One Night 2: The Beyond *Full Horror Game*

Important![/u] This game is completely standalone. No RPG Maker VX RTP is required to play.



Introduction[/u]

The Beyond is a freeware survival horror/adventure game created with RPG Maker VX. It is a psuedo sequel to the game One Night, however the story and locations are unrelated to the previous game and this game serves as a stand alone game.
The Beyond is not a normal RPG Maker game. In The Beyond, you find yourself trapped in a "haunted" mansion known as The Beyond, and are soon under attack by a strange, and evil power. Using your brain and your reflexes, you must think and fight your way to safety, solving puzzles and defeating horrifying enemies to make your escape.
In order to escape the terror, you'll first need to understand the cause of the nightmare. Make sure you collect all the clues so that you can understand the fate that has befallen the mansion. But, be careful. You are always in danger, and it is easy to let the fear overwhelm you. Don't give in to the evil.

The Beyond was my attempt at telling a story in other ways besides cutscenes. I wanted to create an atmosphere of being totally alone in this game, so having other characters in to tell you what was going on was counterproductive. Thus, the entire story of this game is revealed as you play via clues and discarded documents.

Note: I'm aware that a "haunted house" is perhaps the most cliched setting for a horror themed game. Keep in mind that I wanted to try my hand at using the setting and that the most prominent influence for this game is Alone In The Dark.

Story Outline[/u]

Mairstone Manor

Also known as The Beyond, this mansion was built in the early 1950's by renowned ex military general and historian Thomas Mairstone.
It is situated in the rural coal mining town of Black Valley in the isolated midwest. The entire town is isolated, being situated in a remote valley, and sorrounded by acres of dense forest. The locals fear The Beyond, and blame it for several disapearances of townspeople, including the mansion's owners, and bizarre phenomena that has been recently occuring in town.

Black Valley

An isolated midwestern mining town founded in the mid 1800's. The town's mining industry has been inactive since the 1920's due to the  mines being closed for an undisclosed reason. Black Valley has a population of only 300, only a small fraction of the 1200 people it housed during the mining era.
Reportedly, Black Valley is a center for paranormal activity, with many bizarre incidents being reported each month.

Characters[/u]

Two playable characters are featured in The Beyond, each one playing in a different way and having their own unique reasons for being drawn into the mansion. Each character also has their own unique endings. To see all of the game's endings, you'll need to play through as both characters!

John Faraday

An ex police officer turned private detective. John has been hired to investigate the mysterious disapearance of a group of journalists conducting research on the mansion. John has decided to search for clues in the last place the group were known to have visited, and so heads for The Beyond itself.

Sara Wickson

A horror fiction writer seeking inspiration. It's been a while since Sara wrote a big top seller, so in order to gather material to write  her next novel, Sara has decided to spend a night in the infamous mansion known as The Beyond.

Game Features[/u]

- True fear will take over as you explore the mansion, uncovering the many secrets it holds. Atmospheric graphics and sounds, combined with some genuine psychological engineering will make you feel the ultimate terror.
- A fantastic challenge awaits you, with fiendish puzzles to solve, horrifying enemies to defeat, and two different characters and four endings to experience.
- Streamlined systems such as a health indicator and custom item usage system help you keep track of notes, clues and items.
- Rivetting, tense combat, using the completely customized Decision Proximity Semi Active Battle system (DPSAB) which allows enemies to deal damage based on the direction they strike from, and allows actions performed outside of battle to affect your battle performance.

Screenshots[/u]















Download

You can download this game from the page here:

http://rpgmaker.net/games/1144/

Mirror
Additionally, you can download One Night 2 from here:
http://www.filefront.com/16934675/One-Night-2-SEv3.2.exe/

Looks very nice. I'm impressed.

Horror seems to be a popular genre these days. I will definitely give it a try and will comment agian when I have something to say. Looks great though

Thanks for the interest. I love horror games and so I tried my hand at making one. But yes, they do seem to be on the increase.

I just added two mirror download links for added conveniance.

New Update (V3.2)

I've just released the updated Version 3.2, which fixes a few small gameplay glitches that were present and fixes the problem in the previous version which prevented the ending selection working how it should be.

Download it now! The download links in the initial post have been updated!

Nice game,it's very suspensful,and every so often I jump out of my skin lol nie game

Thanks very much!

Update with a Review!

Octuple Threat, member of RPG Revolution's official review team, has reviewed this game and given it a well deserved 8/10. Read his review and find out why you too should experience The Beyond here:

http://www.rpgrevolution.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=32002

I played this game a month or so ago. I liked it a lot. I genuinely jumped at certain parts. It was best played in fullscreen though. It loses it's horror value and suspense value if it's just windowed. (I did play in fullscreen, I'm just noting for others reading this.) Definitely a nice game. Good job on the 8/10.

Thanks very much. I'm glad to hear you felt something whilst playing, the main goal when making this was to scare the player.

Hi all!
Fallen Griever of the RPG Maker Network has just released his official review of The Beyond, and it's a great one. Those wishing to read more about the game or those still in need of some convincing can find it here:

http://www.rpgmaker.net/games/1144/reviews/452/

i mighy play,but im abit jumpy,b4 i plaay,what's in the game?

i mighy play,but im abit jumpy,b4 i plaay,what's in the game?

1- this topic is a bit old
2- look at the first post

i mighy play,but im abit jumpy,b4 i plaay,what's in the game?

wtf are you talking about. Before asking, just read, and get the information. You have every information you need.
And, i recomend you to DL it, and play it, it is a gr8t game.

And yes Kirby, this topic is bit old.

I downloaded and installed the game, but when I ran the Play The Beyond file it froze every single time. I tried re-installing to no avail. Any reason this might be happening?

that shouldn't happen...It does have the RTP included...Anyway, try install the rpg maker VX RTP on your computer, maybe it will work...

Yeah I've noticed I'm getting the same result with another VX game from this site (Tales of the Drunken Paladin) but it doesn't come with the RTP and I'm pretty damn sure it's installed...Hmmm.

The game lags for some people unfortunately. I have no idea what to do about it.

Well I've noticed that every single VX game does this as well as I can't even test my own games with VX. I have no idea what the problem could be.

Hmm... Is your RAM less than 1GB? I usually find VX games lag with RAM any less than that.

I have 4Gigs. But I dunno, they all just started working the other day. It takes like 4 minutes to load the title screen, but they all run with no lag. And I must say, Dark Gaia your games are the shit. I'm really looking forward to playing all the way through Legionwood. \m/

Thanks very much! I try.

The latest version of Legionwood is due in a few weeks so please don't play the current version or you'll just need to start again! Why not try Taltarus in the mean time?

Also, One Night 3: Shadow of Stillwater is coming out in the near future too.

Update

The site hosting my uploads (RPGMaker.net) overhauled their site URLs today so the links I had posted previously died. I have now updated them. Sorry for any inconvenience.

First I though " Come on this kind of a game cant scare me.." but later " Hollyy S***!"

This is just wonderful !

Let me just say, I love "creepy" and "horror" games, such as Yume Nikki. (If the game wasn't intended to freak people out in some parts, why was all of that weird stuff in it?)

Anyway, I'll definitely give this a try.

It doesn't look tasty.
It doesn't even look good.
It looks DELICIOUS!

Hi everyone! Thanks for the interest and support you've given to One Night 2. It really makes the whole experience of making the game feel as if it has paid off.

I had forgotten that there existed on this site seperate topics for One Night and One Night 2, so I decided to update this thread and make the Trilogy thread into a One Night 3 one instead.