Dread Factory
A downloadable game for Windows
Dread Factory (vertical slice - looking for feedback!)
Fifteen years ago, the government sealed away the factory city beneath the earth. No one was allowed to enter. Rumors whispered of accidents, experiments, and things that should never have been built.
Now, as an engineer driven by obsession, you step past the barricades. What you find inside will test more than your skills—it will test your sanity.
Game Features:
- PSX-inspired visuals for an unsettling, retro atmosphere.
- 30โ45 minutes of gameplay.
- A blend of melee and ranged combat.
- Resource management - every bullet and healing drink matters.
- Challenging puzzles woven naturally into the environment.
- Intricate level design, encouraging exploration and risk.
Melee combat — desperate swings to survive up close.
Ranged combat — every bullet counts in the darkness.
Stealth mechanics — evade horrors lurking in the dark.
Controls
| [WASD] | Walk |
| L-Shift | Run |
| E | Interact |
| LMB | Melee/Ranged Attack |
| Spacebar | Dodge (no i-frames) |
| R | Reload |
| Tab | Open inventory |
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For the first demo, this is great. I love the concept and the style. There are a few issues, which is to be expected. I encountered what could possibly be a couple bugs and at the end of my video I went over what I thought to be the main issues/concerns. Keep up the great work and I'll be watching for new releases.
Not shitting on our beautiful icons 2 minutes in lmao. Your "this guy's not gaming" comment was incredible. Was definitely cringing when the gear mechanism didn't turn, that machine IS supposed to rotate when you click the button after finding the spark plug :| thanks so much for sticking through it though, really appreciate all of the feedback and kind words. Definitely gonna take this feedback to heart.
Not a bad demo overall, I feel like the melee weapon's damage seems inconsistent as some enemies take 2 hits to kill while others take 6. Beyond that, game's pretty solid overall. Keep it up.
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Yo thanks so much for playing. Yeah we definitely need to work on the melee damage, also that first zombie always seems to get bugged lol. Really appreciate the walkthrough and video.
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐! ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐—๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐:
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐—๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐.โ
๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!
Hahaha okay we definitely need to give some love to the tin can. It wasn't an afterthought but we definitely didn't spend enough time tinkering with the mechanics or building the level around it. Actually really love those ideas for a big distraction/death trap area or a sound based monster.
Thanks so much for playing and recording it man, that was honestly incredible to watch. (Sorry about the homework at the end lol). Your feedback was extremely valuable. Kinda hilarious we didnt realize combining items would make them disappear, or that the last inventory slot determined whether your inventory was full or not. If you have any more bugs not in your video we'd definitely love to hear them! Thanks again.
๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐! ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, โIf you have any more bugs not in your video we'd definitely love to hear them!' ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐… ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐—๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐… "๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!"
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐—๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ โ๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐.โ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ .๐ต๐๐, ๐ฐโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
Okay. No kidding. That's a lot of items. I don't even know how you managed to spawn those items without crashing haha. For real though thanks for showing us that too, whats a videogame without a duplication glitch?
nice
Woah. thanks so much for playing! Looks like the lighting was messed up for your playthrough, not sure why that happened.