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Hollow Steps

You are a customer of a virtual world company Dartom Inc. You are one of the many people who wants to test themselves in one of the many worlds created by the company. On your test, a ghost in the system will change your experience.

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February 28, 2018
8 years and 156 days ago
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About the Game

You are a customer of a virtual world company Dartom Inc. You are one of the many people who wants to test themselves in one of the many worlds created by the company. When the tester finishes their puzzles in the world, they exit the world and given their results. On your test, a ghost in the system will change your experience.

The world you enter has 3 main puzzles and 3 mini puzzles that open the gates for the main puzzles and your goal is to finish them and exit the world to see your results.

Gameplay is mostly around the puzzles where you need to find a way to solve them. You have little tips from the company at the beginning of each puzzle's area. Besides puzzles, there are a secret safe which only opens with 8 fragments and computer panels that change your surroundings.

We hope you will enjoy your stay at Dartom Inc.