My advice if you want it dev!

[Trinity the Cobalt Queen]

Keep it to the lore of one of the main backrooms wikis. There is not a game that follows the lore, and it is always very disappointing. I am already a little down about the bacteria monster, but i get it. *Personally should add the red room event as a threat to the player, it is in the base lore, and more original from a game point* I hope you focus on the exploration, building, COOP, survival aspect, and less on the monster scary run stuff. I think you have a HUGE gem here. I have been an avid follower of the backrooms since 2019. If you EVER need/Want someone to help with concepts, or small work i would love to volunteer to help make it amazing! At the end of the day it is your vision, but, please the backrooms community does not have a game that captures the true feeling of the backrooms. You can do that, and i believe in you <3

Here is my discord if you want to reach out for help!
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[Technomancer]

I feel like I have to say this for anyone reading who doesn't know: There's no one true canon for the Backrooms. It's all up to personal tastes, so what one person experiences as the "true feeling of the Backrooms", won't necessarily be the same as what someone else feels. The original concept of the Backrooms comes from a vague 4chan post - the image with yellow wallpaper and a short caption. The most popular "canons" / sources of lore (in no particular order) are 4chan purist (no extra levels, no definite entities), Kane Pixels' universe, the Wikidot, the Fandom wiki, and Liminal Archives, which all disagree on specifics about the lore. There are others, and anyone can create their own interpretation of the Backrooms. Here's my thoughts on the matter... My favorite backrooms games/videos/concepts are ones that utilize some recognizable lore from popular "canons" without feeling limited by it (and preferably without copyright infringement) and also add some original ideas/spins. I like that this game uses stuff related to the Wikidot/Fandom like Almond Water, the Hub, Smilers, Hounds, Wretches, Facelings, etc. I don't mind that they also use the bacteria monster invented by Kane Pixels - even though I'm not a huge fan of the general concept and design of the bacteria monster as Kane designed it, I think it works well in this game. I'm glad entities are a thing and that they're not TOO common in Level 0. I LOVE having The Hub as a home base with items, crafting, traders, and the mission board (and a sense of progression)!! Keep up the great work, dev - this game is fantastic so far :)

[Trinity the Cobalt Queen]

I thing people should have choice, but people copy paste the same thing over and over. I really wanna see a game follow the original lore closer. Like Level 0 is safe without ANY items, you can't see your friends etc. Like that, it's not that i have an issue with entities, but they are not the fear riser in the universe. The general idea i wanna talk about is like this:

The backrooms is an ecosystem with rules, each level has a predetermined set of rules that can vary. You are in this ecosystem unnaturally. So you must play by it's rules. The entities are also apart of the ecosystem, but this is there home. No different then walking into the woods with nothing. You are at the mercy of the elements. Encounters should be rare, but, tough. Your knowledge should help you prevail against them. That's one of the things in the Backrooms i liked. Things are not just murder monsters. You can beat them, just think a little. Which is why i have such an issue with Kane's universe and every copycat thus forth. They remove that for shock and awe of something loud. I don't care that they exist, freedom is a real thing. I just want ONE game that fulfill my desires to actually be in the 2019/2020 Wikidot backrooms me and every YT read about. NOt a game where all i can do is run, and solve some puzzle. I want to be bashing my head into every wall trying to clip. Using the actual entrances and exits of the level. And so on. You like what you do. I am NOT shaming anyone's creative choices. I would be lying however if i said, i just don't like ti as much. One day i can have a COOP game like i want. Hell may even make it.

Trinity The Cobalt Queen respects your opinion. Stay safe!