Spirits' Creek

Spirits' Creek succeeds at being an ambitious student game that manages to have a strong sense of atmosphere. So many aspects of this game show the creativity of the devs and their understanding of the horror game genre. The soundscapes are effective and the art is impressive considering the limited number of weeks the game was developed in. The mechanics are things you would expect from horror games. Fleeing monstrosities, limited save stations, limited resources and scattered documents of storytelling. The game adds in some puzzle elements revolving around fire and ice befitting of the mountainous environment where the game takes place. There are some bugs here and there but overall the experience shows the promising future for all of those involved. Congratulations!

The setting and atmosphere are convincing enough and the music and sound design are great! Love the segments with the Beast too! Sure, some mechanics and animations could be polished, but as a game made by students in such a short time frame, it really holds up! I'd definitely recommend checking it out!

Spirits' Creek, çığın ardından kızını arayan bir baba olarak oynadığınız üçüncü şahıs korku macera oyunudur. Gece hayatta kalabilmek için doğaüstü yaratıklarla savaşın, elementleri evcilleştirin ve olayları çevreleyen gizemi çözün.

j'ai eu pleins de lag,bug, je suis passé plusieurs fois à travers la map,les murs, je ne recommande pas du tout ce jeu!

https://youtu.be/3iN_N0p4YaE Leider fehlt diesem Spiel eine englische, oder deutsche Übersetzung, oder aber auch mir einfach die Fähigkeit fließend französich zu sprechen... Aber generell gesagt für ein free game ist es doch empfehlenswert. Da gibt es ganz andere Kaliber die ne Menge Geld für ne Menge Müll verlangen. Hier bekommt ihr ein Spiel welches aus technischer Hinsicht nicht ganz frei von Glitches und kleinen Fehlern ist, aber generell ziemlich gut läuft. Optik sowie Sound sind auf einem guten Niveau, nur leider kann ich zur Story nicht sonderlich viel sagen aufgrund der anfangs erwähnten Probleme meinerseits.

[h1]Before I played Spirits' Creek, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

"Spirits' Creek" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from Campus ADN in Quebec. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. This is a French-Canadian student project where you follow a father's desperate search for his daughter in a hotel filled with mysteries after an avalanche, including fighting a blood-thirsty Beast and unveiling the secrets of the Arsenault family, all phrased in the format of an ultimately short and shallow third person adventure format with a console-esque design bent. But as always, this isn't a full game. There's no English translation for the game, but that's okay. The language of bad games is universal. The graphics in this game are really quite good, which at least makes the game look more appealing. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. Insultingly, the developer insists that you should play this with a console peasant children's toy gamepad instead of KB+M. You cannot play this without a console peasant children's toy. Developers should try to be aware which platform they're designing games for. It's the responsibility of the developer to ensure the game runs well on the platform they're selling it on, with the primary peripherals that PC gamers use. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. It would be unethical for students to try charge money for their homework assignments, so you don't have to pay any money for this. But you'd still have to spend your time downloading this, and "time is money", as they say. There's the other problem, too... as a student project, this wasn't made for gamers. There's no requirement for them to polish and balance the game properly, all they need is something to show the faculty so they can get their grade and move on. Let's once more ask... why is that good for gamers? It's obviously not delivering a solid product. Yet here it is, on the store page, and here you are, reading my review for a student demo that's going to waste your time. While genuine amateur developers who made real products get ignored because they have to compete with this stuff. In some ways, this deluge of student projects on Steam is harmful to everyone. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 3 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Given that this free student project won't count toward your game collection or add any achievements, and because it's not really a full game and more of a homework assignment, it's not a worthwhile download.