Fear of the Light

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Nominated for Best Design at the Swedish Game Awards 2024.

Fear of the Light is a stealth-based survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness and you're hunted by intelligent monsters. 

You’re the lone survivor on a spaceship infested by moths and other dangerous creatures. Explore the ship and find a way to escape. 

Use your radar and other tools to avoid enemies, keep out of the light, sneak around dangers, and find your way forward. 

But be careful! Monsters are lurking around, searching for you, and are aware of your every mistake. 

Key features 

• 20-45 min of playtime 
• Horror twist where light is more dangerous than darkness 
• Intelligent monsters 
• Handheld radar, heat visor, and EMP 
• Diegetic UI tools and terminals 
• Brightness & contrast accessibility options

How to play 

• WASD – Movement 
• Ctrl (Hold) – Crouch 
• Shift (Hold) – Sprint 
• Spacebar – Jump 
• F – Interact / Pick up 
• Q – Equip Radar 
• E – Equip Heat Scanner
• R – Equip EMP (aim at a lamp and R.Click to use) 
• P / Esc – Pause 

Background 

The game is a student project and was made in seven weeks by a core team of 10 people during spring 2024 at Futuregames Stockholm & Futuregames Karlstad, with additional help from a Futuregames VFX artist. 

Credits

• Jakob Ferenius – Product Owner, Design Lead & Shaders Programming 
• Isak Åslund – Gameplay, AI & Sound Design 
• Astrid Pehrsson Ankarstrand – Narrative & UI/UX Design 
• Douglas Gavelin – Level Design 
• Filip Clavin – Programming Lead 
• Adrian-Robert Baluta – Programming 
• Vincent Allinggård – AI & Gameplay Programming 
• Zongying Liu – Gameplay & Animation Programming 
• Ella Östbergh – Environment Artist 
• Lena Louise Elkins – Creature Artist & Animator 
• Karl Lindblom – VFX Artist