or there, although I've done my best to bug-fix, if you see something glaringly obviously wrong, let me know so I can fix it!

I'm happy to accept all criticism, although a "This sucks!" Won't give me much to go on, so please include why it sucks as well so I can work on it :)

Things to Come

I'm aware the demo doesn't currently have a lot of a gameplay elements to it, It's something I'm mulling over. Do I want to go full-on walking sim with some object pick ups, do I want to include some more puzzle elements? I think I'm happy leaving it as a story-based game for now, but I'm still tweaking some bits. More puzzles would be really fun, I'm a big fan of riddles. 

Weather effects: I've currently got the game working with a rain effect, but it's a little bare bones at the moment, coming soon!

The entry way: I'm working on a little entrance to the school, with shoe lockers and a reception type area. 

Cafeteria heft: The cafeteria area is currently quite lacking, and I'd like to add some more spooks to it.

Sounds and music alterations: I'm aware some of the music in places is a little out of place, it's something I'd like to change moving forward.

Ending A changes: I like the ending of the game currently, but I would like to alter the pacing and camera work for it a lot, I had some trouble there. 

Shameless Plug

Any donations chipped in for the demo would be so very much appreciated! I am working on games in my spare time, when I'm not too busy looking for work :) 

Alternatively if you'd like to pitch in on Patreon you may very kindly do so here or you can buy me a much needed coffee on ko-fi.com/prildarill

 

Ah coffee, the fuel that made this demo possible. 

Anyone donating to the project will of course have their name included in the credits or even somewhere in the game if I can squeeze it in!
I've been looking for work for some time now, so if you know someone who needs a unity developer/3D modeller and animator let me know ;)

The Developer

I'm a solo-developer situated in Finland, have two cats, and love making arts and crafts, such as clay models and drawing. 

I love horror games! My favourites being Silent Hill 2 on the PS2 and at the moment I'm obsessed with Fear and Hunger (both!). I spend a lot of time while developing half watching/half listening listening to horror gamer YouTube channels such as Manlybadasshero, CJU and Markiplier :D

I'm a big low-poly model enthusiast and have a few models you can download from my home page for free use, no credit necessary, although a like and a follow would be appreciated :) I intend to put all of the models from this demo up for free as well at some point!

Final Words

Finally I'd just like to thank you very much for trying my game and if you really like it a comment or a like or a follow goes a long way so let me know what you think :)

All the best!
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Prildarill