#DreadXP

[bughousegames]

Funeral Toll is still being worked on!

So, I am actually getting close to graduation and unemployment so I would keep your hopes up for more updates. However I would like to give you all a sneak peak about features that will be added into the game. Feature creep is a problem but I am managing!

[satoshi-mochida]

Amanda the Adventurer coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android in 2024

From Gematsu

Publisher DreadXP and developer MANGLEDmaw Games will release horror game Amanda the Adventurer for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android in 2024, the companies announced.

Amanda the Adventurer first launched for PC via Steam on April 25, 2023, followed by Switch on September 19, 2023.

Here is an overview of the game, via DreadXP:

About

Having inherited their Aunt Kate’s house, Riley Park starts exploring what the reclusive woman left behind. In the attic, Riley is surprised to find a stack of VHS tapes next to an old TV set. The tapes seem to be episodes of an early 2000’s era children’s cartoon they have never seen before. Intrigued, Riley pops the first tape into the VCR. Not the highest budget production from the looks of it. It appears to have been made locally and features a little girl named Amanda and her loyal yet shy best friend, Wooly the Sheep. While the episode appears charming and simple on the surface, an uneasiness starts to settle in as Riley realizes that Amanda and Wooly seem to be communicating directly through the television set. A gnawing feeling in the back of their mind presses them to stop, but Riley is compelled to continue watching the tapes. It’s almost as if Amanda needs something, and Riley becomes fascinated with finding out what that something may be.

Key Features

A short yet intricate single player horror experience.

Animated tapes that tell an unsettling story, all under the guise of a welcoming children’s cartoon.

Classic, 90s-style CGI that recalls a simpler era of animation.

Characters who interact directly with the viewer—a dream come true for any 90s kid…or is it a nightmare?

Challenging, escape room style puzzles using clues hidden within the tapes.

What lies beneath the friendly and colorful facade of Amanda the Adventurer? Who left these tapes behind? Is the price you will pay worth the answers you seek?

[gryith]

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT NOW!!

Probably the best of the 'kids show but scary' trend, I was really surprised by how much genuinely great content this game had to offer!

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD IS OUT!!!

So I made a video about this wacky game!

[gentleman-velvet]

One thing I enjoy about my friendly neighborhood is that like 99 percent of the enemies aren’t evil, just a little corrupted.

They don’t really mean to kill you, it’s just accidental

[keeganmantle]

If we do not chill, she will invade Splatsville...😐

[indietourney]

What’s this s-sudden feeling? A cold shiver growing in my spine, and its only growing colder… so cold, I- c-can’t… move… [Bracket 20, Untold Horrors, have taken your soul… muahahahahaha!]

Something terrible happened here. The realm’s inhabitants have become into something else. Unexplained hostility, skins crawling with malignant motion. The few that remained untouched remain vigilant survivors in the apocalypse. Many are fighting back. Many escaped to other realms. Many are holding against madness, and many have failed, molded into mutilated corpses. One could finally be safe from the madness’ harm, only for it to crawl back to them. Worst of all, the realm itself, in a twisted meaning of life, is kidnapping more and more people to toy with. A lingering hope lies within the trust of untouched allies, and only if they work to hold the line, they may eventually push the horrors back for now. However, the madness is unbounded, consuming the land like a wildfire in a forest. Time is running out. They're coming. 

LIMBO

Fran Bow

Dread X Collection (1-5)

Yume Nikki (+ Yume Nikki: Dream Diary

So close... [Contestants Revealed: 88/96] [Next Reveal: "Answer: Fisticuffs"]

[gebo4482]

My Friendly Neighborhood - Launch Trailer

Steam

[strongbadactual]

3rd!! Nzfw mentioned in audio!!

[namekian-maoh]

Meet Amanda from the popular children’s TV series Amanda the Adventurer  🚶🏾‍♀️

* Now available on the Sims 4 Gallery via user ID InvaderTee

[fridge-reviews]

Dread X Collection

Developer: DreadXP Publisher: DreadXP Rrp: £5.19 (Steam) £5.58 (Itch.io) £5.99 (Epic) Released: 26th May 2020 Available on: Itch.io, Steam and Epic

The Dread X Collection is a compilation of ten horror themed games that were created in seven days. The games were all created with the prompt of PT (the game PT as well the technical term, Playable Teaser). Many of the contributors to the collection are names you may recognise such as David Szymanski (the creator of Dusk). In later Dread X Collections (because it has now become a series) some of these games have become more developed and brought out as independent titles that you may recognise. It should be noted that there are a few things that should be kept in mind with these games; 1 - They're all very short experiences. 2 - Due to the speed they were created in they are going to be rough around the edges and even have a few glitches etc. 3 - Again, due to the speed of development they aren't going to be the prettiest games.

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The Pay is Nice

Developer: Odd Breeze

This was the first game I played in the collection and for me this game didn't really strike me like some of the others would do later. The thing is I can see the germ of a great game inside it, there was an air of mystery going on and it left me wanting answers. Sadly those are answers I doubt I'll ever get.

The game uses an old Resident Evil style, fixed camera angle which helps heighten the tension and sense of paranoia the game clearly wants to give the player. Sadly, as I said at the beginning of this review, the game didn't grab me and part of that was a because of the way it ended, it just felt very unsatisfying.

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Don't Go Out

Developer: Secret Cow Level

Yet again another game with a nugget of something great, a turn based game where you use resources in the form of cards to achieve the only goal that matters, surviving the night. You may succeed in doing this through clever positioning or perhaps you sacrifice a friend to give the rest of the party a chance. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you survive to see another day.

You get as many actions in a turn as you have characters out, you start with only one but eventually the cards you get in your hand will reveal other characters to put out on to the field. Thankfully, playing a card doesn't cost an action so you can run and then play a card (or visa versa). At the end of each of your turns the enemies will take their turn and the countdown ticks on. You just need to have at least one party member alive by the time the countdown gets to zero.

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Hand of Doom

Developer: Torple Dook

This is one of those games that I mentioned that has (or will do) go on to be its own release. Based on what I played here I'll definitely be picking it up. This is an old school dungeon delver (such as the Wizardry series) where the [A] and [D] keys are used to slowly turn rather than strafe. One of the things that makes this game so interesting to me is the spell casting. You do this by using four buttons on the right side of the screen, each button representing a portion of an incantation.

This is yet another one of those games where I didn't ever feel actually scared by this game, but I can see that there is definite potential for it to be very scary, as it stands in this form though its more just creepy. Honestly the full release of this looks like it'll be a ton of fun. It's now officially on my wishlist.

Edit: In the time between of writing this review and posting it, I have now purchased the full game.

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Carthanc

Developer: Scythe Dev Team

Indiana Jones in space if it were a FPS without any weapons. That sentence pretty much covers this game for a descriptor. I'm going to be a bit charitable here and just say that this game was... frustrating. At no point did I find myself scared not even jump scared, what I mostly felt was annoyance mostly because of the enemies in this. They scream, constantly and its not scary it just causes my ears to hurt. It's also frustrating because there are several puzzles that require some fairly precise first person platforming, all the while this screaming thing is following relentlessly.

I truly hope they never make a full game of this, because I'd envitably end up picking it up and having to suffer through it all over again.

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Shatter

Developer: Lovely Hellplace

I loved this game! It's not the prettiest thing to look at but that adds to the charm and its clear the developers were intending on a Playstation one look to the game. A style that I think they achieved with flying colours. Its a nice mix of cyberpunk and horror, kinda reminded me of Silent Hill in some ways.

This game was haunting and the story had me wanting more... sadly I'm not sure that'll ever happen but I live in hope.

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Rotgut

Developer: Showrunner Productions

Quality was always going to be a questionable affair when it came to this collection, that was expected. But this game was POINTLESS. You just walk down an overly long tunnel hit a wall and then have to turn around and go back, that's it. Nothing happens.

I hated this, it was a waste of my time.

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Summer Night

Developer: Airdorf

At the start this game gives the advise that its best experienced in the dark and with headphones on and I totally agree. Sound is a huge part of this game. Sadly I can't tell you much about it because its quite a short one and only has room for a single twist and I'd hate to ruin that. What I will say is that there is more than meets the eye here.

Playing this game has convinced me that I need to play Airdorfs game Faith, I've been umming and arring about it for a while but now I'm convinced. As for this game, I love it, it terrified me!

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Mr Bucket Told Me To

Developer: Strange Scaffold This one is quite interesting because unlike the rest it has multiple endings, they aren't all that different from each other but still way more than I expected. The basic jist of this game is to stay alive four nights and you die if any meter reaches zero and you go to sleep.

Personally I didn't find this particularly scary, but I can see the core horror 'concept' that they were trying to achieve. Not bad honestly.

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Outsiders

Developer: Mahelyk

Timeloops games have become popular of late, but this one was made before it became the mechanic du jour. Though I'd argue this game is more cyclical than an actual timeloop. This is the game that is closest to being like PT, but even then that's only in the most surface level of ways.

This game really had me on edge many times and really had me getting a bit paranoid. I definitely will be checking out Mahelyk's other work.

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The Pony Factory

Developer: David Szymanski

The Pony Factory is a horror themed first person shooter by David Szymanski (the creator of the game Dusk). I must admit I love the B movie style of this game which captures the essence of horror while not actually being scary.

For the most part the game is in black and white which adds to the overall atmosphere. On the whole its a great little game, I kinda wish he'd do more with it but that's doubtful.

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[anaja-theratbird]

Something tells me this neighborhood isn't that friendly.

[bughousegames]

(A Late) Screenshot Saturday!

Hello,

I am, in fact, alive. Last semester incredibly sucked and consumed my life force. However over break I have been busy working on my game and basically doing sprite work, as well as sound design. It's a combination of making 4 different sprites for 8 directions that an enemy can face. Then it requires a 4 frame attack animation, a single frame hurt animation, and a 4 frame death animation. I think the game is genuinely getting close to a point where I could consider releasing a demo or playable teaser.

Also pronouns.

Have some screenshots and be safe!

[81scorp]

If you`re familiar with the game Sucker for love you know who Ln'eta is. This is the symbol that Ln'eta wears on her belt. I would have liked to draw the character herself but this is the best I can do for now. Sucker for love is a videogame developed by Akabaka and published by DreadXP. This is just silly fan art.

[b3crew]

REVIEW | "My Friendly Neighborhood" | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

I never expected a puppet game to get my heart racing like this, but My Friendly Neighborhood managed to frighten & tickle me with horrifying delight! Click here to read the review!

[8bitdigi]

Review | My Friendly Neighborhood (PC)

My Friendly Neighborhood is what happens when you want to set Resident Evil in the world of Sesame Streets.

Welcome Back to the Friendly Neighborhood As a fan of the survival horror genre, I’m always open to titles that try to bring a new spin on a familiar setup. My Friendly Neighborhood is one such title that takes the concept of a horror game based on childhood nostalgia and makes it more like Resident Evil in regards to the gameplay. The results are an engaging and thrilling experience for horror…

[brutalgamer]

Trailer: It's puppets gone wild in My Friendly Neighborhood, out now on PC

A family-friendly first-person shooter? Yep, that’s more or less the idea behind the felt-blasting FPS My Friendly Neighborhood. It’s out now.