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The Rules

In this first-person horror survival game, you must Follow the Rules, keep a clear head, and be attentive. Only then may you live to see the end of the night. Relying on ambient horror and speech recognition to keep the player on their toes, this is a horror game like you've never played before.

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The Zoo
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The Zoo
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About the Game

FEATURES

  • Speech Recognition - They can hear you, and they know what you are saying.
  • Many different layouts and maps
  • Time, Speech, Location, Camera, and many other Rules to follow that are randomized each time you load the level
  • Ambient horror that does not rely on jumpscares

You may have read the stories on the internet, now it's your turn to see if you've got what it takes to Follow The Rules.

The Rules is a first-person survival horror game where you play as a security guard on the night shift, and you are given a list of rules to follow each night. On top of patrolling the facility and watching the cameras, you must follow these rules. They're strange though, things like "Stay out of block A from 2:00-3:00 am", or "When you see the tall man, say 'Thank you Sir'". That's right, THEY CAN HEAR YOU. They know what you say and where you are so make sure to follow The Rules precisely. If you make it to 6:00 am and get out of the property, you go to the next night.



The ad in the paper seems interesting: take a night shift for a week and earn $150 per night! It may not be the most exciting job, but the extra cash would be nice, plus college is pretty expensive. There is a slight oddity though, my boss left me a note saying that there are some rules. Probably just the typical “Don’t do this, don’t do that” speech that every single job has nowadays...
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