Tech Stack
Overview
Purge Night is an intense survival horror game where preparation meets terror. Spend your days fortifying your home, setting traps, and gathering resources. When night falls, defend your family against relentless AI-driven enemies who will stop at nothing to breach your defenses.
Core Gameplay Loop
☀️ Day Phase: Prepare
Gather resources, reinforce doors and windows, set traps, and plan your defensive strategy. Every decision matters when the sun goes down.
🌙 Night Phase: Survive
Face waves of intelligent enemies who adapt to your tactics. They'll break through barricades, disable traps, and hunt your family through the house.
🧠 AI-Driven Enemies
Enemies learn from your patterns, coordinate attacks, and exploit weaknesses in your defenses. No two nights are the same.
🏠 Dynamic Defense
Use furniture, traps, and environmental hazards to slow down attackers. Every room becomes a strategic battlefield.
Development Status
Purge Night is currently in active development. We're focusing on creating intelligent enemy AI that provides a truly challenging and unpredictable experience. The game mechanics emphasize strategic planning over pure reflexes, making every decision count.
Design Philosophy
- Tension over jump scares: Build dread through atmospheric pressure and intelligent threats.
- Strategy matters: Survival depends on preparation and adaptation, not just quick reflexes.
- Emergent gameplay: AI behavior creates unique scenarios each playthrough.
- Meaningful consequences: Every failed defense has emotional weight as you protect your family.
What I'm Learning
- Building adaptive AI systems that feel intelligent without being unfair.
- Balancing difficulty curves to maintain tension without frustration.
- Creating emergent gameplay through simple but interconnected systems.
- Understanding how game mechanics communicate emotional themes.