Haunt the House

- Published by: Armor Games
- Developed by: Super Flash Bros
- Designer: Tom Vian and Adam Vian
- Year Released: 2010

Game Design Elements

The game starts with a simple tutorial and explaining basic commands. The house is revealed after the player goes through all the basic instructions. 30 people are in the house and the player must guide them to the exit by scaring them. To scare them the player must possess objects and make them float and make creepy things happen (make it walk or summon some monsters).

The game has a atmosphere bar, this bar tells the player how the atmosphere of the house is (spooky or calm). If the player manages to make the bar increasing, he/she will be awarded with new abilities for the ghost like: make things float, explode objects, make monster come out from it and revive dead animals.

There is actually almost no objects that the player cannot interact with in the house.

If the player scare too much one of the human characters he/she might kill the human by accident, that makes the player lose some points.

The game is impossible to lose, after scaring everyone in the house the player will be judged by how many people he/she managed to kick out from the house, how many people died and how long did it take to make the house empty.

A very stylish game with interesting character designs, it is very simple and clean and at the same time very colorful.

The ghost character stay always in the middle of the screen and the screen follow around its movements.

The house is displayed in a 2D view, each room has a different color and the objects in each room have a specific color to tell the player what items he/she is able to possess.

Gameplay

Controls

The controls are simple and easy to understand, in few seconds anyone can start playing this game without any difficulty.

Playing as a ghost

Up, Down, Left, Right - Controls the ghost direction

Spacebar - Possess objects

Playing as a possessed object

Up, Down, Left, Right - Interacts with the object

Spacebar - Leaves the object that is currently possessed

Plot

There is actually no plot, but before the game begins it mentions that you should claim what was yours, hinting that the ghost was actual owner of the house.

Characters

Ghost - The main character is a ghost, it has the ability to possess objects and create illusions, it also has the ability to go through walls and float in the air

Humans - They are the player's target, he/she must scare them to win the game. They only differ in design and how hard is to scare them.

Art

Visual