SHADOW PLAY

You stayed after the last show. The doors are locked, the ghost lights are out, and the shadows on the stage have started moving on their own.

They only move when your light is not on them.

A play in three acts. Relight every candelabra to end each act, while silhouettes creep out of the wings and from under the seats. Every shadow in the house is thrown onto the puppet screen at the back of the stage, growing as it closes in. Survive three acts, then get out before the encore.

HOW IT WORKS

- Shadows freeze in your lamp beam. Everything behind you keeps coming.

- Hold to focus the beam and burn shadows away. It drains your lamp fast.

- Stand by a candelabra to light it. Lit candelabras recharge your lamp.

- Act II: the understudies lunge when you look away, and they snuff out your lights.

- Act III: your own shadow lets go of you. Light can't stop it. Keep moving.

A run takes a few minutes.

CONTROLS

WASD / Arrows: move

Mouse: aim the lamp

Hold click / Space: focus the beam

P: pause · M: mute

Content note: jump scares and flickering light. No gore.

Made for Horror Hatch: 21-Day Challenge 2 (theme: "Shadow Puppets")

CREDITS

Made by Clovrr Studios

Art: Modern Exteriors by LimeZu (https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors)

Fonts: IM Fell English SC (Igino Marini) and VT323 (Peter Hull), Google Fonts, OFL