Cerulean Room

A homage to the Crimson Room and Viridian Room.

Controls ##


Left Click: Examine objects and interact
Left Click + Drag: Pick up and move objects
Right Click: Flip objects over — cassettes, devices, mice/dash the telegram
Click Screen Edges: Turn around/explore the room
H: Press H for a hint

The room has four sides, don't forget to look around.

Objects can be moved between devices:
Drag it outside a device: You're carrying it. You can use it elsewhere.
Put it inside a device: It's stuck there until you remove it.

Credits ##


* Alex Rose — Programming, Game Design, Voice Acting, Voice Direction, Sound Effects, Lyrics
* Atmospherium — Music, Vocals, Voice Acting
* HaywireJo — Art
* ChrissieCodes — Voice Acting
* MasterofDittos — Sound Effects

VA ##


* ChrissieCodes: Kitty, the No Number Reminder, the Mysterious Phone Entity
* PaperbatVG: MC No-Cell
* Sheepolution: Wolfman
* Coleslawski: Brad
* Atmospherium: John
* Alex Rose: The Evil Rite

Walkthrough: ##



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Comments6

Jezzamon
Jezzamon20 Oct 2026, 03:38
please sir, may I have permission to play this game??
AlexClay
AlexClay20 Oct 2026, 06:04
I'm getting the following error when I launch the .exe
"Data folder not found. There should be 'Cerulean Room_Data' folder next to the executable."

Edit: Fixed now when I downloaded the new version.
Alex Rose
Alex Roseauthor20 Oct 2026, 06:06
@alexclay I reupped the zip, try again? ctrl f5. looks fine on my end
Frib
Frib21 Oct 2026, 13:59
I escaped! Pretty neat puzzles! I think I got stuck the longest on finding the second battery, but after that, I managed to go through most of the puzzles without many problems. A few nitpicks: When dialogue is shown, it blocks the regular interaction input. It took me a few attempts at the safe to realize that, because the safe wasn't responding all the time so I kept looking for a sweet spot. But it just didn't register my input because of the notification that I entered the wrong code. I also had a similar problem with flipping things over. I wanted to flip over the record but I couldn't do that because I was still holding it (or I wasn't, I can't remember). So only after revisiting it a few minutes later did I realize I just didn't click in the right state.

All that aside, I enjoyed stumbling my way through the dark while listening to cryptic messages and making phone calls. Good job!
Alex Rose
Alex Roseauthor21 Oct 2026, 14:27
@frib thanks for the feedback. I am relieved to hear that you escaped lol, I was worried it was unfinishable. yeah, I think maybe a proper dialogue box at the top that you could click off separately from the main game would've been a good addition, and clicks mid hold. I never even considered that possibility haha, there's so much to think about. Thanks for the comment!

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