Terror On The Bayou PC

Navigate a tangled swamp in this free-to-play indie exploration horror game, paddling a canoe through deadly waters while a mysterious apex predator stalks you. Use realistic movement controls to mimic paddling, manage health and stamina, and scan behind with your compass to reach the lighthouse and keep its beacon lit. Collect lore bottles across three levels to reveal journal stories from past inhabitants, all amid painterly landscapes, hazards, traps, and eerie sounds-headphones enhance the tension. VR mode switches to first-person, with accessibility options like custom key-binds, adjustable monster difficulty, contextual audio sliders, and a toggleable UI for aggression tracking. Content warnings cover violence, gore, blood, death, and suicide. Players who relish tense navigation and survival challenges in third-person action-adventure will find a gripping test of nerve.

Terror on the Bayou is a 3rd person (1st-person in VR), exploration horror game where the player must navigate their canoe through a tangled swamp full of hazards and traps, stalked by a mysterious apex predator.

Alone and afraid, the players will question if they are merely prey, or if the thing after them enjoys the torture of its victims. Whether they wish to rise to the challenge or row away in fear, they have no choice. They must take up the mantle of lighthouse-keeper and ensure the warning beacon continues to sway those away from the terrors they face.

Gameplay features:

• Players navigate using movement controls that mimic the paddling of a real canoe! As your character gets used to it, so do you! But be careful- the water is anything but still, and mistakes can be deadly. Manage your health and stamina wisely.

• Make your way through a painterly, immersive landscape filled with unsettling occurrences, dangerous terrain that can be hard to navigate or slow you down, and the threat of becoming lost. Peer behind you to scan for threats, and use your compass to navigate to the lighthouse.

• Lore bottles are scattered throughout the 3 levels, which a particularly daring player may collect in their journal to uncover the stories of those that have lived here.

• Headphones are recommended for a more immersive soundscape, but not required.

• VR mode is available in the settings menu!

Accessibility features:

• Audiovisual accessibility features include multiple contextual audio sliders, closed captions. No cue is delivered through sound or color alone.

• Cognitive and motor accessibility features include custom key-binds for keyboard and controller, adjustable controller rumble, adjustable monster difficulty, and a toggleable UI bar that tracks the monster's aggression. The menu is always available and pauses gameplay.

• Content warnings: Mentions/depictions of violence and death, visible blood and gore, and mentions/depictions of suicide.

Made by University of Utah's Entertainment Arts and Engineering students, Class of 2024