House of Fear

This paper presents the proposed design of House of Fear, a single-player 3D horror escape game focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, survival, and enemy AI. The player must investigate a mysterious house, collect useful items, discover clues, solve puzzles, unlock doors, and avoid a hostile enemy in order to escape. The proposed system integrates player movement, enemy behaviour, puzzle and item management, house exploration, interaction, audio and lighting, and game progression into one connected gameplay loop. Unity and C# provide the development environment for implementing these systems. The project offers practical experience in interactive game design, programming, 3D environment construction, and system integration. The quality of the completed game should be assessed through technical testing and actual player feedback. Future development may introduce additional environments, more advanced enemy behaviours, extra puzzles, and expanded story elements. By combining suspense with understandable objectives and responsive interactions, House of Fear aims to provide an engaging horror escape experience while demonstrating applied computer science and game-development concepts.

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