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Welcome to the world of horrors. BRIGHTEST DARKNESS is a challenging first person pixelated rogue-like survival horror. Something terribly wrong happened here... Monsters are everywhere, no signs of any survivors, you are completely on your own. Is there any hope to escape this nightmare land?

- FIND AND ESCAPE: The goal is very simple: Find the key for the exit door and escape. The twist is that every level is randomized and will contain different monsters and objects. Expect the unexpected.

- BIG VARIETY OF MONSTERS: Every monster has their own patterns. Some of them together make deadly combos. The deeper you go, the deadlier thing become... Be observant and you will find ways to fight or evade them.

- USE YOUR ABILITIES: Sneak past monsters. Closing eyes negates vision effects. Talking device is used to communicate with some things. Kick to stun for a short moment. Mark places where you've been with your spray paint. Use various unique items you find on the level.

- MORE NIGHTMARES TO COME: There will always be something left to find. Mysteries will be waiting to be solved. There is so much more to find and much much more stuff will be added in the future. Stay tuned for new updates.


Current version contains: 34 unique items, 14 unique monster types (including a boss), 2 difficulties, a tutorial level and more.


2023 edit: this version is extremely outdated. the difficulty isn't adjusted properly so don't think you're bad, it's just really unfair. keep that in mind. 

i could probably update the demo, but honestly i just don't care and i don't think it's worth the effort and time. to be honest, i would've probably deleted this demo completely because of it being unbalanced and not representing the final game, idk.

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorJesse Credo
GenreAction, Survival
Made withAudacity, GameMaker
Tags3D, First-Person, Horror, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival Horror
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksTwitter/X

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Download
brightest darkness alpha demo v0.16.1.exe 215 MB
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brightest darkness alpha demo v0.17.1.exe 294 MB

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dude I love internship

man i sure do love internship it’s my favorite horror game

best gaem

Hey, I just wanted to tell you WOW-- your game is incredible! These are the roguelike survival horror mechanics I've been waiting for! I love the monster variety and the item management, and things like the voicelines and closing your eyes add SO much and make it such a tense experience! Only issue I noticed is that unlocking doors seems to take an extra "use" action, but maybe that's intentional-- either way this game is near perfect already and it's only an alpha! 

Thank you so much for letting us say thank you to the monsters lol!!! Amazing work, for real.

A suggestion I have-- I'm nowhere close to a god gamer, so this is probably a skill thing, but I think on regular difficulty spiders are a bit overtuned. They're faster than they look, deal a lot of damage, and aren't really escapable; activating one can basically kill your run right there. They are rare though, so maybe it's fine.

thank you SO MUCH for the comment!! if by "spiders" you mean item mimics -- there are ways to distinguish them from real items. kicking is also very helpful.

btw if you die you'll get a tip about how to deal with that specific monster that killed you.

Thank you for the help! I figured there was something I was missing, totally forgot about the kick. Back to it!

cool