Childhood Terrors: The House With No Exit

IMPORTANT

I used TurboWarp to package these files, so you may receive a security warning if you try to open the game. For Mac users, you need to try and open the game first and click OK when the security warning appears. Then, right-click on the game, click open and then open again on the new security warning to open the game.

To access the game, expand the .zip file. Then, open the new folder and click on the .app for Mac or the first .exe for Windows.

Secret Trophy

If you've given up on figuring out how to get the secret trophy, here is the solution.

Birdwatching: Go to the window and stay there for 30 seconds.

Story

A popular horror writer falls asleep at his desk while writing his new book: The House With No Exit. When he wakes up, he finds himself in the exact same house he had been writing about. In addition to that, four of the most well-known monsters from his book series ‘Childhood Terrors’ have come to life.

Luckily, he knows exactly how to deal with them since he created them, but he has no way to escape the house. The window cannot be broken, neither of the doors lead outside and the time acts unusually. However, he knows that the house adores listening to music, and he quickly figures out exactly what he needs to do to escape the house.

Gameplay

This is a short game that I made in Scratch. There are four different monsters in the game, and you simply have to follow their rules to win the game. For example, Midnight is a bird that appears at, well, midnight. To stop her from killing you, you simply have to watch her through the window until she leaves.

Sound is important for this game, so make sure that you have it turned on. The game is slightly luck-based, but you should be able to win if you do everything correctly. If you don't succeed on your first few tries, don't give up! This game is not impossible. One successful playthrough of the game takes an average of 8 minutes. You can find out how to play in the menu screen of the game.

This is the first proper game I've created, so I would really appreciate it if you download it and give it a try! Feel free to tell me what you thought of the game in the comments.

Credits

My younger brother made the music in the trailer. @Tiron

The Scratch Game API was made by @LukasStudioTV

All sound effects except the 'Door Opening' sound effect were taken from https://www.zapsplat.com/ . I recorded the 'Door Opening' sound effect myself.

Door - https://opengameart.org/content/door-textures

Window - https://opengameart.org/content/pixel-window

Clock - https://opengameart.org/content/clocks-watches-gold-square-seamless-texture-with-normalmap

Forest - https://opengameart.org/content/desert-forest

Wallpaper - https://opengameart.org/content/wallpaper

The Scream painting by Edvard Munch. The Persistence of Time painting by Salvador Dalí. Musical Colors by Gretzky. Jayme by Luann Walsh. Other paintings are from various other sources.

Tags: #horror #survival