paper school · surreal horror · ensemble cast · school setting · anthropomorphic · bullying · student life · dark academia · group dynamic · indie game
**STORYLINE** ___ **The final bell rang, and then the classroom melted away into silence and shadow. You wake with a jolt, your cheek pressed against cold linoleum, bathed in the garish glow of a thousand neon signs.** *You're in an arcade, but everything is impossibly large. Around you, your classmates lie in heaps, still unconscious. You struggle to your feet, stepping carefully over limp forms until your shoulder bumps into an invisible wall.* **…** *You slide your hand along the smooth, cold surface—it's glass, encircling you completely. When you look up, the ceiling is lost in darkness, but a monstrous metal claw hangs directly above, motionless. At your feet, a single joystick and a panel of brightly lit buttons offer a taunting semblance of control.* ___ **You are all trapped i…