The Waiting Room is a small Reflect Studios side-project set in the Welcome to the Game universe, chronologically taking place between Welcome to the Game and Welcome to the Game II.
The game is apart of contest - first YouTuber to beat it wins.
Story and Gameplay
The player awakes in a grimy underground dungeon. Unlike Welcome to the Game, the player has full traditional first-person control over their character to explore the dungeon with, which is comprised of three central locations: the cell, the storage room, and the hallway wrapping around said two rooms. The rooms are connected by an air-duct, and the hallway can be viewed by three holes in the wall. The player must break out of the cell and use the computer found in the storage room to access the Deep Web, as well as a collection of note documents that serve as the tutorial. The Deep Web content is all recycled from the first WTTG. The notes explain that they're a kidnapped victim of The Waiting Room, where people are locked up and tortured for entertainment, and can escape through a password-protected gatekeeper that was slipped into the computer by the player's predecessor, Adam.
They have to explore the Deep Web to not only find the 6 hashes, but decrypt them to piece together the password. In the meanwhile, the player must also be weary of the Executioner, and maintain the illusion that they're still unconscious and docile in their cell by retreating back into their bed and playing possum whenever he checks on them. If the player fails at convincing him, Game Over. They must moderate how much noise they're generating as to not alert the Executioner and keep an eye on the holes in the walls and background sound cues that gives them a better feel for the environment so they're not caught off guard.
Development
The Waiting Room was singlehandedly developed by Adam Flatau over the span of October 2017 as a prelude to the upcoming Welcome to the Game II, and the star of a community contest. He notified a large handful of YouTubers and publicly released the game on Gamejolt for free on the 26th. The next day, TWR was released on Steam has free DLC for Welcome to the Game. As of now, no YouTuber has won the contest.