We're a passionate indie team diving headfirst into a spooky-themed game jam with a prize pool of $1,000 - $500, and we’re looking for a few brave souls to help us bring our chilling vision to life. The project? A psychological horror experience called The Howling Silence, set in a snowy, desolate mountain where fear has fangs and waits in the woods...
The story is about a girl trapped on a snowy mountain pass after a car crash. Sam, the main character, watches helplessly as her best friend disappears into the woods searching for help. Left alone, she starts experiencing things; shadows moving in the trees, whispers on the wind, and a creeping sense that she's not alone... and never was.
Inspired by atmospheric horror like Silent Hill, The Loup Garou, and The Long Dark, this story-driven game is focused on isolation, emotional storytelling, and the dread of the unseen.
We’re in search of unpaid collaborators (for now) with the potential for compensation if we win or generate sales post-jam. You'll be credited for your work, and we’re fully committed to keeping everyone in the loop and treated with respect. Let’s make something terrifyingly unforgettable together.
The game is mostly completely written; we're just looking for voice actors, an artist, and a musician. The project will 100% be completed by the deadline: September 30th. We have a short timeframe for casting since we have until September 30th to submit the game.
What you'll get if you work on this is full credits in-game (and in our jam submission), behind-the-scenes access during development, and a share of potential prize money and post-jam sales. Payment is not 100% guaranteed, so keep this in mind if you apply.
We have two completed projects available to play that showcase our storytelling. Shards of the Heart Demo & Shards of the Heart: Memories of Leandra
We spent 18 days developing The Howling Silence, an original horror visual novel for the Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam! Check it out if you're into horror and/or werewolves, and want to feel a wide range of emotions!
Submission page: https://itch.io/jam/spooktober-2025/rate/3910800
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFsf4-G_Tmc
First off, a huge thank you to everyone who auditioned or applied for The Howling Silence! We were absolutely blown away by the talent, passion, and creativity that came our way. It genuinely means the world to us that so many people wanted to be part of this story!
Choosing our final cast and collaborators was not easy. We actually spent over 10 hours on call reviewing applications, listening to every audition, and carefully deciding who would be the best fit for each role. Every single person who applied brought something special, and we’re incredibly grateful for your time and interest.
Our team is now fully assembled, and we'll be giving it our all to make this a great game!
If you’d like to keep up with our progress, we’d love to have you join our public Discord server:
We'll be expanding the story after the jam, and we have a few other projects we're working on, so more opportunities may open up in the future!
Thank you again for everything,
Kiki Cakes & Green Onion
Sam is a timid and shy college student. She will be alone for most parts of the story and her voice should reflect her terror and mental state slowly unraveling.
[nervous but trying to sound calm] Maybe following the shortcut the GPS gave us wasn't a good idea.
[finding the dead body of her closest friend, breaking down in tears and a panic] No, no, Kate. Not Kate.
[informative and intrigued] Most werewolf legends are about people being cursed. Bitten, transformed, or hunted. But these ones, this region specifically, talk about a guardian. Something that lived in the woods and protected travelers. Until it was forgotten. Then it changed.
Kate is a confident and outgoing college student who gets frustrated at their situation. She goes between friendly and short tempered depending on the scene.
[aggravated and snapping] Okay, yes. Thank you, Sam. Very helpful. I feel so much better now.
[joking with a ghostly tone] ~Leave... the library... while you still can...~
[intrigued and genuine] That's... actually kind of beautiful, and heartbreaking. Imagine giving your whole existence to watching over people, then they stop believing in you.
The Monster is an old guardian of the mountain whose motives only seem to be of violence and aggression. He is the Loup Garou, a type of werewolf.
His voice is a mix of beast and man to sound as unsettlingly as possible.
[howling like a wolf, but sounding inhuman with the mix of man and wolf in the voice]
[snarling growl]
The Hunter is an older, experienced woodsman who isn't seen in the story, but his journal left behind is read out loud.
[retelling of a story, starting confident then slowly breaking down emotionally] The Loup Garou was here before the cabins, before the church, before the mines dug in the mountain. They say it kept the balance, drove away the things that crept down from the peaks in winter, the ones that stole into homes and took children from their beds. It asked for little in return. Food left at the edge of the forest, fires lit on certain nights, songs sung in the old tongue so it would know it was still welcome. For years, we lived without fear. Crops grew, winters were kinder, and we were safe. But the people forgot, or maybe they stopped caring.
[mourning and scared] The Loup Garou bled for us, and we repaid it with silver and flame. The last time I saw it up close, it wasn’t in rage. It was in grief. It stood at the tree line, not crossing into the light of the village, watching us like strangers. I swear I saw its eyes shining from tears, reflecting the fire we lit to drive it away. It turned and vanished into the dark, and the mountain felt different after that.
[forceful] Don't pity it.
The Man is a middle aged man who fears the Loup Garou but doesn't understand it. He's suspicious of Sam.
[suspicious] ...Who are you? How do we know you're not with it?
[resigned to their fate] We've been catching what we can, whatever comes close enough. A few rabbits, some birds. Not much, but enough.
[resentful and angry] It wants us dead and will kill us any chance it gets. We don't need to discuss it any further. If you don't believe in our ways and wish to befriend the monster, you're free to leave and do so.
The Woman is a middle-aged woman who fears the Loup Garou but doesn't understand it. She's suspicious of Sam.
[suspicious and wary] Where did you come from?
[bitter and with a laugh] No. It's still out there, but it keeps to the shadows during the day. It's easier to spot.
[scoffing] Don't be ridiculous.
The Child is a young boy who has only known the life of isolation and fear. He goes between fearful and emotionless.
[fearful and resigned to their fate] It comes closer the lower the flame gets.
The Old Man is an elderly man who remembers the old ways but has a pessimistic view on their lives. He has no hope for the future.
[hopeless and bitter] Some of us have nowhere else to go. And some of us... remember the old ways. We tried to leave once.
[horrified and depressed] Ellen was the first to change. She slowed down and turned her head, like she was listening to someone whisper in her ear. None of us heard it, but her eyes caught the moonlight. Flat, glassy, like they weren’t hers anymore. When I grabbed her arm, it was cold, snow cold, like she’d been standing outside all night. She smiled, and her teeth looked like they’d been broken and regrown wrong. Sharp, jagged.
[matter of fact but depressed] We shot her in the head. The only way to stop it.
We're looking for a background and CG artist, no character sprites. The style is gritty, atmospheric, and moody. Think snowy forests, blood trails, cold breath, and that one tree that always looks like it’s watching you. We will need images of the Loup Garou, a terrifying werewolf creature that only shows up partially on screen. We have reference images to go off of. No artwork that contains AI. We’re going fully handmade to meet the jam's guidelines. We will be disqualified if we break the rules.
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The style is ambient dread, soft piano keys echoing in the snow, distant howls, low rumbles that make your chest tight. We need at least 2–3 background tracks (menu, forest exploration, high-tension scenes). If you’ve got a catalog of existing horror assets, we’d love to hear them!
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