--- title: Solo Developer on a Horror Roguelike Inspired by No, I'm... description: A solo developer interview covers the creation of I'm not a Psycho Invader, a first-person horror roguelike where players hold hostages in a university and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/solo-developer-on-a-horror-roguelike-inspired-by-no-i-m-not-a-human-sdbszkzh8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Solo Developer on a Horror Roguelike Inspired by No, I'm Not a Human | daily.dev og:description: A solo developer interview covers the creation of I'm not a Psycho Invader, a first-person horror roguelike where players hold hostages in a university and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/solo-developer-on-a-horror-roguelike-inspired-by-no-i-m-not-a-human-sdbszkzh8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SDBsZKzh8.png og:image:alt: Solo Developer on a Horror Roguelike Inspired by No, I'm Not a Human og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Solo Developer on a Horror Roguelike Inspired by No, I'm Not a Human **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A solo developer interview covers the creation of I'm not a Psycho Invader, a first-person horror roguelike where players hold hostages in a university and must deduce their roles through interrogation and searching to escape. The design blends the deduction/paranoia mechanic from No, I'm Not a Human with the item-based tension mechanic from Buckshot Roulette, layered with a time-as-currency system that forces players to act before fully investigating. The developer discusses building in Unity, modeling in Blender, custom shaders for a cohesive pixelated/CRT visual style, and offers general encouragement for beginner indie developers about the current favorable climate for small games. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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