DO NOT PLAY News

It’s me. Employee A.

At first, I didn’t think much of it.
Just a strange feeling while I was sleeping—like someone was quietly breathing next to my ear.
I brushed it off as noise from outside… but the sounds feel like they’re getting closer, day by day.
Now, I can’t shake the feeling that something is standing right behind me.
I wanted a way to share this unsettling sensation with others, so I made a flyer.


Now, I’m happy to announce that a flyer for DO NOT PLAY will be available at Tokyo Game Dungeon 8, an indie game exhibition.

If you have time, please stop by and take a look.

Flyer Location: 2H-2
https://tokyogamedungeon.com/



Employee A

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3502970/

It’s me. Employee A.

Lately, I’ve been feeling a strange weight on my shoulders.
At first, I thought it was just the weather, but something feels… off.
Ever since I started recovering data from the floppy disk, it’s like something’s been lingering just behind me.
I keep thinking I see movement out of the corner of my eye, but when I turn around, no one’s there.
And it’s been happening more and more often.

Just the other day, while I was going through the floppy with one of our developers,
we found something—something that caught our attention.

It looked like an image file, so I tried to open it.
The moment I did, the screen froze completely.
I couldn’t do anything. Everything just stopped.

This is the screen that got stuck.



What is this...?

—Employee A, SCRAP

P.S. Please consider adding it to your wishlist.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3502970/

It happened a long, long time ago.

A single URL, quietly posted in a forgotten corner of the internet.

“There’s a game you’re not supposed to play.”

That’s what someone said. Just a rumor, I thought. So casually, I clicked the link. That was the beginning.

I don’t remember much of the content. But I do remember the eerie atmosphere of the screen, the unsettling title, and a pop-up message that felt like a warning:
“Will you take the risk and play?”

Everything about it felt... off. Unnatural. Unreal.
And then—one of my friends, the one I talked to about the game, suddenly disappeared.
No one could reach them. Eventually, we just stopped hearing anything at all.
That stayed with me, buried deep in the back of my mind.

Years passed.
Eventually, I started asking around on social media, piecing together fragments from the depths of memory.
Maybe it was just a dream. Maybe it never existed.
But the certainty that I saw it that day… never left me.

After a string of coincidences, and with the help of many people, I finally found it.
The screen—just as it was.
The data—untouched, unchanged.

Even now, part of me still doesn’t want to believe it’s real.

But I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to bring it back—deliver it, with my own hands, to all of you.

To restore and rebuild the lost game—
And revive it under the name “DO NOT PLAY.”

Even now, as this game—once only a rumor—starts to become real, I can hardly believe it myself.

But there’s no turning back.

This is a journey through memory and the past—
And above all, a process of facing our fears.

The “DO NOT PLAY” Restoration Project begins now.

Please, come with me to the end of this story.

And don’t forget to add it to your wishlist.

– Employee A, SCRAP

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3502970/