Squeeze Hour

SQUEEZE HOUR

Rush hour. The car is packed wall to wall, and you are a soft, wobbly jelly person.

You can't shove anyone out of the way. You can only slip into the gaps between them.
The train lurches through curves, starts and hard brakes. Every passenger reacts in their own way:
people holding a strap sway and recover, steady commuters brace, and the unsteady stumble into you.
At each station, people squeeze off, new riders squeeze on, and the doors close fast.

Stretch yourself thin, find the space that is opening up, and survive until the doors close at the
third stop. Get pinned too hard for too long, and... pop.

FEATURES
- A soft jelly body that stretches thin to slip through narrow gaps
- A packed commuter car: 72 standing and 20 seated passengers, each one a different person
- Train motion with individual reactions: strap holders hold on, the unsteady stagger
- Quick station stops that reshuffle the crowd every time
- A detailed Japanese commuter-car interior: moquette seats, vinyl floor, hanging straps, stainless poles
- Short runs of a few minutes, with instant retry on the same layout

CONTROLS
WASD - Move
Arrow keys - Look around
Tab (hold) - View the route
Esc - Pause / controls
T - Restart with the same layout
R - Start a new journey
M - Sound on/off
Enter / Space - Select in menus

PLAY IN BROWSER OR DOWNLOAD
- Web: plays right here (desktop Chrome / Edge / Firefox / Safari, keyboard required).
  The first load is about 160 MB and may take a moment.
- macOS: download for the smoothest performance and the most detailed visuals.

MACOS: HOW TO OPEN
The app is not signed by Apple. On first launch, right-click (or Control-click) "Squeeze Hour.app"
and choose "Open", then confirm. If macOS says the app is damaged, run this in Terminal:
xattr -cr "/path/to/Squeeze Hour.app"

This is a prototype. Feedback is very welcome in the comments!