
It feels like just you, your torch and the sound of crickets chirping as you fumble your way through the forest looking for manuscripts. Slender does well in creating quite a creepy atmosphere for a very basic game. Also, the more you sprint, the lower your maximum stamina becomes, so you must sprint only when you need to. You therefore have to careful not to look at the enemy for too long and remember that your flashlight has a limited battery so you must turn it off from time to time to save it. Plus, you should open the “ nwjs” file instead of “Game” to load the game properly.The basic premise of the game is the more directly you come in contact with the Slender Man, the faster your sanity drains. However, your player choices don’t really matter since there’s only one ending. Not only can it be finished within an hour, but its suspenseful storytelling really draws you in. Overall, It's Not Me, It's My Basement is a short and solid horror game if you’re a fan of this genre of RPG Maker games. It doesn’t help that the game may not work properly if you run the wrong EXE file. However, the story isn’t fully explored since the choices you make don’t affect the ending at all. The psychological horror comes from the uncertainty of just how they’ll survive when they’re a helpless little kid. Story-wise, the game is deeply immersive and really pulls you into Embry’s perspective and fears about their situation. Finally, the Esc key is for exiting out of a sub-menu and opening the menu during gameplay.

Meanwhile, the Enter key or Spacebar key allows you to interact with objects, progress the dialogue, and confirm your choices. The arrow keys are for moving about and selecting choices. There’s no quick tutorial for the controls, but they’re easy enough to figure out since you’re only using your keyboard. However, this means that they have to keep getting food-and unfortunately, it keeps getting hungrier. This includes making sure that the entity in the basement is fed during mealtimes. Their parents aren’t around, so they have to be in charge of everything in the house. The story of It's Not Me, It's My Basement is about Embry, a young child of ambiguous gender who’s currently home alone.
