Overview

Echoes From Willowbrook is a physics oriented survival horror game where you attempt to escape from a sinister farmstead that you’ve just woken up in the middle of. Use everything in your surroundings (yes, everything) to defend yourself from the abominations roaming the farm and to solve the puzzles slowing your escape. 

This game was made in 2 weeks for the Cosmic Horror Game Jam II.

How To Play

You’ve woken up in the eerily windowless Willowbrook Farmstead and the road out is blocked. Find a way out or die trying.

FIND A WAY OUT

The road is blocked, but you know there’s a way out. Explore the farm and use anything at your disposal to clear a path. 

ENVIRONMENT

Echoes From Willowbrook is a physics oriented experience. Most objects around you can be broken or interacted with in some capacity and this functionality is vital to solving many of the environmental puzzles blocking your path to escape.

DEFEND YOURSELF

Use the items littered around the farm to defend yourself. Almost anything can be used as a weapon, but not everything is an effective one. Think smart and be resourceful in combat to survive.

CONTROLS

MOVEMENT

Explore the farm with WASD to move and your mouse to look around. You can also climb objects with the Spacebar.

INTERACTION

Pick up or interact with objects like ladders, keys, and other items around the farm with the E key. Drop whatever you’re holding by tapping the F key, or throw it by holding the F key.

COMBAT

Attack enemies with the item you’re carrying by clicking the Left Mouse Button.  Remember you can throw whatever you’re holding as well, but it may damage your weapon more.

Credits

Alex Lazea - Programming, Design, Art
Instagram: @griggy_games
Itchio: https://griggy.itch.io/

Cory Sowick - Game Design, Level Design, Writing

Shirley He - Sound Designer
Itchio: https://ninja5tuna5.itch.io/

Russell Lim - Audio Lead / Technical Sound Designer
Twitter: @Russ_Audio
Itchio: https://russ-audio.itch.io/

Edwin Zachman - Music Composer
Instagram: @zachmanity
Itchio: https://zachmanity.itch.io/

Samantha Scardino - Voice Actress

Known Issues

• NPCs might move at different speeds depending on framerate. In some cases they run slow and in others they can move absurdly fast depending on runtime conditions.
  Fixed in version 0.9.3.
• Enemies and props can sometimes fall infront of doors making them hard to open. Fixed in version 0.9.2.
• Prop drop and throw mechanics are inconsistent where half the time they fly to the right unintentionally.
  Fixed in version 0.9.2.
• The game lacks a checkpoint system.
  This will be added after the voting period ends.
• Sometimes the player gets stuck in and around doors. Unclear as to why but the chances increase if the player is walking and pressing space bar as well. You can wiggle out of this situation so shouldn't be an issue that soft locks.
  Fixed in version 0.9.2.
• Near the end of the game the physics engine is under a lot of stress simulating all the ragdolls.
  This has been improved in version 0.9.3.

Releases

• Build 1.0.0 [11-21-23]
  • New NPC assets
  • 2 new enemy NPC types
  • Improved audio mixing
  • Updated lighting and environment assets
  • Numerous bug fixes
  • Improved performance and stability
• Build 0.9.3 [10-28-23]
  • Improved ragdoll stability.
  • Improved camera control by making it frame independent.
  • Fixed NPC movement system to be frame independent.
  • A number of performance and stability improvements.
• Build 0.9.2 [10-27-23]
  • Added in game how to play instructions before the game starts.
  • Added a pushing force to all doors so props and dead enemy ragdolls don't block the door.
  • Fixed drop and throw prop mechanics to be more consistent.
  • Fixed issue where player attacks can hit through doors.
  • Fixed issue with doors blocking the player movement.
• Build 0.9.1 [10-27-23] 
  • Added low res image effect
  • Fixed ladder interaction for the barn puzzle
• Build 0.9.0 [10-26-23]
  • Initial release