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.
