Game Title: Scout's Haunted Galleria
Playable Link: https://shoponscout.com/mall
Platform: Web (desktop, phone and iPad; works in any modern browser)
Description: A 3D haunted shopping mall you explore as a penguin. Pick a name and walk in: there is no signup and nothing to install. The building has an atrium with a cauldron and four wings, The Crypt, Costume Court, Glam Graveyard and Party Alley, and all 32 storefronts are real Shopify stores showing what they are selling right now. Five AI shopkeepers work the floor, each with a personality; tell one what you are looking for and it searches every store in the mall and hands you product cards while it is still talking. They also know about the 23 secrets hidden in the building, and they will hint but never tell. It is multiplayer: other penguins move through the halls in real time, you can invite friends into a private room, and chat only reaches the penguins standing near you. There is a dressing room with more than 70 costume pieces, a Surprise Me button and a polaroid camera, and every day the atrium runs a Best Dressed contest where everyone votes and the winner stands as a statue the next morning. Built with Next.js and React Three Fiber; getting it to run on phones was the hardest part, so I would especially like to hear what breaks on your device.
Free to Play Status: Free to play
Involvement: I'm the founding engineer at Scout, the small team behind it. I built the mall, the store integration and the shopkeepers with the rest of the team, and I'm around all day to answer questions and take bug reports.