Lost Direction will not likely not receive further updates, it is only a 'proof-of-concept' jam game. But that doesn't mean revisiting it in the future is out of the question
Got a funky key and access card, wandered til I have a consistent cough, listened to the cube til the room filled with water, and finally got to 25 but now it's ticking down from 2,147,478,300. Oh and I found out that the game does hove entities in it, so that was fun /s.
Hello, I'm a french Backrooms YouTuber and I play this game from time to time. A question always haunted me, is there actually something ? Whenever I want to conclude this game is empty and possess no entity a strange event happens. I concluded at random times some events can occur but what are they ?
Hey there! Lost Direction is a pure psychological horror game, meant to embody the original concept of the backrooms. I will not spoil the experience, but some things require obtuse methods to discover or are extremely rare.
If you want to find them here's some hints: - Investigate the radios, some are lures - Try accessing area 25/50 with different methods, in the current version the game will break, but with a specific method you can access the level as intended - Try to unlock the ACCESS DENIED structures
Sorry it took so long but as promised, I replayed this game for my massive backrooms horror games video! Lost Direction is the 4th game in the video if you're interested in watching!
No worries, glad you played it again! loved watching your video id like to de-mystify some things a bit
> I totally agree on the lighting, but there is something new to aid that which I'm surprised you never found given how long you played, there's equipment you can find, keys, better flashlights, and some other stuff. Could just be RNG but there's a lot of stuff that was added to tie it in with some other projects of mine, mainly Radio Disturbance.
> The "levels" are procedurally generated of course, but as of the latest update some aspects are baked into them, such as area locations, features, events that can spawn. So some content does get locked behind certain levels. There are also special levels that can appear if you trek real far down namely partial 25.
> The faces you saw are very rare, very glad to see someone run into them, I find it hilarious that you encountered it on the one area I was hoping no one would see them though, Normally you can just get glimpses of them behind doorways.
Thanks for playing! While I don't think lost direction will be getting any new updates your feedback in the vid was invaluable, I will definitely consider it with newer projects!
That's really funny, wouldn't be the first time I had terrible RNG in an indie game lol. I still hold my ground and say this is the most atmosphericly creepy backrooms game I've ever played. You've made something cool and unique!
Pretty wild and crazy game! I loved the backrooms vibe and oddly enough the movement in this game was very smooth. Much love and thanks for the work put into this
hey! its actually a bug that this occurs, theres supposed to be some special secret stuff that happens every 25 levels, atm it soft locks the game. If you want to progress further you'll need to find an elevator on the previous level to skip the softlock.
I like the fact that there are no creatures, so you can focus on exploration. The Backrooms seem crowded nowadays, it's almost a parody when you have capybaras and spongebob and stuff. Your game is far more elegant.
Amazing games. Played it til floor 26 but saw something would happen in 25 so I dropped back. However I was locked in the "thing" that would appear and had to close the game. But damn the atmosphere is amazing the small little secrets and the way horror is generated without any hostile entity or finding pages. Just exploring with a scary VHS filter. I love this game and will probably play it again because I saw people talking about things I have not witnessed yet. A big kiss from me to the Developer <3<3<3
Is there a "Win State" to this game? I've enjoyed wandering around and seeing the sights for a few hours now, but it's starting to feel like I've seen all to be seen.
technically there is no way to win, the game is endless and will generate new floors and anomalies to suit, the win state is discovering these hidden things. That being said, there is tons of hidden content to find and secrets to crack.
ok, i have been playing this or about a week and it seems that there are 2 ways to beat the game. unrelated to that i have a tendancy to stick to one floor, meaning that i found the blackbox several times and drowned almost as many times. I finally got to the blackbox and found enough info to enter a code, then got to a screen. it counted down and then the game closed with a loud roar. not sure what happened there but i will beat this game!!!!
thank you for making such a kickass game and putting so much effort into it.
ps i was just playing and was doubting if there was an entity or not, but i heard someone get murdered and am not sure what to make of it. the depth to this game is next level. : )
it may or may not be intentional... not exactly authorized to publicize "REDACTED" information 68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 79 6F 75 74 75 2E 62 65 2F 47 50 65 58 65 34 66 49 7A 31 77
So got to level 24, and touched a "plant" and the "floor" counter went to +2,000,000,000. Not sure if it's intended or not a bit confused but love the game over all. Thumbs up.
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Lost Direction will not likely not receive further updates, it is only a 'proof-of-concept' jam game. But that doesn't mean revisiting it in the future is out of the question
Got a funky key and access card, wandered til I have a consistent cough, listened to the cube til the room filled with water, and finally got to 25 but now it's ticking down from 2,147,478,300. Oh and I found out that the game does hove entities in it, so that was fun /s.
Hello, I'm a french Backrooms YouTuber and I play this game from time to time. A question always haunted me, is there actually something ? Whenever I want to conclude this game is empty and possess no entity a strange event happens. I concluded at random times some events can occur but what are they ?
Hey there! Lost Direction is a pure psychological horror game, meant to embody the original concept of the backrooms. I will not spoil the experience, but some things require obtuse methods to discover or are extremely rare.
If you want to find them here's some hints:
- Investigate the radios, some are lures
- Try accessing area 25/50 with different methods, in the current version the game will break, but with a specific method you can access the level as intended
- Try to unlock the ACCESS DENIED structures
Thank you very much for those information ! This give me some indications and objectives for my future videos !
i think you should adda graphics settings because my screen "breaks" because of the fps :( still a very good game :D
never actually got further than 4 but is there like level 1000?
it would be great
also got scared at hell when touching the red light cube
There's way more than 1000! The game is entirely procedurally generated, environments, curiosities, [REDACTED], all different on every level!
No worries, glad you played it again! loved watching your video
id like to de-mystify some things a bit
> I totally agree on the lighting, but there is something new to aid that which I'm surprised you never found given how long you played, there's equipment you can find, keys, better flashlights, and some other stuff. Could just be RNG but there's a lot of stuff that was added to tie it in with some other projects of mine, mainly Radio Disturbance.
> The "levels" are procedurally generated of course, but as of the latest update some aspects are baked into them, such as area locations, features, events that can spawn. So some content does get locked behind certain levels. There are also special levels that can appear if you trek real far down namely partial 25.
> The faces you saw are very rare, very glad to see someone run into them, I find it hilarious that you encountered it on the one area I was hoping no one would see them though, Normally you can just get glimpses of them behind doorways.
Thanks for playing! While I don't think lost direction will be getting any new updates your feedback in the vid was invaluable, I will definitely consider it with newer projects!
That's really funny, wouldn't be the first time I had terrible RNG in an indie game lol. I still hold my ground and say this is the most atmosphericly creepy backrooms game I've ever played. You've made something cool and unique!
thanks, glad you still like it!
Pretty wild and crazy game! I loved the backrooms vibe and oddly enough the movement in this game was very smooth. Much love and thanks for the work put into this
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, double thanks for creating a video on it!
SPOILER:
I reached Level 50, now a countdown is running down from 2,147,475,... Can I end the game finally ?! PLEASE answer...I am waiting!
hey! its actually a bug that this occurs, theres supposed to be some special secret stuff that happens every 25 levels, atm it soft locks the game. If you want to progress further you'll need to find an elevator on the previous level to skip the softlock.
and PS, there is no end, it is truly infinite
Ah, thanks. So I have to exit the game and replay to reach level 24 again and then look out for an elevator. Ok, I may try this.
love the game
I like the fact that there are no creatures, so you can focus on exploration. The Backrooms seem crowded nowadays, it's almost a parody when you have capybaras and spongebob and stuff. Your game is far more elegant.
Amazing games. Played it til floor 26 but saw something would happen in 25 so I dropped back. However I was locked in the "thing" that would appear and had to close the game. But damn the atmosphere is amazing the small little secrets and the way horror is generated without any hostile entity or finding pages. Just exploring with a scary VHS filter. I love this game and will probably play it again because I saw people talking about things I have not witnessed yet. A big kiss from me to the Developer <3<3<3
Thank you! I really appreciate the support!
Is there a "Win State" to this game? I've enjoyed wandering around and seeing the sights for a few hours now, but it's starting to feel like I've seen all to be seen.
technically there is no way to win, the game is endless and will generate new floors and anomalies to suit, the win state is discovering these hidden things.
That being said, there is tons of hidden content to find and secrets to crack.
Okay, thank you!
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ok, i have been playing this or about a week and it seems that there are 2 ways to beat the game. unrelated to that i have a tendancy to stick to one floor, meaning that i found the blackbox several times and drowned almost as many times. I finally got to the blackbox and found enough info to enter a code, then got to a screen. it counted down and then the game closed with a loud roar. not sure what happened there but i will beat this game!!!!
thank you for making such a kickass game and putting so much effort into it.
ps i was just playing and was doubting if there was an entity or not, but i heard someone get murdered and am not sure what to make of it. the depth to this game is next level. : )
thank you! Glad you're enjoying it.
hey whenever i click [redacted] in the menu now, it gets to a certain number then crashes is this intentional? also yw!
it may or may not be intentional... not exactly authorized to publicize "REDACTED" information
68 74 74 70 73 3A 2F 2F 79 6F 75 74 75 2E 62 65 2F 47 50 65 58 65 34 66 49 7A 31 77
So got to level 24, and touched a "plant" and the "floor" counter went to +2,000,000,000. Not sure if it's intended or not a bit confused but love the game over all. Thumbs up.
Thank you! while technically there is supposed to be something special on level 25, you can continue the game by walking forward