The Panopticon
The Panopticon
A 2D horror-surveillance game made for the Infinity Challenge 2025
You are the lone warden in a nightmarish prison, watching over cells filled with monstrous anomalies.
Each shift, your job is simple: don’t let them escape.
- 🔦 Use your flashlight to see what's lurking in the dark
- 🚪 Seal doors and trigger EMPs to suppress unique monster behaviors
- 👁️ Monitor an endless loop of cells — every second counts
- 💰 Earn currency to buy upgrades between shifts
- 😨 Survive as long as you can... or become part of the experiment
Features
- Endless round-based gameplay with increasing difficulty
- Different monsters with unique escape mechanics
- Upgrade system between shifts
- Spine 2D animation, original sound & visuals
Controls
- A & D – Scroll between cells
- Mouse – Interact / Aim flashlight
- E – Activate tools (EMP Gun)
- F – Toggle flashlight
Credits
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Programming: Ryan Stander
- Art: Mila
- Sound: Eros
Made in Unity for the Infinity Challenge 2025
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Quite atmospheric! I'm impressed this was made in just four days.
Its a bit slow, but I can't say that doesn't add to the horror.
Its unfortunate that the shop didn't get implemented in time! It seems like it would have added a lot of depth.
Thank you for the kind words! Can you explain what you found slow? Perhaps we can improve on that after the jam!
Its certainly not mechanically slow, you did a great job of making sure there's always something to do!
Throughout a shift though, it seems like the pace of monsters becoming active remains pretty static. I think it would feel more like your progressing if the pace started slower, then sped up over the shift. Just my opinion though, I particularly am no master at this lol
Ahhh yeah that is correct, the monsters don't change during a shift, just each consecutive shift they get 15% better at everything. And theres more of them as well as you progress.
But i do like the idea of making it more intense the later in the shift you are! Definitely writing that down for later!
I really enjoyed the game! It is very dark and spooky, I love the floating guy, would be cool to see the upgrades once they're in!
Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate it! We'll look to an update after the jam finishes