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Seek Out Paranormal Activity in ‘Ghost Theory’
Dex developer Dreadlocks has returned to Kickstarter with the goal of funding a supernatural horror game called Ghost Theory that they’re building from the ground up to support, but not require, virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift.
Dreadlocks is quick to distance the game from the ever-expanding pool of P.T. successors like Allison Road and Visage, which they’re not looking to emulate. Instead, we’ll follow a clairvoyant paranormal investigator named Barbara as she explores actual haunting grounds scattered all around the world. They’ve even partnered with the owners of castles, churches, asylums, graveyards and various other private properties with histories of paranormal activity so they can rebuild each to be fully explorable in-game, with or without a VR headset.
Ghost Theory will feature a single-player campaign with fully interactive, non-linear environments that have been designed with a focus on stealth and exploration gameplay. There will not be a traditional combat system, so Barbara will need to rely on an array of ghost hunting gadgets and her own clairvoyant abilities to survive.
If they can raise the $141,439 they’re asking for, the plan is have it out on PC by late 2017.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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