Project Looking Glass

Awesome "walking sim" that evokes Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" with the cold war setting and narrator's fabulous delivery. Fun romp and worth checking out to support solo devs making art for humans, by humans.

I had a great time playing this game. It absolutely nails the atmosphere that it is going for, that being a liminal, analogue horror mystery experience. The sound design is great, and the puzzles offer just enough hints in them to feel challenging but not impossible. The puzzles respect the player's intelligence and lets you solve them, as opposed to just being given away to the player like a lot of modern games do. I can tell that the developer went through a lot of effort to polish the game, and the parts that seemingly aren't polished, like a hole in the wall that shows another area or the backside of a road barrier texture being see through, kind of sells that this dreamscape isn't entirely real, but also real at the same time. I get that that can actually be immersion breaking for some people and it's perhaps not intended by the developer, but for me it was trippy and I liked it. There was only like 2-3 instances of something like that occurring that I can recall, so it isn't that big of thing anyway. The environments, both visual and audible, are incredibly varied and interesting. A part that sticks out to me that is albeit simple and a fairly obvious detail to implement, is the TV static from the big TV at the start of the game. You first encounter it from standing at the top of a balcony, and descend some stairs behind a wall to get down to it. As you go behind the wall the static gets muffled, then clears up when you clear the wall. It's a small and obvious detail that absolutely should be there, but the way that it's there makes the world feel dynamic, and small details like that make the experience whole. Overall it is a solid experience with a decent story, good voice acting, very good sound design and puzzles, and an amazing atmosphere. If you're into analogue or liminal media, you should definitely add this game to your list.

This game was such a strange trip.

Project Looking Glass hooked me pretty quickly. The astral realm concept was what really pulled me in, and I loved slowly piecing together what was happening as I explored. There's something really satisfying about a horror game that doesn't just throw scares at you, but makes you actually want to understand the world and the story. The atmosphere, the strange environments, and the mystery kept me wanting to see what was behind the next door. It definitely gave me some P.T.-style vibes, but the astral projection concept gives it its own identity. I also really appreciated the message at the end from the developer. You can feel that this was a personal project made with a lot of care. If you're into psychological, atmospheric horror and enjoy figuring things out for yourself, I'd definitely recommend giving this one a shot.

this was so good and interesting !! i really loved the location designs <3

Big horror game fan here, just everything horror in general. I really enjoyed this game! It was a very fun, weird, screws with your mind type of game! The atmosphere and the sound are great, the visuals... I think everything was done well. The story is still confusing to me, but nothing bad about that! No spoilers!

This game is very interesting. Has a P.T feel as well, as the labyrinth of shattered memories you go through changes with repeat visits. I love the visual style and the transatlantic accents everyone has haha. Only played a little under an hour so far but excited to see more. The bit I played below! https://youtu.be/QgtxH1k-31k?is=Y5WcA-NOeTV_iJot