risooonho / darklab

A survival horror game set in an ever-changing laboratory

Dark Lab

Dark Lab is a survival horror game. In many ways it follows its genre's tropes:

• a player finds himself in a hazardous environment;
• something tries to locate the player and kill him;
• the player explores the lab, looking for a way to escape;
• the player encounters various obstacles in his search;
• the player has a limited viewsight obscured by darkness.

The main feature of the Dark Lab is the lab itself. It will change its layout whenever some part of it is left beyond player's sight. Effectively this happens whenever an area is left unlit in the darkness.

Made with Unreal Engine 4.19.

Where to play

You can download an archive with an executable of the game for Windows from Google Drive: 64-bit, 32-bit.
Or you can build the game on your own PC, following the instructions below.

Building

1. git clone https://github.com/Ziririn/DarkLab.git
2. Open the project in the Unreal editor.
3. Choose File - Package Project - [PlatformName] and select the desired build folder.

How to play

The game is meant to be played with a mouse and a keyboard, though controllers are also supported.

• You will be able to move around, pick up and use some items, open doors. While doing so you should avoid the Darkness - the monster inhabiting the corridors of the lab - at all cost.
• Wherever you move - the lab will change around you, generating in the darkness. Use light to your advantage.
• Specific controls can be found in the game's help menu.

The goal: find a black keycard, reach the exit, unlock it and escape the lab.

Screenshots

Influencers

• Darkwood
• SCP: Containment Breach
• Stanley Parable (the looped corridors scene)

Disclamer

The game was written as a university project in 2018. It isn't currently updated or maintained.

License

Copyright 2018 (C) Jan Fazli.

Licensed under the MIT License.