Cipher Room

General Information

Game Name: Cipher House
Development Tool: Unreal Engine
Game Type: Puzzle/Horror
Platform: 3D
Graphical perspective: First Person

 

Concept

Cipher house is a micro sandbox game that combines the elements of puzzle solving, time management, adventure experience and 1v1 combat system. The size of the map is fixed: a haunted house with three floors. The size of the enemy is also static: one ghost that walking around inside the house. There are two winning condition with a set time limit: eliminate the ghost or find the passcode book locked in the vault.

 

Background story

In a rainy day of August 1969, you, a private detective has been secretly sent to a haunted house located in the suburb. The house belongs to the family of your employer, but it is abandoned during the war. People often heard the sound of female screaming and saw the white light flashing in the night. Rumors has it that invader murdered a young girl during the war time and the girl turned to a ghost afterwards.

Your employer gives you two option to finish the mission: bring the pass code book somewhere in the house back to him (The pass-code book belongs to his grandfather, so he does not have any information regarding the location), or to perish the ghost so that they can use the house again.