Arizona Territory, 1874. You wake by the campfire to Clara screaming from the cliffs. Something dragged her into the cave. Light a torch and go after her.

Cave is a first-person Old West horror-action game. Your torch is your light, your weapon and your fire-starter. The feral skunk apes down there see in the dark and hate fire, but not for long.

HOW TO PLAY

- Light your torch at the campfire, then follow Clara's voice down into the dark.
- Swing the torch to drive the apes back, or hold the button for a slow, heavy power swing.
- Keep the flame fed from lanterns and pitch. If it goes out, you are blind.
- Find rusted guns and dynamite, set hay and oil barrels alight, and kick burning barrels into the pack.
- Watch the smoke. Light too much and you choke, and your mind starts to crack.

- Reach the Alpha's den, put it down, then get Clara out alive.

FEATURES

- A torch that does everything: light, club, shield and fuse-lighter
- A rusty six-gun, a lever shotgun and a pocketful of dynamite you can toss and then kick
- Kick barrels, crates, trunks, lit dynamite and bodies
-  Fire that spreads to hay, crates, oil and fur
- Black smoke that fills the cave: an AIR meter, choking and coughing
- A SANITY meter: whispers, a swimming picture, eyes in the dark that aren't there
- Stamina for every swing, kick and shot, so button mashing gets you hurt
- Apes that stalk, dodge, throw bone clubs and drag you off into the dark
- Eight named chambers, from the Wagon Graveyard to the Alpha's Den
- A boss fight with the Alpha, and two ways out with Clara at your side
- Voiced lines, checkpoints at each new chamber, and a Best Times board of the fastest rescues

CONTROLS

Keyboard and mouse: WASD move, mouse look, Shift sprint, left click swing (hold to charge), right click hold the torch high, R or click fire, 1 2 3 weapons, T toss dynamite, E use, F kick, M or Tab map, Esc pause.

Gamepad: left stick move, right stick look, X swing, RT fire, R3 swap weapons, LB dynamite, Y raise torch, A use, B kick, Back map, Start pause.

Touch: on-screen joystick plus SWING, RAISE, KICK, USE, FIRE, DYN, SWAP, MAP and pause buttons.

NOTES

Plays in the browser. Click the game to lock the mouse (Esc frees it). Headphones recommended. Dark themes, blood and creature violence. Checkpoints last for the current session only.

CREDITS

Made with Godot 4. Art, music, voices and code were created with generative tools and hand-tuned.