As the market for augmented reality games (ARGs) continues to grow, so does the number of games that are aiming to use this exciting new genre in ways that terrify us. The latest to catch my eye is something called Night Terrors, and what makes this game particularly intriguing is what it aims to do. That is, transforming your home into a haunted house.
Gone are the days that required blood sacrifices and costly summoning rituals to conjure angry spirits. Soon, you’ll be able to accomplish this with an app. Take a look.
Night Terrors is currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, where its developer hopes to raise $70,000. As I’m writing this, it’s about a third of the way there with 36 days left in the campaign.
Aside from filling your home, or wherever you happen to be when you open the app, into a virtual haunting ground, this developer wants to dethrone Amnesia as the scariest game ever. According to some words I found on their crowdfunding campaign, they’re planning on achieving this by creating a uniquely personal horror experience with a storyline that revolves around you. There’s no avatar to serve as a pillowy barrier between you and whatever horrors they’ve come up with.
This sounds like my kind of game. I’ll need to verify that it won’t be populating my apartment with clowns first, but once I know Pennywise isn’t waiting for me in my bathroom, I imagine this app could be quite a lot of fun.
