The Horror Of Nightmare Eden

If you do anything in SL to celebrate Halloween this year, go to Sn@tch's Nightmare Eden Event.

At it's heart, Nightmare Eden is a story-driven, sci-fi haunted house attraction spread over 2 sims. It's set aboard a fictional station known as New Eden. When you arrive there, it becomes frighteningly obvious that something has gone terribly wrong. You interact with clues and puzzles that have to be worked out before you can work your way deeper in search of the truth.

The puzzles aren't complicated, but you WILL have to think...but don't worry, they are fun! There are gifts hidden throughout Nightmare Eden, some harder to find than others. My favorite has to be the New Eden Uniform--its awesome not only because it looks good, and comes in both female and male versions, but you can wear it during your nightmarish visit which makes you really feel like part of the story!

Take your time, turn off your lights, turn up your volume (headphones make it extra creeeepy,) and set your Environment Settings to Midnight. And don't forget to use the Nightmare Eden screen HUD. You don't actually interact with the hud--what it does do is provide a "widescreen" cinematic feel to your experience and really increases the tension you feel. You can see the HUD in my screenshots.



Ivey Deschanel said it was a "labor of love" and it really shows. Gratz to her and the entire Nightmare Eden Team! I'm really thankful that they put the effort into providing such a deep and entertaining event for everyone in SL. It will last until November 15th, so you've got plenty of time to make it.

I think I'll sleep with a light on tonight....