Created over the span of 2 weeks for a game jam, Keep Me In the Dark is a first person horror game where you must escape the cell of a dungeon by solving puzzles. Be careful though, something lurks in the light. Find dark cells to hide from a mysterious shadow creature. Sometimes it's best to be left in the dark.

This is a game that I've wanted to make for a while. The original concept was in 2D, but I decided to try to make it in 3D. This is a prototype for a potential full game in the future. If you like the concept, let me know in the comments below. If you don't like it, let me know in the comments below. If you have any input, you know what to do. 

--Controls--

WASD/Arrow keys- move

Mouse - look around

E- Interact

Escape- pause


--Due to time constraints, there is some audio and visual polish that I wasn't able to incorporate.

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I beat the game!

Though the torch pattern near the end is a bit archaic/unclear how to solve without pure trial and error (I think?), I really like the concept of hiding in the dark from the monsters, and the puzzle aspect. Also, the keys are a bit dark/hard to see in general. Not bad overall though!

*Edit: Ahhhh it had to do with the cell rooms! Count which ones are dark, and add them up!

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Thank you for playing, and thank you for the feedback! In the future I would definately make interactive objects more clear, maybe have a slight glow to them when you can interact or something. And there was a solution to the puzzle in the room, but in the future I'll have a tutorial puzzle that shows how puzzles work in the game. This is a prototype, so overall, do you think the game concep would work as a full game?

Ahhh, I missed it entirely then, I should go and check around for it. If you took it far enough, I definitely think it would work as a full game! 

so you can't pause bc of browser controls...

I apologize, this was for a game jam, so I didn't have the opportunity to fix this before it was due. The game can be paused in full screen, it will just take you out of full screen then you have to pause, then you can go back to full screen. 

Good game but don't know how to get the triangle gem
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**SPOILERS BELOW**



The last gem is hidden in one of the cells. Visible, but hidden.