Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
ArachNOT is a single-player puzzle game where the player is tested by solving each level with a wide range of creativity to reach the top of the den. The game features a pixelated art style theme that makes our spider look adorable rather than viewing it as a fearful creature.
ArachNOT follows a spider with its defective web ability, where it cannot climb walls or use its own web to climb upwards. Instead, its web acts like a trampoline or a grappler depending on its use. This disability gets mocked at by other spiders at the den, which in turn, the spider decided enough was enough. This journey to the very top of the spider’s den is its one goal; despite the constant mocking from the others, the spider’s difference is what motivated it to climb up… or bounce up.
Across over 18 levels, the spider must maneuver through obstacles and avoid environmental hazards. Using the controller, the spider can shoot web nodes at sticky walls, creating a trampoline for the spider to bounce on. The spider can also create a web node against crates; the web pulls the crates closer to the wall or another crate. Obtaining the end crystals to reach the top of the spider’s den is the key goal of this game, leaving a message that despite anyone’s difference, anything is possible.
This game was created in Fall 2025 as part of SMU Guildhall's Team Game Production curriculum.
ArachNOT is a single-player puzzle game where the player is tested by solving each level with a wide range of creativity to reach the top of the den. The game features a pixelated art style theme that makes our spider look adorable rather than viewing it as a fearful creature.
ArachNOT follows a spider with its defective web ability, where it cannot climb walls or use its own web to climb upwards. Instead, its web acts like a trampoline or a grappler depending on its use. This disability gets mocked at by other spiders at the den, which in turn, the spider decided enough was enough. This journey to the very top of the spider’s den is its one goal; despite the constant mocking from the others, the spider’s difference is what motivated it to climb up… or bounce up.
Across over 18 levels, the spider must maneuver through obstacles and avoid environmental hazards. Using the controller, the spider can shoot web nodes at sticky walls, creating a trampoline for the spider to bounce on. The spider can also create a web node against crates; the web pulls the crates closer to the wall or another crate. Obtaining the end crystals to reach the top of the spider’s den is the key goal of this game, leaving a message that despite anyone’s difference, anything is possible.
This game was created in Fall 2025 as part of SMU Guildhall's Team Game Production curriculum.
