The Portraits
A downloadable game for Windows
Inspired by a classic creepypasta, in "The Portraits" you find yourself dozing off on the long road home still many hours away and decide to book a nearby AirBNB. The reviews are terrible, but surely it isn't that bad? Well, it is filled with these creepy portraits and you are finding it hard to sleep...
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It is suggested to play with headphones and in a dark room.
If you enjoy it then donations are appreciated, but even more appreciated would be checking out my more substantial game Atama available here on Itch as well as on Steam.
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Development log
- The Portraits v1.02Mar 21, 2023
- The Portraits v1.01 update, thanks for 1000 downloads, and Atama on sale!Mar 17, 2023
- The Portraits available now!Mar 04, 2023
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what its like to nap and wake up 19 hours later
Thanks for playing. Fun playthrough.
muahahaha (Game #1)
Great game. I really enjoy it! Waiting new games from you!
I did a video on my channel (Spanish). Hope you like it :)
Hallo
ein echt cooles Spiel. Kann ich jedem mal empfehlen es selbst zu spielen.
Von mir bekommt das Spiel einen Daumen nach oben :)
Bitte schaut euch mal mein Video dazu an und lasst einen Kommentar da :)
Thank you HunterN for making this game and i hope you make another one like this :)
Fantastic horror, had me on edge all the way through. took me a bit to figure out what to do, but that's not a fault of the game and more a statement on my ineptitude
Haha, thanks! In fairness some of it is intentionally vague so I wouldn't blame your ineptitude too much 😂
I did not see that coming with the paintings! Awesome game!
THIS GAME IS SO COOL! I LOVE THE STYLE THE ATMOSPHERE THE STORY AND EVEN THE MONSTER! EVEN THE SOURCE MATERIAL IS A BANGER! ITS COOL TO SEE SUCH A DOPE CREEPYPASTA GAME STILL BEING MADE TODAY! If you want to check out my full playthrough of this here it is (i played a different game first)
overall definitely a 10/10 i honestly wouldn't change a thing! if you checked it out i appreciate you and i hope you have a dope ahh day regardless!Thanks for playing! Great video and glad you enjoyed. The hand icon was actually just a picture of my hand that I mega-lowered the resolution on lol
The Portraits story has always scared me bad. Whenever I remember it, whether by seeing it online or having it randomly pop up in my mind, my stomach churns. So this game was set up to terrify me. The creepy atmosphere and lighting, unsettling creaks and groans, color choices, and spine chilling "paintings" made it much worse. The portrait in the bathroom scares the shit outta me (pun intended). The paintings that are chiaroscuro (using stark contrasts of light and dark) look like they are monsters in shadow, waiting to strike. And I think the others having blurry details made them scarier than if they were clear and visible - like you are squinting at something unknown in the dark, making out its vague shape. This game is just very well made, every detail terrifies me. Well done!
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed
I liked it, it was short and sweet even though I've never read the creepypasta it's based on (or heard about it) I still enjoyed the atmosphere and overall feel of the game, good job, also made a video if you're interested:
Wow! What a great retelling of the creepypasta, definitely worth playing! It was a fun, disturbing and scary experience! You seem to be very good at creating short horror games like this, can't wait to see more! It was the final game I played in this 3 scary games video :)
(This game starts at 26:58)Thanks for playing! The portraits themselves were all drawn by my friends credited in the credits, the only AI art is the intro/ending backgrounds (the blurry house and the truck in the woods).
Ah I see!! Very cool, I was impressed the AI art was used there :D Could be a cool challenge to use AI assets in a game... I wish I was skilled enough as a game dev to try that!
I had fun playing this game Looking forward to see future stuff.
EXCELENTE GAME !!! : )
Thank you for including that into the game!
No problem! Thanks for playing
The Portraits [Deutsch/German] #Xel
Wow, good job getting by the monster in the bedroom ha, they're hard to avoid if you get cornered
GOOD GAME
Here is my compilation vid of all my best bits of the awesome and rather creepy game, please enjoy :)
I really enjoyed this but you left it on a cliffhanger!!! The audio was too notch, best to hear it through headphones. Great job with this game. Here is my video of it, please take a look :)
Great video! Thanks for playing! There are two other monsters you can run into at the end as well and there is a way to find a key to the basement to get a small little bonus bad ending lol
Ohhh really? Wow, ok that's awesome!!
One creepy game. Loved it!
They do chase you at the end 😅
this game was pretty good definitely one of my favorites. I didn’t really like reading at the beginning it felt like a lot. But then I realized this was inspired by a creepypasta which made it seem a little better. Other than all the reading and the 2D monster that comes after you the game was really good
Thanks for playing!
I would *love* to see more games with such a unique, interesting visual style. I had not read this creepypasta before so it was very impactful for me. T.T The portraits.. were all horrifying to look at and it was very creepy that continuously looking would hurt me. TAKING AWAY THE MOUSE WAS UNCOOL, TOO SCARY! and of course I *loved* that!! I played here and leave more commentary, game starts at time linked!
Thanks for your nice words
I really liked the game!! I had forgotten about this creepypasta I liked that you made a game about. You did a great job I really liked everything and how the story was being told, keep it up good work
Gameplay PT-BR
That's the last time I ever go to an AirBNB with low ratings. The food was expired, the power barely worked, and the pictures on the wall turned out to be something way more disturbing! I also couldn't take a dump in peace.
Made a video
This game gave me chills! I had to do my research before playing.
The toilet scene made me very uncomfortable. If I saw them portraits, I know I would leave haha! Here is my gameplay, with my feedback at the end! This was a fun one and I recommend it!
This was sooo creepy!
scary
Thanks for playing!
I like the bathroom scene HAHAHAHA!
Amazing.... First game in video.
The portrait stared at me while I was taking a dump. Needless to say, I was very uncomfortable!
Very cool game love the concept and everything. Some of the sounds weren't the best but I don't think it took away from the experience.
Great game, with scary portraits!
I enjoyed the game! I goy two see two.endings, don't know if there is more! I do have a comment in the video about the walking sfx. But over all it was a great story and concept! Thank you for making an interesting game!
Don't Stare TOO LONG! The Portraits - A Funny Video Horrifying Game
The walking sound was intentional design choice in much the same way lowering resolution of textures and the game itself were intentional to give PSX compression vibes
🤦♂️ohhhhhhhh - i feel pretty silly now XD
Nice game! Stuff of nightmares :3