Designer mocks up 'Stranger Things' as a point-and-click video game

Blast from the past.
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Alicia Tan
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Unless you've been living under a very large rock, you can't not have heard of the Netflix hit series, Stranger Things.

Since the '80s-homage show debuted on Netflix in mid-July, its fanbase has grown far and wide to include the likes of Australian game developer, Jacob Janerka.

Janerka, who recently came under our radar for his Seinfeld game mockups, once again took time out from working on a sci-fi point-and-click adventure game called "Paradigm," to bless us with mockups from Stranger Things.


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In his mockups, Janerka illustrates Stranger Things characters Joyce Byers and Sheriff Hopper in a room that's also known as "The Upside Down." Later frames also reveal the show's monster, a demogorgon, when the lights in the room go dark.

Although Janerka has no plans to turn this into a full game, we can't think of a better way to pay tribute to the '80s-drenched show than a retro-style adventure video game.

For now, fans of Stranger Things will just have to make do with this nostalgic music playlist until Season 2 drops or hope that its producers decide to make Janerka's video game a reality.

[H/T: CNet]

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Alicia Tan

Alicia Tan was an Asia Deputy Editor at Mashable. She has over 11 years of experience in journalism, magazine production and content publishing; specialising in women's lifestyle, fashion and beauty. When she's not writing, she's obsessing over Totoro, Ryan Gosling and online shopping.

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