Closer is more concrete
The goal is small, but each step concerns survival. A tremor beyond the wall can change an entire life.
A LIFE UP CLOSEA WIDER VIEW ANOTHER PAIR OF HANDSIndependent narrative puzzle · In development
A journey through scale and freedom
THREE
You escaped the maze
Now you stand
where the hands once were
A layered narrative puzzle about control,
freedom, time and being watched.
THE PREMISEWORLD / 00
Every freedom has its own scale.
Every escape
begins a larger world
Become a person in a maze. Find the exit within a lifetime.
Then stand outside the cube, changing another person's path.
Finally, assemble restored worlds into a city, following a blueprint.
01TravellerSurvival02OperatorControl03BuilderOrder
01THE MAZE / A LIFE WITHIN
Leave alive
You cannot see the whole. Remember the walls, cracks and light nearby. Time becomes a lifetime; your body ages as you walk.
Just as the paths begin to make sense, the world slips from your control.
- Procedural mazes
- Limited sight
- Variable lifespan
- Visible aging
- Shifting paths
OBJECT ARCHIVE 001
A crack is how you remember the way.
01 / WITHIN SIGHT
02THE CUBE / THE OPERATOR
Become the hands
You have just escaped control. Now you must keep another person from escaping. Turn the cube, restore its structure, and decide when the maze inside changes.
No cube expertise is required. Story, Standard and Challenge modes offer hints and assistance. The decision remains yours.
- Legal turns
- Three difficulties
- Next-step hints
- Optional assistance
- Two-face rewire
- Three-face reveal
Lightweight mode displays concept art.
Viewpoint demonstration · Two completed faces trigger a rewire.
OBJECT ARCHIVE 002
The same crack is now called a seam.
02 / BETWEEN HANDS
03THE CITY / THE BUILDER
Build to the blueprint
Build with restored cubes. Each placement may become a wall, a shadow, or the only light in another world.
Meet the deadline. Leave a gap. Change an orientation. Fewer actions carry heavier decisions.
- Blueprint building
- Snap placement
- Orientation choices
- Consequences below
- Delivery pressure
Place a module. Observe the light below.
0/3 placed · The window faces the light. The world below receives it.The paths remain unchanged.
OBJECT ARCHIVE 003
Leave it open, and the seam becomes a window.
03 / ABOVE THE PLAN
A FRAGMENT OF A LIFELOCAL DEMO / 5–8 MINUTES
For now you are still on this side of the wall
Demo
Escape within a lifetime
Walk into a maze of limited sight.
Feel time pass, lose control once,
and see beyond your world for the first time.
Aging themes · Leave at any time · Muted by default
Playable maze prototype. The full three-layer game is in development.
WASD / MOVEMOUSE / LOOKMOBILE / TOUCH MOVEMENT
THE ORDER OF THE GAPSWORLD PHILOSOPHY
The order of the gaps
One crack. Three scales.
Your place changes. So does its meaning.
Higher is more abstract
The further you see, the harder it is to recognize one person. A placement changes lives you cannot see.
A WORLD IN HANDFrom below it is fate
From above, an ordinary gesture. A shifted path or a lost light has a cause in another layer.
AN ORDINARY GESTUREVISUAL ARCHIVECONCEPT ART / ARCHIVE 01–05
One world
Different distances
Places we have yet to reach.
Concept art, not gameplay footage.
Finite sight Endless walls
01 / 05
WORK IN PROGRESSIN DEVELOPMENT
A journey
still taking shape
Begin with a maze you can walk through.
Build the world, one layer at a time.
- Current phase
- World design and playable prototyping
- First release
- Single-player 3D narrative puzzle for the web
- Established
- Maze, aging, cube, city and ending structure
- Under evaluation
- Maze pacing · Aging feedback
Cube assistance · City choices
Seeing more
does not mean being unseen
A higher view. Fewer gestures.
More distant consequences. Heavier choices.