The Watcher
The Watcher is a first-person horror game set in Jackson Forest. There, you find yourself in an abandoned school bus in
the middle of nowhere, yet you feel as though you are being watched. Each night grows more and more restless. Unveil the story
behind The Watcher, and be careful...you never know if he's standing right behind you.
The Watcher was created during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 during a 48 hour game jam. Inside this jam there were a couple of themes to choose from. We ultimately chose the theme "Explore." The group knew that they wanted to create a horror game, so we decided to make a game sort of similar to Slender Man, but we added levels. Rather than searching for pieces of paper around the map, each night you have one objective which adds on to the narrative. In each night, The Watcher becomes more and more active. This is my most popular game on my portfolio. We have thousands of views and downloads thanks to content creators for finding our game.
Engine: Unity
Software Used: Visual Studio
Languages: C#
Timeframe: 48 hours
Status: Complete
Download here!
The Watcher was created during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 during a 48 hour game jam. Inside this jam there were a couple of themes to choose from. We ultimately chose the theme "Explore." The group knew that they wanted to create a horror game, so we decided to make a game sort of similar to Slender Man, but we added levels. Rather than searching for pieces of paper around the map, each night you have one objective which adds on to the narrative. In each night, The Watcher becomes more and more active. This is my most popular game on my portfolio. We have thousands of views and downloads thanks to content creators for finding our game.
Engine: Unity
Software Used: Visual Studio
Languages: C#
Timeframe: 48 hours
Status: Complete
Download here!
My Contributions
I was the lead map designer and one of the programmers of this project. I added all of the foliage, the ground textures, the buildings
(except for the bus), all of the decorations, and the river. I was also the voice actor for The Watcher.
While not an important mechanic to the overall game, this mechanic added more depth to the story we were attempting to show. The player can pick up certain newspapers similar to in Slender Man, and on the newspapers they can read certain parts of what is happening in the forest. As you can see below, the player is reading one of the various newspaper articles hidden throughout the forest.
Newspaper Reading
While not an important mechanic to the overall game, this mechanic added more depth to the story we were attempting to show. The player can pick up certain newspapers similar to in Slender Man, and on the newspapers they can read certain parts of what is happening in the forest. As you can see below, the player is reading one of the various newspaper articles hidden throughout the forest.
Various Pictures
