Dread Space

Thanks for checking out my submission for Synty Spooky Jam 2024.

• No jump scares, so don’t worry about those.
• The game works with both controllers and keyboard + mouse, but I don’t really recommend one over the other.
• Please play with audio on.

Assets Used:

• Tessera Pro by Boris the Brave from the Unity store for wave function collapse procedural generation
• Sci-Fi Worlds Pack by Synty Studios
• Audio from Owani Sound and Ambiences Sounds Vol.1 from GameDevMarket

Game Concept & Development This game draws inspiration from Dead Space, Silent Hill, and The Backrooms. My main motivation was to try out Tessera WFC, which took some time to get working for infinite generation. I learned a lot from this process, and next time I’d probably use a different tile-based approach with Tessera.

The game isn’t deterministic, so each playthrough will be different. Survival time will vary, and you might get stuck and need to restart.

I built this on Unity’s FPS tutorial template but stripped a lot out. The jam was 10 days, but I didn’t have much time to spare, so getting a proper gameplay loop with Tessera’s limitations was a challenge.