Scout's Honour
A downloadable game for Windows
BUILD YOUR TENT, START YOUR FIRE, AND BE PREPARED
Scout's Honour is a first-person horror experience with a twist, made for, and WINNER of, the 2024 DreadXP Extraterrestrial Jam.
Play as Jimmy, a fine young scout who just can't wait to earn some badges. Set up camp for a night under the stars, catch fireflies and make contact with a strange new friend.
Features:
- Short but impactful narrative that will leave you shocked
- Subtle horror that gradually builds a sense of unease
- Grounded, varied gameplay with minimal UI
- Unique narration style lulls you into a false sense of security
Developed over 2 weeks by a tiny team of:
James Helliwell (@helliwont)
Jay Narin (@Jay_Narin)
Jordan Perry (@JLPGamesdev)
Updates:
- Limited to 60 fps to avoid the game hogging the GPU.
- Shortened a section that felt too long and frustrating.
- Tweaked a few visuals.
- Ending fix so you cant get stuck (Hopefully).
Assets Used:
Low-Poly Tent - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-poly-tent-ab94e72440604d889187e1f723168eca
Stick - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/gorilla-tag-stick-7bd2ab579f8a46e0ad59587c59e6852f
Green Alien - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/green-alien-9096e628a04242708126cf7b7c8008a1
Handsome Man - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/handsome-man-in-casual-clothes-in-a-pose-86-b92046a81b1d4a33af51ec15f0df2a5d
Low-Poly Tree - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-poly-tree-4598c065d5534c40b6050c16b69d1b77
ManyTextures - https://www.manytextures.com/
Google Fonts - https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Love+Ya+Like+A+Sister
Freesound - https://freesound.org/
Download
Install instructions
Unzip the .zip and launch the game through .exe
Comments
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7.3/10 - Damn.... , (15 mins), A story that is even more interesting in hind site. I expected the way the game would end, the way it did however it was still done masterfully. The actual game itself is very simple and the graphics are basic but also somewhat pretty. But the game is carried by how great the story telling and ending is. Just go into the game blind and enjoy the story!
Played this for my 31 Game October challenge. By far the scariest so far. Good Job.
Gostei muito do jogo, foi divertido e com um final muito surpreendente.
Me and my friends were playing it and we jokingly called the ending. It was still a surprise and really good.
This was fun, if a little disturbing :)
Well, i'm a brazilian streamer / content creater, can u put portuguese language for the next games? and keep doing horror games this one was fire bro, nice story
whew that ending was insanely good. had me staring at my desktop with my jaw dropped for a moment hahaha.
It close to desktop as soon as i saw the guy, other than that its fine
That's intended, thank you for playing!
You r very welcome
Now that is a hell of a creative take on the prompt. Take the Extra-terrestrial and make it little more than whimsical window dressing for something far more mundane... and way worse.
It's not super scary exactly, but it is certainly one of the most unique games in the jam just from the base idea - and big props to your narrator, who gives this a lot of fun energy right out of the gate. Good stuff!
Thanks so much for playing! You had just the reactions we wanted.
There is a bug with the campfire where after finishing the dialogue the movement controls stop working. I replayed it and still couldn't get the character to move. The build I downloaded is the newest one too. (I made sure that it was.)
I'm unsure what this could be but a few people have experienced it. Thank you for playing anyway, If I can figure it out and you still want to play I will let you know :)
I still enjoyed it for what's worth. Saw the conclusion in someone elses recorded playthrough.
SCOUT'S HONOUR: Juega como Jimmy, un joven explorador que no puede esperar a ganar algunas insignias, acampa para pasar una noche bajo las estrellas, atrapa luciérnagas y establece contacto con un nuevo y extraño amigo... Muchas gracias por compartir el juego, saludos!!!
Thanks for playing! I hope it being in English wasn't too big of a problem!
I loved this! The game wasn't overall super scary but the story implications were terrifying. The voice acting was really good too and I liked the narrator style gameplay! I just wish is was longer :) 10/10
Thanks so much!
I'd LOVE to see more games like this. A real gem here on Itch.
Thanks for playing, and we're glad you liked it! You're right, the ending isn't supposed to end like that, it's just an issue with things being interacted with too early or collision box's not being hit, but thanks for making us aware we'll get it all fixed up. Regarding the boxes and stairs, whilst they may seem oversized it was intended as we wanted the player to feel like they're playing a small child, so that meant making things larger than normal to give that perspective.
Again, thanks for playing!
- Jay
Thank you! We'll get that sorted :)
Nice job with the game!
Although I wish the game had a button for running. I understand why it's not there, but it was really frustrating to walk with that slow speed.
Specially with my case that I didn't get my character inputs back after the first encounter with alien beside the camp fire. I couldn't move.
And also a pause button for exiting the game would be nice too.
Best of luck!
Thanks for the kind words. Sorry you got stuck I have no idea why that happened!
Cool!
Thank you!
This was absolutely great game i liked a story very good and and the voice act great too and sound great too anyway well done keep it up!
Thanks a lot!
Please please, add a Framerate limiter on All Unreal Engine games like this or it consumes 99.99% of everyones GPU. Settings/Options for UE games need to be limited to a slider/60fps/custom so it doesn't try to take 300-900fps and take 99% of my Nvidia 3090 when its clearly not needing it, thanks!
Oh of course! We'll get that added asap
Update: Sorted, thank you for the advice we never even considered that being a problem! Hope you had/ have fun with the game, would be amazing to see a video from you!
Short, sweet, great storytelling. Overall, the best stranger-danger campaign ever lol
Good job!
Thank you!