Kuro

CHOICE IS AN INTERFACE

Built on the psychology of player choice.

THE STANLEY PRINCIPLE

Structure, narrative, typography.

THE PLAYER, THE DESIGNER, THE FONT

Defined by grids, by margins, by design.

The player has a first-person perspective, and can travel and interact with certain elements of the environment, such as pressing buttons or opening doors, but has no combat or other action-based controls. The Narrator presents the story to the player. He explains that the protagonist Stanley is employee 427 in an office building. Stanley is tasked to monitor data coming from a computer screen and press buttons appropriately without question. One day, the screen monitoring data goes blank, which has never happened before. Stanley, unclear on what to do, begins to explore the building and discovers that the workplace is completely abandoned. A brightly lit office space with tarnish-brown flooring, egg-white walls, and square overhead lights. Several closed doors leading to personal offices and other rooms line the walls, as well as plants and other office-related objects. In the center of the room is a large filing cabinet.