Thank you for playing! Glad you enjoyed the game, I noticed the game was particularly dark in your video, perhaps you can alter this by reduce your gamma on your monitor if you haven't tried already. Anyway in order to progress above the stairs, you need to find a key in the bathroom in the wooden board crack. This is also "hinted" about in the note in the garage. But i agree there is not much hand holding or hints in my game, i will take your feedback on wards with me on my next title. Thank you for your feedback.