”I think what makes a good horror game is to not rely too much on jumpscares,” said Aaron Dintino, Lead Designer. Fortunately, the team had a clear concept of what it did, and did not want to do.
“Making the game scary, it was nerve wracking in the beginning because we have to create a vertical slice and when you don’t have all of the assets in place, you have some gray boxes - it’s hard to get the right mood.”Īs horror fans know, atmosphere plays just as an important role in the experience as the characters, but developing this within the game world can often be a challenge, especially as a first attempt for a studio new to the genre. “We wanted to grow a bit as a company and admit a bit more about what we like to do,” said Henning Ludvigsen, Art Director and Lead Artist at Rock Pocket Games. Unfortunately for Shane, unusual setbacks eventually spiral into hallucinations-leaving the player to determine what’s real and what’s not on a quest to survive, and maintain sanity.Ĭonsidering their previous content portfolio, this may seem rather out of character for the studio responsible for colorful, fun-focused projects such as Shiftlings, but expanding its horizons and challenging itself to make a horror game has allowed the team to pursue its true passion.
Developed in UE4 and recently launched on PC via publisher Funcom, Moons of Madness is a Lovecraftian horror title that puts players into the first-person perspective of Shane Newehart, a technician stationed at Trailblazer Alpha on Mars whose sole job is to keep the lights on until a new team arrives to relieve him of his duties.
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