{"id":964,"date":"2026-02-14T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/?p=964"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:05:49","slug":"night-of-the-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/2026\/02\/14\/night-of-the-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Night of the Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview of Night of the Consumers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steam screen shoot of Night of the Consumers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a chaotic first-person horror simulation game. Players take on the role of a supermarket shop assistant, restocking shelves and fulfilling customers\u2019 requests(germfood, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players will experience a fast-paced, chaotic, tense and anxiety-inducing atmosphere in the game(Softonic.com., 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the game, players must restock the shelves whilst helping an endless stream of rather annoying customers with their problems. If players fail to handle these issues properly, they will be sacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game also features a low-poly, retro style. The flickering lights and distorted surroundings in the supermarket, combined with the characters\u2019 unnatural behaviour, heighten the players\u2019 sense of tension\u200c(foringamank, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarities between this game and Scopophobia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • NPCs that block the way and follow players<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Limited visibility around corners and shelves<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Interactions between NPCs and players cause stress to build up<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The safe room gives players some breathing space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Many of the key mechanics in this game are very similar to those in my project. So I can make some adjustments to my project based on my experience with this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The NPCs in this game move quickly and can usually catch up with the player. The NPCs in my project move rather slowly, so players can always dodge them with ease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • In this game, the supermarket layout is quite compact, with numerous blind spots, making it easier for NPCs to appear suddenly. In my project, however, the space is too vast and the layout too sparse, resulting in an insufficient number of NPCs and a significant reduction in the sense of tension.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The atmosphere in this game is rather eerie, and the lighting enhances the sense of fear for the player. I can draw inspiration from this game\u2019s environment when designing the lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      My Experience and Reflections\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      From the moment I started playing this game, I could clearly sense a tense atmosphere and a slight sense of unease. I believe this is due to the bizarre character designs and the yellow lighting, whilst the fast-paced background music and the dense crowd of NPCs made my heart race. All in all, whilst playing this game, I could feel a strong sense of tension through various sensory experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      However, I didn\u2019t feel particularly tense whilst playing through my project; the whole experience was fairly calm. I think that, apart from the issues with NPC speed and numbers mentioned earlier, the environment was simply too bright to create any sense of pressure for the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Softonic.com. (2026).\u00a0Client Challenge<\/em>. [online] Available at: https:\/\/night-of-the-consumers.en.softonic.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      germfood (2025).\u00a0Survive the madness of retail in this horror game<\/em>. [online] Cnet.com. Available at: https:\/\/download.cnet.com\/night-of-the-consumers\/3000-windows-night-of-the-consumers.html <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u200cforingamank (2025).\u00a0Night of the Consumers – Play Online Night of the Consumers on Game Comets<\/em>. [online] Game Comets. Available at: https:\/\/game-comets.com\/night-of-the-consumers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Overview of Night of the Consumers: Steam screen shoot of Night of the Consumers: This is a chaotic first-person horror simulation game. Players take on the role of a supermarket shop assistant, restocking shelves and fulfilling customers\u2019 requests(germfood, 2025). Players Experience: Players will experience a fast-paced, chaotic, tense and anxiety-inducing atmosphere in the game(Softonic.com., 2026). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-semester-2","category-year2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yy8y24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}