After Dark

Your only light is also what draws them to you.

The phone message from your grandfather was eleven minutes old when you got home. Tonight the lights go out — all of them. And when they do, those things come.

Find what he left for you, then make your way through the dark to the old church — the one where the flame never goes out.

After Dark is a short first-person horror chapter, playable right in your browser. Your wrist monitor is the only light you have. It shows you the way, the map and the detector — and every creature nearby can see it too. Shield it, switch it off, or throw a glow stick somewhere else and hope they follow the light instead of you.

In the dark, you mostly hear what you can't see. Every creature has its own breathing and footsteps, each room its own echo, and your own breath changes as fear builds. With headphones, 3D audio tells you whether something is to your left, to your right — or behind you. And sometimes the scariest sound is the silence.

• About 15–20 minutes · Chapter 1 · complete story with an ending
• Desktop Chrome, keyboard and mouse
• Headphones strongly recommended

Controls
WASD / mouse — move, look · Shift — run (loud) · C (hold) — sneak · Q / right mouse — raise and shield the monitor · F — monitor on/off · G — throw a glow stick · E — interact · Tab — backpack · Esc — pause (controls, brightness, audio output)

Progress is saved at each station — close the tab and choose CONTINUE to pick up where you left off.

Contains flashing lights and sudden loud sounds.

Made with AI
After Dark is my first game, built for the Vibe Coding Academy game hackathon. I designed and playtested it; Claude Code wrote the code with me (Three.js). Codex helped shape the concept, the moodboard and the story images, and reviewed the game independently. 3D models were made with Meshy, voice, sound effects and music with ElevenLabs.

Credits
Textures: Poly Haven (CC0) · Handwriting font: Reenie Beanie (SIL Open Font License) · Engine: Three.js