Another rewrite done and dusted! Going camping is such a childhood staple for me, another liminal-esque experience: you're not really stranded in the wild, you're roleplaying scarcity in a temporary shelter that you bought from Decathlon. You're not home, but you're not lost either. And once the night descends upon your campsite… you remember how dark it gets out there in nature. That primal fear you feel, gazing into the shadows, is 100% real. Yes, I am afraid of the dark. Aren't you?

I like creating "standard" levels with a twist, so with this one I introduced the concept of a minimum capacity: the presence of exits depends on the current amount of inhabitants. Makes for a sort of conveyor belt mechanic, in which everyone must wait their turn to pass through the level. Or at least, that's the rules we arbitrarily created to deal with an inexplicable reality.

As a frequent traveler from a young age, I've always been fascinated by the liminality of airports. People leaving for the unknown; people returning home; people smack dab in the middle of their journey. The entire world comes together in this space that is both vast yet enclosed, supremely organized yet chaotic, familiar yet foreign, artificial yet oddly comforting.
All this waiting, and for what? A ticket to elsewhere.

Flights feel like they take forever, and then you don't even remember them. You can't sleep, or you sleep terribly. Your eyes strain from the dark and the bright screen mere inches from your face. You're in a fucking tube of metal zooming through the sky.
Backrooms airplane travels at the speed of light, hence Time To Destination = 0. Time and space invert for an infinitesimal moment. Of course, the mind cannot comprehend this. So, as it always does, it creates an experience.

I had a stroke of genius when I realized that collapsibles show different texts upon opening/closing them. I segmented the narration into blocks, so as you continuously click them without knowing what comes next, you're venturing deeper and deeper into a corn maze with only a winding path in view, accompanied by paranoia and doubt.

Empty playground + night + snow is the ultimate combo. With this level I tried to capture the feeling of sneaking out at night to go play at a snowy park. I think we all dreamed of that as kids, about how cool it would be to have the whole park to yourself…until you realize you're not alone.

Wanting to write this was what initially convinced me to join the wiki. I began writing this a YEAR before it was posted, but the concept was shitty (thank you Sky for blocking it), and I'm glad I let it marinate before going back to it with better ideas.

I think the Enigmatic status is controversial, welp it got numbered lol. I personally really fancy the cozy and contradictory nature of the "mobile" home. Imagine an interconnected space made of the interiors of these vehicles, where you can hop from one to another like through doors in a house. Linked to my tale.

This idea came to me on a whim and I still think this is a super fun page, inspired by my numerous hiking trips that went askew. Lighthearted with eerie hints is my favorite tone. I do believe they are a benevolent group, but some of their methods can be questionable.

Objectcon2022 entry, my first published page ever. Not my favorite idea, but I wanted to try my hand at something more basic before attempting a big project. I also think 3D glasses are a cool design in general.