This Horror Game Uses Your Webcam To Be Even More Terrifying

A new horror game in development by creator Allan Hedlund is aiming to turn the genre on its head. Like other games in its genre, it’ll have terrifying monsters, jump scares, low lights and tense sequences. But in a unique twist, it’ll require players to physically hide by making use of the webcam attached to their computer.

The game, which is available to wishlist now on Steam, is titled Eyes Never Wake. As of this writing, its initial post on Twitter has gained over 5.2 million views, with many finding the concept intriguing.

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Here’s How It Works

To start, in order to hide in-game from the monster, you’ll need to actually physically duck underneath your webcam. Not only that, but the game will also make use of a computer’s microphone in order for the enemy to detect the noises that you make.

Simply covering your webcam won’t work as the game relies on checking for uniform objects, according to its creator. Doing so will prevent the in-game character from moving. If you’re a streamer who doesn’t show their face on stream, you can hide your face from being displayed in-game.

As far as security is concerned, the creator notes that nothing from the game will be stored on a server or shared beyond your computer. Because the game makes use of OpenCV, everything will run locally, putting to ease any sort of privacy concerns that may arise from having a game capture your likeness.

It’s unclear when the game will release, but it does make for an interesting concept. Horror games are often among the first to toy with immersion and other ideas, so it’s only fitting that a webcam-based experience is also doubling as the next evolution of the genre.

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