THE HOLLOW BELOW

An audio horror adventure

FIVE-CHAPTER ADVENTURE

Something below
knows your voice.

Your sister is missing. The church is sealed.
Tonight, she called from underneath it.

Adult horror · Strong language · No timed choices

Designed for blind and visually impaired players.

Touch anywhere on the home screen to hear the full welcome on your next visit, once on this device. That first touch selects nothing. Listen for “Choose now,” then tap anywhere to begin or continue. Later visits use the shorter start options. Saved story progress stays intact.

During the adventure, use the large choice pad. Tap once for choice one, twice for choice two, and so on. Listen to your selected choice, then tap once to confirm or twice to choose again. Each accepted tap makes a soft tone.

Two-finger gestures are on by default. Tap with two fingers together once to pause or resume, twice to rewind fifteen seconds, three times to replay the scene, or four times to request restart. On the choice screen, hold two fingers still for one second to repeat choices. Restart asks a spoken question: tap once for yes or twice for no.

Playback buttons stay in familiar places: rewind at the top left, replay scene at the top right, pause or resume at the bottom left, and restart at the bottom right. Repeat choices appears below the choice pad.

Turn gestures off, or find screen-reader guidance and mouse and keyboard instructions, in Instructions and controls. Existing buttons remain available.

Your journey saves on this device. Headphones are optional.

Instructions and controls

Mobile: where the buttons are

Mobile instructions. After you begin the adventure, four buttons stay in the corners of the game area. At the top left is Rewind fifteen seconds. At the top right is Replay current scene. At the bottom left is Pause speech. When paused, that same button becomes Resume speech. At the bottom right is Restart game. Restart asks for confirmation before clearing this journey and returning to the main screen, where you can select Begin the descent. These corners refer to the game area above your phone browser controls, not the phone’s own buttons.

Mobile: choosing by touch

When the narrator finishes reading the choices, a large touch pad appears in the center. Tap once for choice one, twice for choice two, three times for choice three, or four times for choice four. Each accepted tap makes a short tone. Pause briefly after your taps. Listen to the selected choice and confirmation instructions. Tap once to confirm, or twice to choose again. The narrator will ask you to re-enter your choice. Repeat choices is directly below the large touch pad and appears only on choice screens. The screen stops scrolling while this panel is open. Take your time. There is no countdown for decisions.

Mobile: recovery and ending menus

If your character dies, listen to the explanation before choosing recovery. Checkpoint, title, and replay options are read aloud. Follow the spoken selection and confirmation prompts. At each chapter end, the chapter is announced complete, followed by your condition, supplies, discoveries, and next goal. The full journey summary is read only when you choose it at the end of the adventure. Rewind and replay change what you hear; they do not undo choices or change your progress.

VoiceOver and TalkBack

With VoiceOver or TalkBack, navigate to the numbered choice buttons and use your usual screen reader activation gesture. Follow the spoken selection and confirmation prompts. The screen reader double tap activates a control; it is not the game two tap cancel gesture. Buttons have spoken labels. Turn automatic story narration off if you prefer your screen reader to read the transcript without overlapping voices.

Laptop: mouse and keyboard

Laptop instructions. Mouse clicks on the large choice pad work like mobile taps. You can also use keys one through four to select a choice. Wait for the readback, then press Enter to confirm or Escape to choose again. Repeating a number does not confirm. Number-pad keys work with Num Lock turned on. Keyboard recovery and ending selections also wait for Enter. Tab moves between buttons and options. Enter or Space activates a focused playback or settings button in the usual way.

Optional two-finger gestures

On by default. Uncheck this option to turn gestures off. Your setting is remembered on this device. During the adventure, tap with two fingers together once to pause or resume, twice to rewind fifteen seconds, three times to replay the scene, or four times to request restart. Restart still requires confirmation. Leave a brief pause after your last tap; only the final gesture runs. Each accepted two-finger tap makes a soft tone. On the choice screen, hold two fingers still for one second to repeat choices; a tone confirms the hold. Lift both fingers before repeating. Buttons remain available. VoiceOver and TalkBack may use these gestures themselves, so leave this option off if they interfere. The saved spoken instructions describe the existing buttons; these new gesture instructions are available to your screen reader.

Game options

Using a screen reader? Turn this off to avoid overlapping speech. All story text and controls remain available.

Choices are read aloud before the touch pad opens. Tap one to four times for the matching choice. Listen, then tap once to confirm or twice to choose again. Repeat choices reads the options again.

No microphone is used. Progress saves on this device. Screen wake support may be refused in low power mode. Saved speech replays without new generation.

Begin again?

Clear this journey and return to the main screen? Select Begin the descent there when you are ready.

Choose by touch