Endless staircase horror game

This "Endless" stairs illusion is created by looping Mario back when he reaches a certain point. In Super Mario 64 DS , the player can see this on the map. Once the player has 70 Power Stars 80 and in the remake the player can reach the top of the stairs. In the remake, if anyone else other than Mario attempt to open the Star Door, they will climb the endless stairs, regardless of the number of Power Stars. MarioWiki Explore. WarioWare, Inc. Enemies Super Mario Bros. A lone, empty castle, beckoning you to enter one of the several doors within.

No one but Toads around, and scarce Toads at that. The endless staircase, the flaming portrait of Lethal Lava Land, and heck, jumping into portraits, period…for some reason it's all downright creepy. Everything about Gone Home conjures images of a late-night horror movie marathon. You're tasked with exploring an empty house in the middle of a torrential downpour, forced to stumble around in the dark while trying to figure out where your parents and little sister have gone.

While there's nothing objectively scary about this excellent narrative-heavy adventure, you aren't thinking about that when you venture into yet another dimly-lit room thinking you could find your little sister's head on a platter at any moment. It's not meant to force you into panic mode, but it does an admirable job of keeping you on the edge of your seat regardless. Honestly, it would have been a much better game if it were a horror title. The Mother games have always been slightly off-kilter, but usually in a pleasant, offbeat way, where you laugh rather than cower in fear.

Sure, names like Poo can be hilarious. And Pokey has some pretty giggle-inducing lines. Some fragmented speech and a horrific vision of the tortured soul take a swift turn into something decidedly more evil, making this an encounter that's stuck with me over the years — a scary one, no less.

And think back on the final turn of events in the game. What about Happy Happy Town and the crazy cult people? If you've been cruising through Earthbound all this time thinking it's purely a child's game, then you clearly haven't been stopping to smell the roses. Next time you have a spare moment, have a listen to just Giygas' battle theme, and tell me you're still happily traipsing along in a kid's game. But after you answer the massage with a "Yes" and after she's trying to type for you slip the phone into an endless hole with a lot and a lot of stairs, Find a way to end the staircase before it ends your sanity.

Log in with itch. Was a super simple but fun game! The simple mechanic of going down or up forever was fun to experience and the step at the start was perfectly funny and great!

The sound effects, I personally thought was funny but I can see how it can be taken as creepy, especailly in a creepy starwell in the dark. Pretty funny! The audio mechanics are a bit weird, but with careful listening it can be followed. Also that heartbreaking ending Woah first time this happened to me, But for your comment for why the game is too short well because its a 3 days game jam and I had to do everything myself alone and I am pretty slow XD, but thanks for playing and sharing.