The Unknown Road
A downloadable game for Windows
You're driving in the countryside one night all by yourself when things take an unexpected turn and your car is hit with engine troubles. Lucky for you, it breaks down close to a farm—and it looks like the owner is standing on his porch, still awake at such a late hour.
But even so, not everything in the life is simple or convenient. The stubborn farmer wants a fair exchange and asks you to handle chore after chore for him before he'll help you out with your car...
And things only get stranger from there.
About
The Unknown Road is a first person PSX style horror game made for the 2021 Global Game Jam, created by 7 Ontario Tech University Game Development students.
PC/Controller Controls
WASD/Left Stick - to Move
Space/A Button - Jump
Mouse/Right Stick - to Look
E/X Button - to Interact
Left Mouse Button/RT Button - Drop Items
Demo Info
- Download the zip file
- Unzip it
- Double click on the .exe
- You're good to go!
Credits
Gil Robern - Game/Sound Design
Eashvar Balachandran - Gameplay Programming
Ricky Caceres - Game/Sound Design
Lillian Fan - Lead Programmer
Adam Bilyea - 3D Art and Texturing
Rowan Luckhurst - 3D Character Design
Safa Nazir - UI Design and 3D Art
Special Thanks
John McKinnon - https://soundcloud.com/john-m-603708856
Julien Bernier - https://www.artstation.com/julien_3d_graphist
! This game is still a work in progress !
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WEIRD LOLThanks for playing! <3
Please look forward to the final version!
Despite the one bug I encountered (unable to sweep porch by holding E), I did enjoy myself and laughed quite a few times unexpectedly during gameplay. What is the deal with the other farmer?!
** EDIT: Gameplay begins @ 03:50
What I like most about the game are the PSX style graphics and movements. Their faces are what give the game a somewhat surreal feeling; the dialogue reads as though the farmer is a uncharismatic Southerner but yet the face is that of a young man with an intoxicated grin who looks like he'd be more than willing to help anyone fix their broken down car in the middle of nowhere. I love it.
** I greatly appreciate the Follow, but it is not necessary. I followed you after playing The Unknown Road so I'd be able to keep up to date on any new works you publish (and to keep up with future updates). I hope you enjoy the gameplay video but again, there isn't much to see here as I mostly make random gameplay videos...
Thank you so much for playing! I watched your video and it was very funny! We really appreciate the feedback and comments on your experience. Regarding the bug with sweeping the porch, it does work, just requires a bit of time to complete. We are going to be adding sound effects and a progress bar for those types of tasks eventually!
Currently this build of the game is more of a tech demo of what we aspire our game to be. It has most of what we want, just need to tie up the loose ends and make everything fit cohesively with the story we are trying to convey!
The other farmer was more to showcase a portion of the game that will be in there eventually. As you saw, he more just chases you around and does not much else!
Again, thank you for playing and making this video, it was super fun to watch! We hope to provide updates to this project when we can :)
I'm not sure what to do after I pick up the trash. I don't know if it's a bug, but it lets me interact with the trash 1 time and then the text stays on the screen and I can't interact with anything else. The farmer says it's ok to leave but I feel like that what he says before you've completed the task, like when he's saying to hurry up the times before that. Unless I'm just missing something. I ran all around though and couldn't figure it out.
Thanks so much for playing! As this is a Game Jam project, it is not fully complete yet and there are bound to be bugs since we did not have a chance to fully test.
Our team will continue development in the next few weeks, so please stay tuned for updates! :D