#cave crawlers

[lost-in-video-game-land]

subnautic doodles 1/4

[giantmonsterpolls]

Happy Ten Years Of The MonsterVerse!!!

I forgot to post this yesterday, my bad))

Behold, the surprise I was telling ya’ll about!!

Me posting my art?? On this account??

I’ve been working on this for a while and I’m really proud of it, and I do plan to start posting my own fanart here more often!!!

[apple8ees]

lighting/fire practice in the form of a sort of @comicaurora redraw... unfortunately, void erin cool

[tailsdollr]

[naiadic]

Thinking about something my therapist told me today when I mentioned I've been feeling super into Horror lately-

They said that horror is a really great way to feel a controlled fear when the world is giving so much uncontrolled fear. Thinking about horrible monsters and situations that you *aren't* facing makes what actually is at hand a little more manageable

[oldschoolfrp]

"Cavern of the Carrion Crawlers: All carrion crawlers in the whole complex of caves and caverns come to this area from time to time to breed. Over the years a litter of bones has built up from the prey these creatures have dragged here to devour at leisure."  (looks like a David Sutherland illus, from AD&D module G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1981)

[honksilly]

goodbye

[rotary-supercollider]

[mudstoneabyss]

can you make a list of your top indie horror game recs ::3

yeah! so these wont be in order of what i like the most, they're just going to be here in whatever order I think of them. i'm also trying to go with what I think are more lesser-known ones, and if one is more popular it'll because I think it's one people write off that are actually good. as i'm writing this i'm going back up to say the descriptions for these will become less detailed because i got tired and cant keep repeating the art!! the atmosphere!!

Scarlet Hollow: A heavily choice-based horror mystery visual novel about going back to Scarlet Hollow- a small town in south historically ran by your family- for the funeral of your late aunt. its episodic and there are currently only 4 of the 7 episodes out. even with just them it is my favorite game. I love the writing and the art and the whole atmosphere of the game AND the soundtrack brought Brandon Boone (the composer) into my top 5 artists in my spotify wrapped last year

Slay the Princess: Another choice-based horror visual novel (and dating sim!) by the creators of Scarlet Hollow where you are tasked with, well, slaying the princess to prevent the destruction of the entire world. It's only a demo right now-releasing q3 of this year- but I'm excited for the whole game! my selling point for it with my followers is that the narrator (and some other characters) are voiced by Jonny Sims and hey podcast fans you like him check out this game

Endacopia: A click and point horror game inspired by Humongous Entertainment games such as Pajama Sam. Currently also a demo and set to release in October of 2024, I can not emphasize enough how excited I am for it. The game's style is so fun and there's lots of little details and the music??? There's two musical numbers in the demo alone. Some of the style and writing also reminds me of Undertale and even Homestuck somewhat (I say as someone who hasn't read homestuck)

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity: This is an 8-bit style horror game inspired by the 1980s Satanic Scare coming in 3 chapters with multiple endings, a very good example of games not needing high-end realistic graphics to be scary

Doki Doki Literature Club: Glances at my icon. who could've seen this one coming. I feel like most people know about ddlc by now, even if they don't know anything past "horror anime dating sim". It starts off for a long while a seemingly normal, if bland, visual novel dating sim until-seemingly suddenly- twisting into psychological horror. There's, however, a lot of foreshadowing once you see the beginning again after knowing what will happen. Honestly I think this games brilliant and its such a shame it somehow got lumped in with "cringe" mascot horror (its not even a mascot horror game?). For me a lot of the horror comes from the amount of scares left up to a random percentage- and how subtle a lot of them are. You can replay it and have a fairly different experience than you did the first time- and be scared by completely new things. There's also this existential and cosmic horror element that is less one you experience while playing it, i think, and more thinking about it afterwards. This isn't even touching on a lot of the secrets and easter eggs. a few years after the original game came out, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus was released, and it leaves the og game experience essentially untouched while adding a new vn experience the length of the og game (thats seemingly horror-less) as well as some more lore to the world, not of the game, but around the game, and builds more on the existential/cosmic horror. Needless to say from the length of this, I adore this game. also take the content warnings seriously, in the (free) og the game opens with warnings and a link to a page with specific tws, and in ddlc+ you are given the options to see those warnings listed before starting the game, as well as the ability to turn on tw pop-ups before game events

Home Safety Hotline: Also currently a demo, a horror game where you work for a home safety hotline, answering calls to help people deal with pests and other household problems. as the game progresses you get some more... off-putting calls and access to more unusual problems. I love games that put you into the role of someone who works a mundane job dealing with horrifying shit (similar reasoning to why I like the I'm On Observation Duty games, which I think are more popular rn than I want to put on this list)

NiGHT SIGNAL: By the same creator of Home Safety Hotline, this one's a short one about getting a new tv set and finding some strange channels during the night, inspired by The Twilight Zone and a 1995 game, The Dark Eye. A lot of the art in the game is done with clay which creates this really nice uncanny look and atmosphere- details about which you can see in an artbook you unlock after playing the game, which is REALLY cool I adore seeing the creativity behind and what goes into games like these.

and there's a bunch more I like, these are just the ones off the top of my head and I also dont feel like typing a bunch more dfnafnsk I'll also say if yall haves one you really like that I havent mentioned feel free to send an ask talking about them

[lovearoundzero]

When you turn into a crystal while dying in a cave 😝😝✨✨🙏🙏

[almostlookedhuman]

[crawlershq]

when did you start having a goth style? I think it looks fabulous on you!++( LIV I NEED AN EYELINER TUTORIAL BECAUSE MINE SUCKS AND I NEED TO KNOW YOURS)

Firstly, thank you so much for your kind words :')

So I properly got into goth when I was maybe 11? (Thanks Amy Lee). My mum is actually a goth too, so she was super excited when I got into the fashion and makeup properly, but she used to play a lot of goth bands (Depeche Mode, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Bauhaus etc.), so I grew up listening to that kind of music anyway. I suppose it was only a matter of time before I dove into that world haha! Fun fact: I named my red bass after Siouxsie Sioux!!

In regards to the eyeliner tutorial, you'll just have to keep your eyes out for something on our socials. It might be coming sooner than you think....

[grimalkinmessor]

Horror moonriver?

This one is actually based off a videogame! Cave Crawler, specifically :) Near is an android that gets sent down into an expansive cave system to discover what exactly is destroying/absorbing all organic matter that comes into contact with it. He discovers KIRA, a hivemind of psychedelic crystals that likes to swallow people it finds interesting! And because Near is inorganic, he's safe to observe and speak with KIRA (who often appears as "Light" because Light did some shit a long time ago to make himself the head of the supernatural crystal monster, so he's kind of the origin as far as 'people the caves have eaten' goes).

It follows Near's conversations with a malicious earthly entity that swallowed his creator and the man he had feelings for, and them growing increasingly fascinated by each other even as they work solidly towards opposite ends—Light to destroy the world, Near to save it.

Again, no snippet for this one because I'm still worldbuilding :3

[necoryn-rising]

Some of my fav earth fest skin submissions so far

Bloodstone Shatter by roselapis

Gilded Teranueva by Edward

Cave Crawler by golbin

Vestiges by Avmire

Desert Nightfal nu AkaneChaan

Spectral Gem by CinnamonThief

Mineral Munchies by LittleParade

Gold Veins by Ralsha

[hagensalley]

Top Ten Games I Beat in 2023!

Yeah, I know I’m a bit late with this, but hey, life gets busy! I figured making this list would be a fun way to chill out between projects. Most of the games I played were on handheld devices since I’ve been totally hooked on indie games on my Steam Deck, and of course, playing my favorite Nintendo franchises on the Switch. This year was a blast! Here are the Top 10 games I finished in…