Horror video game Do You See Sparky? pits players against a creepy doll

Are You Sparkly? is billed as a mishmash of familiar styles — first-person co-op horror with elements of social-deduction games like The Us. What you really need to know is that the evil is inside one creepy-ass doll that’s inexorably stalking you.

This is the twist Are You Sparkly? The Clapperheads from Bulgaria, claim that one of sixteen monsters holds the doll. Knowing which monster it is will be crucial to your survival. Players (one to four of them) scurry about the haunted mansion and its grounds, gathering clues, solving puzzles, and generally making sure that they’re Not It when Sparky shows up to collect the rent.

That’s the thing — one player begins the game “marked,” which means Sparky’s coming for These are their particulars. Worse, they can’t see Sparky. The game is named after Sparky. But if they’re clever, they can pass this mark onto someone else — somewhat like the popular strategy for escaping a bear. This likely requires keeping your trap shut or telling everyone you can see Sparky, even when you can’t.

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Communication within the organization is by only one means Are You Sparkly? The visual cues and walkie-talkie are available in the game. This adds an additional layer to social-deduction. Anyone eliminated by Sparky can still watch the game over its security-camera feeds, and even feed players info — helpful or otherwise — as the beast closes in.

Heart Core LTD invoked the Clapperheads as well as publisher Heart Core LTD Phasmophobia Poppy’s PlaytimeThese are some of the inspirations that inspired this game. Stranger Things for the game’s tone and visual style. Clapperheads designers are alumni from games of the creepy-genre like Hello Neighbor GripperTheir work is accompanied by the terrifying horror art of Adam Woodsmith.

Are You Sparkly? It does not have an official launch date. It’s coming to Windows PC via Steam.