徹夜報告書 | Midnight Report

"Midnight Report" is a rogue-lite 3D survival horror game in which a student (the protagonist) who is having hallucinations while staying up all night writing a report struggles to escape from the hallucinations filled with terrifying monsters. Players use items and gimmicks to overcome threats and aim to escape from the randomly generated fantasy world with their friends.

Features Of This Game

• A unique world themed around staying up all night writing a report
  This work is a homage to the experience of being chased by a report assignment, and breathes life into it as a horror game. Each stage is designed with the motif of hallucinations caused by staying up all night, providing an experience of wandering between reality and hallucinations. A new stage, "Village," will be introduced in the full version. This stage is lined with old houses with tiled roofs, giving you a sense of the solemn Japanese atmosphere of Japanese horror. In the village, reports (archives), movies, new items, new allies, enemies, gimmicks, etc. are implemented to unravel the story that was not revealed in the beta version, allowing you to enjoy more advanced negotiations.
  
• Numerous creatures with cunning minds and creepy appearances
  In the full version, more intelligent enemy characters will attack the player, such as a stalker AI that approaches while hiding in the shadows, and a sniper AI that carries a gun and waits for a surprise attack. The creature design is conscious of "creepy smiles", and is designed to evoke the existence of another world. In the full version, a humanoid monster wearing a doll's head appears, and its strangely human-like movements enhance the fear.
  
• Replayability and strategy due to random generation
  In this game, items, gimmicks, enemies, stages, etc. are randomly generated. Some stages are generated using a maze generation algorithm, so you can enjoy a different stage each time. In a world that changes randomly, you will use items and gimmicks to cooperate with your companions and aim to escape from the other world.

Gameplay Overview

You control the protagonist from a first-person perspective. The main actions are "walking/running/sprinting/crouching/interacting/commanding to open/close doors/obtain items."

Synopsis

According to the protagonist, who is in a hurry about something, it is the night before he is to submit his report assignment.

"I just moved, and most of the cardboard boxes are still unopened..."

Even if he had explained the move to his teacher, anyone would easily suspect that his impatience was simply due to a lack of planning.

However, the truth is known only to him or to those who truly know him.

"I should have started earlier..."

There's no point in regretting this on the eve of the deadline, so he decides to stay up all night working on his report assignment, but...

About video posting/distribution

You can only post and distribute videos on the following distribution platforms.
In that case, please clearly indicate a link to the author X (formerly Twitter) and a link to the Steam store page in the description.
《Distribution platforms》

• YouTube
  
• Niconico Douga
  
• Twitch
  
• TwitCasting
  
• TikTok

※If you would like to use a distribution platform other than the above, please contact the author.

Special Content

This game provides a report form (.png) for consideration as special content that allows you to experience the atmosphere of a realistic report assignment (see the appendix below for details).
If you want to enjoy a more authentic atmosphere, try writing and submitting your report by the next day, knowing that it is the night before the report is due!
You can edit the downloaded report image and post (submit) it on the Internet, such as SNS, after editing the description field.

Appendix

• This game contains expressions that may be frightening. Please refrain from playing if you are not good at it or have a weak heart.
  
• Live commentary and distribution are welcome. Let's liven up indie horror together!
  
• Please check the developer's Twitter (@mutsumutsu_dev) post for how to download high-resolution report images.