Dormantville
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
The first of "The Night Files" series, an episodic horror game series.
Average playtime: 25-35mins
A "found-footage" Psychological Horror game where you will be playing as a paranormal investigator exploring an "Abandoned Orphanage" only to find out that the place is not really abandoned at all even if it should have been.
- Retro PSX style dithered graphics, simulating cult-classics Playstation 1 games!
- VHS/CRT filter creating a "FOUND-FOOTAGE" experience.
- Nostalgic SFXs
- Creepy atmosphere
Synopsis:
"My name is ____ and welcome back to The Night Files.
This tape was recorded during my last investigation of the abandoned orphanage north of Midnight Falls, CO. What I've experienced here that day is something that will continue to haunt me for decades to come.
Some of these paranormal sightings were not witnessed by myself during my time at the orphanage which shocked me while I was reviewing the tapes before releasing this episode.
A strong overbearing sense of uneasiness was present the moment I stepped foot inside the thick woods surrounding the house, the feeling of which had soon became dread.
At one point in the aforementioned tape, I sort of blacked out into a trance state, and travelled to what I'm calling "The Crimson Realm".
This tape has not been tampered with by any means and I remain transparent on the content which was filmed that day, viewer discretion is advised and is preferably NOT for the faint of heart."
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CONTROLS:
| Move (Normal Speed) | WASD |
| Camera Zoom-in/Zoom-out (Automatically reduces walk speed to slow for smoother and realistic camera movements) | Right Mouse Click |
| Walk (Slowly and quietly) | Left Shift + WASD |
| While using camera zoom, you can freeze the zoom at any certain value with LEFT SHIFT | Right Mouse Click + Left Shift |
ASSET CREDITS:
| Saferoom Soundtrack | (https://www.youtube.com/c/SurvivalSpheres) |
| Marcy's Voice | Lara Sluyter (https://www.youtube.com/c/LARASHORRORSOUNDS) |
| PS1 Styled School Locker | NeitherNathan
(https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ps1-styled-school-locker-7938817df96d4858b1f8d89...) |
| Playstation 1 Model | ecjhr0awipso
(https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/playstation-1-96bed8283f2940d7bb4b1866ab0637a2) |
| MCX Home Computer | Chase Harlan
(https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/psx-art-mcx-home-computer-3dfa8eb40529466ba89e62...) |
| Music by the brilliant Karl Casey | Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio (https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio) |
| Teddy Bear | colinethille
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/teddy-bear-459ce5b99da947438d3ea11d7c0d4225 |
| Soundtrack for the Crimson Realm | Psionic Asylum https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMusibox |
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Development log
- FULL GAME RELEASED!Jun 18, 2022
- Orphanage Interior completed, Update version 2.1 released!Jun 11, 2022
- Update version 1.7 released!!!!Jun 10, 2022
- Hotfix 1.6 released!Jun 08, 2022
- Update version 1.5 released!Jun 08, 2022
- Patch version 1.1 released!Jun 07, 2022
- DEMO RELEASED!!!Jun 07, 2022
Comments
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Great game! I really enjoy it. I did a video on my channel (Spanish). Hope you like it
my friend is streaming horror games in our server every day until halloween so i reccomended this one, and the friend that made the schedule for him misspelled it as "Dormanti ville" and couldn't find the game, and we all thought he made it up. Pretty ironic and funny for found footage game, because it literally couldn't find it. Didn't show up on google or on itch.
cool now full story and lucky play first version lot different type game style resident evil and now other version good .
Wow, man, the game looks terrible. I'm downloading it now
lolll I still appreciate it that you took the time to check this out tho! Hopefully I will change your mind through the future updates!
i don’t like you
hey! the game just got updated and I'm sure it won't disappoint :')
INTERESTING GAME AND AWESOME ATMOSPHERE!!!
MY YT NAME IS OVERCOUCH PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL AND I HOPE YOU LIKED THE VIDEO
Hey friend! I'm glad you enjoyed it, it does seems like the build you're playing is one of the earlier builds :) The game is a lot more different now after some major + minor updates! A lot more content is to come and I hope you'll play it too <3
when i click install and the pop up comes up, it doesnt say i can install it..i really wanna play this game, how can i fix?
What is your OS?
This was a creepy haunted house experience. I can't wait to see more of it. Great Job!
hey!!! the game just got updated and I'm sure it won't disappoint you at all :')
Great little game. I wished for more! I wish there was more of a storyline, puzzles and notes. I felt a little lost at times. But great game, great jumpscares, I just wished for more! Here is my gameplay!
Thank you so much my friend, I appreciate the feedback a lot! More is definitely coming and I'm planning to roll out a really big update by the end of next week!
hey!!! the game just got updated and I'm sure it won't disappoint you at all :')
Great game
Does this game work as intended? I mean, The flashlight does not work, and you can't pick up items
Yes it does but I haven't clearly explained how to yet and for example the flash light is only going to turn on after you picked up the flash light batteries from a certain point in the game. It's understandable that you would think the game isn't working correctly since I haven't implemented any narrative into it but if you walk around enough since the game is programmed heavily using triggers the map will change and open up! Thank you for playing it tho <3 I will definitely be implementing better narrative mechanics in the next patch!
Fair enough, Demo and all. We don't expect a full fledged project. But It is also very very dark, and the butterfly knife twinkle like you are suppose to pick it up, but can't. But I will surely check it out after a few updates.
Thank you so much for the feedback tho! 🙏😭 There are definitely some features that I forgot to take out since they aren't fully implemented yet (i.e the butterfly knife you mentioned above) silly me. But most of the bugs thanks you mentioned has been squashed in the new hotfix!
hey!!! the game just got updated and I'm sure it won't disappoint :')
Thank you!
Definitely looking forward for constructive criticism if you have any since you are a fellow developer!
thank you for the game :)
Great atmosphere but needs more jumpscares
This was an interesting horror game about walking around the Mansion and slowly uncovering the secrets hidden in the Mansion. I liked the retro and creepy atmosphere that the game creates and the entire vibe of the Mansion makes the player feel uncomfortable due to the dark lighting and narrow hallways. I am pretty curious as to what the game is about as the Mansion felt more like an orphanage or Mental Hospital due to the number of beds and items in the Mansion.
Some issues I faced in the game was definitely how dark the game was before getting the flashlight as I had difficulty navigating around the Mansion at the beginning. I also noticed that the game requires the player to activate certain mechanisms before allowing the player to proceed to the next part of the game and I feel that it would be good if story-telling was involved in that too. I have no idea if the game is supposed to end where I ended for my video but will be looking forward to the full game in the future.
Thank you for reading my comment and I wish you good luck in your future endeavours.