History NightmareFuel / IronLung

** Bizarre rock/bone formations, looking similar to ribcages of massive creatures.

* After an extended period of constant dread and tension, not to mention structural damage, you finally make it to the last required coordinates... and as you move towards the console to take a picture [[HopeSpot while your hope soars, thinking that you'll be able to make it out alive]], the giant angler fish that's been hinted at in your photos bursts through the wall of the submarine with an earsplitting roar, paying off the tension with a JumpScare guaranteed to make any player scream their lungs out.

* Remember Aubrey Hodges' score of [=PlayStation=]/Sega Saturn ports of ''DOOM'' and ''DOOM 64''? Here, the music consist in distorted samples, DroneOfDread and occasional metal creaking sounds that will keep you awake at night. ''[[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams]].'' Oh and the name of the track as the angler fish attacks you in the end? "[[MeaningfulName Through the Veil]]".

* The mere fact that there's [[NothingIsScarier ABSOLUTELY NOTHING]] explained about the setting, such as why the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Quiet Rapture]]" happened in the first place, why it only caused stars and all the habitable planets to disappear while simultaneously leaving ghostlight from the former stars, and where they went, and why it excluded the inhabitable planets and space stations, along with the people on them despite taking the people on the habitable planets away, and why there are oceans filled with blood, of all things, on the many moons left.

* After an extended period of constant dread and tension, not to mention structural damage, you finally make it to the last required coordinates... and as you move towards the console to take a picture [[HopeSpot while your hope soar, thinking that you'll be able to make it out alive]], the giant angler fish that's been hinted at in your photos bursts through the wall of the submarine with an earsplitting roar, paying off the tension with a JumpScare guaranteed to make any player scream their lungs out.
** On your way to your final coordinates, the proximity sensors will detect a "wall" that instantly shows up as they beep rapidly. If you take a picture to know what's going on, you'll be greeted by an eye of a scaly, whale-like SeaMonster before the creature itself moan as it smacks the Iron Lung. Though there's an assumption that the camera's flash have agitated the creature as result. The good news is that the creature leaves you alone. The bad news? '''[[OhCrap The submarine starts creaking by the intense pressure due to the sustained damage as the blood flows in]].'''

** There's also the fact that, as mentioned above, the "Quiet Rapture" left ghostlight behind, indicating that it SOMEHOW follows the laws of physics and the universe as a whole, which makes it arguably even more horrifying if it's actually a natural phenomenon that happened on it's own instead of something that has unnatural causes behind it due to it going from CosmicHorror to straight up ExistentialHorror.

** On your way to your final coordinates, the proximity sensors will detect a "wall" that instantly shows up as they beep rapidly. If you take a picture to know what's going on, you'll be greeted by an eye of a scaly, whale-like SeaMonster (pictured above) before the creature itself moan as it smacks the Iron Lung. Though there's an assumption that the camera's flash have agitated the creature as result. The good news is that the creature leaves you alone. The bad news? '''[[OhCrap The submarine starts creaking by the intense pressure due to the sustained damage as the blood flows in]].'''

** Strange curved coils with lined patterns jettisoning into random directions
** In a secluded grotto, there is a strange... thing?- that looks like a shard of vibrating light. When the sub gets close to it, the camera begins to vibrate and a loud droning sound becomes more and more clear. Should the sub get too close, the sub is randomly teleported to another place [[OutsideContextProblem Absolutely nothing else is known about it]].

** Version 2 only made things worse. It doesn't really clarify anything, aside from the fact that ''the blood oceans are made from human blood''.

** At the farthest upper-right area of the map, there is [[spoiler: the wreckage of the SM-8, a science submarine that sunk here before you came. Typing SM8 in the info kiosk on the sub reveals its story: Unlike the Iron Lung, which is disposable and crudely made, the SM8 was an actual submarine expected to return safe and sound. But as you can clearly see, it didn't... and now it's your turn]].

** In a secluded grotto, there is a strange... thing?- that looks like a shard of vibrating light. When the sub gets close to it, the camera begins to vibrate and a loud droning sound becomes more and more clear. SHould the sub get too close, the sub is randomly teleported to another place [[OutsideContextProblem Absolutely nothing else is known about it]].
** Multiple places in the map show what appear to be unnatural formations, as in they look like manmade buildings. The problem is these moons are supposed to be uninhabited. How the hell did these structures form, and who made them?

** The "lore update" only made things worse. It doesn't really clarify anything, aside from the fact that ''the blood oceans are made from human blood''.

Developed by David Szymanski (of ''DUSK'' fame), ''Iron Lung'' is no slouch with a plethora of creepy elements that will send chills down your spine (and pray for the almighty god that you're not Thalassophobic).

** There's also the fact that, as mentioned above, the "Quiet Rapture" left ghostlight behind, indicating that it SOMEHOW follows the laws of physics and the universe as a whole, which makes it arguably even more horrifying if it's actually a natural phenomenon that happened on it's own instead of something that has unnatural causes behind it.

* After an extended period of constant dread and tension, not to mention structural damage, you finally make it to the last required coordinates... and as you move towards the console to take a picture [[HopeSpot while your hope soar while thinking that you'll be able to make it out alive]], the giant angler fish that's been hinted at in your photos bursts through the wall of the submarine with an earsplitting roar, paying off the tension with a JumpScare guaranteed to make any player scream their lungs out.

** There's also the fact that, as mentioned above, the "Quiet Rapture" left ghostlight behind, indicating that it SOMEHOW follows the laws of physics and the universe as a whole, which makes it arguably even more horrifying if it's actually a natural phenomenon that happened on it's own.

Developed by David Szymanski (of ''DUSK'' fame), ''Iron Lung'' is no slouch with a plethora of
creepy elements that will send chills down your spine (and pray for the almighty god that you're not Thalassophobic).

* The mere fact that there's [[NothingIsScarier ABSOLUTELY NOTHING]] explained about the setting, such as why the "Quiet Rapture" happened in the first place, why it only caused stars and all the habitable planets to disappear while simultaneously leaving ghostlight from the former stars, and where they went, and why it excluded the inhabitable planets and space stations, along with the people on them despite taking the people on the habitable planets away, and why there are oceans filled with blood, of all things, on the many moons left.
* The premise itself mentions "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Quiet Rapture]]", a mysterious event where ''every single habitable planet and stars have vanished (along with its inhabitants including the fanua and flora)''. And to rub more salt to the wound, the survivors within the space stations are running out of resources while the infrastructure started to collapse.

* The mere fact that there's [[NothingIsScarier ABSOLUTELY NOTHING]] explained about the setting, such as why the "Quiet Rapture" happened in the first place, why it only caused stars and all the habitable planets to disappear while simultaneously living ghostlight from the former stars, and where they went, and why it excluded the inhabitable planets and space stations, along with the people on them despite taking the people on the habitable planets away, and why there are oceans filled with blood, of all things, on the many moons left.