Main Trailer with Wes Johnson
HORROR VR - Horror in the Library WES JOHNSON's Mad Professor Preview Trailer
The lead trailer for the VR project, focused on the Mad Professor, voice performance and the horror escape atmosphere.
VR Game
Horror in the Library VR Game
A first-person horror escape adventure for Meta Quest. Step inside the Mad Professor’s mansion, solve tactile puzzles with your own hands and uncover the mystery at the heart of the Library.
Meta Quest Alpha
Wes Johnson
Hands-on puzzles
Portals & traps
Monsters
Why we launched the VR game
From Immersive Client Work to Original Horror
Blue Donut Studios has spent years developing immersive experiences for organisations and brands through the Imersar side of the business. That experience includes bespoke immersive applications for desktop, mobile and VR, plus virtual event spaces, API-driven exhibits and reusable Unity-based tools.
With Horror in the Library already proven as a tabletop world, it felt right to apply that immersive experience to an original game project. Development on the VR escape-room adventure began in January 2024 as a way to let players step directly into the strange world of the Mad Professor.
Imersar immersive experience background
Bespoke VR development
Unity-based toolset
Original game IP expansion
Main trailer
Watch the Wes Johnson Trailer
Put the Mad Professor front and centre. This trailer introduces the VR horror escape experience with Wes Johnson’s voice performance as the hook.
YouTube video gallery
Trailers and Development Videos
Watch the current YouTube videos without leaving the page. The main trailer opens in a large modal player, with supporting trailer and development videos below.
Trailer
Horror in the Library - VR Demo at the UK Games Expo
A public-facing demo video showing the VR project in action around the UK Games Expo showcase context.
Development video
Horror in the Library VR Alpha 1
Early alpha development footage showing the project as a working VR build rather than just a concept.
Development video
Horror in the Library VR Game: Development Demo Game
A development demo showing how the VR gameplay, movement, interaction and room exploration are coming together.
Development video
Horror in the Library VR game - Lightball Test
A focused development test showing the lightball mechanic and how interactive effects can shape the feel of the VR mansion.
Behind the scenes
Development Work in Motion
These animated development clips show the practical work behind the VR build: interaction tests, puzzle logic, atmosphere passes, planning shots and performance hooks. Click any image to open it larger.
Voice and character hook
Behind the scenes material around the Mad Professor and the Wes Johnson feature.
Puzzle logic tests
Testing how players interact with objects, mechanisms and puzzle chains.
Portals and transitions
Giving the Library a strange dimensional quality that feels native to VR.
Game preview work
Early playable moments used to communicate the feel of the VR build.
Looking and searching
Environmental tests for inspecting rooms, clues and atmosphere.
Planning and layout
Prototype planning shots for shaping rooms, flow and player movement.
Monster moments
Testing how threats appear and interrupt the calm of exploration.
Hands-on interaction
VR interaction tests that show players manipulating the world directly.
Game features
Explore, Solve, Survive, Uncover
Players explore the mansion of the Mad Professor, inspect books and bookcases, solve puzzles, deal with traps and monsters, and slowly uncover what happened to Lady Hermione Elderoy and her husband.
Hands-on puzzle solving
Interact with the world directly in VR, handling clues and puzzle objects in first person.
Puzzles and mechanisms
Work through strange devices, timing puzzles and mechanical challenges hidden throughout the mansion.
Portals and impossible spaces
The Library is inter-dimensional. Rooms can feel unstable, magical and dangerous in ways only VR can sell properly.
Monsters in the mansion
Exploration is never entirely safe. Monstrous threats can break the calm and turn curiosity into panic.
Search the mansion
Inspect rooms, look around carefully and hunt for information hidden in the environment.
Story and character mystery
Uncover the mystery of Lady Hermione Elderoy and her husband through newspaper articles, letters and phonograph recordings.
Free VR demo
Play the Free Meta Quest Demo
The current demo build is available by invite for Meta Quest headsets. It is a great way to experience the world early and help shape the project through feedback.
META QUEST
Quest 2
Quest 3
Quest 3S
Quest Pro
A Meta / Facebook / Meta Quest account is required to access the demo through the Meta testing programme.
Free demo access request
Invite-only build
Community feedback welcome
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Kickstarter
The campaign is waiting for the right level of support.
The Kickstarter campaign page is in place and ready for the next stage when enough players, backers and followers are in position to give it the best possible start.
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For publishers, partners, investors and press.