A Dark Room
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A Dark Room
@indiesignals · 9 plays · narrative · ~30 min
Mouse + ToucheveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
A minimalist text adventure that starts in a cold, dark room and slowly becomes something much larger.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by Michael Townsend (Doublespeak Games) under the MPL-2.0 license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- A Dark Room
- Created by
- Michael Townsend (Doublespeak Games)
- Originally released
- 2013
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Source code
- Version 1fada46 · MPL-2.0 requires that the license text ships with the game and that the corresponding source stays available. PLAY keeps LICENSE.md in the release and links the exact upstream commit.
- Curated by
- Indie Signals, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 14, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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