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Dim

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A 1-4 Hour long Adventure/Horror game.
Estimated Launch Date: February 2014

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What is a secret worth? Is it worth your comfort, your friends, your life ... your world?
Daniel Warren, an enigmatic man whose shadowy past darkens most of the world, is about to embark upon a journey to discover his answer.

Among the cracked ruins of Johnston Airforce Base, Daniel must find the corpse of Nathan Grave, a man who in life was extorted by Daniel to keep his secrets quiet.
In death, Nathan threatens to reveal Daniel's dark past for all the world to see -- his cruel karma threatening not only Daniel's life but his identity itself.

Slumbering in darkness the Siren awaits her master's next command.
As Daniel inches ever toward discovering the fate of Nathan Grave, 07 watches, curiosity the only thing keeping his hand from crushing Daniel's unsuspecting mind.

Between the dim lights, cloaked in darkness, lies an unfortunate truth.
Will he survive long enough to learn it -- or go mad in the attempt?


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Morbid Ponderings
Multiple endings. Many bad; few good.

A Gravekeeper's Lament
Dim strives to be horror game true to its roots.
It shall do its best to startle but also to not fall into the trappings of the usual jumpscare-driven horror game.


Depth of Study
A(?) rich world to explore and learn.

Phantom Theatre
Dim is equipped with New Game+

The Alter Proxy's Blessing
Gor(e)geous environments, hand-crafted.

Labyrinths upon Labyrinths
Original puzzles, hand-crafted for Dim.
You may select how difficult you wish for them to be at game start.


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DIM is not a complete game at this time. The Demo is intended to not have any bugs or missing features.
However, the Demo available below should be regarded as an 'early alpha' gameplay.
Bugs, incomplete features, and et cetera are to be expected. Should you encounter any, please notify me so I can fix them ASAP.


DIM contains strong language, violence, disturbing themes, moments of intense binaural stimulation, and gore.

If you suffer from epilepsy, be advised: DIM does contain bright flashes which may cause seizures.

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(Prologue section; roughly 20-40 minutes of gameplay)
You may save your progress at the end of the Prologue -- I will do my best to make that save compatible with the full game.


Available at:
GameJolt
RPGMaker NET

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Dim includes contributions, resources, or scripts (some modified) from the following persons and/or resource packs.
RPG Maker DS+ Resource Pack
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c 2012 ENTERBRAIN, INC; artists Archeia, EvilEagles, Tobby Ong, Caz

Futuristic Tiles Resource Pack
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c 2012 ENTERBRAIN, INC; artist Celianna.

Modern Day Tiles Resource Pack
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c 2012 ENTERBRAIN, INC; artists Lunarea and Celianna.

Sinister Hollows
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c 2013 Murray Atkinson

Survival Horror Music Mega-Pack
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c 2013 Joel Steudler


Acezon (Map as Title Screen)
Estriole (Notebook System)
Galv (Region Effects)
GDS (Ultimate Parallax Control)
Khas Arcthunder (Khas Awesome Light Effects)
KilloZappit (Word Wrapping Message Boxes)
Majirefly (MapName+)
mikb89 (Ambient Sound)
Mithran (Graphics Object Global Reference, Text Cache Bugfix)
modern algebra (ATS: Message Options, ATS: Formatting, ATS: Special Message Codes, Animated Parallax)
Moghunter (Wallpaper EX, Weather EX)
Neonblack (Fade-across Audio)
Nicke ( Core Module, Journal System)
Shaz (Super Simple Mouse Script)
Tsukihime (Data Backup, Map Screenshot, Gameover Events, Splash Screen Map, Window Animation Designer)
Victor Sant (Step Sound, Fog and Overlay)
Yanfly (Core Engine, Save Add-on, Save ConfirmBox, Save NewGame+)
Zeus81 (Fullscreen++, Map Effects)
 
Welcome back Firgof, it's been a long while!

This looks great, I can't wait to play it. (Can't right now on this PC, sorry).

Thanks for the epilepsy warning by the way, we do have a member who has a severe problem with it.
 
Thanks much, Amy. I've just been waiting for a game I felt was worth putting up for people to look at and play to come back.

It has been a while, aye, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving: It's good to be home again.
 

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