The Snare Below
A downloadable game for Windows
Explore an old subway that was never opened to the public. Walk deep into the underground where the plans of man kept failing. Leave the safe glow of normalcy behind and travel the dark. But beware, for inside that place there is something that can turn your fears into reality.
The Snare Below is a short game about walking and running in a dark place. Playtime is roughly 30-45 minutes.
I made it to learn Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline and to actually finish a little game in Unity. If you have questions about HDRP, I'd be glad to share what I've learned. The whole project was supposed to take a month, it's been about 14 of those.
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The download is big, which is a combination of HDRP and loads of big ole textures. If you have bad internet and/or don't like textures then I have a special gift for you: it's called Potato Mode and is a quick attempt at mashing all of the textures in the project into muddy pixelated versions of their former selves. It's kinda cool, but hopefully not too insulting to the original artists.
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- Quick UpdateApr 01, 2022
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me gusto muchisimo tu videojuego , la tension y horror fueron memorables !!! tenes un gran talento : ) sigue asii , te dejo aqui mi reaccion
Nice game yet I have certain problems. The game does not save as it claims and also it does not save the graphic settings nor the control settings on exiting and reentering the game regardless of inventory issues that have already been addressed.
Quite scary and heart-pumping. Would recommend potato mode as the main one is a bit laggy.
My playthrough:
(SPOILERS BELOW)My thoughts on the game:
Overall, quite a decent game. I enjoyed it. :)
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I've already rewritten the flashlight from scratch for the next game, there were way too many problems with this one. Still working on balancing lights and exposure because the next game has day and night cycles and there's even more to adjust regarding flare/bloom. I think most of the performance issues were coming from the camera, weirdly enough. Unity HDRP is very unfriendly towards "camera stacking" (i.e. main camera + arm camera w/transparent background), so I'm working on a solution there that will be much faster. One alternative to potato mode for now is to use a lower resolution, like 1600x900 or as low as 1336x768, because the cost is happening on a per-pixel basis.
Creepy game. Great work!
Had some issues with flashlight and lantern, also a weird issue when loading a saved game....but ultimately this was very well done. Will absolutely be venturing back to it to give it another go. Check out the vid for gameplay
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That game is awesome I really like it. 5/5
This was phenomenal and I badly want more. I want to learn about the creatures in the tunnels, why this place was abandoned, what's happening down here?
I hope you expand on the world here, you have something incredibly tense and creepy going on here. Amazing job!
Great.
Good game
Good game but I didn't knew what to do when arriving back at the entrance.
Theres quiet a few bugs in this game everytime I went into the menu to equip my lantern i wouldnt be able to move afterwards and sometimes when I did equip it it wasnt working and neither was the flashlight.
Daannngg. You made it to the platforming bit and then it bugged :( I'm so sorry. There have been a lot of issues with the lantern and flashlight that I've had to fix but I wasn't aware of one where the control is lost. I will attempt to fix asap. Thanks for playing and sharing your playthrough.
I could not figure out what to do at the end. But I had a good time getting there.
Thanks for the kind words. Good job wranglin' that there monster like a hoss. I think it's clear that I need to add some more hint lights to guide the way. It's just too difficult to search thoroughly there with the monster present and lantern/flashlight slowly getting dimmer.
That's some Pro Gamer™ moves right there. I didn't expect anyone to get out if it corners you in the electrical room. Good skills
Good one
Thanks, you were first! The story is indeed very minimal. I will be adding at least one more progression hint to the brick area.