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Design notes and survival horror field guides from inside Nightfall House.
Tips to survive Nightfall House
Noise discipline, hiding-spot strategy, and the run-or-hide decision tree — the field guide version of everything that keeps you alive until dawn.
How we designed the AI that hunts you
Why pure randomness feels unfair, how Nightfall House’s patrol–investigate–chase–search state machine actually works, and what playtesting taught us about challenge versus frustration.
Best free survival horror games you can play in your browser
What separates survival horror from plain horror games, what browser-based horror can (and cannot) deliver in 2026, and where Nightfall House fits in.