Memory Palace

A haunted house puzzle game where rooms transform based on the items you carry.

Synopsis

You are Elena Aldrich, inheriting your great-aunt Cordelia's mysterious estate after her recent passing. Local rumors speak of a house that "traps time itself" - and they're not wrong. Upon entering, you discover the door has sealed behind you, and strange symbols glow along the frame as a whispered voice echoes: "None may leave until the four keys sing as one."

The house is cursed by your ancestor Theodore Aldrich's failed 1920s occult ritual to "preserve perfect moments." Instead of creating paradise, he trapped souls in eternal loops of their most defining memories. Eight lost spirits inhabit the shifting rooms - a Scholar frozen in mathematical discovery, a Cook reliving Christmas 1967, an Inventor building impossible machines, and others caught between past and present.

Navigate this supernatural puzzle box where carrying symbolic items transforms entire rooms. Each transformation reveals new characters, items, and secrets needed to complete intricate trading chains.

Collect four Crystal Keys from the trapped souls by understanding their needs and desires. Only when all four keys resonate together can Theodore's curse finally be broken.

Will you free the trapped souls and escape the Memory Palace, or become another beautiful prisoner in this house of endless yesterdays?

Controls

• WASD / Arrow Keys - Move
• E / Enter- Interact with NPCs and items
• I - Open inventory
• WASD / Arrow Keys - Navigate UI and inventory

Genre: Puzzle Adventure, Supernatural Mystery Platform: Web
Made for: GMTK Game Jam 2025 - Theme: "Loop"

Credits

• Programming, Story, Art - Bert Henkel
• Art - Taylor Ly