Genre: Roguelike, FPS, Horror
Platform: Console and PC
Target Audience: Projected to ages 18+, who enjoy horror games, intense roguelikes and stories that are beyond the surface. Killer type players.
Game Description: In Ashen Chambers, you play as a hunter and killer who, after dying, is taken to purgatory and given a final chance at redemption: to conquer a series of dark and twisted labyrinths filled with manifestations of his sins, nightmares, and life’s failures.
Each level reflects a distorted version of his soul, and the creatures lurking within embody his deepest flaws. However, as punishment for his actions in life, every time he dies in a trial, he is forced to start over from the beginning. The cycle repeats, demanding he face his sins and guilt again and again, with each failure intensifying his suffering and fueling the labyrinth’s horrors.
As you progress, rare glimpses of moments when he showed compassion or kindness appear, providing brief respite and allowing him to move further toward redemption. These moments are rooms that function as stores, nurseries, and some npc that might help you. With each labyrinth cycle, the design changes, and the trials grow more intense.
The soundtrack is somewhat oppressive and foreboding, the sound design combines elements of horror and a rising tension. But in moments of respite, the music is soft and melancholic. The game’s art style is dark and gothic, with a muted, somber color palette. The creatures and manifestations of his sins are amalgamations of the creatures he used to hunt and some symbolism referring to the mistake.
