DARKWOOD Where are you currently at in the game? Any tips or

I am still at the first hideout. Got invited to the wedding and got spooked.
Game is stressful as fuck and I still haven't found anything decent I can use as a weapon.

I played through the prologue. Haven't been in the mood for scary, but will return to it when the mood strikes me.

What is this?

>>387867881
TL;DR:
>Linear story-based top-down horror survival combat game about surviving in a forest of nightmares
>Has (0) Jumpscares
>Has some flaws and overclocks your system like mad if you don't V-Sync, but is fun if you like this sort of stuff

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Any tips on storage??

I'm currently using the lumber pile to store wood, but I don't have the code to open the storage on the side of the hideout. I can't find any other containers inside so I'm just dropping my items on the ground to store them.

Is there any way to craft a box or something?

>>387867881
Top down horror with muh survival scavenging elements. It doesn't sound that interesting or unique, but the way it's done is pretty cool. Game has good sound design and atmosphere so it's spooky.
The night time is the best part of the game. You just go to your hideout, turn on the lights and wait it out hoping nothing breaks down the door or jumps trough the windows.

>>387868117
>He doesn't take the risk and loot the shinies or even opens his door when a neighbor delivers supplies

Just finished night 1 bros. What should I buy from the trader? My plan is to fully secure my house then take my time exploring the area around where I am to find shit to craft a gun as I was told by the Wolfman I should be well armed before entering the Silent Forest

>>387868178
I shit my pants when someone knocked on the doors for the first time. No way I am opening them.

How long is this game

Can I take my time if I am retarded

>>387868284
The first thing I try to get is the watch so I know exactly how much time I have before it gets dark.

>>387868394
If you play on normal mode it will probably be less than 10 hours as you YOLO your way trough it.
If you play on hard or nightmare you will be more careful and take your time, so it will take much longer.

>>387867881
indie early access horror game from like 2012~ that got released recently so you're going to see a lot of shill threads for it.

>>387867881
I played it in early alpha
sucked then, don't know about now

Why can't people make a thread about an indie game without all the cynical, jaded fucks on this board saying everybody posting is a shill

>>387868079
I had this same problem like 2 hours ago. You can store shit in your crafting table. This blew my fucking mind when I saw that.

>>387868425
I considered the watch but you're spending so much early game rep on something which is essentially just a quality of life upgrade

Where is the torrent

No enemy variety, shit combat, meme pixel art indie crap.

Fuck off with this shit you fucking shill.

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>>387868617
pic related

>>387868826
How do you survive nights in the second house? For me it's basically been a gamble whether or not enough enemies came in to overwhelm me.

>>387868569
>>387868826
>All that anti-shill autistic rage

>>387869160
Game spent like 6 years in development.

There is no excuse for it to have such poor enemy variety. Especially since it's a flash game.

>>387869019
Pretty much. Every time we have a DARKWOOD thread someone has to shit their pants and whine they don't like horror games or top downs. Then just don't play it.. if youbhavent, buy it, if you don't like it refund it... But I know you won't. It's too sexy for you... Embrace it.

>>387869325
The only games you can talk about on nu/v/ are Nintendo children games and really shitty AAA titles like The Last of Us.

>>387869325
nha those faggots are here only to fish some sweet sweet (you), just ignore them

>>387868687
I can't believe I missed that... Wow!

Thanks!

>>387870076
If you buy the fabric and rope you can upgrapde your carried slots and also your hot bar. (So you can have more than 3 weapon slots.)

>>387867881
overpriced flash game that's being shilled hard

i am at the fucking weeding, ask me anything

>>387870494
Want to dance?

>>387870636
no thanks, i am going to loot everything now, also there are too many dancing bitches

>>387870714
I didn't find shit there. I ran out though.

>>387871113
god fucking dammit i wasn't ready for that

>>387870406
You guys could be getting a lap dance and you'd still complain... Her nipples are too supple.. My penis is too hard. Do I really have to tip her?

The game is $13 bucks..... If it was 30 or more I could understand your complaint... But it's $13 fucking dollars.

I just started, I'm not sure I like how open ended it is. Is the whole game just exploring with no direction?

How many days should I hang around the first area?

>>387871404
I've been there 20ish days and still go back as I prefer hiding there at night

>>387871505
Do items respawn around there or is it just looted forever once I get it?

>>387871376
No. You get tasks and your end goal is to exit the forest.

>>387871376
It's not that open ended. You get an end game goal early on and stuff happens that gives you direction.
I am not that far in the game, but what I think you're supposed to do is track down the guy who stole your key, and then use that key to open the door in the first area.

>>387871568
The crates will respawn more loot but they require a lockpick. I also enjoy finding things I missed hidden deep in the trees.

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how do i clean the infestation in the second hideout?

>>387871571
>>387871583

I guess I'll stick with it then. Is the torch a good early game weapon or should I save the planks for crafting?

>>387872118
Fire.

>>387872141
Torch breaks too easily. It takes something like 4 or 5 hits before it burns out. It's a better light source than a weapon.

>>387872141
Craft the plank with nails on the work bench. Then upgrade it with more nails for deadlier attacks.

Red Chompas wreck my shit. Wolf or Musician?

>>387872605
I chose musician. I did it by accident. I just clicked "show him the key" and he took it....

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>enjoying the game so far
>went out and gathered shit for my shit shack
>first night
>door fucking opens on its own

>>387872683
I did too. Killed the pig?

>>387872816
Haven't gotten there yet. Gave him the key and had to.go to work.. Really didn't understand wtf he wanted me to do. He rambled on about some female, a violin and the pig... Was confused.

>>387872803
See..... For 13 bucks (currently on sale on steam) it's pretty spooky.
>>387872816

Naysayers need to try it out.

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>>387872803
>wait out the night
>sun goes up
>go to check the doors
>they're open
>can't tell if I forgot to close them or someone opened them during the night

what can i do with the dog meat?

>>387873043
Sell it to some traders or throw it to lure dogs away from loot instead of wasting ammo on them

>>387873003
I would try it out if there was a mega link or torrent file

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>>387873037
Quick heads up: Fuck you. Fuck your image. Fuck this game. Fuck horror games. Fuck all of this. Call me the Sofa King and hand me my crown. I'm sofa king outta here.

>>387873003
2nd quote shouldn't be there. Messed up on my phone.

>>387873106
got it

>>387873037
Lol min did that too once. I left the door un-barricaded on the 2nd night and when I go check it in middle of night it's wide open.

>>387869160
I've played higher quality games on Newgrounds in 2004.

>>387873597
I played your mom in 2003. That's how you're here, SON.

>>387873684
Wow I have two dads, fag.

>>387869019
Funny this is probably before the word shill became so popular, otherwise #2 would be shill instead of viral.

>>387867992
>Has some flaws and overclocks your system like mad if you don't V-Sync
What the fuck does that even mean?

>>387868826
>meme pixel art
It's not pixel art. It's just hand drawn. Do you not know the difference?

What's the deal with the overgrown hideout by the brook? I activated the generator and it looks like there's another room but I can't figure out how to get there.

>>387873909
i think he means that the game does not have any frame cap and will run at 90000 fps

>>387873732
No. Just me and your, STEP DAD.

>>387874746
It's just for show. Just neat little area to show how the forest has overtaken someones hide out

>tfw swampers
Jesus fucking Christ if you thought Chompers were bad wait until you meet Swampers

>>387866723
This is one of the most boring games I've ever played

>>387869257
maybe play more than just two minutes.

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>last a few night in the first hideout with no issues
>make it down to the second and decide to stay there the night
>camp in the small room and shove shit on both sides of the doors
>tribal fuckers fling them aside like they're made of paper mache

>>387875570
Don't worry they'll add niggers, flash bangs, desert eagles, a driving mission, an escort mission, a sewer level next.

>still no torrent
fuck this shitty game

>>387873909
The game will literally melt your PC's internals if you don't turn V-Sync on because it has a totally uncapped framerate and will max that shit out.

>>387876005
It's on Piratebay, if it's on Piratebay it's on literally every other torrent site.
Are you blind and/or retarded?

>>387875930
>escort sewer mission

nice

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>Invited to the wedding on the 2nd night

Should I go? I found it by accident during the day and noped the fuck out of there.

>>387871347

Anon, I like your game.

But you are the most blatant shill I've seen in a long time. Please fuck off until you know how to post at least semi-subtly

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>Sitting in a corner night one
>Not moving a muscle
>Floorboards creak
>Keep still
>Happens 2-3 more times before dawn
>All the doors are now open
Horror of the unknown/unscene with some kind of build up to the reveal is so underused in spooky games. So many just throw a jump scare, or they reveal the monster to your face right at the start then "Oh boy he's lurkin' around here somewhere watch out" This has been the only horror game to actually give me a good spook. I want more horror games like this one.

>>387873037
You absolute negroid

>>387876398
The funny thing is, all they did was put some effort into the AI.
>It hunts instead of knows exactly where you are
>Rooms it enters are determined based on what's been explored and a degree of random chance
>You got lucky tonight

>pirated this yesterday
>installed
>played prologue
>uninstalled
>bought and installed it on steam

>>387876306
It only gets worse from there. You should go there, but stock up on weapons.
I went in there with two torches and no real weapon. Barely made it out.

bretty good, its kept my interest longer than most triple A games have these days. Currently in the old woods but it gets a little easy when you've got a few guns crafted. Id be happy if the ammo was rarer. Really enjoyed the village and chicken lady.

What are strategies for nights in the first house? Should I avoid being seen from windows or should I keep an eye outside?

I'm not even reading most of these posts
I'm too scared of being spoiled of the spooks

Post protips

>>387876631
dont bother trying to blockade shit with objects and furniture, shit just tosses it aside like its nothing.

>>387876398
I like it when games strike a balance between muh unseen horrors and real tangible threats.
I don't know if the footsteps I hear are real or if it's just smoke and mirrors, but when I look trough the windows I see dogs walking around and on the third day someone jumped trough the window and nearly killed me.
It's not like Amnesia where when you hear footsteps you know it's just a sound effect and there is nothing actually there.

>>387876624
Night 1 I'd highly suggest snuggling into a corner and dragging a bookcase in front of you until the sun comes up.
>>387876631
You use a bit less stamina on trodden path.

Does the generator use less fuel if I switch off lamps in rooms I'm not going to enter?

>>387876735
if you can hear something, theres def something there. The sound design is top notch.

i'll torrent it later today probably

How the fuck do i know what time it is or when night is coming?
Everything is dark all the time so i have literally no idea when to gtfo the woods and hug my bedroom wall

>>387876852
Don't stray far from home until you have the tools for the job.

>banshee
Fuck this shit I almost had a heart attack

>>387876852
you can obtain a watch that shows a current time of day providing you have it in your inventory

>>387876852
When the sun starts setting the light becomes orange. If you go straight to your safe house you should be able to make it in time every time.
You can buy a watch from the traders to know exactly how much time you have.

>>387876757
No.

Wait. Can I just drag a wardrobe into a corner and hide behind it to remain safe at night?

>>387877143
Probably. It's a lot safer than just sitting in a room with it in front of the door.

What cool shit can i do with the wooden stool

>>387876724
They totally destroyed one door I had. Not just the barricade when I went outside next morning.

oh shit

you can actually jump out of windows

I feel like I really would have liked this game if it was released a few years ago, but at this point, I'm burnt out from crafting-survival games.

Why don't enemies just attack my generator?

>>387877187
How long until that strategy wears off though? Do you do that with the generator on as well?

>>387877257
So can they

>forced to pick a negative skill when choosing a skill

Fuck that noise. Can I get through the game without any skills?

>>387877670
The perks are good and the first negative skill isn't even all that bad, it just means you can't sit in the dark.

>>387877746

>First night with the shadows perk
>All the fucking lights go out except for one

>>387876542
I want to buy it. Where is the save file? I'm on the second hideout, not to far, but don't want to lose anything

>night 3
>first hideout, every windows barricated
>bear traps everywhere, im ready for everything
>half night passed and i am inside the bedroom
>suddenly the lights go out
>OHSHIT
>god lord I forgot to refill the generator
>i only have half torch with me, the workbench is on the other side of the hideout and i afraid as fuck to move from my room
>ear footsteps in the room next to me
>the door slowly open up
>i shit myself waiting for the inevitable
>nothing happen until next morning, i don't know how but i am alive

this fucking game

>>387867738
How did you get invited?

>>387866723
My save got corrupted starting fresh soon. But Dig up the way in the underground before you move on or you will lose the loot

>>387878168
During second or third night, someone will knock your door. Open, or wait to moring and find the invitation on the ground

>>387878016
Hahaha. That feeling is why I always top off the generator every morning, senpai.

>>387878168
There was a knock on the door at the night. In the morning I found an invitation next to the door with a code on it.

>>387878218
>>387878248
Strange. I was at day 8 and never found the invite but I remember the knocking.

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>night
>hiding in a room with a light
>other light is in the other side of the house and turned off to save power?
>ghosts appear
>feel safe because I know they won't go near the light
>6AM
>music starts coming on
>ghosts go fucking nuts and now there are 2-3 times the amount
>both lights start flickering
>other one remains on and mine turns off
>get swarmed and die

>>387878603
>>?
Generator will use the same amount of power regardless of how many lights you have turned on or off

anyone knows how big is the village down south and is that of any importance?

>>387878707
It also doesn't use gas during the morning time freeze

>>387874902
>>387876035
Christ I was wondering why my rig was sounding like as if it was about to take off.

>>387867992
>>387876035
>>387874902

Are you too fucking retarded to cap your framerate? Gotta love these dumb fucks of /v/ who use vsync to cap it because they are too tech illiterate to cap it otherwise

I ended up reaching the third hideout in the old woods earlier today. How hard is it to manage? It's huge in comparison to the other two and I feel like I'm gonna get shit on the night I stay there.

I discovered that you can throw bottles and they shatter creating a glass shard trap. You can then take the the glass shards and put them next to the windows.
Not sure how useful it isl, but it's pretty cool. Reminds me of Space Station 13.

>>387879061
i prefer it more because its labyrinthine and you arnt having to rely on barricades and objects that do fuck all to hinder npc progress anyway after the first area.

>>387878824
has quest(s) and is related to the pig shed

>>387876724
You're fucking with me right
There's no way im playing this another night if that's the case

>>387878824
Pretty big. Took two trips to bring back the loot. Not saying the rest as it will spoil the fun.

>>387879180
Nice. I didn't know that.

>>387878984
cool

>>387879250
If it's not a barricade or a door, monsters are stronger and meatier than you are. They're going to get through even the toughest things you put out there, which is why traps and hiding are better strategies.

If you're having to rely on a dresser or a chair to keep the evil at bay, put your 3-d glasses on bitch. Have a weapon ready and an escape route if possible.

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Let's talk about the lore.

What's the deal with the woods?

>>387866723
>yet another good Polish game
How do they do it?

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>>387871347

>>387875291
gay dad

>>387871347
gift me the game please, i'd love to try it.

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>139 replies
>41 posters

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HELP
I FORGOT TO BARRICADE THAT WINDOW AND NOW PIC RELATED IS LOOKING INSIDE MY HIDEOUT
WHAT DO I DO

>>387879730
t. only visits meme threads

>knock on the door for the first time
>ohfuck
>remember last thread OP said to answer the door cause you get loot
>answer door
>half a dozen ghosts fly into my safe house
>panic and run towards the oven
>hit escape

I still haven't unpaused the game. Why did I believe you lying fucks

I got a question about traders, is the reputation the currency and does it affect any dialogue options with the npc?

>>387879730
>>387879657
>>387879640
>>387879602
Plz leave

>>387879981
Yes. It's the currency and no.

>>387879981
yes its the currency, only items/quests modify dialog. Each unique NPC has its own reputation pool

>>387879743
Bright colors indicate danger.

I'd suggest liberal. forceful, projectile application of lead to the forehead.

>>387879974
Shit's random dude.

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>Blow piotrek to bits
>Wolfmans face when

What difficulty should I play on? Is keeping the indiegogo content a bad idea?

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>>387880207
>not helping poofter transcend
>siding with furry
shiggy
even if you help him try reach the stars you find him dead later in a crash

>>387880231
Hard difficulty is the best.
Normal is way too easy, hard makes you afraid of dying, but it's not instant game over if you do die.
Nightmare is just ridiculous.

what do chain traps do?
Also should I save up and make a gun before moving to the second area?

shit, this game actually looks pretty fun

>>387866723
remember when flash games were free?

>>387880393
chain traps literally chain an npc restricting their movement like the dog outside the wedding . You dont really need a gun for any of the second area apart from red snappers

>>387880393
Chain trap attaches a chain to your leg and traps you in a small area like a chained dog.
I stepped in one by accident. You can break it by sprinting.

>>387873037
>gif
At least I woke up.

>>387880602
Remember when someone already used that joke.

>>387879503
it's spooky?

I despise the melee combat, are guns ever plentiful or are you stuck with melee for 90% of the game?

Some of the designs in the game are absolutely retarded. Take the flashlight for example. The flashlight runs out of battery. You find batteries everywhere. You'd think you can just go into the inventory and put the battery in the flashlight, but nope. You have to equip the flashlight and press ''R'' like you're reloading a gun.

>>387882089
well it kind of makes sense since going into the inventory to fiddle around with stuff makes you quite vulnerable.

>>387882038
What don't you like about it? I feel it's too easy most of the time. You can strafe around them like a retard and win. Sometimes they even stop doing anything. Like the moose. Also do you use the 2nd attacks? are you doding with ctrl?

>>387882089
Agree. I mean you can stack gasoline and "refill" them that way. Give them feedback and maybe they fix it. I had to download 3 patches in the last 2 days, seems like they do alot.

>>387877901
appdata>locallow>acid wizard

>>387882374
no sidestep/side-dodge when certain enemies' forward attack range still hits you if you dodge.

boring (hit, back up, hit, back up or if multiple enemies, hit, kite until decent opportunity arises, hit, repeat). No running attack so it's literally impossible to hit an enemy moving away from you due to the windup time you need to hit something, which is also shit, have the attack come out when i click the attack and just increase the recovery period to keep the attack intervals the same if it's so important.

>>387882412
Thanks, but the CODEX installer created here:
C:\ProgramData\Steam\RLD!\274520

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Should I play hard or nightmare mode? I feel like playing normal is kinda immersion breaking

>>387882839
Hard

Enough so you definitely want to avoid dying at all costs/can't just shrug it off but still has leeway if you get fucked by clunky mechanics.

>>387882839
Hard is good.
I started with normal mode, but realized normal mode sucks dick and restarted on hard mode.

>>387882641
>No running attack

Try middle mouse button.

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>just clobbered an elk to death
wew lad.
What can i use the antlers for?

>>387883064
Sell them to one of the traders.

I am at the wedding but can't progress further. I seem to be missing a code for a door near a dancing ghost.

>>387883132
wait until you get a knock on the front door of your cottage at night. there's a chance that there'll be an invitation with the code on it.
Come prepared.

>>387883132
You're not invited

>>387883316
Is there a time limit days-wise to this game? I am heading into day 5 now and plan to explore the wedding after receiving my invite. Also will an almost new board with nails cut it?

>>387883524
no, I don't believe that there's a time limit of any kind.
also, you'll need something more substantial than just a board. If you don't have a pistol yet just take some molotovs with you. They'll help kill whatever attacks

>>387883816
I can only afford the shitty one shot only pistol. Looks like I am taking molotovs.

>>387884008
Make the shovel. Long range, and decent damage. You can upgrade it easily to make more dmg

>>387884008
Molotovs are great..

>>387884346
Ended up finding a shiny stone, selling that to get the mats for an upgraded bench. Tomorrow when the trader arrives, I can buy some the last few cheap things I need for a single-shot pistol, 3 molotovs and a shovel. Then I shall be prepared for the house beyond the wedding.

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>barricade all the windows
>put down traps
>close all the doors
>they can just open doors since none of them are locked

>>387886853
You can barricade doors too, you know

Wait, wasn't this some type of Roguelike?

>>387887863
Well, what do you consider a "rougelike"?

for the third perk, what's the best one? acid blood, runner or third eye?

>>387887863
only in the loosest sense. The same landmarks are present in every game but their locations are randomized with each playthrough. also the harder difficulties introduce permadeath.
Its similar in style to Sunless Sea if you've ever played that

>>387887863
''Roguelike'' is a shitty buzzword.
This is more of a survival horror game. The game has been in development since that crafting game craze a few years back, so it's a survival horror game with crafting mechanics.
Don't Starve is probably the closest game you can compare it to except you don't have to eat in this game.

But... did you kill the dog in the prologue?

I did.

For a top down flash game, this shit is incredibly spooky and fucked up.

>>387888367
Mate, that dog was mangled as fuck. What else was I gonna do?

>>387888726
>flash
retard

>>387888862
I wouldn't really blame him. There were a LOT of flash games designed in this style.
besides calling it a unity game would probably turn people off.

>year of our lord 2017
>games still don't scale well in 21:9

Goodnight DARKWOOD.

>>387889226
meme resolution

>>387869420
>whines that people generalize his horror game as being indie shill garbage
>calls all Nintendo games kiddie games
Pot calling the kettle black, anon

>>387889558
Best meme I've fallen for desu

>barricaded door with wardrobe
>did it the wrong way
>hear door open
>nothing comes in
HELP

>>387891056
doors open both ways. enemies will usually push them inwards. If the door opens outwards then its probably nothing. probably, mabye

>>387866723
Is this game open world or linear?

>>387892925
micro open world

>>387892925
kinda like STALKER in that there is a sausage string of large open areas connected by bottlenecks. Each region has a safehouse you must return to at night

>>387878603
I know this post is 5 hours old but Shadows cant mess with natural lights like torches and flares. always good to have one on you.

>been playing Darkwood since 0.3
>never had anyone to talk to about it
>releases
>finally have a few people to get spooky with
it feels really good knowing that this game didnt go un-appreciated