Sach | Echograph - Indie Survival Horror 📸 👻

My game is obviously inspired by:

- Resident Evil
- Silent Hill
- Fatal Frame/ Project Zero
- Crow Country

The ingredients to my game:
- Isometric camera to first person transition
- Fatal Frame-like combat
- Resident Evil resource management
- A story about a family inspired by the movie Hereditary

here's a snippet of a save room from echograph to let y'all know im still alive and toiling away.

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square format photographs hit different

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echograph - the ghost photography game

this new camera's vibes are ✨

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Thank you ☺️

echograph - the medium format ghost photography game

now trying to make the most asmr sound effect for when that waist level viewfinder pops open

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Yes! Planning to add quite a few things like that

my indie game for 15 seconds 📸

face what you fear to deal the most damage

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Thanks man! Made me super happy to read this, I appreciate it a lot!

If you are a fan of Fatal Frame (and charming pixel games!) check out Echograph from @sach-indie.bsky.social.
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Thanks for sharing!!

Writing a "simple" distortion shader for transparent objects in unity has made me want to rip my hair out.

Most horror games make you run from the scary monsters.

In my game, the closer you let the monsters get to you, the more the damage you do.

#screenshotsaturday

Is it bad that I'm having trouble getting excited for a Switch 2 ever since I got a steam deck?

Thanks for the compliment!

Finally improving my game's environments. As a solo dev, I really have to min max my time spent and fight the urge to polish constantly. Each decision's opportunity cost I feel viscerally. Hard to do well when my instincts are screaming at me like "ugh this thing I made is so ugly".

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Would my solo game count? If you have space 🙏
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Spooky mansion foyer checklist for my game:

✅ grand staircase
✅ chandelier
✅ hub for connecting many different areas together
WIP Candelabras
WIP big egotistical portrait

Most horror games make you run from the scary monsters.

In my game, the closer you let the monsters get to you, the more the damage you do.

#screenshotsaturday

Can relate to that feeling man. Even when I take that time off my mind wanders back to my project 😅

YouTube video by Pappy's Pipe Dream Echograph Gameplay Teaser

Put me in coach! Echograph is an isometric horror game where you fight ghosts by taking photos of them.

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Portraits looking great!

Can totally relate to the fear of sharing widely. Share with me if you figure out anything that makes it easier 😅

TIL isometric bullet hell works and looks slick

So a Japanese outlet wrote about my game and I'm only finding out about it weeks later. So excited to see this!

LOL sent this over discord and got this meme in return. *movie opinions are not my own*

Redoing my survival horror game's UI. I keep re-learning that an easy to use, accessible UI is an underrated part of gamedev.

#gamedev

Thanks for reposting @horrorvisuals.com!

I'm planning on running playtests soon! If y'all are up for it, reserve your spot here! beta.pappyspipedream.com

Ah yes I played some of Dreadout 1 (none of 2)! Good call should finish it for real.

And thank you for the compliment! I only started sharing Echograph around this week, means a lot!

Happy #horrorfriday (belated oops)

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