The Basement

"The Basement" is a technical audio demo in the form of a short point-click puzzle game. This was really just for a personal focus on audio and experimentation with Unreal.

Big thanks to the games that influenced this project; Unpacking, Papers Please, Stories Untold and The Long Dark. 

The objective is to find a way to start the reactor.  There are two outcomes; Successful boot and the reactor will start, or a failed boot and the puzzle will reset.

Enable the Walkthrough/Guide for an overlay which describes the functionality and thought process behind the game.

Original Artwork and Concept by: Victoria Canning
Audio and Tech by: Paul Boechler
Song: Lyudmila Zykina - Течёт река Волга

This project is a technical demo not intended for sale.

If you're not able (or interested) in downloading, you can just checkout a gameplay video here. This does contain spoilers, so if you want to take a crack at solving it then try download it for yourself first.

If you'd like a bit more of a look under the hood at what went into this (and still don't want to download the game), you can check out this walkthrough video here and follow along with me.

Thanks for checking out this little tech demo, enjoy!