Parasomnia
Bask in the agony of sleep paralysis of a person stuck within a looping nightmare. Find sanity in the things that remind you of home.
Parasomnia is a game submission by S4LT-V4LT for the Game Jam VR Edition 2019 with the theme of "What home means to you"!
Highlights
- Developed a horror Virtual Reality (VR) game about sleep paralysis.
- Designed a game where sight is the main mechanic and minimal movement is required.
Features
We wanted to subvert the idea of theme "What home means to you" into a space where something horrible can happen to you at the comfort of your own home but your definition of "home" will also be your salvation from it. That's why we settled with a horror themed game where you place yourself into the shoes of someon suffering from sleep paralysis and there are malignant spirits going towards you. And your escape from this nightmare is to find things that reminds you of home. These things will help ground you and remind you that you are safe.
The game is very simple to its core with the following features:
- Tracking where players look.
- Quick transitions from title screen to game screen.
- No lateral and rotational movement required to play the game.
- Buttons only used for the menu.
- Timer from night to morning to determine an end point to the nightmare episode.
Your home is whatever you define it. It might be a cute little stuffed toy tucked on the shelf, it might be a cute lamp that was given to you, it might be a source of light from not far. But these things will ground you back to where you are until this nightmare is over.