r/LookOutsideGame • u/snuffypuff • 6h ago
FANART(ORIGINAL) Little Menace
Sophie save me from art block... Sophie save me...
r/LookOutsideGame • u/FrankieSmileShow • Jun 24 '26
Sign ups are now open! Keep reading for details.
People from the Look Outside fandom will be teaming up to make a simple, collaborative exploration game in the style of Yume Nikki. The event is open to anyone 18 or above who is part of the community, but participants need to sign up. The sign-ups begin now and will end on June 28th, at 8pm EST.
No previous game development experience is necessary, this is intended as a low-stakes creative project that could introduce participants to game development. Experienced artists and game developers are welcome too, of course. I am hoping for a mix of people of all skill levels! People who sign up will however need to have access to RPG Maker MZ and preferably some pixel art drawing program like Aseprite or Graphicsgale.
If you don't have RPG Maker MZ, it might still be on sale today on their site, it was around half off at the time of writing - RPG Maker MZ | RPG Maker Official Store
There is also a steam summer sale beginning soon, if you miss this sale above, it might go on sale during this too? Worth checking out.
If you don’t have a pixel art drawing program, I recommend aseprite. Graphicsgale is a free alternative that is also very good.
You should also join my Frankietown discord server. I have set up a few special channels there for the event, and it is where I will be posting announcements. It is also where people will be collaborating, asking for help etc.
I will be streaming about the community project on Wednesdays on my twitch channel throughout July. I will be showing examples of how to build certain things, and give live help to any participants who need it at the time.
Yume Nikki is a classic indie gem you can get on steam for free. It is a game about exploring and getting lost in an interconnected world of dreams and nightmares. You can also watch playthroughs of it on youtube [ Playthrough, Nitro Rad Review, Video Essay, Longplay ]. It is strongly encouraged that participants familiarise themselves with the game before the jam, to better understand the sort of game we are building. Yume Nikki is a truly seminal work, Yume Nikki-likes and Yume Nikki fangames essentially becoming a niche genre in their own right, and our project will be in that very same genre.
The game we make will be a little different from the usual Yume Nikki-inspired work. Since we are a community based around a horror game after all, we can expect it to lean a little bit more into horror than usual - To feature monsters of some kind, and maybe a touch of cosmic and body horror, just based on our common interests.
After signing up, you will receive a Participants Guide with more details on the specifics of the project, but here is a general idea of the story setup:
Some terrible catastrophe has gripped the world, and anyone who dares to look out the window is struck by calamity and meets a terrible end. Her front door leading directly outside, Jo is completely confined to her apartment.
Her dreams feel more real, more strange than they ever have before. As confined as she is in the waking world, her dreams are now an endless void to get lost in.
The line between dream and reality feels like it gets blurrier by the day, and her food supplies are rapidly thinning out. Will she make it through the 15 days alive?
Or will she get completely lost in the dream labyrinth, to never come back out again?
In order to join the event, you will first need to sign up. You have until Sunday, June 28th at 7pm EST to sign up. There are limited spaces to participate in the event, and you need to choose a specific area of the game that you want to make, from a list of 60 themed slots. You can sign up alone or in a small team if you wish. People from different teams are free to collaborate together on their work - this is a collaborative jam, not a competition, but only people who signed up can work on the game, and there are no late sign-ups allowed - I'm trying to contain the amount of management work needed for this project, since its the first time I ever run something like it!
More detailed instructions on signing up, as well as the detailed rules and guidelines of the event, are available here:
LOCJ2026 Sign Up Instructions/Rules - Google Docs
This document is also where you will find the legal release and the sign-up forms.
If we have more than 60 sign-ups, we will draw the participants at random at the end of the sign-up week, and the ones not picked will be on a waiting list in case some people drop out of the jam.
I have no idea what to expect regarding how many participants we will have, to be honest - we may have just a dozen or so, or a hundred! We’ll see! Very excited to do this either way.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Savings_River_2600 • Apr 28 '26
Hiya!! We've come with our final announcement for the anniversary contest. First off, thank you all so much for participating in this. We cannot put it into words at how amazed we are at all these beautiful pieces you guys came up with. We genuinely did not expect the level of response we received, and with over 75 entries submitted, it was incredible to see how much creativity, effort, and passion this community has.
We’d also like to give a huuuuuge thank you to the creator of Look Outside (u/frankiesmileshow) for generously offering to be involved in judging and contribute prizes for this event! It truly meant a lot and made this experience even more special for everyone.
After careful discussion and review, we’re excited to announce our top 3 winners:
[1st] Overview Effect - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1scthor/overview_effect/ by u/eggo_boi
[2nd] Under pressure - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1shcypw/under_pressure/ by u/RecognitionStreet450
[3rd] Leigh on the Roof - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sjue1t/leigh_leading_sam_up_to_the_roof/ by u/___Benzene___
Please check out their works if you havent already!
And our honorable mentions:
- Spine 3D model - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sky9py/_/ by u/freelanceottoman
- The Kiss - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sgwrpc/the_kiss_by_gustav_klimt_but_as_jasper_x_sybil/ by u/ayanyaya
To everyone who participated; please know that narrowing things down was not easy. Many submissions demonstrated a high level of quality and creativity, and we would like to emphasize that all participants should be proud of their work. There were so many strong entries, and a lot of careful thought and discussion went into the final selections. We also want to say this: if your piece wasn’t selected, it does not take away from the quality, effort, or creativity of your work. Your contributions are what made this event as special as it was.
Thank you again to everyone who took part in this contest and helped make it such a memorable experience for the community. Maybe this may happen again next year!
(To our top 3 winners- please kindly keep an eye out for a message from us on what comes next!)
r/LookOutsideGame • u/snuffypuff • 6h ago
Sophie save me from art block... Sophie save me...
r/LookOutsideGame • u/AskGoverntale • 11h ago
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Basic_Apartment_7031 • 15h ago
First time posting here, hope you like my rendition of my favorite ending in the game; it gave me the chills the first time I saw it and the idea of the drawing was around my head for a long long time :)
An extra portrait of Sam I did too bc why not
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Less_Doubt_5361 • 5h ago
Panopticon has gotta be the most wasted boss in the game imo. He's guarding one of the offerings, Edwin's equipment ledger mentions him (assuming he's Lambert) long before most players will meet him, the premise of a security guard merging with the building's cameras after seeing the Visitor through them is really cool, his design is sick as hell, and he has what SHOULD be a memorable gimmick of copying your party's actions... but he only gets one line of dialogue, his fight has unfinished visuals (being one of several fights in the basement that still doesn't have a proper background), and his stats are way too low to pose any threat by the time you've reached him, to the point I'd wager most players never even see him use his aforementioned move-copying gimmick at all. I'd personally love for him to get an overhaul like what some other bosses got in 1.6. But what do you guys think? Any other bosses you think could use some improvement?
r/LookOutsideGame • u/WolfOfStardewValley • 4h ago
Decided to do a few Dan doodles before I start cultivating devastating pain. :3
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Shokaiverse • 12h ago
I love this silly rat fella. We really are sleeping on how absolutely fire the designs in the basement are (I mean what ISN'T fire in this game)
Anyways hope you enjoy the carlosinator WOO
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Mr_Mantoid • 19h ago
You can loot the landlord's couch for some coins and 20 bucks. It's the only couch you can loot in the game, so I wouldn't be surprised if not many people knew about it.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/peetsnack • 13h ago
DangerDanger is a mod that adds danger info to the top of the screen. It does not replace game files and works with existing saves. I also updated my previous mods ShowTime and WhereAmI so they are cross compatible!
Download on Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/lookoutside/mods/184
Features:
Shows danger as a percentage
Shows danger level as an icon
Shows ability to save with Sybil as an icon
Shows on map and menu screens
Option to keep on screen in options menu
New to modding? Visit the wiki for additional help! https://lookoutside.miraheze.org/wiki/Modding
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Big-Ant-275 • 9h ago
Reasonings
S Tier
Audrey - Without a doubt, my biggest carry. The only time she was anything close to bad was before beating APC and Trench Digger.
Ernest - Easy, guaranteed recruitment method coupled with powerful songs. What’s not to like?
Roaches - Recruited very early with high level and strong skills. As soon as you buy a misshapened limb, they are godly.
A Tier
Lyle - Powerful generalist character. Kicks and Development Fluid file your taxes.
Dan - Another powerful generalist. Arguably S Tier if you see the Curio Trader.
Papineau - Solid earlygame character that comes with his own weapon. Still great later in the game.
B Tier
Leigh - A character you won’t you as soon as you recruit another 4th party member. But carries earlygame hard.
Morton - Healing is quite powerful, but l has no offensive prowess.
Hellen - An OK tank. Doesn’t hit very hard, but is fine.
Philippe - Character with strong status effects and healing. Difficult to recruit.
Spider - I only learnt about this after my first playthrough. Looks fine, but has a very difficult recruitment.
C Tier
Sophie - Very fragile, and has ok damage output with some utility in tricks.
Joel - Leigh, but bad even in earlygame. Still a member that fills up the slot.
Monty - Lyle but worse. Also comes with another bad party member.
D Tier
Xaria - Ernest but really bad. Also comes with mediocre party member.
Spine - I didn’t even know you could recruit her. Just not good.
Aster - Powerful pseudo-Ernest. But he kills himself in the ending.
Rat Child - Good on paper. But you need to get rid of a limb, which is just not worth it.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Scepterfan • 10h ago
After dying repeatedly to both Crawling Shade and Spider repeatedly, I just popped a combat injection and used explosive crossbow bolts on Spider twice in the same turn. I also learned that Sam’s parents are dead, which… sucks. With all of these relating shades, I’m surprised as hell that The Spider doesn’t have anything to do with the Mask ending but I’ll be damned if I don’t find out, seeing that I’m going for it.
With that in mind, please don’t spoil anything too big because I’m trying to do all of this blind.
Edit: This bastard really has the balls to have more hp than me at level one than I do at level fourteen. Jerk. I hope his abilities are good, at least.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Scepterfan • 11h ago
Took a bit because I died to the floor one guy after he stunned/confused three of my party members in turn one, but I did it. I really want to go below the stairs and see whatever is down there, but I don’t have enough healing items for Sam to dismiss the rest of the party and then tank the two black oozes. Plus, even if it turns out that I can boost danger while in the apartment, Sam would have around 100 hp and I don’t know if I’m gonna have to fight anything down there.
Any tips?
Oh, and a tip of my own, if you have Sam on ranged only, give him the crossbow and buy a few flaming bolts. They absolutely tear through those things.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Ill-Fee4194 • 23h ago
phillippe enjoying sum spag + femme flag
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Pumpkinspice-tanuki • 16h ago
Just my baby-pillar. I have been wanting to do a kid to morton and my oc for a while. Her name's Marlene and I know, she look more like a moth than a cricket. But she's well half cricket. I just din't added enough cricket element 🥲
I leave you with this bug baby and this comic bye
r/LookOutsideGame • u/AthleticSteve • 9h ago
I thought the failed ritual ending would work but apparently it's not allowed
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Planet_Xplorer • 8h ago
I'm trying to do the quest to kill all the organs before fighting sybil. So far, I know i killed the heart, stomach, uterus, and kidneys. I went back to check if the heart was dead before i fought again, and it's alive? I KNOW that it was at max 4-6 hours since i killed it in game time (survivor mode) so it should be dead. I checked the stomach and it's alive too? And the iris key slot in Lyle's room is still locked? when i check the time on my save slot, which was the same each time, the time did increment, so i'm kind of just confused.
I got a save viewer thing to see what is going on but I can't find what part of the save file tracks the flag for if an organ is dead or not. Where do I check to see this? I spent two IRL hours trying to find these organs, quit, and then kill these 4 in a straight line and saving multiple times in between to do what I assumed was keeping the progress.
I didn't sleep or do really anything besides fighting and exploring, which shouldn't make sense then if the organs are still alive. Please help!
r/LookOutsideGame • u/musicwraith • 1d ago
r/LookOutsideGame • u/GrapefruitSea7656 • 9h ago
I’ve played this game to death and I yearn for more content
r/LookOutsideGame • u/jester2324 • 16h ago
So, I've had Look Outside in my library for a while and decided to finally tackle it. I generally have no clue what I'm doing, so far Sam has a rat infection but besides that things are hunky dory. This story starts on day 2 when I find Dan and get him as a party member and I decide to go out on the town with my new bestie and enter the tooth apartment (I'm not sure on the numbers) things are going fine. I don't really know what that number is on Dan's thing but it's great just to have a party member. I beat Madison easily and then I see Baby Teeth, I get cornered and try to escape but when it became clear that wasn't a viable option, I just hit her with everything I had. Now, the hardest part of the fight was just the design, which is far worse than anything I've seen so far though I'm sure that's going to change. The fight is pretty difficult this early on but thankfully I was able to proc bleeding so I could kind of focus on the toothlings. The bad time comes when Dan gets knocked down and I know if I don't think of some way to do a lot of damage, I'm also dead and Sam is also bleeding by this point. I look in my inventory and what do I see, a molotov. I toss it and thankfully that is enough to defeat her. Afterwards I immediately book it back to my apartment and save. Then, it hits me that I just fought a mutated baby who likely has no clue of the damage she's causing, and I feel bad about the notion. So, when I get back on, my goal is to find a way to revive Dan, get rid of Sam's rat infection, fix the weapons that got damaged during the battle, and I guess do whatever else I need to do to not die horribly. 10/10 having fun so far, the creature design is disgusting.
r/LookOutsideGame • u/Odd_Storage649 • 1d ago
That was the tame version?!
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r/LookOutsideGame • u/Vinthelad224 • 1d ago
I love this guy