‘MapFriend’ Hides Scary Secrets and techniques in an Growing older Navigation Program

MapFriend needs you to have a look round a brand new place and study it by way of an older navigation program. Though chances are you’ll not like what you discover.

The sport opens with a map, some areas of curiosity close by, and a few quiet music enjoying. These tunes would develop steadily stranger and extra insistent as you dig deeper into the world, however at first, issues have been simply subtly nerve-wracking. It’s the form of worry you are feeling whenever you’re a bit misplaced in a spot you don’t know. You’re not afraid on your life, but, however you’ve obtained this nagging sensation that you simply’re unsure tips on how to get again to security. You’ve taken steps into someplace that might be harmful. You’re nonetheless semi-sure you might make it again, although. You’re nonetheless in a position to push these fears apart. You’re FINE, you inform your self. This sport captures that sensation as you set your little character down onto a number of the map areas and go searching.

As you get to know the realm, you’ll creep across the map, both by way of the fowl’s-eye-view or on-foot modes. You may transfer extra of the map shortly within the former, letting you see areas of curiosity with ease. The latter is slower, however you get to really feel extra such as you’re genuinely exploring regardless of the simulated previous tech. It feels actually unusual to be strolling round these empty digital locations, although. It’s a sense that will get worse and worse as you be taught extra in regards to the world. Nicely, be taught extra about the way you’re in all probability not imagined to know a few of these issues. That there’s one thing permeating the world and program that’s going to indicate you one thing you’ll be able to’t un-know as soon as it’s unveiled.

MapFriend is transient however chilling as its music grows in depth and the world begins to shut in round you and that forbidden data. Glorious, chilling stuff that may have me just a bit bit nervous to make use of Google Maps for the remainder of my life.



MapFriend is out there now on itch.io.

Joel Couture

Joel has been protecting indie video games for varied websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games could be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.