Compared to other backrooms games, this one isn't bad, but it isn't good either.

The start was a bit unstimulating, however once a spirally figure began running after me, my heart rate shot up.

I think what's extraordinary is that the game had set the tone for it being a little mellow and undeveloped, so i felt a very unique form of surprise i've never found in other horror games.

Besides that, my favorite part was when the rooms shrank in some basement and the game became straight forward and mostly clear about what to do. There i finally got to enjoy the game and it's exploration, anticipating when good/bad things will happen.

The developer even threw in a few curve balls during the smiley section, that at first i actually liked, however over time it got a bit stale. I think that's mostly because of the graphical simplicity (the smiley is just a texture on a quad that spawns)

I then died when i was in an interesting small area where there was glass everywhere, that was perhaps one of the more animated/stimulating parts of the game.

By then i ended back in the backrooms again and frankly i'd been holding on for my boredom for sometime, that was really the last thing i wanted to see again due to how it was executed yet i was put back into it again - at that point i really felt like i was forcing myself to play, and within a few mins i quit, i think the game delivered all that i'd expect from it.

Again, this is not a bad game. I know what bad games play like. However, In my opinion (and within the realm of the dev's budget/capacity and 'fun' factor of stimulation), this is not a good game either.

There are much simpler games, even horror games, that deliver because the devs focus on provoking emotions frequently instead of a lot of dead zones, which although is the genre of backroom games, in this regard was too delicate for the dev to pick up on and deliver that made backrooms so potent to people in the first place.

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Summary:

In general, i'm not deflecting having calm moments in games. It's just this one when compared to other games within it's genre (and within such a dev's capacity) it didn't stimulate me enough. So either the dev will need to really explore what makes calm/void moments unnerving (the calming music ruins it, silence alone would've been more effective), or will need to venture into more tightly packed experiences to ensure we get the juice he can deliver. I'm open to both, but leaning more on the latter.

Thanks to the dev for making this game, i encourage him to continue making games as this is the start of a developer who can deliver. He has the capacity, even now, he just needs to focus them in a direction that is juicey and small, as opposed to thin and wide.

Edit: Final note, don't think what would seem good to people. Feel and know what is good.

There's a lot of caring about how customers will think of you in the game itself (like apologizing to the customers). You must be extremely confident in your game and in your delivery. Pretend the customer isn't there, and that you're taking them into your world.

So make your world, make it juicy and isolated away from reality, and let the player forget you or their room exists. To some extent you've already achieved this, but you'll need to immerse yourself into your world. If you feel it, the customer will definitely feel it. Don't think, make stuff, and move quickly. Good will.

i love the backrooms and i got this game i love it. its scary like the backrooms and the levels are good and if they make the impaled ocean level and the sea eater i will be very very very very very very very happy :]

this game is very uhhh scary in the dark. when i play this i dont want to any more because its too scary for me and hard even on normal mode. i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in my pants 66456668564877 times in a second. very fun :)