If the idea of giving your inner eighties child nightmares appeals to you, you can pick up Bonbon from Steam or itch.io for a little over £2.00.

It left me hoping that designers PixelJam Games would get the chance to apply Bonbon’s premise to a full-length game, ideally throwing a few new gameplay elements into the mix. Nevertheless, Bonbon still manages to be a pleasingly effective, if short, horror outing in particular it’s to be lauded for doing away with the Youtube-friendly jump scares that infest other genre titles. Suddenly you’re too busy grinding your teeth to be bothered by the spectre gawping at you and are considering yelling at the beast to get off their fluffy arse and give you a hand looking. The new film uses users’ webcams to insert them into the narrative. Even if you werent a small child in the 80s, youve been here before. Take This Lollipop 2 is an interactive horror short film and a sequel to 2011’s Take This Lollipop, which won two SXSW Competition Awards and a Daytime Emmy. The objects you’re asked to collect are sometimes hidden from view which, coupled with the difficulty your character has carrying them, means you can spend a good 10 minutes hunting around for a single item. Bonbon is a short horror story, about your childhood. Bonbon does stumble sometimes, the sense of tension the game has sought to generate giving way to frustration.

Bonbon horror game explained