Grave: New PS4 Horror Title Out in 2015

Not sure if that’s good or bad! We hope good! :D

We’ll be posting updates to http://www.grave-game.com and to twitter and facebook, if you want to track the progress. :)

We want Grave to be more about the feeling of fear generally, not just having jump scares! We want to take a leaf from the classics on how they made you feel scared and bring that element into the game in our own way. Thanks for the interest! :D

We’re hopefully going to keep the atmosphere and have the classic horror touches that people enjoy! :) We love horror ourselves, so we know what we like as fans. This is something we carry over into making our own horror experience.

We are making sure we keep working at this until it’s got all the elements we intend, working together for the complete experience we want for players!

It’s cool that you’re interested! We are working on making sure that different types of game play can be enjoyed. So if you’re more into keeping yourself protected, you can set up an area that’s ‘safe’, instead of having to run or stand off with the creatures in the world.

Thanks! We’re working for a more in depth experience than just a ‘scary moment’ game.

Hey! Thanks for the interest!

We are taking a really specific approach to the procedural element to this game. We agree, we don’t want to frustrate players with just randomness! The segments will be area’s hand crafted in their own right, but the order and arrangement in which they appear around each other will be the procedural part! We want the areas to be recognizable by their landmarks and terrain etc, so the player can determine which areas have already been explored and whats new.

With ‘dying’, we’re still experimenting with it, but trying to capture the ‘feel’ of the old school survival horror games. :)

VR is something we really consider important and it’s definitely been a great experience with the Oculus Rift. I can’t say for sure anything regarding the Morpheus, but we definitely feel the experience of Grave is hugely improved with as much immersion as possible!

We love that story and we did get some of our base inspiration from it! We want Grave to have that sense of openness and ongoing pursuit. Good catch! :D

Thanks! We’re working hard on the implementation, to make sure it’s done how we mean it to be done.

Unfortunately the game would have to be squeezed down to the bare bones to run on the Vita. We have our hands full with the next gen consoles and a PC launch, so right now, we’re focusing on those. Sorry to disappoint! It just wouldn’t be the game we want to give people.

Thank you!
We want the day/night cycle to be a pivotal point to this game, really adding to the feel and for day and night to have their own ‘character’.

We’re approaching the genre with the feelings people go through when afraid in mind, and what contributes to that. We want players to have a lot to see and look around, while still having tense encounters and uncertain/varying situations to work out.

The team loves horror and we played the classics and more recent titles, so we want to leave our mark among them as a unique horror game. :) Thanks for the interest!

We won’t be releasing it until we feel it really is exactly what we want players to experience. There has been a LOT of experimentation to make sure the elements all fit together.. Thanks for the interest!

We don’t want to give the game a typical ‘combat’ approach, but agreed, we want the players to feel like they have some ability to fight back.

We decided on the light based weapons because they enable different types of game play, so each individual can play how they want to. We want there to be areas that can be fully lit to give you fortification, so players who are less into direct encounters can feel more safe, but we also put in various types of hand held light sources; flash bangs, flares, matches and flashlight, so you can also go and engage! Each one has a different advantage and effect on the creatures you encounter.

We’re still finalizing our tech approach, and a lot of elements are subject to change before we ship. We’re still getting in touch with the PS4 hardware so we can say for sure exactly what it will look like on that platform soon.

The game is using fully dynamic lighting which is required for our day-night cycle. We don’t have anything baked so all of what you see is real time, with a mixture of image based lighting and dynamic shadows. We’re integrating real-time GI soon which you will likely see in our next update.

Thank you! We’re putting a lot of work into Grave to really do the concept justice!

Agreed! It’s cool to see so many different approaches to horror coming out! We’re definitely approaching horror in our own way and we’ll be happy to see people play the game!

We are keeping these things in mind, so it’s good to know that you guys are saying these things too! :) Thanks for the input!

Thanks so much! :D

I think you just emailed us! Keep in touch, we’ll let you know what our beta arrangements will be when we’re at that point. :)

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