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The Last Door season finale now available, first episodes free to play
"Ancient Shadows," the last chapter in the first season of horror point-and-clicker The Last Door, is now available to play in your browser on PC, Mac and Linux. This installment follows Jeremiah Devitt to Pevensey county in East Sussex, on a trip to find the answers to questions raised in previous chapters. If you've yet to even start The Last Door however, that's alright - the first three chapters are available to play for free online in a variety of languages, thanks to both official translations and efforts from the game's community. If you're ready for "Ancient Shadows" right this moment, pledging a minimum of €1 (about $1.37) will unlock the chapter. Contributing above the average donation, which is €3.57 at the time of this writing, will also get you a copy of the The Last Door's soundtrack, composed by Carlos Viola. The press release notes that The Last Door's second season will premiere in the summer of 2014, with a funding campaign to cover The Game Kitchen's development costs kicking off sometime before that. [Image: The Game Kitchen]
The Last Door chapter 2 is ready to scare your browser
The second chapter of The Last Door, titled "Memories," is now available. The latest chapter in the point-and-click, gothic horror adventure can be had for a "pay what you want" donation to developer The Game Kitchen. Funds will go toward making the third chapter, "The Four Witnesses." We really enjoyed the first chapter, making note of the game's ability to frighten us despite its pixelated presentation. Speaking of which, the first chapter is now free-to-play once you register for an account.
The Last Door pixelates gothic horror
This is a Snapshot, a quick, un-scored review of a game we think you should know about. Pixelated horror seems to be all the rage these days. Lone Survivor, Home and now The Last Door – none of them need high tech visuals to give you goosebumps. I spent yesterday morning playing the first chapter of The Last Door, a recently Kickstarted browser-based adventure game, and I experienced a handful of genuine chills. That's especially impressive given just how pixelated the game really is.Characters look like they strolled right out of the first King's Quest, so blocky that basic human features are barely discernible. Head, hair, body, arms and legs. Environments are just detailed enough to make out the important parts. Spooky mansion, fireplace, sofa, foreboding murder of crows. The fact that the crows are only vaguely crow-shaped does nothing to diminish their presence.As most horror fans will tell you, fear is often about what you can't see. For The Last Door, a little obfuscation goes a long way.
