blank_01

About blank_01

blank_01 is a free game by ln404, playable in the browser on itch.io and released on Steam in August 2025. Its whole pitch is one line: become an ordinary worker in an ordinary house.

The house is drawn in thick black lines on white, like a sketch come to life. You walk from room to room with a to-do list you can pull up at any time: go to the desk and work, pay, go to the door marked sleep. Each day the list is the same and so are you. The repetition is the point, and the quiet sound and empty rooms make the routine feel lonely from the start.

Then something shifts. The words on the screen come out scrambled, grain and static creep into the picture, a pale hand appears, and a monitor asks you whether you are happy, with a button for yes and a button for no. The game never explains itself in a rush; the dread comes from a routine you cannot leave turning into something else.

It lasts about twenty minutes and has no saves, so play it in one sitting. The maker warns that it may trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy, and recommends the download over the browser version where possible.

How to play blank_01

1. Click to start, then walk with WASD and look around with the mouse.
2. Hold the right mouse button to read your to-do list.
3. Go to each task in the house and left click to do it.
4. Follow the routine day after day and watch what changes.

Tips

• Play it in one go; there are no saves.
• Check the to-do list often; it changes as the days go on.
• Read the photosensitivity warning first if flashing images affect you.
• If the browser version runs poorly, the maker recommends the download or the free Steam version.

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