StatusQuest vs Still Here

StatusQuest is an innovative educational game developed within the XR4ED Horizon Europe initiative, focusing on accessibility and inclusion. It bridges the gap between blind, visually impaired, and sighted users through a collaborative experience that combines spatial audio and haptic feedback. The game explores connections between Modern Mythology (pop culture, superheroes, cinema, music) and Ancient Culture, inviting players to collaborate on educational challenges set across historical and futuristic worlds. Designed for smartphones and tablets, StatusQuest adapts to museums, schools, and home environments. Co-created with national associations for the blind in Germany and Italy, and supported by cultural institutions like museums and universities, the project promotes inclusive learning, cultural appreciation, and social interaction.

It's 3:12 AM. The power is out. You live alone. Something knocks on your bedroom door, from inside the house. Then it says "Hello?" in your own voice. Still Here is an audio horror game you play with your ears. Made from the ground up for VoiceOver and headphones, it tells its story through 3D sound: footsteps circle your bed, voices whisper from behind you, something crawls through the vents above your head. Every scene is read aloud, and every choice is a button. No sight needed. Lights off recommended. A STORY THAT FOLLOWS YOU Something has learned to copy voices: your neighbor's, your friends', your own. Run with Jess, the stranger who calls to warn you, through a motel, a police station, a cabin in the woods, an abandoned radio tower and deep into a mountain, then into the life you try to build afterward. Sixteen chapters, two interludes and ten endings, with fully voiced characters. LISTEN TO SURVIVE • Dodge by sound: hear which side it's coming from and move the other way. • Hold still: when it's in the room, don't touch anything. Don't breathe. • Tell real from fake: someone at the door says it's Jess. Is it? • Tune a dead radio, climb stairs only when the wind covers you, and find the smart speakers before they finish their sentence. BUILT FOR VOICEOVER • Every scene is read automatically, and choices are standard buttons. • Pause anytime with a two-finger double-tap. Pausing freezes everything, even timed moments. • Extra time for timed choices, quieter jump scares, and a hard mode. • Haptics you can feel: a heartbeat, a phone buzzing on the nightstand, a knock at the door. • The game pauses by itself if you leave the app or unplug your headphones. YOUR VOICE, IF YOU DARE In one chapter the game can record a few seconds of your voice, so it can use it against you. It's optional, it never leaves your iPhone, and it's gone when you close the game. No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Headphones strongly recommended. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.