ABISMO

Devlog

• Known Issues – Current Vertical Slice Build
  July 19, 2026 by ManiakStudios

  Known Issues – Current Vertical Slice Build First of all, thank you to everyone who has downloaded and played the ABISMO Vertical Slice . We truly appreciate your support and the feedback you've bee... Continue reading
• Designing the ABISMO Logo
  July 18, 2026 by ManiakStudios#3D, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #First-Person, #Horror, #Indie, #Short, #Singleplayer

  Designing the ABISMO Logo Like many parts of our development process, the logo began with something very simple. Using Figma, we wrote the name ABISMO and started experimenting with different fonts. W... Continue reading
• Designing ABISMO'S User Interface
  July 18, 2026 by ManiakStudios#3D, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #First-Person, #Horror, #Indie, #Short, #Singleplayer

  Designing ABISMO'S User Interface When we first started designing ABISMO's user interface, our goal was simple: make it completely diegetic. We wanted the UI to exist naturally within the world instea... Continue reading
• Horror Through Ambient - Our Process
  July 18, 2026 by ManiakStudios#3D, #Atmospheric, #Creepy, #First-Person, #Horror, #Indie, #Short, #Singleplayer

  Building Horror Through Ambient Sound Alone Before a room receives its final lighting or the last environmental prop is placed, we already know how we want it to feel. Every corridor, every bedroom an... Continue reading

  
• Building the Sound in ABISMO
  June 04, 2026 by ManiakStudios#Horror Audio Design, #Sound Design, #Indie Horror, #Unreal Engine 5, #Game Development, #Environmental Storytelling, #Horror Games

  Building the Sound in ABISMO When people think about horror games, they often think about monsters, dark corridors, or jumpscares, however the one of the most powerfull things in this is the SOUND. As... Continue reading

  
• Building the Psychological Narrative System of ABISMO
  May 28, 2026 by ManiakStudios#Psychological Horror, #Indie Horror, #Narrative Design, #Unreal Engine 5, #Game Writing, #Environmental Storytelling, #Adaptive Horror, #Indie Game Development, #Portuguese Horror, #ABISMO, #Maniak Studios

  Building the Psychological Narrative System of ABISMO One of the most important aspects of ABISMO is that the horror is not only visual. While the game may initially look like a traditional corridor-b... Continue reading

  
• A Quick Look on ABISMO'S Environment
  May 26, 2026 by ManiakStudios#environment, #design, #art, #3d

  ABISMO's Environment One of the biggest focuses during the development of ABISMO has always been atmosphere. Every wall, light source, corridor turn, and environmental decision exists to reinforce the... Continue reading

  
• Gameplay and Systems
  May 25, 2026 by ManiakStudios#gameplay, #systems

  Gameplay Loop The player enters the game inside the corridor of a house. They proceed to the exit door to receive a hint indicating what they need to photograph in the current loop. That hint is an PO... Continue reading

  
• Game Narrative of ABISMO
  May 20, 2026 by ManiakStudios#Game Narrative

  ABISMO draws conceptual inspiration from a real criminal case that occurred in Leiria, Portugal, in 1980, associated with the figure known as Mata-Sete. The case involved the murder of seven individua... Continue reading

  
• ABISMO - OUR NEW PROJECT
  May 12, 2026 by ManiakStudios#Design

  ABISMO is a psychological horror game inspired by a real crime that happened in Leiria, Portugal. The player controls the killer trapped in a looping limbo inside his own house. Guided by a mysterious... Continue reading