The Candle

The Candle

The Candle - Rated R.

Deweloper: Candle Dev
Wydawca: Candle Dev
Data Wydania: Coming soon
Platforma: windows

THE CANDLE

  • Your candle burns in real-time over up to 4 hours

  • Once it goes out, you cannot light it again

THE CASTLE

  • Explore the manor to find loot

  • Avoid 4 different spooky scary monsters on your way to reach the hidden chamber

THE CARNIVAL

  • Play games for fun prizes

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THE INSPIRATION

All of these ideas and points came directly from a livestream which occurred on November 10th 2024.

I attempted to include as many as possible, but some are different / removed if I felt they were too silly for actual release.

  • 1 or 2 man development team

  • fps horror inspired roguelike

  • 1 hour to complete experience

  • tutorial spooky ghost wearing jacket

  • tells you about the candle being your lifeforce

  • becomes part of UI

  • have to escape a castle

  • bunch of scary shit in the castle

  • bunch of scary shit in caves

  • end of game twist is the monster is inside you all along

  • monster is going to be super crazy with jiggle physics

  • pre-game lobby with redditor stuff all before title screen

  • dogs and cats and birds you can pet and play with

  • 50 dog breeds

  • basketball game

  • baseball game

  • racing track with fast cars

  • not scary, doesn't link to main game

  • at start if game there is a single foot long wax candle

  • candle burns in real time over 4 hours

  • running too fast blows out candle

  • last 10 minutes of candle burning causes tick damage

  • looking at stuff too closely with candle causes tick damage

  • you cant put the candle down

  • no pausing

  • no sprinting

  • you get a gun but it only has 2 bullets

  • end of game monster grows out of arm

  • monster dodges shots

  • game starts over completely if you die

  • vr optional

  • has battlepass

  • battle pass has hearty soup with negates meters

  • end of battlepass turns candle into skull

  • food and drink meter

  • lose 25% move speed if meters low

  • pain in ass to refill drink meter

  • player dialogue options are just "yes" "yes" and "yes (sassy)"

  • only difference from npcs is extra line referring to sass

  • game opens with disclaimer saying this game sucks i dont care

  • shitload of drm and multiplayer anticheat

  • pop up before game to review game for extra candle time

  • at end of game, congratulates you and gets existential

  • encourages you to preorder the candle 2

  • game over says "your candle is burning" and uninstalls game