In Oddinary you are in your apartment, sitting alone on the couch, when unexplainable things start happening around you - a strange presence, mold growing within seconds, blood everywhere. Terrified, you don't dare to move. Your apartment is haunted by three entities, corrupting your space. From newspaper articles you deduct that a toothfairy, a stalker and an evil food corporation's mascot are running rampant. You now have to pick one of the articles, which is going to determine this runs focus entity.

Camera and weaponized remote in hand, you are now planning to capture the weird changes in your apartment. Using your cameras zoom and heatmap, you can find some of the less visible traces and defend yourself by using your flash or shooting at them. 

Now you can pin your aquired item of proof to the fitting area on the board, either match it to the focus entity or one of the others. After you are done, your search continues for the next sign of corruption. 

With every time a new trace appears, they grow more and more extreme until they might result in the creatures themselves making an appearance. Give it your all and you might just be able to fend them off.

Instructions

The main tasks in Oddinary are to find the traces of the enitities, like events or things that change in the room. The Zoom [RT] and Heatmap [LB] mechanic can be used to look into corners or reveal things that are hidden to the naked eye. To fend off the entities traces, the player has to use the Flash [RB] and Shoot [LT + RT] mechanic to cleanse the area or break the item. 

After having turned the traces into proofs, the player then has to figure out whether that trace was left by the focus entity or one of the others by dragging them on the pinboard wall and taking a closer look with [RT]. It helps reading the articles shown at the beginning and being observant about the aestethic patterns in which the traces occur.

Controls

Gamepad (RECOMMENDED)

[Right Stick] - Look Around
[Left Stick] / [D-Pad] - Switch positions
[LT] - Aim, then [RT] to shoot
[LB] - Heatmap
Hold [RB] - Flash
[RT] - Zoom
[X] - Reload Battery 
[A] or [Y] while looking at pinboard - Pinboard View
[Left Stick] and [A] on Pinboard - drag & drop proofs
[RT] on Pinboard - detailed look at proofs
[B] or [Y] - Exit Pinboard

Mouse & Keyboard

[Mouse] - Look Around
[Shift] / [Space] - Switch positions
Hold [RMB] to Aim, then [LMB] to shoot
[E] - Heatmap
Hold [LMB] - Flash
[Mouse Wheel] - Zoom
Hold [R] - Reload Battery
[F] while looking at pinboard -  Toggle Pinboard View on/off
[LMB] - drag & drop proofs on pinboard
[Tab] on Pinboard - Detailed look at proofs
[ENTER] - Evaluate proofs & finish the game

Team

Mahlet Endrias
Charlie Elfers
Alessa Benditte
Lukas Heinen

This prototype was part of our third semester project of the study program Game Design B.A. at DE:HIVE Berlin (2025).

Epilepsy Warning
Oddinary contains flashing lights and visual effects that may trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. Play with caution.