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Slow Dance
"Give yourself a moment to think."
How do I install Slow Dance?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Slow Dance for Nightmare of Decay in one click.
</>What does Slow Dance do?
Nightmare of Decay does its worst work in the half second where three things reach you at once and you pick the wrong one. Slow Dance puts that on a dial. Drop it as low as a tenth of normal and everything - enemies, animations, the whole house - crawls while you line up the shot you would otherwise have fumbled. Push it up to three times normal and the long quiet walk between areas is over in a fraction of the time. It sets the pace of the game rather than just yours, so a slowed fight really is slower instead of you simply being faster. The slider sits at 1 by default and putting it back gives the house its own timing again.
</>What is Slow Dance?
Slow Dance puts the tempo of Nightmare of Decay on a slider. Drop below 1 and enemies, animations and the whole manor move in slow motion while you line up the shot you would otherwise fumble; push above it and the long walk between areas passes in a fraction of the time. Free on ProjectMods, the community-first PC mod manager for 400+ games.
</>Common questions about Slow Dance
What does Slow Dance do in Nightmare of Decay?
Slow Dance sets the speed of the entire game in Nightmare of Decay, not just your character. A single slider sits at 1, the game's normal tempo. Drop it below that and everything slows together - enemies, animations, the whole manor - which gives you time to think in a moment that would normally be over before you reacted. Push it above 1 and the quiet walk between areas passes far more quickly. Because it moves the whole game, a slowed fight really is slower rather than you simply being faster than everything else.
How is Slow Dance different from Featherweight?
Featherweight speeds you up; Slow Dance changes the tempo of everything in Nightmare of Decay. With Featherweight, a zombie still swings at its normal rate while you cover ground faster. With Slow Dance turned down, that same zombie swings in slow motion along with the rest of the manor, which is what makes it useful for reading an attack you keep mistiming. Turned up, Slow Dance speeds enemies up as well, so it is a very different tool for backtracking. The two pair well: Featherweight for travel, Slow Dance for fights.
What Game Speed value should I use for a hard fight?
Around half of normal is a good place to start. In Nightmare of Decay that is slow enough to read a boss wind-up and pick a direction to dodge, without the fight dragging on so long it becomes tedious. Go lower for a moment you keep losing to and you effectively get near frame-by-frame control of the exchange. The Slow Dance slider returns to 1 whenever you want the game's own pace back, so the easiest approach is to drop it just for the encounter and put it straight back afterwards.
Can I use Slow Dance to speed the game up as well?
Yes, and it is the half people forget. Pushing the Slow Dance Game Speed slider above 1 runs all of Nightmare of Decay faster, which turns the long crossings between areas into a few seconds. It is a blunter tool than Featherweight because enemies speed up too - a fast-forwarded corridor with something still alive in it gets dangerous very quickly - so it is best saved for ground you have already cleared. For a quiet stretch of backtracking with nothing left in it, it is the fastest way through the manor.
Does Slow Dance affect Horde Mode and the Randomizer?
It changes the tempo of whatever Nightmare of Decay mode you are playing, so yes - Horde Mode waves, Dungeon Escape and the Randomizer all run at the speed the slider is set to. Slowing Horde Mode down is a good way to actually see what a wave is made of before it reaches you, and speeding up the calmer gaps between waves saves real time. Because Slow Dance moves the whole game rather than your character, the balance within a mode stays consistent - everything is simply happening at a pace you chose.
What options does Slow Dance include?
Game Speed
How fast the whole game runs. 1 is normal, lower is slow motion.
Slow Dance is a free Nightmare of Decay mod from ProjectMods that puts the whole game on a speed slider, so you can drop into slow motion for a tricky fight or speed through a long quiet walk.
System Requirements
What features does Slow Dance include?
- Sets the pace of the entire game on one slider, from a tenth of normal up to three times it
- Drop it low and a panicked half second becomes long enough to aim properly and pick a target
- Push it high to fast-forward the empty corridors between the parts you actually came for
- Slows the enemies as well as you, so a slowed fight is genuinely slower, not just lopsided
- Sits at 1 by default and returns the house to its own timing the moment you slide it back
Best For
- Players who keep dying at the one corner where three things arrive at exactly the same time
- Anyone lining up a careful headshot with the last few rounds they own
- Fast-forwarding a long stretch of cleared corridor on a route you have already walked
- Creators capturing slow-motion footage of a chase or a boss wind-up for a video
- Players with slower reactions who want the dread of the game without the twitch timing
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Look Away
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Featherweight
Puts your walking pace on a slider, so revisiting cleared corridors takes a fraction of the time.
