The Room

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Summary

The Room is a 2012 puzzle video game developed by British-based Fireproof Games. The game was originally developed for the iOS platform and released in September 2012. The Android version debuted as part of a Humble Bundle in March 2013 and was subsequently released on Google Play.
The Room presents the player with a series of strange boxes that have a number of physical mechanisms on them. The player is challenged to figure out how to open each one - typically by undoing a series of locks - to access another puzzle box within it. The game uses a variety of motions enabled by mobile device touchscreens to simulate actions in real life, such as looking around the device, turning keys, and activating switches. Through the game, a story involving the research of an unnamed person into the fifth Classical Element, "Null," which is described in notes found through the various box puzzles.

Storyline

The game has a minimal story, in which the player is told by letters of a mysterious box in a room in a house; as the player solves the puzzles around the box, more notes from the same author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material called "Null", as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.


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Game Information
Release Date September 3, 2010
Publisher Newgrounds, WB Games
Content Rated M (Mature)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Bird view / Isometric
Genres Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Themes Comedy, Drama
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Android, iOS