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The Dark Method

Either play the randomly generated mansion to exorcise the hauntings or jump into a long story driven campaign where you get to explore scary environments, solve classic adventure game style puzzles and battle monsters along the way.

All Reviews:

Positive (34) - 94% of the 34 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Nov 19, 2020

Developer:

Analog Joker LLC

Publisher:

Analog Joker LLC

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Even though it is still incomplete; the game is playable, fun, and long. Early access allows me to add in features and suggestions made by the community and test out other additions to the game before the game is finalized (for example; the randomly generated mansion was added as an additional bonus to the story mode after the game was released as early access).”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Additional chapters to the main story are being developed and will be added to the game for FREE so the release date has been pushed forward. The current plan is to finalize in 2024.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“I'm planning to add more content to the game based on community feedback and expectations. Based on community suggestions this may include new weapons, bonus missions and/or additional puzzles or story to the single player campaign, and new monsters.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game offers a single player campaign with 10+ hours of story driven gameplay and solo missions with randomly created mansions for more replayability.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price might gradually rise as new content is added.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Steam discussions.”

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About This Game

There are two options offered with different experiences to gamers. Either choose "The Dark Files" option for the randomly generated mansion to exorcise the hauntings or choose "New Game" to jump into a long, story driven, campaign where you get to explore scary environments, solve classic adventure game style puzzles and battle monsters along the way.

Story

The story is focused on shooting monsters, solving puzzles, and exploring varied environments while following a story. This is the option for people who prefer an adventure rather than a jump-scare experience.

Demonic possessions? Haunted dolls? They’re real. And the only way to fully exorcise this evil is by entering into the 11th dimension.

You play as Dr. Dark, who discovered this secret from a demon by successfully performing an exorcism on himself. Now named after Dr. Dark, “The Dark Method”, is the only known way to fully exorcise evil.

Dr. Dark’s work has drawn the attention of certain government officials and is now asked to perform an exorcism on their behalf. But little does he know, there's more to this request than what meets the eye.

Fight your way through hordes of monsters!

Explore haunted mansions, catacombs, mountain paths, caves and much more!

Solve classic adventure style puzzles and uncover the secrets of the 11th dimension!

The Dark Files

WARNING: Unlike the story option, these exorcisms are created to be scarier and more heart pounding experiences.

What does Dr. Dark do outside the main story? He does more exorcisms!

The randomly generated mansion will keep you guessing each time you play as you try to collect all items required for the exorcism. Find keys to open locked doors, find the secret passage to the ritual room, and hopefully conduct the ritual before the haunting catches you. All items, keys, corridors, rooms etc. are randomized so each time you play, you’ll have a unique scary experience.

FAQ

- Snap Turn and smooth turn options available (along with smooth turn speed selection)
- Free locomotion and teleport (teleport only available in campaign) options available
- The game does NOT support Virtual Desktop, Oculus Quest users please use Air Link for wireless gameplay
- OBS and LIV FPS Stabilizer might crash game if you don’t have enough memory
- Valve Index is tested and supported
- There is a newly designed autosave feature has been added based on community feedback so after completing puzzles or picking up important items or reaching certain milestones in each level, the game will automatically save. There is also a chapter selection menu added so you can replay your favorite chapters.
- To continue from where you left off; shoot the continue tombstone at the start menu and the game will load from the most recent checkpoint.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Contains blood and gore, violence, monsters, supernatural themes, scary images and atmosphere.

System Requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Storage: 35 GB available space
VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2m by 1.5m area required

Recommended:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or better
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Storage: 35 GB available space