NOW WITH MOUSE SUPPORT

Rot is a short psychological horror story about obsession, rejection and self-hatred. It was developed as an experiment, to answer the question: 'can you make dread a place?'. It is inspired by titles such as P.T. and indie developer Kittyhorrorshow's game Anatomy. It also draws inspiration from Davey Wreden's The Beginner's Guide. The retro, low-res aesthetic of the game is inspired by the work of Finnish indie developer 98DEMAKE, who was kind enough to get in touch during development.

For normal zip:

The WASD keys are used to move, the arrow keys to look around and the enter key to interact when prompted.



For mouse support:

The WASD keys are used to move, the mouse to look around and the mouse button to interact when prompted.

Assets and audio by me. Voice acting by Esmé Varley.

The game makes use of transformative, pixelated renditions of existed copyrighted artworks. I do not claim to own the rights to any of the original images. The pixelated artworks include:

The Lovers, René Magritte, 1928

Dance in the Country, Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1883

Il Bacio, Francesco Hayez, 1859

Le Printemps, Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873

The Kiss, Gustav Klimt, 1908

In Bed: The Kiss, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892

Warmed By Love, Leonid Afremov (contemporary)

Made In Heaven, Jeff Koons, 1989

Love, Robert Indiana, 1965

(artwork by Jesse Draxler, commissioned by Daughters, 2018)

(Please note that the trailer is from a slightly earlier version of the game. The downloadable file is higher resolution and some bugs have been fixed)