Shades Of Doom is a unique first-person shooter game, that completely
abandons a visual aspect of its presentation. With the idea of creating a game
being accessible for visually impaired people in mind, the developers have
crafted a game, that communicates to the player solely through the medium of
sound. The gameplay, however, remains completely faithful to the FPS genre
guidelines.

The game casts player in the role of a FDN (Federation of Democratic Nations)
officer who is ordered to investigate a high security research facility. The
communication with the base ceased 2 hours prior to player’s arrival. His task
is to investigate the matter and deal with whatever problem presents itself.

The player has to explore nine separate levels of the base. To aid his cause
he will be equipped with a medical kit, a few grenades, a gun, a knife, fists,
and a computer to analyze his surroundings. On his way into the heart of the
base, the player will find additional equipment such as better weapons and
armor.

To navigate through the levels player must rely on the various sounds. The
echo of his footsteps will provide a vital clue as to the length of the
passage ahead of him, and the sound of the wind will indicate an opening that
may has appeared at player’s sides. An approaching monster can be easily
detected by his groaning, which gives away both the direction it is coming
form and the distance. Player’s portable computer EVA can optionally provide
additional information as to his surroundings and status.

To suit every gamer proficiency level the game offers five various difficulty
settings. Additionally players can enable a visual representation of the area
pictured as a top-view map.

The game takes full advantage of the surround speaker system setup to convey
the sound information in the most accurate way possible. However, it also
features synthesized 3D effects for non-surround sound systems, that will
grant every gamer the ability to properly determine the sources of game’s
sounds and successfully navigate the dark levels of Shades Of Doom.