Game Designers' Note

Uncanny Valley

Here, the uncanny valley is used in a broader sense, referring to any form of uncanny discomfort.

Liminal spaces: Backrooms / Core aesthetic
Humanoid

Element of the uncanny valley

Unfamiliar

a trace of wrongness in a comfortable environment, e.g. g roup photo with friends—except there’s a stranger among them.

Beyond comprehension

E.g. Rule-based Horror (destruction of order)
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