Game made for Revival Jam 2025.

Synopsis

Carter and four of his friends go to a Halloween concert once more, but on their way back home, his ghosts come back from the past to claim their revenge... Will Carter be strong enough to survive?

Gameplay

A full point and click story-driven experience to play with the mouse.

(You can press ESC to go back to the main menu, though)

Inspiration and jam theme

Clock Tower, released by Human Entertainment in 1995 for the SNES, has been the primary inspiration for us. This game, though criticised for having a slow pace, it established the bases for the video game horror experience, leaving the action aside in favour of the tension, mystery, and exploration, which will then be adopted by future titles like Resident Evil (1996). You can acquire Clock Tower: Rewind on Steam.

Downhell wants to revive the same concept on its core, bringing back the Clock Tower experience from the dead with a new story.

Credits

Game design and code

BlueHarrier

Art direction

PauMol

Sound design and soundtrack

Arkturitus
Cernunno

Other resources used

freesound_community
SoundReality