Eterspire’s mysterious haunted mansion! Our Indie MMORPG’s first large (and spooky) puzzle

Hello everybody! I’m Manu, from Stonehollow Workshop, the builders of Eterspire, an Indie MMORPG for iOS and Android.

Immediately I wish to share considered one of our sport’s latest and spookiest quests: “Haunted Be Thy Property”.

Because it’s Halloween season,, I believed this sub would possibly wish to know extra about Eterspire’s first large puzzle-based quest, which options some creepy storytelling and worldbuilding.

You start the hunt by discovering a word left by somebody known as “Plucky” on a city’s discover board.

Plucky's word

Seems Plucky the goblin is an aspiring paranormal investigator, who wants your assist to uncover the secrets and techniques behind an deserted village and supposedly cursed mansion.

The haunted mansion's entrance within the deserted village.

Plucky sends you to assemble intel on the place, and after speaking to a few very previous witches and a traumatized knight, it’s very clear that one thing horrible occurred there and {that a} darkish presence lurks in it.

Sir Lazarus has entered the mansion earlier than. He warns you to remain away.

Nonetheless, you and Plucky resolve to press ahead and enter the mansion. That is the place the puzzle begins. The participant is introduced with a number of doorways adorned with unusual symbols. Some doorways take you to new rooms, whereas others appear to guide you again to the doorway.

The mansion's entrance with a number of doorways and unusual symbols.

Some rooms comprise journal entries that start to uncover the mansion’s previous little by little

A journal entry from "Morgan"

After some trial and error, you end up on the steps on the second flooring. Going up them you notice the rooms are getting stranger. All the things seems to be the wrong way up, and doorways are adorned with the skulls of what appear to be people and different unknown creatures.

The second flooring.

You start to attempt completely different doorways. The rooms appear fairly related, however some particulars are off. Typically the skulls change. Typically chairs start floating within the air. You press on and eventually arrive on the third flooring, the place the puzzle could be accomplished.

The mansion's third flooring.

After all, I received’t spoil your entire quest right here! However there’s one thing else yow will discover on this mansion. In case you take an alternate path on the second flooring, chances are you’ll end up in entrance of a portal to “???”. It takes you to the deepest nook of the mansion:

???

What do you assume? Do you’re feeling like giving this quest a attempt? Are you a fan of horror quests and settings in cell video games?