Slide in the Woods is a short Retraux Survival Horror Video Game by Jonny's Games, released in July of 2021 on itch.io
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The game casts you as someone who's in the woods and finds this very innocent-looking slide. With nothing else to do, you decide to take a few rides down it. What's the worst that could happen?
Slide In The Woods contains examples of:
- The Chase: After lowering the large sack into the pit in the top of the pyramid, you end up catching the attention of some humanoid monster, which chases you through a long, cramped tunnel.
- Eldritch Location: The innocuous-looking, seemingly abandoned slide causes the environment to change with every sliding down; first the forest ambience goes out, then an Ominous Fog appears, then it quickly becomes nighttime, then after several more times, the slide becomes inexplicably longer, leading into a long, cramped tunnel where the only way out leads to the base of a pyramid surrounded by grey void.
- Featureless Protagonist: You never see yourself, even when you look down or grab stuff. Judging by the height of the handrail compared to the camera level, the player character might be a child.
- Infinite Flashlight: You find a flashlight after your third trip down the slide, when the woods are pitch black. Even though it's stated that it has some battery left, it never goes out.
- Invisible Wall: An invisible barrier keeps you from getting away from the slide.
- Notice This: Anything that can be picked up or interacted with is surrounded by a ring of blue light.
- Ominous Fog: After your second trip down the slide, the forest is shrouded in fog. That's one red flag that the slide's not what it seems.
- P.O.V. Cam: The whole game is viewed from the perspective of the Player Character.
- Retraux: The game is fully rendered in PS1-style graphics with low-fidelity sounds.
- Trail of Blood: You find a trail of blood going up the slide after the sixth run. At the top, you see something tied up in a sack and moving, while some creepy hands drag it into the slide.
