ABOUT THE GAME

A short mining horror game about an incident deep in the mines. You take the role of a miner who has to find a way to escape from the caved in mine while keeping his headlamp on, and supplying it with power. In order to do that you must venture deeper into the mines and find a crate of explosives to blow the entrance open.

But be careful, as you are not alone in there...

Made for the Scream Jam 2025

GOAL

Explore the Mines, find the Explosive crate and return to the entrance to blow up the rocks.

CONTROLS

Movement: W, A, S, D

Run: SHIFT

Interact: E

Light On/Off: F

HOW TO PLAY

• Find a pickaxe to move deeper into the mines.
• Keep the light working by supplying it with extra power through interacting with generators and picking up batteries scattered all over the map.
• Preserve power by turning the light on and off. Once the light flickers twice, it's an indication that the power is about to run out 
• Avoid, run, or hide in the minecarts from the monsters. You can not fight them. 
• If you get hit 3 times, the level will restart
• Explore the mines for a room with an explosive crate and a key that unlocks it.
  
• Pick up the explosive crate and navigate back to the starting area.
• Approach the rocks covering the entrance, which will end the game

ITEMS & INTERACTIBLE OBJECTS: 

All items can be picked up or interacted with by pressing E.

Pickaxe: Only used to progress the game (HAS NO OTHER FUNCTIONALITY AT THE MOMENT)

Battery: Restores 50 power on pickup.

Generator: Restores all the power on interaction.

Minecart: Used to hide from enemies or restore your sanity if out of power.

SANITY

If in total darkness, the player will start losing sanity, which will cause the screen to shake. If headlamp is not turned on within 10 seconds, the player will die. You can restore sanity by turning the headlamp back on, enter the lit up area of the generator or hiding in a minecart.

HIDING 

Player can hide in Minecarts by getting close to one and pressing E. While hidden, the player will not lose sanity, and monsters will lose sight of the player.

BUG FIX UPDATE (within the 2 day grace period)

Fixed bugs:

•  While in certain range of the generator's light source, the power will still go down even if the light is turned off.

•  If the headlamp runs out of power, the sanity will not start dropping.

•  Generators restore too much power.

•  If light is turned off while low on power animation plays, the sound associated with it will keep looping endlessly until the light is turned back on.

•  Key and Explosive crate pickup sounds don't play.

Current bugs:

• When using the generator to recharge power while the light is turned off (not out of power), pressing F to turn it back on won't work the first time, and needs to be pressed again.

Small Additions

• Text explaining what the goal is.

• Text explaining what the generators and minecarts do.

I also uploaded a version for Linux users, just in case.

FUTURE OF THIS GAME

I will continue working on this game after the voting period for the Game Jam ends. If you're interested where it goes from here, feel free to stay tuned in! I'll of course be keeping the Jam version on here as well!

Note: Thank you for playing! I'm a complete beginner when it comes to game development and this is my first actual game, so expect some bugs and unpolished mechanics/gameplay. I would appreciate any kind of feedback, critiques and suggestions to improve the game going forward!

Huge thanks to ENNE, who did all of the amazing sound effects, ambiance, and music!

Check them out on their page: https://musicbyenne.itch.io/