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Dive into the fragmented mind of Max Parker, a teenager trapped in a deserted school where memory, fear, and regret take shape. What seemed like a simple detention becomes a waking nightmare, a brutal descent into a mental labyrinth populated by disturbing creatures—distorted reflections of his past emotions.

Explore rooms frozen in silence or animated by your own sounds. Every breath, every word can betray you. Some monsters only see what they hear. Others, you watch without ever moving—until you look away.

Between sound puzzles, observation mechanics, and high-tension escape phases, it blends the intensity of a survival horror story with the sensitivity of a psychological drama.