The Night of the Scissors

The Night of the Scissors is a short survival horror game built in the visual register of late-1990s PSX-era horror — tank controls, third-person cinematic cameras, dithered low-resolution textures — and filtered through the VHS slasher movie aesthetic of the 1980s. Adam, encouraged by a friend, breaks into an abandoned post office for scrap, where a maniac wielding a pair of scissors is waiting.

The gameplay is escape-and-hide rather than combat. Stealth inside wardrobes, restroom stalls, and other hiding places lets you avoid the snipper as he patrols. The third-person cinematic camera works in the genre's classic mode, with optional alternative camera angles for players who prefer the modern equivalent. Cinematic glitch cameras add the VHS-tape distortion the era's slasher films relied on for atmosphere.

The campaign runs about 40 minutes — a deliberately short experience designed to deliver a single tight horror payload rather than a sprawling campaign. Bits of a larger plot surface across the run, hinting at narrative connections beyond the immediate post-office setting. The game is explicitly aimed at 18+ players and warns that some viewers may find it too scary even for the genre.