As if "classic" horror games were not already creepy enough, a new genre representative is now preparing to penetrate completely new nightmare dimensions. The Steam title uses your webcam and your microphone to fear you.
This monster can see you
That's what it's about:A new horror game is making headlines, although it has not even appeared. InEyes Never Wake(To the Steam page) The players themselves become the hunted and have to hide in the real world so as not to lose.
The game accesses the webcam and the microphone. At the beginning your face is scanned and as a result you end up in a creepy labyrinth in which a huge monster searches for you.
Whenever the monster appears on the screen, you have to hide quickly. If you are to see over your webcam, grab the being. By the way, you shouldn't be too loud, because the monster can also eavesdrop on the microphone.
The trailer gives an impression of how this works:
Incidentally, cheating should not work. If the webcam is hidden, freedom of movement in the game is also severely restricted.
So it is currently about the game and these concerns are there
Eyes Never Wake is still in the middle of the development and still has no release date.
The game is followed by other indie horror games that have shifted the limits of the genre in recent years. Title likeLethal CompanyorFor example, use the connected microphone as a gameplay element, but not the camera.
Security concerns:Access to the webcam and the microphone naturally triggers questions about the protection of the privacy of the players. The Allan Hedlund, which the developer Allan Hedlund, are also addressed on Steam.
The use of webcam is therefore only intended for the gameplay. All processes run directly on the respective PC and no pictures, videos or other data are collected or sent somewhere.
In addition, the webcam feature can also be switched off in the settings at any time. Of course, this should be quite severely restricted the fun. Of course, you have to decide for yourself whether this statement is enough for you or you are uncomfortable.
What do you think of the idea? Are you going to try the game?
