Cover Your Eyes Presskit

Factsheet

Developer:
StarSkipp
Based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

Release date:
November 5 2020

Platforms:
Windows

Website:
indiedb.com/games/cover-your-eyes

Description

Cover Your Eyes is an traumatic 2D top down survival horror experience, focusing upon family, and the sacrifices we make to keep them safe. You will have to fight, think and escape out of escalating circumstances as the town of Verwood undergoes an unprecedented metamorphosis. Take on the role of Chloe, married mother of two working nine to five to support her family. One night, she finds out her husband has been having an affair with another woman. The shocking discovery is soon eclipsed by the town being struck by a supernatural catastrophe and her husband disappearing into the night. Looking for answers, Chloe takes her two children and heads out after him. The town has changed and monsters have come out to play. Inspired by survival horror past and present, balancing both resident evil style action and the psychodrama of Silent Hill. The player will have to loot for valuable ammo, shoot or run from hostile encounters and use problem solving techniques to overcome puzzles. All while keeping your two children and sanity in check.

History

Cover Your Eyes was originally conceived in 2013, in response to the rise of the rpgmaker horror genre. The games released around the time emphasized upon small innocent child in a big spooky mansion, unable to fight back. But what if you could? So henceforth I started development on a 16-bit survival horror adventure.

Progress was stagnate for the next several years, until February 2019 where I made the decision to knuckle down and finish the game once and for all. The project itself serves as a sort of tribute towards all the videogames I enjoyed playing as a kid and some form of self therapy about my own dysfunctional family.

Features

Reunite your family and escape the town of Verwood.
Solve the mystery of who or what is behind the disaster.
Face off against other worldly forces.
Loot and manage supplies.
Decide when to fight. Those shotgun cartridges might come in handy later.
Think your way out of conundrums.
Keep a look out for your house cat.
30 plus enemy types to encounter.
7 weapons to acquire.
15 important locations to visit.
3640 animation frames for Chloe.

Videos

Original Trailer YouTube

Second Trailer YouTube

Gameplay 1 YouTube

Launch trailer YouTube

Gameplay 2 YouTube

Images

Download all screenshots & photos as .zip

Logo & Icon

Download logo/icon assets as .zip

Selected Articles

"Cover Your Eyes, which seems to hearken back to psychological mind-twisters like Clock Tower and Echo Night, but with an art-style not unlike Square’s older 16-bit titles, but with a slathering of morbidity draped over them."
- Billy D, One Angry Gamer
"Cover Your Eyes – A horror story inspired by my own dysfunctional family."
- Ethan Allen, HorrorBuzz
"Something to Look Out for in 2020"
- Azario Lopez, noisy pixel

Additional Links

Steam Store
Cover Your Eyes Steam Store store.steampowered.com/app/1188290/Cover_Your_Eyes.

Itch.io Store
Cover Your Eyes Itch.io Store starskipp.itch.io/cover-your-eyes.

About StarSkipp

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My name is Gregory with the online handle of StarSkip. And I've been a wannabe game developer for the last 10 years, mostly coming out with tech demos and unfinished concepts. I like watching movies, TV shows and playing videogames. I'm currently tackling Cover Your Eyes, my first commercial project.

More information
More information on StarSkipp, our logo & relevant media are available here.