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Battle Lovecraftian Horror on Mars With ‘Moons Of Madness’
Rock Pocket Games looks to tap into that always-wonderful Lovecraft mythos for some inspiration with their upcoming First-Person Sci-fi ditty, Moons Of Madness.
The game casts you as astronaut Shane Newehart, who must deal with the supernatural happenings while on the research station Trailblazer Alpha, the first scientific outpost on the planet Mars. Not only that, but Newehart must deal with his own demons, which threaten to exacerbate the already horrifying situation.
Rather than be another “me too” game in the vein of Outlast 2 or Layers of Fear, which lack the puzzle elements of older survival horror games, Moons Of Madness looks to strike more of a balance between puzzle solving and the horror the player will experience. As well, the game will be a more story-focused game, with bits and pieces of Newehart’s past being revealed to the player, creating further immersion and endearing the character to the player.
The game will also focus on, according to Rock Pocket Games’ CEO Ivan Moen, “immersing the player into the character’s psychology and its mental illness”. Rock Pocket Games looks to accomplish this through “Zone Outs”, sequences that simulate Lovecraftian madness. Players are exposed to hallucinations and visions as they play through the game. They have to understand what the visions are expressing, as the visions foreshadow certain events mapping out the character’s history. Pile on top of that analysis of NASA and Space X research, and Moons Of Madness looks to have a more grounded reality that will hit players hard.
Hit up the official site for screenshots and more info on the game, which looks to hit PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 early next year.
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We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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