The game is set in abandoned houses where the two players are trying to take over the house. The player can establish their control over the region by changing the capturing lights. The houses in the game are unpredictable and every minute or so there is an even where a random room of the house gets locked until there is only one last room left. In the end, the player which has captured the most lights wins.

Our intention was to make a fun arcade game with a quirky and humoristic feel to it. Eventually we tagged it as “Real Estate for Ghosts”, the story revolves around ghosts trying to capture houses and trying to get them to be haunted. This plays into the ‘flickering lights’ and ‘shutting down doors’ trope of the horror genre.

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The gameplay is straightforward, the players move around the house and try to capture as many lights as they can. The players can attack each other and can interact with lights. The later levels have some traps and obstacles on the player’s ability to capture the house. As time progresses, random rooms in the house begin to shut down. Since time is of the essence in this game, all the punishments (getting stuck in a room/ trap or getting  attacked by another player) results in the player getting stunned for a few seconds.