Scanner Sombre
Introversion Software · 2017 · Exploration, Horror, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Indie
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About Scanner Sombre
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Explore a pitch-black cave using only a LIDAR scanner to gradually reveal the environment around you, uncovering haunting secrets hidden in the darkness. This psychological horror adventure from the creators of Prison Architect uses innovative light-based mechanics and a striking point-cloud aesthetic to craft an atmosphere of pure dread and discovery.
Scanner Sombre is a tense 3d horror cave exploration game where oppressive darkness becomes your greatest enemy. The silence, broken only by echoes and hesitant footsteps, builds chilling tension, while the unseen unknown keeps you on edge. Blending psychological horror with discovery, it challenges you to navigate a hidden world lit by a LIDAR scanner. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow to craft a hauntingly beautiful yet terrifying experience.In Scanner Sombre, the LIDAR scanner is your lifeline. Armed with this innovative tool, you reveal the unseen by casting light into the abyss, slowly mapping the cave around you. As the silence presses in, and shadows twist, the scanner’s color-coded beams uncover hidden dangers and untold mysteries lurking in the dark.Scanner Sombre features a striking visual style built around vibrant, rainbow-colored point clouds, inspired by industrial LIDAR scans. Players use a handheld scanner to gradually reveal the environment, with color-coded points helping to perceive depth. This distinctive, inhuman aesthetic creates an eerie atmosphere and enhances the exploration experience.In Scanner Sombre, the story unfolds subtly through the environment, with hints of forgotten histories hidden within the cave. As you explore, remnants of the past, strange symbols, and eerie remnants suggest a deeper, darker narrative. Each step forward invites you to unravel the mysteries bit by bit.Introversion Software has been developing games since 2001, and stands behind acclaimed titles like Uplink, Defcon, Darwinia, Multiwinia, Prison Architect, Scanner Sombre, and their latest release, The Last Starship. Introversion has garnered both critical and commercial success being recognised with multiple awards including the IGF grand prize for Darwinia and BAFTA for best persistent game (Prison Architect). They have sold more than 4M copies of their games worldwide.
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A game that's hauntingly beautiful. It's really easy to lose track of the fact that it's a kinda scary game because of just how pretty it is. I loved walking around and blasting dots to map out the cave walls. Gorgeous.1 found this helpful
Eerie walking-sim. To me, the novel concept of using a LIDAR gun to navigate was really refreshing.
This is an excellent concept and fun game. It really nails down the feeling of exploring the unknown. It is short but the developer deserves every sale.
Pretty cool game, I will say a few quick things; 1. This is basically a walking simulator so if you don´t like those types of games maybe you should not buy it. 2. The duration of the game is very short (I finished it in 3 hrs but i think you could do it in 2) 3. There isn´t a lot of mechanics; you move, you use the scanner to find the way and that´s pretty much it. 4. Besides the idea of using the scanner, the other strong point of the game is the story, which is not that complicated or long but i liked what they did (there´s a bit of a plot twist in the end, altough some could argue it was pretty obvious). Over all I enjoyed the game, personally I think is one of those examples that you can make something interesting even if you don´t have a lot of tools, still I guess they could have added a bit more but in the end I am satisfied. 8.5/10
holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ art game.. give award NOW!!
This is a great quick play and runs Great on my PC, the VR though doesn't seem to work as I can't enter the gameplay part nor am I able to use the desktop SteamVR feature to click on the button to play.
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