Comments on: First-person horror game from a two-year-old's PoV http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 16:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Darq http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1441110 Darq Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1441110 I remember my nephews at that age. they started learning to walk at about that age. ( as opposed to crawl ) and that as soon as they had learned that they kept learning to climb on stuff  to reach whatever they were trying to reach.  I also remember they werent afraid of anything at that age and that they loved to tear tv programmes into bits and break stuff, running about anywhere like little noisy tornadoes. they didnt have any concept of stealth and saw no problem in waking up folks in the middle of the night.   They became more timid and impressionable as they grew up. I remember my nephews at that age. they started learning to walk at about that age. ( as opposed to crawl ) and that as soon as they had learned that they kept learning to climb on stuff  to reach whatever they were trying to reach.  I also remember they werent afraid of anything at that age and that they loved to tear tv programmes into bits and break stuff, running about anywhere like little noisy tornadoes. they didnt have any concept of stealth and saw no problem in waking up folks in the middle of the night.   They became more timid and impressionable as they grew up.

]]> By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1440730 Ant Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1440730 That was scary! That was scary!

]]> By: Sean Page http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1440160 Sean Page Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1440160 well i would get back into bed with my mum and "snuggle" maybe get a drink! love the concept here! well i would get back into bed with my mum and “snuggle” maybe get a drink! love the concept here!

]]> By: brainflakes http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1438210 brainflakes Thu, 31 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1438210 Loving the concept, but I can't help feeling that the movement should be more, well, toddler like. I don't remember the last 2 year old I saw running down the stairs sideways / leaping off chairs :) I think it would add to the atmosphere having to crawl down stairs slowly and being extra careful not to fall off stuff etc. Loving the concept, but I can’t help feeling that the movement should be more, well, toddler like. I don’t remember the last 2 year old I saw running down the stairs sideways / leaping off chairs :) I think it would add to the atmosphere having to crawl down stairs slowly and being extra careful not to fall off stuff etc.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1438107 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1438107 The mind, being what it is, can take present impressions and mix, transpose and to some point replace  past ones.  Beware... hahaha The mind, being what it is, can take present impressions and mix, transpose and to some point replace  past ones.  Beware… hahaha

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1438018 Rich Keller Thu, 31 May 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1438018 This looks terrifying! What platforms will it  be available for?   Kids that age would still get frightened  of strange events, but I don't think they would have a "this isn't hapening" response like adults would have when things just don't compute. A toddler would just accept what's going on at face value.     I remember having a dream during nap time when I was about three years old. Little wooden toy monkeys came out of the dresser drawers and climbed up  and down the dresser and onto the shelves. The funny thing is that they moved like they were in a stop motion animation. I just took it  for granted that toy monkeys could play by themselves like that. My mother was a little perplexed when I kept asking her where they were. This looks terrifying! What platforms will it  be available for?
 
Kids that age would still get frightened  of strange events, but I don’t think they would have a “this isn’t hapening” response like adults would have when things just don’t compute. A toddler would just accept what’s going on at face value.  
 
I remember having a dream during nap time when I was about three years old. Little wooden toy monkeys came out of the dresser drawers and climbed up  and down the dresser and onto the shelves. The funny thing is that they moved like they were in a stop motion animation. I just took it  for granted that toy monkeys could play by themselves like that. My mother was a little perplexed when I kept asking her where they were.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437999 Robert Thu, 31 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437999 "Binky looked at what he had typed: 'Among the Sleep', and realized that by using a typewriter and not having any correcting fluid, the title of his first novel would never be 'Among the Sheep'; he would just have to roll with it."  “Binky looked at what he had typed: ‘Among the Sleep’, and realized that by using a typewriter and not having any correcting fluid, the title of his first novel would never be ‘Among the Sheep’; he would just have to roll with it.” 

]]> By: Christopher Lee http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437931 Christopher Lee Thu, 31 May 2012 12:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437931 AWW HELL NAW AWW HELL NAW

]]> By: Rezorrand http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437912 Rezorrand Thu, 31 May 2012 10:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437912 The sort of supernatural drawers pulling out and stuff broke the illusion for me although the suspense was quite thrilling till that point. Somehow giving a  strange feel to everyday happenings or even something as serious as a burglary seen through the eyes of the child could be more powerful way of conveying this type of game. The sort of supernatural drawers pulling out and stuff broke the illusion for me although the suspense was quite thrilling till that point. Somehow giving a  strange feel to everyday happenings or even something as serious as a burglary seen through the eyes of the child could be more powerful way of conveying this type of game.

]]> By: Syn - http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437903 Syn - Thu, 31 May 2012 10:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437903 So how long till the first chest high cover? Seriously, this looks amazing, cant wait to get my hands on it.  So how long till the first chest high cover?

Seriously, this looks amazing, cant wait to get my hands on it. 

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437892 TheMudshark Thu, 31 May 2012 09:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437892 I kept waiting for pedobear to jump out from behind a cupboard. I kept waiting for pedobear to jump out from behind a cupboard.

]]> By: disky00 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437886 disky00 Thu, 31 May 2012 08:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437886  Can you use the phrase in a sentence? Maybe I'm not as well phrased in the English language as I thought. I'd really and truly like to know how it makes any kind of sense.  Can you use the phrase in a sentence? Maybe I’m not as well phrased in the English language as I thought. I’d really and truly like to know how it makes any kind of sense.

]]> By: RevelryByNight http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437855 RevelryByNight Thu, 31 May 2012 07:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437855 Yep, that was terrifying. The toddler angle is terrific. It ups the anxiety of lack of agency and helplessness. Yep, that was terrifying. The toddler angle is terrific. It ups the anxiety of lack of agency and helplessness.

]]> By: Adrian Tingstad Husby http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437847 Adrian Tingstad Husby Thu, 31 May 2012 07:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437847 Depends on how one defines sleep I guess, as a collective noun it works for example. Depends on how one defines sleep I guess, as a collective noun it works for example.

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437803 malindrome Thu, 31 May 2012 05:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437803 Press (X) to clutch woobie tightly. Press (X) to clutch woobie tightly.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437786 Marc Mielke Thu, 31 May 2012 04:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437786 Yeah, I was thinking baby takes stairs really well; when I was that age I was like Pooh, going thump thump thump down the stairs. Funny story: my Dad built a really well-done wooden baby gate: a large sliding piece of plywood to slide across the door. I remember using it reflexively up until my twenties when we moved.  Yeah, I was thinking baby takes stairs really well; when I was that age I was like Pooh, going thump thump thump down the stairs.

Funny story: my Dad built a really well-done wooden baby gate: a large sliding piece of plywood to slide across the door. I remember using it reflexively up until my twenties when we moved. 

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437785 RJ Thu, 31 May 2012 04:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437785 You can easily win the game by just hiding under the covers until morning. When I was a kid, I was certain I'd be okay even if a nuke went off outside the window, as long as I was under my everything-proof blankets. You can easily win the game by just hiding under the covers until morning. When I was a kid, I was certain I’d be okay even if a nuke went off outside the window, as long as I was under my everything-proof blankets.

]]> By: zuben http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437773 zuben Thu, 31 May 2012 04:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437773 There's the practical element of starting out equipped with a diaper. Just in case things should get *really* scary. There’s the practical element of starting out equipped with a diaper. Just in case things should get *really* scary.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437771 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437771 No toddler gate on the stairs?  This <i>is</i> a horror game. No toddler gate on the stairs?  This is a horror game.

]]> By: disky00 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437732 disky00 Thu, 31 May 2012 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437732 Get the knife, baby! This looks great, but that name is terrible. Among the Sleep? It doesn't mean anything. Get the knife, baby!

This looks great, but that name is terrible. Among the Sleep? It doesn’t mean anything.

]]> By: jwkrk http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437733 jwkrk Thu, 31 May 2012 03:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437733 I like the potential for looking at obstacles in a whole new (or very old) way.  Steps, or climbing up onto a chair, could be very challenging. I like the potential for looking at obstacles in a whole new (or very old) way.  Steps, or climbing up onto a chair, could be very challenging.

]]> By: Steve Taylor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437707 Steve Taylor Thu, 31 May 2012 02:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437707 Seriously impressed. That got me at a deeper level than zombies and vampires can, I think I'd be very uncomfortable playing that. Seriously impressed. That got me at a deeper level than zombies and vampires can, I think I’d be very uncomfortable playing that.

]]> By: mat catastrophe http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437697 mat catastrophe Thu, 31 May 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437697 Clever use of the infamous "haunted painting" in that demo.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_Resist_Him Clever use of the infamous “haunted painting” in that demo.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_Resist_Him

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437672 ocker3 Thu, 31 May 2012 01:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437672 I was honestly frightened when the lights started flickering and the drawers all came out. Good design/implementation.  I was honestly frightened when the lights started flickering and the drawers all came out. Good design/implementation. 

]]> By: funisforassholes http://boingboing.net/2012/05/30/first-person-horror-game-from.html#comment-1437657 funisforassholes Thu, 31 May 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163659#comment-1437657 On a related note, I don't know if this has come your way yet but it blew my mind... still in development though http://funisforassholes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/sound-of-silence-new-frontier-in.html On a related note, I don’t know if this has come your way yet but it blew my mind… still in development though
http://funisforassholes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/sound-of-silence-new-frontier-in.html

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