Utomah
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Utomah is a 2D platformer in which the player, a boy with a parasitic creature stuck to his head, navigates through a nightmarish world. Grapple, latch, and dash through incredible environments, discovering the darkness of one’s inner mind, encountering true horrors along the way. With memorable bosses, challenging fast-paced encounters, and unique level structures, prepare to push your skills to the limit!
Features
- Surreal environments to traverse! Can you make it through this unforgiving world?
- Three bosses that will push your platforming and combat skills to the limits!
- A world like you’ve never seen before! Everything you see was hand-drawn with charcoal.
- Immersive audio! Surely those creepy noises are coming from the game…right?
About Development
This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.
Game Discussion
Steam User 0
A surprisingly alright experience for a short proof-of-concept student game. While the platforming sections are nothing special, it does have 3 interesting and unique boss fights that are decently polished enough to be learnt and anticipated, seemingly a fresh take on certain Terraria-inspired boss archetypes. Grappling mechanics and attack window visuals definitely need to be polished upon, and the platforming sections are stale, but there's definitely some actual potential in this game to be developed upon further. A nice free game to kill some time.
Steam User 0
Utomah is an excellent experience and definitely at a higher level of polish than other Digipen games I've played. The art style and music are a mood and almost remind me of higher-end Flash games. The mechanics feel a little sticky sometimes, but are well done otherwise. And WOW, the boss fights are exhilarating! I'm probably not the only one who expected it to end after the first boss fight, but thankfully we were pleasantly surprised.
Yes, I'm gushing. If you couldn't tell, I'm a sucker for Flash games AND creepy-cute games.
On a more serious note, though: When you hear "indie horror," what do you think of? A hit-or-miss story that's built on pointless VHS filters and an excess of useless objects (please don't show me a flashlight or an axe if I can't actually use them)? That sure is what I think of--and that's what the genre has recently become. Whether it's due to the success of Kane Pixels' Backrooms or a nostalgia for the uncanniness of 90s and 2000s video game graphics, I couldn't tell you. But here we are.
Utomah is one of the few modern indie horrors that hearkens back to a time where a game didn't need to spill exposition or LOOOOOOORE to immerse you in its world. It just needed to be fun. The story was yours to decide.
If you need a break from the modern horror trends and you have 30-60 minutes to spare, give Utomah a try. Delve into its charmingly creepy world for a bit. You won't regret it.
Steam User 7
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