This is one awesome looking game! Thank you for taking the time to show us this!

is this a UE5 game? Looks like it a lot

@@Geckotr Checking right now... I just posted to Tensori asking them. Here's hoping they are willing to answer.

@@Geckotr Unity Engine.

It's not so bad, he paid his house off with this gig.

That's an interesting theory. I think you may be on to something there.

That and the implication that these spaces are constructed to occupy life, and are devoid of them, but not decrepit or in ruins. The implication being that something abrupt and unexplained rendered these spaces vacant.

Yeah right,nobody goes outside,dude😂

Places that lack people - abandoned buildings & failing malls & parks - also tend to have a nostalgic sadness to them. And sometimes represent the loss of cultures, ambitions, or communities.

@@darkflame1254projecting?

It makes a big splash!

Boo! Boo, I say! 😅

Welp, that "wet" well

That’s it to the backrooms you go!

I've found that the best use of horror in liminal games is when they imply that something *might* be after you, but you never find out for sure. Just something to put the idea in your head, and let your imagination do the rest. That being said, liminal spaces on their own can be creepy enough, so monsters aren't needed.

Oh so there's no creature/person after you? Thanks for saving me over an hour of nothing lol

@@HushtheMag tiktok brain

@@kenetickups6146 have you? I'm sure there's a suppository for that.

Thank you very much! glad you like my playstyle! I try to add a little personality where I can.

It's all fun and games til you get lost in the saunas and end up as a steamed ham >:(

Somewhat they do, in some hotels with internal pools. Of course not so massive, but if you go to one of them off season with few people, or if you go to the internal pool at a time when nobody goes, you totally could get similar vibes... That mixture of calm and eerieness.

poolpilled lLEAVME EALOONE NOW YOU HVA E! M1 MINUTE TO LEAVE MY HOUSE JONOTHAN

And the way back is blocked by statues that were basically chasing them... Since one of such statues (as far as I can see) is waiting for them at the exit, I took it as them being circled and accepting their fate (whatever it is since we never saw the statues doing anything except silently following them). Sure, they could take the risk and trust the one at the exit but the loss of hope was also possible. (Then again, who and how obtained the tape to watch it...)

Idk I thought the ending was the protag leaveing. Like maybe they turned off the camra and took the tape out and then left. The person at the end watching the tape was the person you played as

​@@warc9caw604 It would be a happy ending for sure but I haven't noticed any other exits. Only the one they chose to turn away from and the one they came from... filled with statues. Like, even if they just stand there ominously, I don't know if it's possible to leave with them blocking the way.

@@user-mz7pb7nt4y maybe, but maybe the statues where helping all along. By chaseing the player they guided them to an exit and instead of blocking the player at the exit they where holding the door open for them. After all, the statues never attack you even if you walk up right to them.

@@warc9caw604 wow, I never looked at it that way. I just automatically assumed that it's the same as with all this stuff that only moves when you don't look. But wait, what if the person realized this but found such help suspicious that's why they didn't proceed? Well, now I like your version too much, but now it raises a question why and where they actually went... Speaking of help, I vaguely remember that at some point there was a hand of a statue pointing in a direction for us to follow.

Really? It has very nice aesthetics, gives you some feelings of dread, but it soon gets boring to me. Just a walking simulator. No threats, nothing to achieve or solve.

The fear of this game is that your all alone in a bizar environment.

Sounds like a genre of metal lol

​@@FrankW3st Like Grindcore but more chill.

Would be an epic theme park!

How do you know they’re being followed? I don’t see anything lol.

@@futurehomes8284 I think he mistook the wet spots we left behind as coming from something/someone else. You see our guy zoom in to them ~4:53

@@futurehomes8284 I thought I heard extra footsteps, & then the closeup of what looked like footsteps on the white tile. Could be my scared imagination though. 😀

And the heating bill!

Hi! There are wet sounds for the footprints. If you listen when you get out of the water your feet make squelching noises for a while until they dry off.

Ah damn, has Anemoiapolis chapter 2 been cancelled? Loved that game. I haven't seen any other mall ones in development. Will keep an eye out though.

The Shwimming!

Escher staircase.

No peeing in the pool!

​@@AlphaBetaGamer What about underwater toilets on level 3?

Hi! There are multiple routes, but generally you end up going in the right direction towards the exit.

Pun on MC Escher

@@thesidneychan I know Escher, but what's the pun? The title says it's a "...Game With MC Escher..." but the chapter headings say "WC" instead. I assumed those were typos ..

@@KenLieck yes, WC means Water Closet. The back part of the toilet bowl. It's always referred to by its acronym, WC. No one actually calls it Water Closet. MC Escher, WC Escher. The pun is on the name of the artist and the toilets and water in the chapter.

@@thesidneychan Got it then. PS: E(scher) = MC²

I kinda feel that if you end up in one of these liminal places then you're there accidentally, so it's unlikely you'd be dressed for the occasion. I'd totally ride the slides with shoes on though - there are no lifeguards to stop you! :)

Hi! This game starts off reasonably normal, it's just that I've already covered the early levels in a previous video so I skipped them (this video starts at level 3)

Hi! Thanks, glad you like the vids! The WC is just a little play on words (WC is a water closet/toilet)

@@AlphaBetaGamer omg, i feel silly for not getting it sooner HAHA very clever!

$9.79 I'm not sure if it'll have a launch discount too

@@AlphaBetaGamer tbh it sounds like sale price since it isnt .99 it's .79

I was wrong

Hi! The last build was a Beta demo, this is the full release, with two large new levels.

@@AlphaBetaGamer cool. mahalo (Hawaiian ty( for the quick reply and your continued videos of liminal space games. If it wasn't for your channel I wouldn't have found some. This odd little sub genre of eerie horror is underrated now. Not many people make games centered around nostalgia, surreal and "backrooms" content. ;/

It depends on the game, but liminal spaces on their own aren't really meant to be scary in a traditional sense. They're eerie and unsettling abandoned places, often with surreal architecture. When you're in them you may feel disorientation or a loss of sense of place.

@@AlphaBetaGamer I don't know, it just feels like everybody gaslit themselves into being spooked by them.

@@ianfinrir8724Eh, it comes and goes with the times. Once upon a time people thought Jeff the Killer was scary. Unknown things are scary. Sometimes “scary” just means “something mildly uncomfortable or disconcerting because it doesnt make sense.”

Just try and start with immersion. And let whatever feeling it illicits flow, it can be peaceful or scary or frustrating or boring depending on the person.

@@ianfinrir8724 Liminal spaces are not necessarily about being "spooked", for most it isn't about that at all. It's more about seemingly familiar places that feel off. It's a feeling of loneliness and yet feeling someone or something is there with you, it's a feeling of nostalgia and reflectiveness, a feeling of the past of a certain forsaken place, the imagination of how a place was once full of life and now is not, a longing for a connection to the past, the thought that you have been in this place before. It is the feeling of uncertainty of where you are and if this place is real, a place that feels like a limbo or just a dream, it's like time stands still and the place is a time capsule. Nobody is gaslighting themselves here, it is the search for a mood that is seemingly universal for those who are willing to engage with it or maybe are just naturally drawn to it.

Hi! I just love the vibe and being able to explore surreal uncanny spaces. Especially if they're designed well. There are a lot of Backrooms games (and lots of terrible ones), but there's still room for good ones, same as any genre. And I can only think of three substantial poolrooms games (this one, Anemiapolis and Dreamcore)

I really don't understand the point of this.