Power Drill Massacre’s demo shows how Puppet Combo’s next game is coming together
The original build of Power Drill Massacre was my introduction to Puppet Combo’s body of work way back in… wait, I think it was only 2021. Time really has lost all meaning.
In any case, even though Power Drill Massacre was unfinished at the time, it was a pretty good first impression. Originally released in 2015, it helped establish the lo-fi horror genre among the indie market. Maybe. I mean, it probably helped, but I think it was something that gradually emerged through the work of Puppet Combo and others.
What was I getting at? Oh, right, Power Drill Massacre has been unfinished for all these years. Soon, we’ll finally get to really bore into the delicious meats of the full version. Right now, though, we’ve just got the demo as part of Steam Next Fest. Which means… oh wait. We’re still waiting on the full version.
The demo will be very familiar to you if you played the original Power Drill Massacre build. It starts with an unseen car crash. You’re then placed in the role of a hapless woman. Rather than, I don’t know, backtracking to the road they were on, she travels up a mountainside to a derelict mill.
Huh? You’re locked in! Oh no! There’s someone who makes pig-squealing noises and wants to aerate your skull!
That’s about all you’re given. The old mill is a horrifying maze of concrete corridors, and the only thing you know is that you don’t want a battery-powered lobotomy. You’ve got no choice but to avoid the Driller Killer and find some way to escape the mill.
There are two possible endings to the demo. This is how it was with the original build of Power Drill Massacre. However, I didn’t realize that. I had only found the “good” ending, and didn’t even notice there was a different way to complete the portion of
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