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Balance strange offerings on a door handle, remember its unsettling note sequences, and find out who Michael really is. A short first-person comedy-horror game about five rituals, readable puzzles, two endings, and one suspiciously well-balanced cheese wedge.
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OPEN UP, MICHAEL!
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The rules are simple:
1. Place the offering above the handle.
2. Do not stand where the door can see you.
3. Repeat the sequence until something on the other side listens.
What begins as a ridiculous prank changes the hallway with every ritual. Choose the correct offering, reconstruct a torn hymn, repeat the memory of the doors, and eventually reach room 13.
Michael has never opened the door.
Maybe you have been standing on the wrong side all along.
FEATURES
- Five handcrafted rituals with changing rooms and distinct soundscapes
- First-person exploration and clue-driven puzzles
- Untimed listen-and-repeat memory sequences
- Two different endings
- Four mirror shards, eight lore documents, and 15 hidden crumbs
- Adjustable graphics, FOV, text speed, subtitles, puzzle aids, and audio mix
- Keyboard, mouse, and standard gamepad support
- Fully playable in English, German, French, and Spanish
- Approximately 30–50 minutes for a first playthrough
- No violence, gore, microtransactions, or live-generated AI
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