Seashells | Survive In A Lighthouse | Indie Horror Game 

People say they're making Lovecraftian games or stories. Then they just make a bunch of tentacled monstrosities and miss the point. This doesn't even appear to bill itself as Lovecraftian, but is an extremely good example of doing it right.

Wow. I was wondering how you could make a survival game inside a lighthouse, but this turned out nothing like I could have imagined. Especially since you don't -- cannot possibly -- survive. The thing I realized is that the being that leaves the lighthouse is presumably compelled to send another... let's call them 'sacrifices'... back to feed the lighthouse and maintain the cycle. Since the returned being is so fabulous in relation to the person who left, being created out of all positive qualities, no one suspects the trap when offered the golden ticket, as it were. But, you know, it's all a lie in a way. When you feel all calm and serene after the light has, as you think, sucked your bad qualities out, what must be happening is that you're being tranked with serenity while the light sucks your *good* qualities out to recreate some better variant of you, leaving the "original" you as a swampy mass of fear-goo. I don't even know if that's a good thing or not. I do know that it's a pretty incredible tale for a game that consists of walking up and down a lot of stairs, turning on a light a lot, and some notes. I sure wasn't expecting to have, like, *thoughts* about it! Pretty cool, CJU!

As someone who worked in a lighthouse for almost 2 years this is literally very similar to what its like. Very isolating, lots of random waking up because something made a strange noise, and just the feeling of being utterly alone. If youre lucky you get a lighthouse near a city so at least you see people sometimes, those of us who get islands depend on radios and the weekly shipments of food/water to finally talk to people.

*inhumane shrieking* Chris: mmkay

Is that a book in the wall or are you just happy to see me play another indie horror game?

Turns out the creatures were trying in vain to warn you. I like it. Tells a horrifying tale, but without obnoxious jump-scares.

6:17 actual recording of me waking up on a Monday

I was expecting a decent game about depression, and the lighthouse being hope carrying our hero through as long as he stayed on course. What a fool I was. Hope is a trap. 10/10 would descend into darkness again

That beast sounds gave me chills... feel like purgatory thing

Wonder why there are so many stories about people working in lighthouses just going insane? Even if there are more than one person. Strange.

I don't think I'll ever visit a lighthouse, it was on my bucket list but I'm good. 😥😥

Never realised that a game about waking up, turning a light on, and going back to sleep could be so interesting. Great playthrough Chris, cant wait for the next one 👍

@ 6:15 Lol sounded like a cow stepping on lego

I can't help but wonder if this was inspired by the movie The Lighthouse. I haven't seen it, but it looks interesting.

You find this game "comfy"? Oh, me boyo, you are a horror wickie.

A very nice story. Some people come to the life of solitude and calmness to find their's true nature and change themselves but sometimes in the end they only find darkness and madness.

Baby Lighthouse! How precious!

This story reminded me a lot of the movie "Annihilation" so I guess the lighthouse was in an Area X region. ^^ Yes, it's a nice little game but the end was very predictable.

Lighthouse settings are always interesting, lots of potential for weird shit to go down out on a rock off the coast

This was creepy but too slow I like a slow burn, but not this repetitive. I enjoyed it though! And I need to see the Lighthouse

I read lighthouse, I think about Cold Skin. That movie could have been so much more, but it still was something hard to forget. I write a lot about this location and I love it. This game in its simplicity really managed to give shape to all the fears a place like this can trigger.

The screams of the creatures reminded me a bit of some of the Sasquatch calls in Willow Creek.

God the first page of that note hit home like freight train.

I have watched you play ALOT of games. I found this one to absolutely be more terrifying than the rest. Why do I find the fact so unsettling

It's ambiguous, but to me, what's going on here is that you are the person visiting the lighthouse, the person that leaves the lighthouse, and the thing left behind, all in one. The note that describes the man with your face and all that is a hint. Instead of you being "reborn" in the literal sense (as the baby cry might imply), I think you are going to this lighthouse to cleanse yourself of whatever bad mojo you've accrued during some portion of your life (perhaps depression, despair, hopelessness, etc.) in a literal sense rather than in a "vacation" sense. The thing left behind that we imagine as a reborn baby/toddler is actually the embodiment of that bad mojo rather than an actual rebirthed you. The person you see in the boat is your cleansed self ready to go back to normal life as a "new, revitalized you" (as described in the notes), but the thing left behind is some kind of decaying husk filled with that bad mojo (the black sludge issuing from every orifice). Might be a couple details I glossed over, but I like this impression regardless of whether it's accurate or not. :) I will say, though, that the lighthouse could really use some balloons and/or confetti cannons. It's a bit depressing as it is.

I have to give props to anyone who does this for a living. I don't think I could hold up for more than one night alone. I'm a big chicken.

Really dug this! Thought about skipping bc of the initial graphic quality but the writing was extraordinary.

Moving the bed in the middle of your sleep. It normally happens when I have sweets before bed, hate it.

Felt less like a game and more like a story unfolding. I loved it!

Are you forced to turn on the light every time before going to bed? If you aren’t forced I was wondering if there could be a slightly different ending.

This kinda reminds me if a movie called Cold Skin. It too had a light house.

Really cool story, and great sound design. Thanks for walking us through this eerie experience!

This game was so quiet in a good way i like it!! nice movie tho

PLEASE play Obra Dinn, it’s one of my top 5 games of all time!!

This looks like it will be an awesome video thanks!

I'm getting serious Southern Reach Trilogy vibes here.

This was fucking amazing, just like the movie The Lighthouse, both different stories but insanely good

I heard you say you might play Obra Dinn! Omg that would be AWESOME! It's a fantastic game and you will love it. I would also love to watch you play it 😁😍

You pick an good game best friend! Keep up a good work!!

Channel is growing quickly 😁

I just finished your Pineview Drive LP, and it's actually quite similar (subtle things changing from day to day), but this one is much better written and mercifully shorter :) I liked it!

"You really smell like dog buns." 6:16

If I had a steak right now I’d.... Fuck it....

The Beholding + The Flesh

interesting, so there is a chance you can steal another victims body and live again? only issue there is that is a 1 for 1 trade...how do all the other hands exist if this is true? and how did people initially find out about this island?

Funny game, that shadows hand looks like the shadows hand in Don't Starve Together.

Well, THAT was fun! 🖤😁

I watched Lighthouse movie, at first I thought it’s just slightly creepy movie, but at the end it turned completely creepy and weird, it made me slightly uncomfortable and depressed. I’m confused how Willem and Robert didn’t get Oscar for that movie 🤔

I'm not sure swallowing keys is healthy

Enjoyed this game.

Hello CJUGames;,.,I been watching your channel for a while now.

That wasn't what I expected.

Sea cows?

Is that a Carpenter Brut t shirt I see? I knew I liked you! 😁

Kids don't do drugs. Especially acid. Stay away from acid. Unless your with a friend.

Really cool game

Nice!!😁

liked it...think that the transition from pretty much black and white to the sickly pink/red was great...and it wasn't that hypersaturated red like in some horror games. Ever wonder, isn't weird thinking, I know what the look of packed intestines is? Ha!

reminded me of the movie- 🧜‍♀️'V'

HAAAAAAAAAARK!!!!!

Death Stranding sure looks weird

#savekorat 🇹🇭 #prayforkorat 🇹🇭

Hiiii

to me it felt that the storytelling for this one is dragging...

Admit it you just like vore

the plot is Annihilation rip-off

The Lighthouse film was so boring in my opinion. Nothing entertaining about that movie. At least not for me. The acting was great and all that, but nothing kept my attention.

is it me or are this kinda games getting a bit boring? eeeeevery indie dev and their mom are making one it seems. the only one ive seen that really got heavy enough in the story was that one with the happy-pal or whatever it was called and the lady in the bakery who killed herself in the end..... otherwise its just... meh. and the pixelated looks. PLEASE GUYS. two things need to be left in the 80s; the shoulderpadding and the screen resolutions