Confronting The Darkness
A downloadable game
Confronting the Darkness is a solo journaling RPG that transports players into a dark world inspired by the Cthulhu mythos.
This immersive experience blends investigative gameplay with personal reflection and exploration of the human psyche. Players embark on a journey filled with suspense, intrigue, and horror as they document their own character's descent into madness.
Features:
- Unique journaling mechanic that allows players to record their thoughts and experiences, creating a personalized narrative.
- A self-driven adventure that evolves over five stages of gameplay, ensuring a different experience with each playthrough.
- Insanity and paranoia meters that not only influence the player's actions and decisions, adding depth and interesting consequences to the game, but have a direct impact on the physical form of the journal.
- Evocative prompts that challenge players to confront their deepest fears and question their perception of reality.
Confronting the Darkness offers a thrilling and thought provoking adventure for fans of horror, mystery, and introspection.
Updates in v1.6
- added three tables to the back of the book for those who want to play but need a little more assistance in getting those creative juices flowing
- replaced placeholder AI art with art by Michael Williamson
- updated the overall feel of the book with a notebook appearance to try and inspire players
- now available as a printable booklet: print double-sided (duplex) and flip on short edge
- also available as an A4 version (best for digital viewing)
Thank you
A massive thanks to everyone who has downloaded this TTRPG to date. It's my first attempt at a TTRPG and the feedback I have received has been overwhelmingly positive and incredibly generous.
Please leave feedback below. I have a few other ideas for this game, but at this stage they are mostly cosmetic and more aimed at making the book more user friendly.
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Development log
- Confronting the Darkness v1.6Jan 19, 2025
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Deviously simple in its conceit but incredibly addictive. I've played a fair few Solo TTRPGs and I really enjoyed my plays with this one! What I like about it most is the push and pull of the paranoia and insanity meters. These offer additional prompts that shape not only what you write, but the how you write. I found myself embodying a mad and paranoid woman scribbling over my work, drawing in the margins, crossing out and rewriting things all while remaining in character. It was incredibly immersive - highly recommend it for that.
As a plus, if you're new to TTRGs, particularly solo, this one does a great job of getting around the writers or creative blocks. There are enough prompts and nudges from the paranoia and insanity meters to help keep you in character, and really helps the ideas flow without feeling too prescriptive. Just brilliant!
I absolutely loved playing through this. It was definitely meatier than I expected and I learnt a lot from it was it was my first solo rpg. I descended into extreme paranoia and had so much fun doing it. I love looking at my notes and remembering the story beats and the feeling of discovery and exploration.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I felt that while creating prompts that encourage a memorable story is always important, it was just as important that the end state of the journal reflected the story as well. Hope you can look back on it again in months to come and have the terror flood back to you, haha.
Thanks for playing!!!
.Dan (PlayerOnYourLeft)