Kitty Horrorshow
Kitty Horrorshow is a independent video game developer who specializes in atmospheric and surreal psychological horror games.
Career
Horrorshow gave up on her initial attempts to become a game developer after finding it too complex. Years later, she became interested again after playing a Twine game. Horrorshow's art style is influenced by early 3D video games, such as Doom, Hexen, Thief, and EverQuest, citing their ability to create immersive worlds while still remaining unmistakably computer-generated.[1] Owen Vince of Kill Screen compares the stylistic, low-polygon graphics in her games to that of German Expressionism, specifically The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.[2] Her games often lack characters with whom to interact, but focus instead on dreamlike scenes to explore. She avoids jump scares and player death, as she finds them uninteresting. To scare players, she uses elements of psychological horror, such as leaving disturbing scenes unexplained and open to interpretation.[3] Commenting on the lack of jump scares in her games, Brendan Caldwell of Rock, Paper, Shotgun wrote, "These games creep up on you slowly and rattle your brain, not your instincts."[4]
Games
- Dust City[5]
- Chyrza[6]
- Sunset Spirit Steel[7]
- Rain, House, Eternity[8]
- Here Is Where I Carve My Heart[9]
- Sigil Valley[2]
- Anatomy[10]
- Haunted Cities[11]
References
- ^ Priestman, Chris (2015-08-01). "Recapturing the low-res horror of early 3D worlds". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ a b Vince, Owen (2015-12-09). "Making sense of the static". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Hudson, Laura (2016-06-16). "Scare Tactics". Slate. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Caldwell, Brendan (2016-06-14). "The Indie Devs You Won't Hear About At E3". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Dimopoulos, Konstantinos (2014-09-03). "Freeware Garden: Dust City". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Warr, Philippa (2014-10-21). "Chyrza: A Short Night Vale-ish Horror Story". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Colosso, Luca (2015-03-31). "There's a Terrifying Mesa to Explore in Sunset Spirit Steel". IndieGames.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Priestman, Chris (2015-05-13). "Kitty Horrorshow's most personal game yet is a trip through sad architecture". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Sykes, Tom (2015-03-14). "The best free games of the week". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ "Body Horror: Explore A Spooky House In Anatomy". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Priestman, Chris (2016-05-10). "Visit the latest haunted cities from the queen of horror games". Kill Screen. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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