Dark Lessons (tuxdb.com)

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Dark Lessons is a first-person psychological horror game. With only candles for light and trapped in your teacher's home, you have to uncover her family's dark secrets. Solve puzzles, connect the dots and escape. But beware: There is someone else playing games with you, and someone who needs your help.

Your biology teacher Agatha Glower has lured you into her house — and she is up to no good. Find a way to escape before it's too late! Explore Mrs. Glower’s chambers with only candles for light and — thanks to a blackout — no electricity to illuminate the place.

Strange things start to happen as you try to get out alive. Examine your environment and combine items that will help you solve puzzles and overcome obstacles.

Uncover Mrs. Glower's arcane family history and find out why you are at the center of her dark secrets.

But most importantly: Survive!

Features:

Classic first-person psychological horror game with low-poly 3D graphics

Thrilling story in which you find yourself the involuntary protagonist

Game world inspired by Lovecraftian lore

Plot-driven puzzles with point-and-click-style inventory management
Atmospheric soundscape and an original score that puts players on the edge
Take care of your light sources so you're not left in the dark
Accessibility features: fov slider, gamma slider, head bob settings

Devlog: FAQ and New Character Reveal

Hi horror fans,

In my last update, I talked a lot about Agatha. She's the evil teacher whose house you need to escape from in my psychological horror game Dark Lessons.

What I didn't tell you is that you won't be alone with her. Agatha used to have a husband, and he's in the house as well or rather, whatever is left of him is. I won't reveal why he's there, why he's dead (... maybe?) or what he's up to just yet, but I at least wanted to share with you this amazing concept art of him that my 2D artist Hitsugitoshi has come up with.
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Him and Agatha, I think they make a lovely couple!

By the way, there's even a fourth person in the house (you, the player, being the third), but that's a topic for another newsletter.

As for myself, I spent most of the past month taking Blender animation courses so that I could properly bring my 3D models to life. Unfortunately, this means that I haven't got any new in-game footage for you, though I promise you that something really cool is cooking right now.

I'm also fairly certain that this will conclude my months-long saga of taking Blender courses, at least for this project, and I've now got the 3D basics needed to hit the ground running.

Meanwhile, please take this simple practice animation of a wobbly blob I did as part of the course and bear with me.
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At least my artists (yes, plural!) haven't been lazy at all this month. Besides the drawings for Agatha's husband, I got composer Megollyen to create an original track for me, and capsule artist Guilherme Holz revamped my Steam capsule to give it a much more professional look!
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[h1]GOT A QUESTION?
I'LL ANSWER![/h1]

[i]"Which games inspired you to make Dark Lessons?"
"Will I be able to play it on my ultra wide screen?"
"When can I play the demo?"[/i]

If questions like these have been keeping you up at night, you might be relieved to know that I've posted some FAQ on my Steam Community Hub page . So head over there and check out my most commonly asked questions!

In case you've got a question that hasn't been answered there yet, feel free to post it or send me an email!