Hello again In Nightmare fans,
In Nightmare has finally been released as of November 29th! To celebrate launch, we’re continuing our deep dive into the history of the game’s development with Dev Diary #3! Here’s a look at some of the behind-the-scenes goodies we have for you:
Concept Art
Shadows Concept Design
Other Concepts
Story Design Concepts
Every creature Bill encounters during his journey through his inner-consciousness has a meaningful backstory and purposeful design. This week, we’ll be covering the Giant Nightmare and Chaotic Nightmare - arguably, the two most dangerous monsters Bill has to contend with during this ordeal.
Giant Nightmare: One day after losing his mother, his father suddenly took his stepmother and new brother out of the house and left Bill alone. If he didn't get a living expense by accident, Bill would soon face the crisis of starvation. In the face of being out of school, unattended, and extremely depressed, Bill often had hallucinations. He lived like a zombie for a year. Later, he accidentally saw his father, killed him (in imagination), and completely collapsed. It has become a completely vegetative state. Bill's hatred for his father's abandonment of him turned into murder. Bill felt in his heart that his father's abandonment of him would lead to his excessive dependence on his mother, which indirectly led to the tragedy of his mother. The chief culprit was his father. At this time, Bill's heart is occupied by revenge, but this revenge is not a positive revenge, but a negative emotion to support him to continue to live. He hopes to see his father pay the price one day, and then his life will be meaningless (before redemption). This hatred turned into a giant nightmare - a butler in the classical costume of the 19th century, with many hands, which can stretch in all directions. He walked in a twisted way, like a standing spider. You can turn into a giant and destroy the whole space at will.
Chaotic Nightmare: The pure evil idea in the nightmare world created Bill's nightmare world by taking advantage of Bill's yearning for the real world, and dragged Bill into it. The key key of the nightmare world was sealed in a series of key items that Bill missed. Only when Bill releases all his worries and opens the door of seal, the chaotic nightmare will appear in a concrete form.
Launch images
We also have more screenshots from development of the Steam version of the game below if you haven't seen them in game already!
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