Tauche ein in Isolation und Depression in diesem kurzen Horror-Narrative-Game. Spieler sperren sich in ein Zimmer ein, um dem emotionalen Chaos zu entfliehen, und knüpfen eine Bindung zu einer Spinne, die im Verlauf der Geschichte immer größer wird. Als 10-15-minütiger Walking Simulator für PC bietet es ein fokussiertes Abenteuer voller persönlicher Reflexion.
Der Kernloop dreht sich um Erkundung in engen Räumen und enthüllt eine Geschichte, die aus realen Lebenserfahrungen schöpft. Solo-Entwickler übernahmen Coding, Design und den Großteil der Produktion, unterstützt von einem Kollaborateur beim Voice Acting. Diese Simulation eignet sich perfekt für Spieler, die nach kurzen, emotional nachhallenden Erlebnissen suchen.
A small "horror" narrative game about isolation and depression.
My Friend The Spider is a 10-15 minute walking simulator where the player finds
themselves voluntarily locked in a room to escape and isolate due to their current emotional
state and befriending a spider that grows in size with the story's progression.
I originally worked on the game for a month and a half around October 2022. My idea was to experiment with the Unity engine in order to practice my coding and get used to the engine. I had a short story in mind based on personal experiences and thought it would be a good idea to flesh it out as a narrative "game" instead. Everything bar the art assets was done by me. My wife helped with the voice acting (and emotional support).
After releasing it, it got quite a few number of views and plays - seeing people's comments about how they were moved by it, I realized a Steam release was in order. I took my time, but after sitting down and fixing some nasty bugs and others (white text on a white background? Really dude?) I am now happy to release it on Steam and let it be free with a nice, deserved final update.
I hope you enjoy it. Take care.
