House of Stairs

by ludonaut

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.30

Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.90

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.87

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%

No walls, no ceiling, and no floor. They've built this prison just for you.

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Made in a couple of hours.

Instructions:

Give it a second to load. While it does, open the following in another tab because this thing has no sound anyway:

Walk/Look with WASD/Mouse.

If you're having trouble with the cursor escaping the game, try clicking it or going fullscreen.

Inspired by @WilliamChyr's work.

Tools: Unity

Comments30

bwafflecone24 Aug 2015, 20:36

Cool color scheme and interesting interpretation of the theme. The mouse controls might have been a bit too sensitive and fast.

MrSylar5924 Aug 2015, 20:37

Nice. Quite annoying that the mouse can get out of the screen in the web version

oskardevelopment24 Aug 2015, 20:43

Cool 3D and scary environment, I've tried to get to the bottom for a while now - and it doesn't seem to end? I want to get out of that prison!

baykush_figtree24 Aug 2015, 21:02

While i do admit it's trippy and fun for a while, i kinda failed to see what i'm suposed to do here :(

colludium24 Aug 2015, 21:34

Cool 3d prison. Mouse controls were quite sensitive. Good job!

IronPencilGames24 Aug 2015, 21:41

Interesting take on the theme, not much to it unfortunately.

Blobo24 Aug 2015, 21:42

Very trippy, nice graphics, and an interesting interpretation of the theme, but it just isn't fun, nor does it have a goal.

Cosine24 Aug 2015, 21:57

Sweet graphics!! I would be interested in seeing this developed into a game.

evandaley24 Aug 2015, 21:58

Interesting idea. There was no shadows on the stairs so everything was one solid color. I'm not sure if this was intentional. Also the look sensitivity was a little high (hard to play with a trackpad). Good job though

mincrmatt1224 Aug 2015, 21:58

It looks pretty, and is meh. Thats what i have to say about it

HelloWorld Studios24 Aug 2015, 21:58

Jump down the middle of the stairs and get dem portal feels.

Clurect24 Aug 2015, 21:59

Seems like it'd be fun. I really did like falling forever :P

Nomys_Tempar25 Aug 2015, 15:20

Nice Sisyphus's like game !

RiaDelva25 Aug 2015, 16:29

I've never felt that calm while falling into an endless abyss.
Loved it!

mubox26 Aug 2015, 17:08

The game is not working here...

<Error><Code>NoSuchKey</Code><Message>The specified key does not exist.</Message></Error>

Ludonautauthor26 Aug 2015, 18:15

@mubox unfortunately itch.io has issues with their storage provider right now, so I've changed the links to my own site.

I also lowered the mouselook sensitivity to some saner levels.

conormn27 Aug 2015, 13:50

This is the falling down the middle of a stairwell simulator I always wanted. Great job, thanks for making it :)

TackoramaLtd28 Aug 2015, 15:18

I wasn't off my face on drugs or booze so I honestly cannot see the point of this.

The Walking Kiwi28 Aug 2015, 16:18

Wow. Really cool, I liked it. The thing is, without the music it's pretty dull. It is really weird, but in a good way. Good job!?!?

boardtobits28 Aug 2015, 16:24

Great graphics, just wish there was more to do, or even some random things to encounter on the stairs.

Fantasieleben28 Aug 2015, 17:36

Interesting experience.

pereubu28 Aug 2015, 22:38

I would have called it "the eyemelter", love it

NoWandStudios30 Aug 2015, 10:40

Nice try for a couple of hours. But, why do you supposed you are the monster?

Jeasonfire30 Aug 2015, 10:59

Very interesting. Mouse controls were very weird, maybe the acceleration was too strong? Definitely can see @WilliamChyr's influence ;)

patvanmackelberg30 Aug 2015, 17:34

Neat little game - I like the use of cyan - and stairs!

Saiyanator30 Aug 2015, 18:16

Really cool idea. Seems to be more art than game, but it's somehow cool. Only the connection to theme is a bit missing. Well done anyway!

roaringcatgames30 Aug 2015, 20:24

When I played this I immediately thought of Realativity. Then I saw your description about the inspiration. Nice implementation of the full wrapping/tiling 3D environment. Wish there had been a little bit of danger/challenge outside of walking.

--Barry

rodobodolfo31 Aug 2015, 00:22

Nice idea, too bad there is no goal. Or at least it seems so.

LandoSystems11 Sep 2015, 00:52

A very interesting experiment; reminded me a bit of Antichamber. I like the 2 color scheme, but (as I'm sure you're seeing in other comments) I wish there was some sort of element to gamify the experience.

chikun Dev Team14 Sep 2015, 11:18

Though a surreal Escher-like exercise, there isn't much to this game beyond the visual splendor.