[SOON] "The Fan" : A photorealistic thriller

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Hi there!
I’m Cyril, Frenchie indie dev and new to the Unity community. I’m about to release my first game as a 1-man army and as it should be ready early 2016, I feel like it’s a good time to let you know about it =)

The fan is a first person exploration/adventure game with real locations and actors. You play as “The Fan”, a smart and successful serial killer abducting women to fulfill his dark fantasies. A couple of month ago, he fell in love like never before and the good news is: his dream girl is now waiting for him, tied up in his basement.
The game has a disturbing setting and is driven by a creepy atmosphere, as you learn more about the characters and wander in your lair in the Paris underground.

More on the official website: http://thefan-game.blogspot.fr/
And facebook page: Redirecting...

I’m using Unity and mostly Lightroom for the pictures. I started the project in 2012 and did all the shootings, which was really fun but when it came to actually “make a game”, well, it took much more time, effort, tutorials, training and hard work than I expected :smile:

I didn’t know too much about programming and never used Unity before I started the game. Same for Lightroom or photo editing but it’s going pretty well now. I’m almost done with the production, fixed all the bugs I could find and I will release a cinematic teaser soon! I will also add screenshots with interface and menus so you get a better idea of the actual gameplay (it’s pretty straightforward “Telltale-style” point and clic, though)

Although The Fan is gonna be a pretty short experience (there are no overly twisted puzzles to keep you from going fast if you wanna rush it), it took thousands of pictures and a tremendous amount of work to make it look good enough. Please, tell me what you think!
I know there is not much on the website at the moment but stay tuned, plenty more pictures and news where it comes from =)

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Here we are, the game is nearly finished and I’m trying to get it on Steam =)

Please, check out my Greenlight page and you might even vote for it if you like what you see!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=761373585

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Congrats on reaching top 100.
To be frank I don’t really know how the game has achieved this without any gameplay video. I guess people will vote for anything - just cause - on steam.

I like the quality of production - it looks very well done, eerie atmosphere, staging/framing and props are cool.
From reading on steam just a bit - its revealed this is going to be point and click, right? Without revealing spoilers a gameplay trailer is really important to show people this will be worth playing.

Can you share the average duration of the game from opening scene to ‘the end’?

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Hi theANMATOR2b! Thanks for your feedback =)
It takes around 1 to 1 hour and half to complete the game.

I guess the game has done relatively well on Steam without a gameplay video because of the genre. If I see a point and click, I’ll judge it by the screenshot, it’s pretty straightforward.
I’ve just put together a ‘quick and dirty’ gameplay footage, though, here you go :slight_smile:

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Nice work - I think that trailer accompanied with the first trailer will entice the ‘prospective’ players - just enough :wink: - who have voted yes on steam.