Zombie Studios reveals "Daylight", an Unreal Engine 4 game

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Just revealed at the DICE summit, Daylight is a "randomly generated" horror game built on Unreal Engine 4. This is the first 3rd party UE4 game to be announced.

Daylight is a horror game featuring a procedurally-generated environment. With only the light of a cell phone to guide them, players will navigate the halls of a dark building as a woman whos just woken up. Every experience will be different as rooms are randomly generated, and players will only learn about the games story via clues they discover as they explore.

"Youre essentially a rat in a cage, but the cage is an asylum and its scary as hell. You need to find your way out, and each time you do it its completely different."

Daylight is coming to Steam sometime this year, and will be priced under $20.

We have staff from Saw, Condemned, and FEAR working on it.

Got to say..the pictures dont look that good... i hope this isnt an indication of whats to come out of UE4 :\

A playthrough of Daylight is only meant to take around 25 or 30 minutes, but the idea is for players to replay it multiple times in order to find all of the story elements.

I remember Zombie Studios licensed the engine a few months ago.
Also "We have staff from Saw, Condemned, and FEAR working on it." FEAR? I'm in.

Another thing that interests me is the randomly generated environment, Which means, Every time i play it, It won't feel the same,
Much like in L4D where Zombies appeared from different directions everytime. 

Looks cool.

Sounds really interesting. I like the idea of randomly generated levels. 

I see some flat edges on what should be a round object (the grate.) Lazy, incompetent devs am confirmed. :P

Hopefully it'll have some kind of combat system so we're not constantly running away the entire time.

A playthrough of Daylight is only meant to take around 25 or 30 minutes, but the idea is for players to replay it multiple times in order to find all of the story elements.nutcrackr

ugh

It could be cool.

This is a good year for horror fans (if you have a PC).

20-30mins, the hell?Inconsistancy

the human heart can only take so much..:P

Sounds pretty cool. PC has a nice horror lineup.

Sounds pretty cool. PC has a nice horror lineup.

Wanderer5

20-30mins, the hell?Inconsistancy

I've only seen something similar in one other game called "The Path", and it's somewhat interesting.

The Path is unfortunately art first, game second so it's not really fun to play.

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Six sisters live in an apartment in the city. One by one their mother sends them on an errand to their grandmother, who is sick and bedridden. The teenagers are instructed to go to grandmother's house deep in the forest and, by all means, to stay on the path! Wolves are hiding in the woods, just waiting for little girls to stray.

But young women are not exactly known for their obedience, are they? Will they be able to resist the temptations of the forest? Will they stay clear of danger? Can they prevent the ancient tale from being retold?

The Path is a game about growing, about changing, about making choices, about accepting the consequences of these choices. A game about playing, and failing, about embracing life, perhaps by accepting death.

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The Path, but with good gameplay, could actually be pretty awesome I think, so I hope that's what we get with Daylight

as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.IGN

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]

A playthrough of Daylight is only meant to take around 25 or 30 minutes, but the idea is for players to replay it multiple times in order to find all of the story elements.campzor

ugh

Multiple playthroughs to get the whole story plus it's like $20 and the plan on continuing with "chapters"

I see some flat edges on what should be a round object (the grate.) Lazy, incompetent devs am confirmed. :P

Hopefully it'll have some kind of combat system so we're not constantly running away the entire time.

ChubbyGuy40

They said that the game would have some sort of Hack n Slash combat

It's procedurally generated and the updates will throw in more tiles and assets, not new stories.

It's procedurally generated and the updates will throw in more tiles and assets, not new stories.

Baranga

well in my defense :P

"A playthrough of Daylight is only meant to take around 25 or 30 minutes, but the idea is for players to replay it multiple times in order to find all of the story elements."

Also TC here are some pics from Polygon

 

 

Got to say..the pictures dont look that good... i hope this isnt an indication of whats to come out of UE4 :\

campzor

Are you blind? That first picture is amazing...

I see some flat edges on what should be a round object (the grate.) Lazy, incompetent devs am confirmed. :P

Hopefully it'll have some kind of combat system so we're not constantly running away the entire time.

ChubbyGuy40

NO COMBAT. Only running.

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

It's procedurally generated and the updates will throw in more tiles and assets, not new stories.

NoodleFighter

well in my defense :P

"A playthrough of Daylight is only meant to take around 25 or 30 minutes, but the idea is for players to replay it multiple times in order to find all of the story elements."

Also TC here are some pics from Polygon

Now these pictures look like crap. Pass....

[QUOTE="campzor"]

 

 

Got to say..the pictures dont look that good... i hope this isnt an indication of whats to come out of UE4 :\

StrongBlackVine

Are you blind? That first picture is amazing...

NO COMBAT. Only running.

StrongBlackVine

Shut up.

The lighting is excellent except in the picture with hands. They look pasted over.

There's plenty of chromatic aberration too. Unfortunately that looks to be next generation's buzzword.

At DICE, IGN had a chance to speak with Zombie creative director and studio head Jared Gerritzen as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

who wrote the game

IGN

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

Sounds a bit like that other thing. Except the whole randomly generated thing.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/29/soiled-pants-outlast-will-scare-the-crap-out-of-you/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GPf3MdVOKI

Horror games are coming back it seems. This thing was announced a couple of days ago.

[QUOTE="IGN"]

At DICE, IGN had a chance to speak with Zombie creative director and studio head Jared Gerritzen as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

who wrote the game

SAGE_OF_FIRE

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

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[QUOTE="IGN"]

At DICE, IGN had a chance to speak with Zombie creative director and studio head Jared Gerritzen as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

as well as Jessica Chobot, who wrote the game.

who wrote the game

McStrongfast

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

Now the game is truly terrifying.

Outlast looks better

I was hoping it would be coming to console so we don't have to put in a fortune for a high end PC. I need a game like Amnesia to hit console. That game is amazing. Baroni88

[spoiler]   [/spoiler] .

If IGN reviews this game there will be shart.

Outlast looks better

nutcrackr

And Daylight...for some reason I've always wanted to see that movie but never have.

Shovelware.

Randomly generated levels?  In other words, it is going to have extremely boring and poorly made levels.  nice.  

Random level design is one of the worst things to happen to gaming.  

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NO COMBAT. Only running.

ChubbyGuy40

Shut up.

I just wanted save you the wasted time of illegally downloading it...

Randomly generated levels?  In other words, it is going to have extremely boring and poorly made levels.  nice.  

Random level design is one of the worst things to happen to gaming.  

hoola

Horror comes from the unknown and the unpredictable. Scripted horror is good only for a first playthrough.

[QUOTE="hoola"]

Randomly generated levels?  In other words, it is going to have extremely boring and poorly made levels.  nice.  

Random level design is one of the worst things to happen to gaming.  

Baranga

Horror comes from the unknown and the unpredictable. Scripted horror is good only for a first playthrough.

Left for Dead is a good example. Not knowing what was going to happen and when is what made the game great.

Interesting. Will keep an eye out

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="hoola"]

Randomly generated levels?  In other words, it is going to have extremely boring and poorly made levels.  nice.  

Random level design is one of the worst things to happen to gaming.  

lawlessx

Horror comes from the unknown and the unpredictable. Scripted horror is good only for a first playthrough.

Left for Dead is a good example. Not knowing what was going to happen and when is what made the game great.

The lighting is excellent except in the picture with hands. They look pasted over.

There's plenty of chromatic aberration too. Unfortunately that looks to be next generation's buzzword.

Baranga

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

The lighting is excellent except in the picture with hands. They look pasted over.

There's plenty of chromatic aberration too. Unfortunately that looks to be next generation's buzzword.

faizan_faizan