Don't Sleep Now

Don't Sleep Now is a 2D horror/exploration game created by PabloDePablo. As a side project, it is fairly casually developed, with a lower scale than other projects.

Gameplay
Don't Sleep Now is a horror game built around the idea of insomnia. The player controls a young independent artist named Pasithea who is being haunted by an unknown poltergeist. If Pasithea falls asleep, she is killed by the ghost, and thusly must stay awake.

Pasithea can perform various actions to keep her energy up, such as drinking energy drinks, hanging out downtown, or doing crap around the apartment. As she stays awake longer, though, she becomes weaker and more suspectible to sleepiness, hallucinations, and the poltergeist's influence.

The two explorable areas in-game are the apartment complex and Downtown. All 'supplies' are stored in Pasithea's apartnent, as is her laptop, but downtown is where you can buy stuff and interact with other people. Downtown is also where the Insomniac night club is found, an area where Pasithea can mingle with new people.

Story
Pasithea is a 22-year old independent artist, part of a long family line of paranormal investigators and exorcists. Wanting to move on from a life of ghouls and holy water, she moves to the big city to work on her art.

Upon entering her apartment, it becomes increasingly obvious she's being haunted. Knowing he's been discovered, the poltergeist reveals himself to be a special ghoul - if Pasithea falls asleep, he will be able of entering her mind and shutting it down. Pasithea decides to hold out and not sleep until she can find a local exorcist.