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Described as "a mix of Project Zomboid, Teleglitch and Don't Starve, directed by David Lynch," Darkwood will feature randomly generated environments where you explore the spooky outdoors by day then defend your home base at night.
Based on the debut trailer above, it looks surprisingly spooky. Usually top-down games aren't particularly scary since you can see your surroundings, but the limited sight lines and creepy sound effects eschew any sort of notions one usually has about this distant perspective. The evocative animations look great, too, and put me in mind of Hotline Miami where the relatively simple presentation makes your mind fill in the blanks and all your actions seem somehow cooler than if they were portrayed literally in a realistic looking blockbuster. Plus it's got a talking generator, so there's that.
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