Spooky Doorway

Spooky Doorway is a trio of Irish developers who make small adventure games with a focus on light-hearted and caring narratives.

The Darkside Detective is rated ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ on Steam and they have won a few awards and landed some grants, which makes them feel like big fish.

Paul, the CEO, handles the art and most of the business side of things;
Treasa is lead programmer, scrum mistress and co-designer;
Dave co-designs, writes and does some low-level dev work.

And, unlike The Beatles, we get by with a lot of help from our friends:

• Hannah does wonderful coding bits!
• Ruth, Ruthie and Mark help with 3D art!
• Ben and Thomas made music and sounds. Beep beep, boop boop!
• Rob and David test things!
• Our intern, Sean, did all sorts like program and testing!
• Charlie and KA Games help us get the word out there!
• Warlocs translated Darkside into French, German and Spanish!
• Maple Whispering translated it into Chinese and published it there!
• Super Rare Games published the limited physical edition for Switch!
• Creative Europe MEDIA gave us funds to develop Sunken Spectre!
• All of you who bought Darkside Detective Season 1!
• And everyone who Kickstarted Season 2!

Thanks to every one of the above (and anyone we missed…) for all the help and support over the years – here’s to many more!

Where darkness dwells and evil rents at extortionate rates.

The Darkside Detective is a multi-award winning comedy point-and-click adventure game, following Detective Francis McQueen as he tries to rights the wrongs of Twin Lakes city. Oh, so many wrongs.

The game follows in the footsteps of classic 80s and 90s games but includes a number of innovations to update it for a modern audience. The most notable of these is the structure which follows a monster-of-the-week format presenting the player with a series of smaller stories rather than one longer one, making it perfect for time-poor players.

Season 1 launched with 6 cases on July 27th 2017. 3 new cases were added between then and July 27th 2018, the final case wrapping Season 1 and setting up the premise for the next instalment in the series.

The Darkside Detective can be purchased from the following stores:

The second game in the series was successfully kickstarted on 12th October 2018:

A Fumble in the Dark, is published by Akupara Games and released on April 15th, 2021. It brings 6 more cases, all much longer than their S1 counterparts and expands the world of The Darkside Detective.

A Fumble in the Dark can be purchased from the following stores

       

For more info on both seasons (including press kits) check out the game’s dedicated website, facebook or twitter.

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Eldritch House is a first-person narrative adventure that blends the supernatural and detective genres. Interrogate, examine and explore as you Investigate the disappearance of a young woman and the strange otherworldly occurrences at the remote hotel, Blake Manor. Can you unearth its secrets?

The year is 1897. The 20th century looms on the horizon. An age of science and reason has begun casting out the old ways across Europe, but superstition and tradition hold strong in the West of Ireland. Fear of the supernatural is still common.

You play Detective Ward as he investigates the disappearances of socialite Evelyn Deane from the remote hotel known as Blake Manor.

Explore the building while remaining incognito. Discover key locations and unravel what happened there. Look for clues, interview the staff and guests to find out what secrets they’re hiding, or cross-reference the facts to discover contradictions in their stories.

Craft skeleton keys and solve environmental puzzles to reach forbidden areas of the hotel grounds, above and below, but be warned – these old walls have seen centuries of tragedy and now, on the eve of Halloween, these spirits once more stalk the halls. Some are friendly and will help you, others are malignant and deadly. Can you lay the former to rest and banish the latter?

Uncover what happened to the girl and why. Then piece it all together in time to stop an even greater tragedy from happening, one that could result in the gruesome deaths of everyone staying at the hotel…

FEATURES

• Rich supernatural mystery inspired by Irish mythology.
• A fully voiced cast of suspects.
• An ancient manor full of dark secrets and environmental puzzles.
• Immersive detective mechanics.
• Deal with ghosts by helping or exorcising them.
• Dynamic soundtrack that reacts to the scenario.

Find out more info on the game’s Steam page.

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