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Thanks for the tip, I used the AI to make some of the pictures, but I'm planning to swap them all with horror artists' drawings. I will update the tag.

Thank you for taking the time to write such detailed feedback. I’m glad the tension and uncertainty came through the way I intended.

Your comments about unclear right or wrong choices are reassuring. The goal is to make decisions feel situational rather than optimal, with consequences that only make sense in hindsight. Dying, restarting, and trying a different approach is very much part of the intended experience.

If you feel unsure about what to do to pass a certain skill check, you can activate the stat requirements option in the option menu. I suggest you to do it only after you failed that check once or twice though.

Thanks again for playing and for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it, and I hope the rest of the experience holds up when you return to it.

Developer note

If you decide to play, I’d really appreciate a few words of feedback.

In particular, I’m interested in:

• moments where you felt tense or uneasy

• moments where you felt confused or unsure what to do

• where you stopped playing, if you did, and why

Even short or critical comments are useful.
Thank you for taking the time to try it.

Hi everyone,

I’ve just released my first narrative survival horror game on itch.io.

Hallways of the Dead is a story-driven survival horror RPG set inside a collapsing school, where every decision permanently closes other paths. There are no heroes, no combat focus, and no safe choices — only fear, exhaustion, and consequences.

Key features:

• Branching narrative with irreversible decisions

• Survival under scarcity and uncertainty

• Psychological and environmental horror

• Story-first, slow-paced experience

The game is free (name your own price) and best experienced on desktop with headphones.

Hallways of the Dead is not optimized for mobiles yet.

itch.io page:

https://nanako-yllen.itch.io/hallways-of-the-dead

Any feedback is welcome. Thank you for checking it out.