Haunted Mansion: A Choice-Based Horror Game

Haunted Mansion: A Choice-Based Horror Game

Overview: A single-player, text-based interactive horror game set in a decaying, haunted mansion filled with eerie secrets. Players navigate through branching story paths by making choices that lead to survival, unsettling discoveries, or grim fates.

Gameplay:

• Mechanics: Read narrated story segments and select from 2–4 options per scene (e.g., “Knock on the front door” or “Join the dance”). Choices drive the narrative, leading to new scenes or one of multiple endings (good, neutral, or bad).
• Setting: A creepy mansion with locations like a dusty foyer, shadowy ballroom, cursed library, and haunted attic.
• Features:
  • Text-to-Speech (TTS): A ghostly voice narrates each scene and occasional creepy events (e.g., “A shadow flickers…”), toggleable with a “Disable/Enable TTS” button.
  • Creepy Events: 10% chance per scene for random spooky messages, styled in pale blue for emphasis.
  • Endings: Includes outcomes like freeing a spirit (good), escaping with doubts (neutral), or vanishing into shadows (bad).

Visuals & Style:

• UI: Dark, semi-transparent text box with a red border, purple choice buttons with red hover glow, and a flickering red title in Creepster font.
• Colors: Horror-themed palette with blood red (#ff4444), dark purple (#800080), and pale blue (#add8e6) accents.
• Atmosphere: Enhanced by vivid descriptions and a chilling narrative, no music or sound effects to ensure focus on story and TTS.

Technical:

• Built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Uses Web Speech API for TTS, best in Chrome/Firefox.
• Optional background image (mansion.jpg); no audio files required.
• Lightweight, runs locally via index.html.

Why Play?: Offers a quick, replayable horror experience with meaningful choices, immersive narration, and a spooky mansion to explore. Perfect for fans of narrative-driven games who enjoy suspense and multiple endings.