A small light walks through a village
that forgot how to play.
Trailer
Trailer coming soon
You are Luos. A small light.
You wake up in Nothingness, and walk out into Oculis, a village where it's always dark. Everyone here is waiting for something. Two tall figures have forgotten how their game goes. A mother is looking for her son. Something at the end of the alley wants your crystals. And the guard won't open the gate until you've spoken to them all.
The Happy Place is a short, quiet psychological horror game. There are no jump scares, just a lot of dark, a few kind faces, and the feeling that nobody is telling you the whole truth.
What's in this build
- Nothingness, where you learn to keep your light alive
- The village of Oculis and the people still in it
- A hopscotch game nobody remembers how to play
- One choice you can't take back
The people of Oculis
Screens
Play
The prototype is free. It's an early build, and I'd love to hear where you got lost or stuck.
Controls
- ←↑↓→
- Move
- Space
- Talk, continue, place a crystal
- Shift
- Dash
- Esc
- Pause and quests
On Mac
The game isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS will block it the first time. Try to open it once, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to The Happy Place. You only need to do this once.
Follow along as the rest of the game gets made.