Can't wait to bang my head while playing this survival horror that lets you hide from its monster using your webcam

I'm often enactment disconnected by gimmicky fearfulness games, but sometimes I spot 1 and deliberation "yeah, that'll beryllium a laugh." This clip astir it's Eyes Never Wake, the debut endurance fearfulness from developer Allan Hedlund. Where immoderate fearfulness games successful caller years person utilized your microphone to way however large you're being, Eyes Never Wake uses your webcam to way whether your look is contiguous oregon not.

In Eyes Never Wake, the monster that's trying to hunt you down can't spot you if your look isn't disposable connected screen. The trailer rather cleverly shows this by smoothly cutting from gameplay to existent satellite footage of the subordinate ducking down to fell from the incoming threat.

It's rather evident the crippled takes immoderate cues from modern creepypastas similar The Backrooms, and I deliberation the monster plan itself is simply a spot generically naff, but I bash deliberation the thought of slamming my caput into my table conscionable to debar being spotted is beauteous funny. It's benignant of similar an evil but little emotionally devastating Before Your Eyes.

You mightiness inquire "can I not conscionable crook my webcam distant truthful the monster tin ne'er spot me", to which the crippled answers, "no, due to the fact that determination are doors that necessitate in-world facial designation scans successful bid to unfastened them" - and it also uses your microphone, truthful it mightiness perceive you anyway.

The trailer doesn't uncover overmuch astir what Eyes Never Wake involves beyond the cam-ducking idea, truthful I tin lone anticipation it besides has things similar well-designed layouts and decent pacing. Mostly, though, I'm conscionable excited by a dev playing with the mean portion considering the real, carnal beingness of a player.

No connection connected a merchandise date, but if you're into this crippled that YouTubers similar Markiplier are guaranteed to play, you tin wishlist it here.