James Spanos - b/s/k/y

Finished a game called THRESHOLD last night. I recommend it. $9.99 and about 3 hours or so. It's a very moody and atmospheric FPS game. I guess the genre is sort of adventure / horror. It's very dark and moody and has great worldbuilding. It's interesting from the very start. The guy who made it is ex-Crytek and Arkane as a level designer? Julien Eveillé. Core mechanic is you have a job to do. Keep a train running. But the area is very high and the air it low so you run out of breath easily. By completing tasks you get air cannisters to bite into. Between tasks you explore the level and find items and puzzle out what to do with them. All against the ticking clock of your air supply dwindling and having to keep the train running. It's a great setup and has great execution. I think it's also a pretty ideal model for s solo dev indie game. Small in scope. Retro visuals that are in reach to create. Yet it is very compelling in a narrative sense and all the gamplay ties back into that narrative. I think people who like moody narrative games that aren't 30 hours long will enjoy it. It is a fairly tense experience. A little indie game clunk here and there (be extra sure to catch all the text that appears on screen). And I ran into some hitching bug later in the game where it would pause a few seconds here and there (can restart the game to reset that and you might not even hit it). I'm glad I played it. Worth the experience. I love games like this. store.steampowered.com/app/2…