The Woods

Lost deep in the woods - but not alone!

The Woods is an ambient psycho horror game, which let the player experience a mad rush about life or death. Lost in a dark forest, you crossed the lines into the hunting grounds of a ruthless killer. Escape - or say goodbye forever!

The Scenario

It was late at night already, when suddenly an in blood covered shape lights up in the beam of your car headlights, starring right at you. As the breaks fail you turn hard to the right in a natural reflex.
The last you remember is the crash into a tree in the nearby forest. Now trapped, you steal your way through the woods and fight for your life because you are not alone.

"The Woods" creates with realistic features an intense atmosphere. Horror fans can be excited about a procedurally generated scenario, decision-based gameplay, and a cold ambient, with a chance of a lot of creeps. very single movement decides about life or death and every interaction can bring you closer to escape or impede it.

The surrounding nature creates a breathtaking and oppressive feeling. Was this blurry shape in the fog game creeping around, a tree bending by the wind or worst, was it your tormentor?
The sounds and voice of the forest are pushing you forward. Just pray that the crackling behind you is not a bad omen.

Gameplay

To survive, you need to come through the night and find a way out of the woods, something that sounds easier than it is!
The killer as nature is able to hurt you, slow you down or to irritate you and send you on the wrong path and into the next trap. If you want to survive, you need to develop your own approach. Sneak and stay in the dark or try to escape with fast sprints and fight bravely against your pursuer. In The Woods every single way or decision is neither wrong nor right. Your strategy is growing with your success and failures over time.

The game is analyzing your style of playing during your experience and is changing itself to your personal nightmare. Some interesting spots in the level are changing their appearance, fresh or even rotten corpses are appearing all over the woods. Sometimes trees and other plants can fall or get hit by lighting and catch fire which can cut off essential routes for your escape.
Also, the killer can adapt his strategy to your behavior and change his usual path, to find and attack you more efficient.

With every new game round, essential spots in level are changing, which makes it almost impossible to remember ways, items or hiding spots again and again. Especially useful weapons and items can even not be available. Also, the killer is making different decisions in every new round.