Nightmare on Azathoth

I am 32 years old.

My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old.

When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing.

Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side.

With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of you. In fact, I may have played this game for only a day or two. That being said, after doing so, I had a new joy and hope for life. I managed to leave behind the pain and suffering that had been thrust upon me. I could experience the joy and happiness of other people. I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥ minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.

After realizing this, I turned off the game and went back to work. My hand hurt a lot, but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and became the father I needed to be at that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving like.

Today, I am close friends with the mother of my children. We don't fight, argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents and friends.

Now I have 3 children. My third child is, wait, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my separation, and we just unexpectedly stumbled into each other's lives. We have been dating for a year and are very happy together.

Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that.

Thank you.

Really pretty good, went in with low expectations but this is a decently scary and interesting game.

What the heck is going on?! How do win?

There is literally, nothing to see

A good game for the price, even more so if its on offer. NOTE: Do NOT expect a AAA game, note the price, and he aint asking for much.

the developer's response is what made me buy this game, and its a good jump-in-and-play horror game with some elements of survival on an alien dark world.

As of 18th/08/2016, ill personally give it a 8/10, bumped from 6, due to the cheap price. (P.S its officialy "out", not EA and does have some minor bugs still which the developer is fixing and supporting, 1 man army bro!!)

The game sucks...

The game is pretty good for it's price, but I have one problem with it...

Namely, the introduction. I'm going to ignore the terrible voice-acting, and instead focus on a tiny little aspect.

You said "Darkness as dark as the absence of light" (or something like that).

Please, no.

Darkness IS the absence of light, and I kind of wanted to gouge out my eyes for reading it, and then my ears for hearing it.

I was attracted by the Lovecraftian reference, Azathoh. With that said, the only thing Lovecraftian about it (in the 8 minutes I played it) was the futility of trying to kill the intruders. Simply put, my shotgun didn't work.

While I like the premise, its delivery needs some work. The flashlight nees some work; the weapons need to fire; the voice acting needs better pacing. The graphics remind more of ca. 2000 CE blockiness.

Still, I'm not returning it (I did get it on sale, so if it is never improved upon, then I'm not out much money). Do I recommend it? In its current state, no. However, I'll come back in a few months and check it again.

This game has a very dark and tense atmosphere, it is very creepy and obvious is the impact of H. P. Lovecraft , which was the first reason to buy it . The story is unclear , even you are not sure what are you are doing, you do not know what your goal is, which only adds to the tension and unease that the game has . Action is well done , sounds are excellent , although the overall impression is that the game needs finishing and polishing. Finally, I would recommend this game to all fans of horror .

If you're looking for a short good survival game, with a creepy atmosphere, an absence of scenario that makes the game more uncomfortable, then you found it. you don't have time to think, it's a constant search for ammo, food supplies, dark matter (fuel), and meteorites.You need to know your area, and your way back to your headquarters. Don't forget to keep an eye on your level of sustenance and food, on that strange entity hovering, be careful about the annemies i call the dark dancers. I like their shape. They clearly look like they're coming from a lovecraft story. This a game i recommend just for the atmosphere. As i said don't expect a story or an explanation, just try to get out of this planet.

Not the craziest epic horror game, but for an indie game it's very good.

Well I dont really have much to add, just wanted to vote up this game...

The character and HUD remind me a bit of dead space, which is great.

EDIT: OK this review feels a little lazy so I'll add useful info

You're a man whose ship crashed on a planet, you spawn in a base and have to explore the environment in order to find ressources to survive (food,ammo,other stuff used as spare parts...) you'll encounter various monsters that are pretty creepy (a huge flying head, a dancer-like slender creature that changes the music when it charges you...) overall the game has nothing but black/white/grey colors, it is very.VERY.VERY dark.

It's not for everyone, but it has its good sides such as a relatively challenging survival aspect, mistery, and an interesting creatures design.

Cool Sci-Fi/Horror Indie Project

Scares the living shite outta me. Seriously though, I'd say this is a good 8/10. Graphics are alright, the lack of color makes the...fog, seem really freaking awesome, the Lovecraft influence is strong (ALWAYS a plus), the enemies scare the crud out of me, etc. Every time I die and start over I'm afraid to set foot outside again, and very few games do that. You have a gun, and usually the lack of defense is what makes survival scary right? Nah. The survival mechanics in this game (scrounging for ammo and all that good stuff) make shooting somewhat of a rare thing in this game. I still usually blow through my ammo starting off because the DOs are frighteningly creepy. The big floaty thing, creepy. This game, creepy. In a very very very good way. I suck at writing reviews but there isn't a good reason not get this game if it's on sale (a steal at 3.59 atm). You probably won't regret it. I didn't in the slightest.

Gee, I REALLY suck at reviews, ugh. Tl;dr = Buy game pls, is scare

I like Nightmare on Azathoth. It's an interesting survival game on a planet of darkness. Even daylight doesn't reach the ground, as the creatures you face push away all light on the surface. The enemies are troublesome without being ridiculous (except for the flying head) and are original in their simplicity (except for the flying head). I like the resource management, I like the giant floating monster that summons enemies to attack you when it gets close enough, I like the power system.

The only thing I don't like is the flying head monsters. It's not because they are annoying, it's not because they steadily glitch out worse and worse, it's entirely because of the fact that the flying head monster's model comes from the updated version of the game "Eyes - The Horror Game". This was a theft, as Eyes was made by a completely different person.

But, let's try and focus on being optimistic. Maybe it wasn't theft after all. Maybe Modesto Rabena got permission and used the model. No idea. What I do know is that it means that they decided not to make something original for the game. Even a different looking model would've sufficed.

In the end, I do recommand getting Nightmare on Azathoth. It's difficult in the beginning because of the lack of a tutorial but, you learn quickly by doing things. Once you learn the game becomes significantly easier but, it will still take you time to complete, and the longer it takes the harder it will get as The Silent Ones will become more numerous. It's a fun game, and I do enjoy it. Just wish the flying head monster wasn't so suspicious.

Edit: Upon seeing my review, the developer took time to let me know that it wasn't theft, and that they will be making changes to the flying head in both look and glitchiness. So now I recommand Nightmare on Azathoth even more, since the developer seems willing to fix bugs and errors in the game as soon as they are caught!

I couldn't even get outside, and I'll explain why.

My journey began with wonder what in the absoutle 5th dimension of Hell this game was about, and even more so where a sutable tutorial was. Finding none, I controlled my generic protagionist to walk around and explore the base. Contacting the village, I could barely hear anything as I was in a Skype call with several other people. Frustrated, I equipped my tough guy mask and proceeded to open the door, only to be stared at what looked like a huge flying shadow baby, waaaaaaaaaay off in the distance directly in front of me.

"Oh, look! A huge flying shadow baby!" *backs up, proceeds to close door* "I'm not letting that mutherfu-" In that instant, I screamed out the rest of the profanity when that.. thing did something or other and just jumped. It went FLYING toward the gate right as the door proceeded to close. It wasn't until I realized that a Silent One was responsible for the assault. Several things in that instance happened at once:

-I screeched and my voice cracked and went up several ocataves.
-My friends wondered wtf happened to Specialist.
-I peed a little.
-My monitor almost died because I was about to put my fist through the screen, in hopes that the physical contact would kill it since I couldn't bring myself to aim the damned gun I had in my hands and fire it.

In short, I am in the process of trying this again. I will update this review as time goes on, but can I reccomend this game? Absoutley. Buy it.

*EDIT*

It's cold. It's dark, I'm alone, with only non-sentient Robots to guide me through my quest to escape. Walking to the large settlement of buildings, I fire my gun to defend myself agaisnt two Silent Ones, and quickly find myeslf an assault rifle, some health and a very plentiful amount of ammo. I begin to head back to base, scanning over my vitals when I realize that my sustenance is running dangerously low. I began to be swarmed by SO's when my vision becomes blurry, and in my frantic struggle of moving, I fail to notice Shadow-Baby flying overhead, attracted by the gunshots. What feels like an eternity, I eventually find my way back to base with 5.00 sustenance left, but low on health from the encounter with the Silent Ones. Replinishing my vision, I sigh in relief, planning my next moves when all of the sudden, I hear..

"Whoooaaaaaa...."

"That's a new sound," I wonder aloud. I turn around, and nearly jump out of my chair when I see the head of the disembodied voice screaming toward me, killing me the instant it makes contact. I am dead.

10/10. Seriously. I love this game!!

I'm really enjoying this game. Haven't escaped yet, but enjoying trying/failing/re-trying.

Pros
- Atmosphere: very dark, dark, and twilight -- love the combination of Cthulhu and Plato (made me actually go read up a bit on some of Plato's works)
- Monster design and avoidance/teleport mechanic
- Sound effects: creepy, appropriate for the Lovecraft/Cthulhu mythos that it's partly based on
- Cool graphics, not for being high end but for being appropriate to the story and creepy. Reminiscent of some of the original black and white Twilight Zone episodes (the ones on alien planets or in space)
- So far the dev has been doing a lot of great updates

Non-spoiler tips
- Read the hints at the beginning of the game on the giant white boards (look all the way around before selecting New/Load)
- Remember that you can save (don't have to just let things get harder with each fail)
- The game is meant to be vague and not have detailed instructions. That's part of the fun
- If you're having problems hitting the silent ones, try running backwards and waiting for the silent ones to move towards the center of your view, then quickly move to the side and shoot

Great game so far, the story is very compelling. It's a very dark dark game. Love the feeling of when a silent one appears. Sends creepy chills down the spine. The survival aspects of the game are amazing, however the sub levels seem to be a bit tricky. Using do long runs out looking for supplies, but never make it back due to sub levels falling.
Hands down it's a great game, and a steal of a deal at $5. Would recommend it to any looking for a fun/dark/horror surivival alien based video game.

Hey! The developer is doing a good job! :)

To start, the game is a good game. It's an eerie spin on survival. I like that perspective.

The game had a rough start, but many of the bugs have been addressed and it's now playable. It makes me feel really good the dev team listened and is now working on making a good game.

The game is kinda eerie. I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do and I haven't made it past the first level... if there are levels.

From what I can figure out is that you start out stranded on a dark planet. Your ship is out of fuel so you have to collect meteorite fragments to make fuel. You also need to collect c-matter to make into food, ammo, and some other stuff.

You need the ammo because there are aliens that try to kill you --- actually, they're the natives and you play the alien. Anyway, they are creepy looking. The sound and music is well done.

Now that I've seen the dev team fixing things up and cotinuing to improve their work I think this game is going to just get better.

I'm looking forward to the game, Dev team! I hope you guys continue improving this game. Great job listening and reacting to feedback! :D That makes me feel good and thank you so much for responding.

I'm going to start following your studio. You've shown good customer support and interest in making your stuff great. I am completely in support of that kind of company! :D

*Updated review*
I have to commend the dev for rolling out these updates quickly. I liked the the game when it first came out, but now that it has been updated it is much better. I do notice that the enemies don't teleport as quickly as before making it easier to handle them along with the new main weapon. The new UI interaction notification thing really helps to understand what each of the machines do. The meteorite search machine is much better that it is shorter as it wasn't intuitive to look up to see what it does, now you can easily see the direction of meteorite. The new animation of the main character, and the totally different main weapon feels much better. There is no more pistol like in the preview, but kind of like a semi automatic rifle now. It has a nice weight to it. Overall I think there were more changes but I can't list them all off the top of my head, but now the game feels much more polished.


old review
{I think I am starting to get the hang of this game. I found the "encounter" with the enemies to be challenging, and they can be a bit scary as your radar only picks meteorite or memory fragments, they can be creepy especially when they pop out of the shadows. I like the concept and direction of the game so I'd recommend to those that like challenges. I get satisfaction from figuring out how to survive.}