Holan - The Resurrection (Beta) & Break

Now, I thought I did this one last week, but I guess it didn't save or something, so I'll do it now (again). I downloaded this game randomly from Gamejolt because I wanted a horror game to make my friend play, and it was perfect for him. He is a wimp, and this is a game that is only as scary as you allow it to be. It's similar to Slender in the aspect that you're running around a maze trying to get 8 pages, but the enemy actually runs, physics (somewhat) affect him, you must get back to the beginning after getting all the pages, and when there, you find the ending. The enemy is very fast though, and you can know he's near because you hear it's footsteps, so you better start running. Once he discovered that he could run, and it was faster than the enemy, he beat it pretty easily, but it's still a long game in a sense that it's very easy to get lost.

Scary Rating: 4/10

Awesomeness Rating: 6/10

Innovation Rating: 4/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/holan-the-resurrection/20056/

This is my last post for a while, for I'm going to take a break for a while, I will start up again sometime in January, and I will have many more games (hopefully) to continue blogging

The 4th Wall

This is a horror/psychological game that originated as an Xbox 360 Indie Game, and eventually moved on to also be included for the PC. As you could probably guess by this short little game's name, what end up doing/attempt to do is to break the 4th wall (if you don't know what that means, then you haven't been sucked in by internet, and you're lucky). You're not really given any beginning info, and all you see if a circle, and there is you behind you, a black wall in front, a white wall to your left, and a static wall to your right. The game takes you through events involving those walls, and also take part with the big hanging thing that is over you (I'm not gonna even start guessing what it is). As you get closer and closer to the end, you can easily tell that the wall is closer and closer to breaking. If my memory serves me, there isn't a clear ending in the PC version, but there is in the Xbox 360 version. I first played this on the 360 when my friend downloaded it and had me play it because it was supposed to be very scary, and I really enjoyed it. It's good because it's got just a bit of horror to keep you on your feet, enough of a psychological feel to make you keep thinking, and of course, I enjoy anything that breaks the 4th wall.

Scary Rating: 5/10
Innovation Rating: 10;/10
Awesomeness Rating: 9/10

Download Link: http://thefourthwallgame.com/?page_id=80
(Still on Xbox Live Marketplace for 80  Microsoft Points as well, but PC version is free)

Abyss

This game seems like it could be boring, interesting, scary, and so many other descriptions at the same time. It has the main idea of most horror games where you're in an unknown area with only a flashlight with limited battery life to guide you. You're goal is to find a certain amount of certain items (in this game it's 5 items) and you're certain there is some creature trying to kill you before you get that chance. This game, like many other ones I play, get that extra uumph that makes me continue playing it by having a whole new scare feeling to it that makes it so that even if you know what's going to happen, it still catches you off guard, and you have no idea how to be ready for it. If you like these classic styled Horror games, than this is certainly one that you must try.

Innovation Rating: 4/10
Scary Rating: 8/10
Awesomeness Rating: 6/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-abyss

N V.2

Okay... I know this isn't a horror game... but it's because of this game (and Minecraft/Pixelmon) that I haven't played any new ones, so I guess I'll just critique it for you. Back when I was in Middle School back at Magee, I would often go to this one classroom and play on the computers at lunch. Being a TUSD school student, most game sites were blocked, but luckily, the site that had the game N wasn't, so I'd often find myself playing that. As I got into High School, I was a little more social (well.. I didn't have as much chance at being on computers) and slowly lost the idea of the game. Around the beginning of my last Summer Break, it's name came to my head suddenly, and I looked it up and saw that there was a new version of it, and instantly knew I needed to download it and play it. It comes with 10x as much levels (at least from what I remember the original being like), much more traps, and even a function where you can make your own stages and share them with other people. In this game, you are a ninja who has to get through all these traps you see to get to the door and get out. Sounds easy enough right? Well.... you'll have to play to find out.

Awesomeness Rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 7/10
Scary Rating: Not a Horror Game
Nostalgia Rating: 8/10

Download Link: http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/

Ripest of Fears

This is honestly one of the best concepts I've seen in a horror game yet. This is a rpg style horror game based around the Youtuber known as Markiplier (who does happen to be my favorite youtuber). You wake up in a strange room and find a note from Dr. Greene saying basically that you are now his test subject. You then go through some of Mark's most feared things from mannequins, to Slenderman, to even Jeff the Killer and Eyeless Jack. You also meet up with characters from a game that he apparently played a while ago and I don't remember it, but yeah. This game is all about choice, and there are many awesome, funny, and scary secrets that you basically subconsciously choose to do that makes this game so amazing. I hope you enjoy this almost as much as I did.

Scary Rating: 7/10
Awesomeness Rating: 10/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/ripest-of-fears/downloads/ripest-of-fears-v11

Watch Mark play his game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NtkklJ05II

The Unknown (by Rico)

I recently downloaded this game because I was told to try it, and I am glad I complied. While this game was only made in 48 hours, it was better than some other games I've played that had a lot more time put into it. All you really know when entering this game is that you need to find some treasures, and you're certain you're not the only thing within those walls. It is said that those who stare at it are the ones who face the damage, so with that knowledge, just keep searching, and don't let yourself be caught staring at it.

Scary Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 6/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-unknown/downloads

The Corridor

This is a game that mostly tests how much of a scaredy cat you are.... and proved to me how much of one I can be. You start off in a hotel room that apparently you are staying in. You wake up because for some reason you can't sleep, so you decide you're going to go for a walk. When you open your door, the hallway seems a lot longer than you thought it was. You traverse the hallway to find another door that leads you to another room that seems mysterious to you. I won't tell more, because any more and I may give away too much, but when you finish this game, you will learn why I say it's one that tests how cowardly you can be.

Scary Rating: 7/10
Awesomeness Rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 10/10 (the concept is so simple, but I haven't really seen other games like it)

Download Link: http://www.freepcgamers.com/2012/08/the-corridor.html

Finding Pages V 0.1

I know this game is only a very early alpha at the moment, but even in it's current state it was already an amazing game to play. It's setting is similar to Slender, but has a whole new feeling to it in ways I can't really explain. It's similar to Slender in a sense that you have to walk around in the dark with a flashlight to find a certain amount of pages, but what I'm trying to say is that it doesn't exactly feel the same as it. Because this game is in early alpha, you can't expect too much from it in terms of enemies and obstacles keeping you from winning, but I'd say give it a try, and you'll be anticipating the full version about as much as I am

Scary Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 5/10

Download Link:
http://download1092.mediafire.com/ul5sy5857mkg/3tpems022mit4em/Finding+Pages+v.0.0.1.rar

Vapour

Okay, this is a game that combines a lot of things that make me interested in the horror games in the first place; a scary setting, a very confusing idea, and then scary enemies, but it also takes it one step further. I hardly understand the game, but I this is what I think it's about. You're a spirit who finds yourself on this weird island. You're goal is to get all these other helper spirits and take them to the fire and combust them to help them in a way. Doing this will get you off this waiting island, to paradise or something like that. While there, there is a lot of hands coming out of the ground to grab at you, which in my made up story about how it works, I take it these are spirits that failed and went to the opposite of paradise. There is also the big half-bodied spirit who when he's near you, you start seeing all these images, as well as him yelling at you. I feel like he's Satan or something along those lines, and he's trying to stop you, and is yelling at you to turn back, thus if he catches you, you start over at the beginning of the island. This is just a crazy guess, but it's defnitely a fun and scary game that I think all of you should play.

Scary Rating: 8/10
Awesomeness Rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 9/10

Download Link: http://www.skobbejakgames.com/

Markiplier Trapped in Rick's Game

This is a game that combines two things I love so much, a game made by Rick, and Markiplier. If you don't know who Rick is, he is the creator of Slender Space (which I critiqued not too long ago), this game, and most recently made Yamimash Trapped in Rick's Game. This game puts you in a situation that looks kind of similar to Slender Space with doors that look the same, and some other similar ones. In this game, there are many surprises while you look for the many warfstaches lying around in the big level, but it's not as simple as that, for there are many things in the way. I hope you enjoy this game almost as much as I did.

Scary Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/markiplier-trapped-in-ricks-game/16582/

Watch Markiplier play the game he is trapped in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnq0PpL_dt4

A World You Should Not Know

Okay, I download this one a few days ago and this is one of the funniest stories/games I have seen. Basically the origin to this game was that some guy in the My Little Pony dev's area thought it'd be funny to make a stupid game with Dubstep, lousy textures, and crappy audio. Two days after starting this project, it somehow turned into the game I am currently blogging about. From what I've heard, it's got your basic setup. The story is something like; you are Twilight Sparkle and are trying to get this crown that is behind an annoying door that takes six keys. The problem, is that within this strange warehouse looking thing, there are deformed versions of the Mane Six who are in there just to kill someone who ends up stumbling in without a shotgun (in this case, you) and you must get the six keys and the crown without being caught by them. Even though this whole game sounds ridiculous and took such a short time to be made, it is actually quite terrifying, and a very interesting game to play. I have yet to beat this game, so I can't tell you how it ends, but out of all the games I have critiqued on this blog, if you want a real scare, and/or your a fan of MLP, you need to try this game

Scary Rating: 10/10 (I was scared out of my mind playing it)
Innovation Rating: 7.5/10
Awesomeness Rating: 8.5/10

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/3y2fe3mhmnc1jex/A_World_You_Should_Not_Know.zip

Sonic.exe (version 5)

I thought I blogged about this one before, and that this would just be a blog about the updated version, but I guess I haven't nailed it before, so I'll get it all in one! This is a short little game that originally was just a Creepypasta story that would give some people nightmares, but soon became it's own game just to make sure even more kids went home with pee in their pants. Crimson the Bat puts this haunting tale into a game in beautifully sadistic way. I don't want to reveal too much because I want you guys to enjoy it for yourself, but I can give you a bit of idea so you have a clue of what you're getting yourself into. Basically you open the game and it goes through the traditional opening of Sonic the Hedgehog, except something creepy happens during the very last nano-second before it takes you into the character select screen. You are given three characters to choose from; Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Robotnik  Eggman, and Knuckles are locked while Tails is playable though. You choose to play as him and the screen stops for a few seconds, followed by and evil laugh, and the game officially starts. There's a few things you should know about. First off, there's a little Easter egg in Knuckle's level, where if you run for like 2 minutes to the left, you will see something that will most likely make you laugh. There's many updates to this version being 5 like you actually see blood and stuff at the scenes where Sonic gets involved with your character. Also, if you play version 5, there will be a little more gameplay you can do after the picture of Sonic that has, I think, Chinese writing. This is one horror game that whether you're a fan of Sonic or not, you really should play this.

Horror Rating: 8/10
Awesomeness Rating: 10/10
Innovation Rating: 6/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/sonic-exe/17176/

Slender Space

I know I already did Slender, but with many variations of it out there, there are sure to be some different enough to give a whole new rant about. This one if probably my favorite out of all the ones I've played. There are many people out there who are fans of the popular Dead Space series, and well as a fan of the Slender series. This game attempts to mix the 2 together, making for one heck of a game. You find yourself in a big space station as you start up the game, and all you know if that you're there, and you need to find the 6 power nodes somewhere within the space station, but little do you know, you have company. If you're like me, and just go straight into the game looking for the power nodes, it'll seem like the lights just suddenly go off and situates the game. In reality, if you look out the window that you can see when you first start playing, you notice that what I think is another space station comes towards you, crashing into the ship making the lights go out and all that good stuff (thank you Markiplier, for I would never have known that if I didn't watch you play it). The graphics and looks make this game all that much better and erie, and I don't know what else to say except that you really need to play this game. Also, I'm hoping that it is still in the works, but there is a multiplayer mode in the main screen, but it still says that it's not out yet, so I'm really looking forward to it if it does ever come out.

Awesomeness Rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 7/10
Scary Rating: 8/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/slenderspace-playable-version/12830/

Vanish

I don't even know where to start with this amazing indie horror game. You're dropped in this sewer system with little clue what to do. You go around and see notes left for you from your friend, random arrows drawn, holes in the walls, and eventually you'll come across one of the monsters. One way that makes this game crazy is the monsters settings or whatever it's called. They are blind (as you learn on one of the notes) and go solely on sound, so one tip is that if you see one, try to get to the safest place you can as quietly as possible, and just sit there motionless until it's gone. Also, if you die, you'll learn one of the other cool things about this game, the fact that it's randomized. You will never get the exact same layout when you play this game, so you can't really plan out what you're going to do very well. I won't say anymore because I want you guys to try this game out, but know that this is definitly one of my favorite indie horror games that I have played so far!

Innovation Rating: 9.5/10
Scary Rating: 8/10
Awesomeness Rating: 10/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/vanish/downloads

Smile.exe

This game is based off the creepypasta story of the same name. If you like horror games, and are a bronie (I am not), or just like My Little Pony games, you will get a big kick out of this short game. You play the role of Pinkie Pie and it seems that your fellow ponies are sad or something. So you go around talking to them or what not, and then you reach a point in the game where weird things start happening, thus bringing in the horror aspect. I can't say much about this game without ruining it, but it is definitly worth playing/ Looking around the internet now, I still can't find the creepypasta, I found one called Smile.exe but it was a whole different story, so maybe the original got deleted, but you can still try the game.

Scary Rating: 8/10 (a few parts really catch you off guard)
Innovation Rating: 5/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/8e6k1hibf2d91f8/Smile.rar

Mr. Kitty Saves the World

Okay, this is one that I'm not too sure if you can classify it as a horror game, but out of the few youtube videos I've seen of people playing it, and how I felt when I was playing it, I do consider it a horror game. There's not much I can give away, but in the actually game, there is a giant cat chasing this dude, and there are 2 different endings you can achieve. Good luck;

Scary Rating: 4/10 (It just has a creepy atmosphere to it while playing)
Awesomeness Rating: 5/10
Innovation Rating: 9/10 (this game gets very crazy)

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/mr-kitty-saves-the-world/15956/ (don't read the comments if you don't want the game spoiled for you)

She Comes

This is a horror game that is different from the other horror games I have critiqued so far. This is one like The Witches House and Mad Father which I will probably critique at some point too. This is one of those ones thats like a RPG game with horror built in to it. I don't really know how to describe it more than that, but it's about this family where the mother has recently adopted these 2 kids and she already has one son. As you go through as the adopted son (the other one is a daughter) you explore the house, and wierd stuff keeps happening. Eventually your brother joins you and wants to see the books you read, then gets you into a situation that makes the whole atmosphere alot more different. In the very end you have 2 different doors you can go through, each leading into 2 different endings that seem similar, but have one very distinct difference. This is a long game to play (well... kind of long) but I think you will all enjoy it

Scary Rating: 5/10
Awesomeness Rating: 8/10
Innovation Rating: 9/10

Download Link: http://rpgmaker.net/games/4704/downloads/

The Ultimate WTF

Okay, This is the farthest thing ever from a horror game, but you guys will love this one alot. I can't think of anything to say about this game, other than it is so awesome xD

Download Link (part 1): http://gamejolt.com/games/other/the-ultimate-wtf-journey-1/14613/
Download Link (part 2): http://gamejolt.com/games/other/the-ultimate-wtf-journey-2/14633/
Download Link (part 3): http://gamejolt.com/games/other/the-ultimate-wtf-3/14635/

Scary Maze Game

This is the game that started it all for me. Sure I played some "horror" games before like Doom and whatnot but this was the true game that got me into scary games. I can't say much about this game because it's very short and I wont give away the best part, but essentially you start on level 1 of a maze. To control it you use your mouse, where your mouse is, your dot is. Your goal is to make it to the red square at the end without hitting any walls. If you touch a wall at all you must start all over again from the very beginning. Very few have made it past level 3 just because it is so difficult... can you?

Scary Rating: 8/10
Innovation Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10

This game was originally one that you could only play online, but recently someone released a downloadable version of it on Gamejolt, so I will post both links:

Play Link: http://www.fugly.com/flash/709/Scary_Maze_Game.html
Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/scary-maze-desktop-version/15716/

Tails.exe collection

Usually I critique one game at a time, but this time I'm going to do a collections of games based off the same name. On Gamejolt there is a user named Midnight Dragon who has been trying to make a good horror game that can be talked about in the same breath as Sonic.exe, and in my eyes hasn't quite gotten there but is destined for success. All 4 of the games are very short, but very interestingly put together and are worth the play.

Scary Rating: 3/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10
Replay Value: High

Download Link (Tails.exe): http://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/tails-exe/14731/
Download Link (Tails.exe II): http://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/tails-exe-ii/14732/
Download Link (Tails.exe III): http://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/tails-exe-iii/14733/
Download Link (Tails.exe Prototype): http://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/tails-exe-prototype-read-description-please/15257/

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UnExit

This is a game that derives off of some similar games. Unexit starts you off in a maze where you have to try to find your way out, but the endings are different. There are many different ways you can end when playing this game. You may hit a wall with a big X on it, which means dead end basically for if you try to go out the way you came, you will find a new wall there and you're trapped until the monster get's you. If you venture down the halls enough you may even find yourself back at the very beginning again. There is a way out, but with a horrible ending. As you go through the halls you will eventually see a long hallway with a white light at the end. You race towards it for as long as you can, but you never reach it for the screen turns you around and the monster gets you. As far as I can tell, that is the winning animation, but if there is a true way to win then by all means let me know. I guess it makes sense though that it's called UnExit because even when you win, you don't exit the halls!

Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 5/10
Scary Rating: 6/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/unexit/downloads

Run Classic

This is a very simple horror game. You are a stick figure who is looking for a diamond, but are running from some evil entity. Unlike most horror games, you can run endlessly (hence the name run) but it's not as simple as it sounds. This game has a very big map and the diamond is only in one spot, while the dark entity is always right behind you. So all I can say is, keep running

Scary Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 9/10 (very simple idea but super addictive until you win)
Innovation Rating: 4/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/run-classic/11933/

Hide

This weeks game is one I've played and loved for a long time, but still have yet to beat. Hide is a game that seems more pixelated then most, but less pixelated than those like I See You and I'm Scared. You aren't told anything, you're just put in a land and just start walking. You later realize that your goal is to find these 5 sheets of paper that each have something printed on them, and, unlike Slender, these writings on the paper actually mean something that you will discover when they are all found. It's not as easy as it sounds because there are these robot things with flashlights that are trying to find you, and will chase you down once they find you with their lights. Honestly, this is a very addictive game, especially when you can't seem to beat it, and I recommend this game to anyone who wants to play a very simple horror game

Innovation Rating: 5/10
Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Scary Rating: 4/10

Download Link: http://www.superfriendshipclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=117

SCP-432

This game is one that has confused me for so long, yet is very addicting no matter how much of a sissy you may be. So far is has gone through 4 different phases, in which I have only played 3. It started out when it's beta version was released implementing a new SCP threat into the internet world. I saw Markiplier play it (he is my inspiration for most of these games) and I found it interesting enough to try. Basically you were trapped in this area with a bunch of different halls and a monster as well. You're goal was to find the box hidden at the end of one of the hallways in the giant map, but at very random (it seemed) times, the creature could be seen, and would kill you if you got too near. It was so very hard in the beta mostly because it had so many kinks that I found it unwinable. Then they finally finished and uploaded two things the day it finished, The actual game, as well as a mode of it that had no villain so you could at least get an idea of the map. I decided not to be a wimp and tried out the actual game first only to die so many times before I could find the box, until I finally downloaded the no monster map so I could get an idea of what I was up against. It was still very hard after doing that but I managed to win and was amazed at how addicting this game truly was. Apparently now though, they released a 2.0 version of the game that I kind of saw Markiplier play where it seems very different, and I hope to try it sometime, but for now, you guys will have to try it yourself

Scary Rating: 7/10
Awesomeness Rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 4/10

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?385ck6fk19z00 (should have every version)

To Flee Swiftly

This is probably one of the most simple, yet addictive Indie Horror Games I have ever played. Basically, You are just a guy who has a flashlight who is in this weirdly shaped room. There is a ghost chasing you from different spots on each level who reminds me of a 2D Ghast like the ones from Minecraft. If he hits you, you lose and have to start over again from the very beginning. Your goal is to find the hole in the ground of each level and fall into it before the creature can catch you. I don't know if there is an end, or how many levels there are, but it is very easy to get addicted to.

Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Scary Rating: 1/10
Innovation Rating: 3/10

Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/to-flee-swiftly/9238/

No One Has To Die

This is a non-downloadable Indie Psychological game recommended to me by my good friend Nick Amodeo which I actually found very interesting at the least. You start off as a visitor to this not very known place and log on to their chat thing. 4 other people join you on there and explain the situation that there is a fire going on and they all need to survive somehow. Each floor however 1 person must die and you have to be the person who decides this. Depending who you pick will determine a whole new next step leading to more and more people dying until finally 1 is left. This will kind of determine how you good you are in this situation. Finally once you see all the endings however you get a full explanation of everything that has gone on as well as a surprise thing you must do. I don't want to go into full detail about this game, I just want to say that it is one that you will enjoy.

Awesomeness Rating: 7/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10
Scary Rating: N/A (not a horror game)
Replay: Very High

Play link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/no-one-has-to-die/14133/

Spongebob Slendypants

Here is another very interesting twist on the Slender Indie Horror Game. If you guys thought Slendytubbies was an interesting game, then wait until you play this one. You never actually get to see yourself in this one because it is only single player, but it's probably not even important what you look like. You're selection screen is actually where you begin the game, you can look around to get an idea of what you are working with, and then choose to either play, quit, or options in the selection area over the water area. Once you start playing, you can actually start moving, and you gotta hunt down the 8 pages scattered around with spongebob related things written on them. (One says lettle lettle lettle, and one says something about killing Squidward I think) all while being chased down by a black and white kind of looking Spongebob who screams more obnoxiously than any other Slendy character I've played against. This game also gets intense because it actually has a flashlight that let's you see a bit, but you also have a time limit that I cannot figure out how long your given before you "suffocate." I hope you guys enjoy this game and I'm sorry that it is a bit late, for I have been sick since Wednesday :/

Scary Rating: 6/10
Innovative Rating: 5/10
Awesomeness Rating: 4/10

Download Link: http://www.indiedb.com/games/slenderpants

Suicide Mouse.exe

This weeks game is one that I actually just found yesterday known simply as Suicide Mouse.exe. The idea behind the who Suicide Mouse thing started out with the Creepy Pasta post about viewing some video that was haunted (Read it at:  http://inuscreepystuff.blogspot.com/2010/08/suicidemouseavi.html). This game is a very simple and short one that's good if you need that quick scare. You play as Suicide Mouse (a kind of Mickey) and just kind of walk around. You can walk around and interact with this and as you do more, more starts to happen. I'm not going to say much on this critique because even saying a little can give it away, but I really recommend you guys give this game a try!

Awesomeness Rating: 6/10
Scary Rating: 4/10
Innovation Rating: 7/10

Download Link: http://www.2shared.com/file/rMz0OuOj/suicidemouse.html

Free Ice Cream

Today's is a short point and click flash game called Free Ice Cream. The game starts out with 2 little girls who are intrigued by a Free Ice Cream sign and go to claim their creamy desserts, but it's a trap and they are abducted by this creepy old guy who locks one of them up in his basement. You now get to play as the one in the basement and have to point and click on things to interact with them and try to escape this madmans house and find your friend. There are many things that you can try to do, and if you are too noisy, you must hide in a few seconds or the man will find you and kill you. I have yet to actually beat this game, but it is very promising.

Scary Rating: 4/10
Awesomeness Rating: 6/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10 (It's a horror game that also shows a real life problem (Child abduction))
Download Link: http://www.gameshed.com/Scary-Games/Free-Icecream/

I Wanna Be The Guy Gaiden & Announcement

I decided that for today, I would do one of my favorite, yet most hated games, I wanna be the guy Gaiden. While this game is not categorized as a Horror game, it is an Indie Game that would make your head spin more than any horror game could. You're this small character who is only equipped with a gun and grappling hook and have to go on this long adventure of three stages, and the map (yes, the map) that you must get through, seems easy right? Wrong! In this game, basically anything can be a trap, and with limited save points, which becomes more limited as your difficulty increases, you must get through a bunch of sneaky traps just to hope you can get to the next save point, and maybe the idea of winning can come to your head of winning if you feel really proud.

Innovation Rating: 7/10
Awesomeness Rating: 6/10
Annoyingness Rating: 10/10
Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/action/i-wanna-be-the-guy-gaiden/8598/


And as for the announcement, I am playing to update this blog on a most constant basis. I will plan to add another post every Thursday from now on, unless something comes up. If something comes up, then I will post it either on Wednesday or Friday.

I have changed it up since that announcement. I am now adding a download link to all of the posts I make so you can easily find the games and try them for yourselves. I promise to do 1 post a weekend, if not more.

Eyes

Alright, our next game for discussion is an Indie Horror Game on the Unity engine known simply as Eyes. Basically you are a robber who sneaks into someone's house and you want to take money. There are 28 money bags scattered around this 3-story house, and the difficulty you choose determines how many you must collect. There is an easy, medium, and hard difficulty (named differently but mean the same thing) where you have to collect either 12 (easy), 20 (medium) or all 28 (hard) money bags and get to the door that leads out of the house. The catch is that there is a ghost girl who roams the house and may catch you. If she is near you a sudden message will appear on the top of your screen simply saying "RUN," where you will want to run or be caught and have to try all over again. There are paintings of eyes scattered along the walls of the house that you can collect and use to see what the ghost can see for about 8 seconds (to give you an idea of where she is). Nothing big happens when you win, it just tells you that you survived and that the creator thanks you for playing her game. I really enjoy this game and while I can't seem to beat medium difficulty, I definitely recommend this game to anyone who want's a horror game that's more based on the idea than the horror.

Scary rating: 2/10
Awesomeness Rating: 8/10
Innovation rating: 4/10
Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/eyes-the-horror-game/12275/

White Noise

Today's critique is not on a Computer Indie Horror Game, but on an Xbox Indie Horror Game called White Noise. This is a game that goes off the Slender style of game play, but changes it up a bit. You start out in the forest and you are looking for 8 tape recorders. As you find your first one the monster spawns and starts getting trickier to dodge as you get more and more tape recorders. Finally if the monster catches you it shows the screen being a little staticly and you turn to see the monster who attacks you, or eats you, or I don't know. As you get more Tape Recorders all together you can unlock 4 different alternate modes. You can play Hard mode which makes the game harder to beat, you got Happy mode where your flashlight emits a smiley face on the ground, you got Night Vision mode where you play the game with Night Vision on, and Lithium Batteries where your flashlight never runs out, and whenever you get a tape recorder, you flashlight's light gets a bit stronger. Altogether this is a good remake off of the popular Slender Game, and I definitly recommend you playing this game, which only costs 80 Microsoft Points to download

Scary Rating: 6/10
Awesomeness Rating: 8/10
Innovation Rating: 3/10
No download link for this one, find it on the Xbox Live Marketplace

Slender

Today's topic is one that any true horror game player would know, Slender. This is a game that's just about as simple as a horror game can get. You're placed in a forest (not told how) and must search the whole place  for 8 pages to something before being allowed to escape. The trick is that you have this faceless creature named Slender Man stalking you the whole time. If you look him in the face, you go crazy and lose. You are only equipped with a flashlight with a limited battery life, as well as the ability to sprint for a bit of time between breaks. I have yet to actually see how this game ends, for the farthest I have gotten is getting the 8th page, and then turning around, only to be Slendered to death, so I can't give away the ending. This game has been around so long and is such a staple in horror games that it's idea has been taken for a few other games, as well as different versions of the game itself like Slender Haunt, Slender Christmas, and other Slender Man games. Not only was the game a big hit, but Slender became a very big name, and has made appearnances in some TV shows like Gravity Falls on Disney Channel, has been on a few games himself, and is in many mods of games like a mod for the famed SCP -  Containment Breach. All together, you have to play this game if you even want to think about playing horror games.

Scary Rating: 7/10
Awesomeness Rating: 10/10
Innovation Rating: 8/10
Download Link: http://slendergame.com/download.php

Escape from Lavender Town

WARNING, SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE GAME IN THIS ONE, DON'T READ IF YOU WANT TO PLAY BEFORE YOU READ CRITIQUES

Today I thought I'd throw in a very short one, a Creepypasta game called Escape from Lavender Town. This is very short and very straight forward. You start out at the north entrance of Lavender town and can't get out of any of the exits. You talk to people in that city and they say some creepy things. Finally you enter the Lavender Town Tower and the receptionist lady tells you that the game is not finished, so you quit out thinking it is actually over, but it's not. After a few seconds a creepy picture (not scary, but weird  comes up, and then the game comes back up but very weird and messed up with scary Pokemon pop-ups happening every few seconds. After doing some talking you decide to enter the tower and see nobody in there, but now you see stairs. You go up the stairs and you see a hallways with bloody bodies on the sides giving you messages to not go forward, but you do, and you find an old man. You talk to him and he starts giving you these horror messages about Lavender Town and even uses your name in his speech. Finally once he finished a screen comes up with words being typed in talking about how you survived what should have killed you, and how 4 hours of the Lavender Town music has killed many people and made people go insane, and finally tells you that you can correctly quit out now.

I find most games based of Creepypasta readings to be very cool, and this one was very close resemblance to the Creepypasta story itself. There's not much to say about this one but it is a short game worth playing if you got a few minutes on your hands.

Scary Rating: 2/10
Awesomeness rating: 9/10
Innovation Rating: 6/10 (it uses your name.. so an ok score here)
Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/escape-from-lavender-town/5007/

Slendytubbies

Scary rating: 4/10
awesomeness rating: 5/10
Innovation rating: 6/10
Definitly worth playing again.
Download Link: http://zeoworks.com/misc.php?page=slendytubbies

This time I am critiquing a very simple game over the internet known simply as Slendytubbies. Some of you have heard of the popular indie horror game "Slender," and I know that most of you know the popular television show "Teletubbies." Well, this game takes factors from both worlds and puts them together in one game for up to 4 players (maybe more, I'm not sure).

In Single player mode you are placed somewhere deep in the Teletubbies world as a pure white Teletubby. Before you enter the game you can change your body, head, arms, and legs color to either red, purple, green, yellow, or white, or you can even take your own texture from photobucket but I'm not sure how that one works. Once you finally start the game you are to wander around the world with only your flashlight in tote and are on the search for the 10 custards scattered around the world. As you go through the world of the Teletubbies searching for the custards you instantly notice that the whole world is haunted looking with fire over her, dead trees there, and as you go through the level more you find the red, green, and yellow Teletubbies dead in different places and different ways. Eventually, at least once, you will find the deranged purple Teletubby chasing after you, screaming at you when he gets near. If he gets you then it's game over, but you can win simply by getting all 10 custards. There are also the ideas that some of the Teletubbies may do something when you approach them like one sometimes will stand up if you get too close, and in some versions one will grab you and throw you toward Slendytubby. Also, as in all modes, pop-ups come out every so often possibly scaring you if you really don't expect it.

In Multiplayer mode you connect with up to 3 other players and either do competitive (called Co-op in V1) where it's the same as Single-Player mode but with a different layout than Single-Player and each player has their own Slendytubby. If the host of the game is caught, then the whole game ends, but if one of the connected people are caught, the game still goes on for everyone else. There is also Versus mode where one of the connected players play as Slendytubby and try to catch all of the other Teletubbies roaming around for custards.

That's about it for the game but I think this is a very fun game to play if you are bored. Versus mode definitely needs to be updated though for it is way to easy for Slendytubby to get you when your friend is playing as him. Co-op is very fun to play, especially when you are vocal with your partner (I was playing Multiplayer with Foxire (http://www.youtube.com/feed/UCOvonhU1bW2nGAL7HM4kElA) when I was doing it, very entertaining to play scary games with) and communication definitly enhances the experiance. I like the 3 different modes (day, dusk, and night) but it gets scary as you go more and more towards night, but I think dusk is scarier than night. I hope you guys enjoy this game and I recommend it to be played.

Link to download: http://zeoworks.com/misc.php?page=slendytubbies

ImScared

Scary rating: 5/10

Awesomeness rating: 6/10

Innovation rating: 10/10

definitely worth replaying
Download Link: http://gamejolt.com/games/other/imscared-a-pixelated-nightmare/10058/

The first game to be blogged about by me shall be the game known simply as ImScared. This game starts out pretty simple with you in a  room. You find a door though which has a blood-written message and when you try to open the door seems to need a "heart" to open. Finally you see no way out and check the cabinet which is blood filled when open. after you open it you later see the one of the ends of a wall is now a hallway which you walk down to find a pit with a ladder to descend. After reaching the bottom you find a long hallway and as you go down you find doors on both sides until you find the first openable door, which upon entry you find a room and after more searching a key can be found. You find nothing else of use in there so you leave and continue down the hallway to find another door that opens. Inside this door you find prison bars which upon getting closer you see a smiling white face which slowly backs into the darkness. You leave the room and make it to the end of the hall where you open another door...........

I won't give away how to play the whole game so I will skip to some other points. At one point you actually meet up with White Face. When you go down this bloody, weird  hallway and find the pulsating heart, you will turn around to find White Face coming at you. You can't do anything but watch it touch you closing the game. This is where the 10/10 innovation rating gets it's high score. when you downloaded and extracted the game all you found in it was the game itself. When the game quits and you're back to your folder screen you will all of a sudden find a picture in the folder of just blackness as well as a notepad entry with a message in it. Start the game back up and you will all of a sudden be in a whole new situation in the game. You find yourself in a place with the blood-written message "let's play tag." You will then have to play this mini game where you must pass all the arrows on the ground with each one exposing another message on the ground around it. once you hit the last one you will hear an interesting noise meaning the door has been opened. Find the now-opened door along the edge and get out that way to find yourself in a hallway which you run down into an elevator, essentially "winning," the game of tag...........

Still skipping some things so you don't get told everything. Later in this same part you will be in a hallway with a ladder at the end. This is where the innovation continues. You climb the ladder to end another bedroom with a door that says "exit." Once you enter the door you will see "The end," well, a screen that says the end on it. You've won, so great, so you decide to exit the game but then things get wierd. You just quit so you're back on your home screen, but then you hear a familiar laugh and you end up back in the game with the White Face circling you and laughing. This happens for a few seconds and then quits out leaving you back on the folder with the game, which now has another picture and notepad article in it! The picture is of White Face himself, while the notepad is of more stuff about the game. Once more open up the game and you will be in a brightly lit room.......

Finally nearing the very end you will wind up back in a room that looks a lot like your beginning room. Open the door and turn right and walk until you see an exit and open the door. All you will find is a white arrow on the floor and nothing but darkness. Follow the arrow forward until you find a room with a chair and noose along with White Face. White Face will start telling you that this is his bedroom and that you and he will be there forever and ever. With this you must walk up to the noose and use the action key. It is still undetermined if you actually hang yourself, but you end with an image of the noose on the side of the screen and then the game quits out again. This time, you are finally done but you will find one more picture and one more notepad entry in your folder (3 of each now) the picture is just another one of White Face while the notepad finally talks about how he is real or something like that.

I like this game personally, but the innovation of the game where it actually connects with your computer and sends you little pictures and notepad entries astound me. This is definitely a game I would recommend to everyone to play if you want to try something new and interesting!