RKS Lab

Experiments, released.

RKS Lab is where the studio releases small, complete experiments: short games built around a single idea and put straight into players’ hands.

The Water Is Listening, in-game: the sonar display of HALDEN-4 tracing the straight metal edges of Listening Post 9
In-game capture · v1.0.1
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The Water Is Listening

A short deep-sea horror about sound, silence and what hears them.

You pilot HALDEN-4, a deep survey unit, through an abandoned listening station in total darkness. Every sonar ping shows you the world — and tells something where you are.

Genre
Psychological horror
Length
8–15 minutes
Platform
Desktop web browser
Controls
Keyboard · headphones recommended
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Needs a desktop browser and a keyboard.

Skip the HALDEN-4 scene

Inside the experiment

HALDEN-4, taken apart.

The deep survey unit you pilot in The Water Is Listening. Scroll to open it: every part is something you use in the game.

  1. Pressure housingHALDEN-4, deep survey unit. Your only body down there.
  2. Phosphor displayActive sonar: 720 rays per ping draw the station for a moment.
  3. ControlsW A S D thrust · Shift silent running · Space ping.
  4. Survey coreCharts what the sonar has seen. It may not reflect the current state.
  5. Tether harnessYour line back to the surface. It is not always reliable.
  6. Hydrophone arrayStay still and it listens: bearings without giving you away.

Put back together. Now it is your turn to dive.

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