Lurking Danger
A downloadable game for Windows
Step into the unsettling world of Lurking Danger, a third person survival horror game that will push you to the edge of sanity. You play as Elena, a young waitress at a seemingly ordinary diner. But when Emily, a regular customer, mysteriously disappears, her routine life takes a terrifying turn.
Determined to find out what happened, Elena, alongside her coworker Regina, soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare where reality distorts, familiar places become twisted, and something unspeakable lurks in the shadows. As they search for answers, they are forced to confront horrifying creatures and unsettling visions, all while uncovering a sinister truth that should have remained buried.
With limited resources and no safe place to hide, survival is the only option. Will you unravel the mystery behind “Lurking Danger” and escape the horrors that now hunt you?
*This is only a demo of the first level of the game.*
FULL GAME
Key Features:
- Immersive, Psychological Storytelling: Dive into a narrative that blends mystery and psychological horror. Every interaction and decision can reveal clues or escalate the tension.
- Split-Screen Co-op: Play through the story solo or team up with a friend in local co-op mode. Work together to solve puzzles and survive the lurking dangers.
- Interactive Environment: Use your surroundings to solve puzzles and uncover dark secrets in this eerie and disturbing world. The smallest, most unsettling details may hold the key to your escape.
- Enviromental Puzzles: Navigate strange corridors and twisted rooms, solving puzzles in a world where the walls seem alive, and grotesque creatures emerge from the shadows.
- Intense Survival Horror: Face your worst fears as you run from unknown horrors. Manage your resources wisely and stay calm in high-pressure situations to stay alive.
- Meaningful Choices: How you interact with secondary characters and face the dangers around you will shape your experience. Every conversation and action can influence the story's progression.
Controls:
| Input | Keyboard/Mouse | Joystick |
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| Shoot |
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| Run | SHIFT | Left stick button |
| Interact | E | 
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| Crouch | C | 
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| Inventory | I | 
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| Pause | ESCAPE | 
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| Heavy attack | | |
| Dodge | SPACE | 
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| Block | (HOLD) ALT | (HOLD) 
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This was so good, my kind of game
Making a series on the full game my friend, this is the part 1, keep doing a good job and hope you doing good, hope you enjoy the video itself, love you
Thank you so much :) Wish you the best!
Hey, I would like to localize your game into Turkish!
Sorry, I don't understand it very well, how to run it
Great demo. Very well put together. Likable characters. Overall I'm impressed. Looking forward to the full game!
Reminds me of Resident Evil. Great demo with lots of potential. Looking forward to the full release.
Felicitaciones a todos los que han creado este juego de terror, es simplemente una joya, la historia es genial, los diálogos son muy buenos, los puzles son brutales, yo he disfrutado mucho, yo quiero que todos los creadores de este juego se suscriban a mi canal de Youtube por favor, me hace mucha ilusión, gracias, os deseo mucha suerte y espero ver más juegos de ustedes, saludos!!
Hola! En verdad agradezco mucho tus palabras, me dan aliento para seguir esforzándome y crear mejores juegos en un futuro, se que aún hay un camino largo, pero espero cada vez hacerlo mejor.
Una vez más gracias! Y mucho éxito en tu canal!
Gracias a ti amigo, por favor suscríbete a mi pequeño canal me hace ilusión, saludos!!
Will the full version also come to itch.io?
Gracias! Siempre me da gusto ver que también la comunidad hispana juega mis juegos.( Ya que yo soy de México). Así que gracias por compartir :)
enserio eres de México :O yo soy de El Salvador, y pues descubrí tus juegos con está Demo, está Demo me encantó ya estoy esperando a jugar el juego completo, también haré gameplays de tus otros juegos ya que me gustan más que son de terror es mi genero favorito :)
I played this in Co-op Mode with my Sister!~ it was a really cute game, i love the split screen option!~ there's not many local co-op horror games like this so it's really good to see.
I enjoyed the diner scene, animations are nice, character dynamic between the two characters is really cool, i enjoyed the witty humour and banter between the two main characters.
we did have a few bugs that caused us to have to restart:
- one main bug is that dialogue options can be selected by both players controllers, making it cause issues of accidently selecting the wrong dialogue because my sister was cleaning something while i was trying to talk do dialogue so it caused her to accidently select for me or scroll up and down on her controller.
- there was a bug where i wasn't able to interact with anything, with A (however that may just be an issue with my controller)
- my sisters character, was unable to walk at all once we got to the mop and bucket scene.
- Sewer system caused really bad framerate for me, could barely play some areas of the sewer due to extreme spikes in framerate, so something down there is causing lag/is poorly optimized.
Overall story was interesting However i feel the story could be improved, the Diner scene i think is done really well, however the zombies/creatures in the sewer felt a bit out of place? as the start of the game felt like it was setting us up for a murder mystery, with the secret mysterious basement and missing girl.
However it was still super interesting, Keep up the good work!~ and i look forward to seeing the finished product, and where the game goes.
Thanks, I really appreciate you sharing this with me. It’s super important for me to know that people have played it in co-op and that it’s a feature that’s actually valued. I used to play with my sister when I was younger too, and that’s one of the reasons I’m trying to keep this mechanic. Even though it’s tough to implement— which is why a lot of developers avoid it— I really think it’s worth it. It’s also harder to optimize since there are two screens rendering at the same time.
Right now, I’m working on a patch that fixes a lot of the issues you mentioned and aims to improve optimization, especially for co-op. Hopefully, I’ll have a much better final version of the game soon.
And thanks again for sharing both the bugs and your feedback— it really means a lot to me and helps me improve.
As for the story, this is just a small part. There’s actually a lot more behind it. This introduction makes you think one thing is happening, but in reality, there’s something much bigger and more complex going on.
Well you've done amazing on this game so far!~ its quite inspiring what you've Created, even with the issues we had, having to start over, it was A lot of fun, I feel player 2 might need more activities to do, or perhaps have the quests so they can be shared between them, and dialogue that can give the player the option to who does what task.
I've been wanting to create a game myself, so seeing a co-op horror game similar to what id want to make is amazing!~ i haven't got much experience with unreal engine, i only know 3D modeling and animations, so trying to make a game myself feels like a daunting task!~ But i hope to one day start a game. (i have A lot of game/story ideas, just don't know where to start with UE5) i do have CC4 which id love to use for character, and make custom assets for it. (which it would seem you are using CC4 ) which is cool to see.
Nice! Thank you!
You should start your project now, no matter how it ends, but you will learn a lot and then can make more games. So always try until you suceed :)
You're welcome!~
I shall try my best to make a game project. i have ideas just not sure where to start.
i wish you had more Co-op games, i want to play MORE!~
i think once i figure out some main characters for my game is when i can start creating stuff. because then i can start animation, which character animations are super important for gameplay and interacting with the environment.
i really like your diner gameplay, my sister said a diner game would be so cool like what you have made, but more fleshed out with more random and strange guests.
i am starting to notice this becoming a trend in horror games lately where you play as an employee at a store, and weird stuff starts to happen. Chillaz Art seems to have a lot of games like that, you however seem to be the only one creating split screen multiplayer, with 3rd person. which is the kind of style i would like to do.
i have played around with horror engine template, but i don't like how its single player and first person. Love the Polaroid camera it has though i feel like that would be a cool option in a 3rd person game, being able to take photos and stuff would be cool.
Games have so much potential, and i feel like the indie horror genre needs a kick in the butt with new innovative ideas. i think co-op is a good step into a new direction of indie horror.
Thank you..
Please remove zombies and add a story based ( serial killer or paranormal type etc ) content..
add jiggle physics and im sold
Excited to see the full release!
Keep up the good work!
I really liked it! it is noticeable that it's a wip, but looks great! just better optimization and work on the animations, but I like it!
It's a pretty ok game for sure. I would double check the reserve ammo count when you have the gun out. It just shows x/0 when I have ammo in my inventory. But besides that, it's a decent game.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/@Levont
Glitched 3 times just in start ( for genius - no, im not dumb and i have good pc) . There are no saves and you cant skip that long dialogues. Thats just ... bruh...
What glitched? Can you Elaborate on this, please, to fix it.
I will add an option to skip dialogues and cutscenes for the final release.
I started to talk to that old guy WEIRDO, pressed 3 as answer, after that my character got stuck in the dialog, cant do anything, cant move or do any action.
Oh You're right, there was a bug there in the last update. I'm so sorry about this. Thank you for letting me know, you really help me with this a lot. I'm updating a new version now with this issue fixed.
Thank you my friend! You make this possible too.
This is just a small part of the game, the game has a lot more to offer.
By the way, some people are freaking out with your character D: (which was somehow the point).
I saw! haha, calling my character creepy and fidgety as if He is something more. 🤨😂
It looks great. It´s a work in progress or a complete game?
Thanks! It is a demo for a new upcoming game
How is this different than the previous Lurking Danger Prologue? More content, different content, etc?
It is a completely different demo, new characters, new scenario, etc. It is related to, but this is the official demo for the game, the other was just a prologue alpha with almost everything different from this demo. (Besides some mechanics). I will recommend you to watch the trailer to see what is this demo about :)
Awesome. Looking forward to it.
Can you please put the word “Demo” somewhere, anywhere, in the title or description?
Sure!