"Tagu-taguan maliwanag ang buwan."

Silaw is a 2D top-down Filipino horror game built in Godot 4.7.

There are no monsters in Silaw. What makes it frightening is real: the kidnapping and grooming that still happen to Filipino children today, often by people they trust, while the adults around them look away.

Synopsis

What starts as an ordinary game of taguan (hide-and-seek) among friends takes a disturbing turn when Bea suddenly vanishes.

As Tala, you search beyond the house into dark streets and quiet village alleys. While neighbors whisper tales of an aswang, the truth hiding in the shadows is far more human. What you discover—and what you choose to reveal—will dictate how the story ends.

Features:

• Room-to-room exploration across a house, a street, and a village, with click-to-move navigation
•  A light that stays steady and only grows when you find real light: an old lamp, a candle, a torch. Darkness slowly drains your steadiness.
•  Layered darkness with drifting fog and a warm glow around every light
• Being followed: footsteps in the dark behind you, a familiar face stepping into your light, and a desperate run back to the one adult who will protect you
•  Item crafting: combine found objects into protective items
• Branching dialogue in Tagalog (with an English option) that reacts to your choices
• Two endings, decided by what you found and what you chose to say

Controls:

•  Left click: move, interact with highlighted objects and NPCs
• H: shows your last thought about where to go next

Note:  Silaw contains thematic elements involving child abduction, grooming, and stalking. While non-graphic, these sensitive topics form the core of the narrative.

Team: ELLIENANACHI, SaltySummer, SharkieSnow, lorax1414, riaswyr, Callidus, ... (WIP for others)

Another note: This is our first game jam that me and my friends attempted! Honest feedback and criticism would be greatly appreciated, thank you!