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A before/after look at one of the creatures from our upcoming horror project, Life & Shadow: Celestial Call.

The original version felt too calm and almost “friendly,” so we started pushing the design into a more disturbing direction — sharper teeth, darker textures, stretched facial details, and a more aggressive silhouette overall.

We’re trying to balance cosmic horror with something that still feels biologically believable instead of completely random monster design.

Still a work in progress, but the transformation already feels way more unsettling than the original version.

One of the characters from our upcoming psychological horror game, Life & Shadow: Celestial Call.
We wanted the design to feel uncanny in a subtle way — tired eyes, unnatural proportions, and a face that feels “off” the longer you look at it.

Still experimenting with lighting, skin textures, and facial detail balance.
Curious what gives you stronger discomfort in horror games: realistic faces, distorted human features, or something completely inhuman?

I was testing a moment like this and something about it felt unexpectedly tense.

Not sure if it’s the lighting, the silence, or just the pacing — but it turned out more unsettling than planned.

Curious how this feels to others.

No todo en un juego tiene que ser ruidoso para resultar perturbador.

Estamos experimentando con una tensión más sutil en nuestro próximo proyecto, Life & Shadow: Celestial Call, donde el silencio y la atmósfera llevan la mayor parte del peso.

¿Preferís un horror psicológico, más silencioso… o algo más directo?