Weekend at the Overlook

Controls

Mouse on a computer, touch on a phone or tablet. Some games also take the arrow keys or the letter keys, and the game will say so when it starts.

Take it with you

Scan to open Weekend at the Overlook on your phone.

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The 1970s hotel look is very specific and very easy to get wrong: burnt orange, mustard, brown, wide collars, long lines, and a kind of heaviness that modern clothes never have.

Weekend at the Overlook gives you that palette and very little outside it, which turns out to be the interesting part. You cannot reach for a bright modern colour to rescue an outfit. Everything has to work inside a range most wardrobes would call drab, and when it does work the result has a mood nothing contemporary can reproduce.

Play it once with the period rules and once fighting them. The first run usually looks better.

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Orientation

Built for a landscape screen. On a phone, turn the device sideways.

Frequently asked questions

What period is it?

The 1970s, in the specific register of a grand hotel: heavy fabrics, warm browns and golds, long silhouettes.

Does it play on mobile?

Yes, in the browser, with no app.

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