The Dungeon of Dark Patterns

22 april 2026

Sources and bonus timelapse: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/049.html

Transcript:

Panel 1. The adventurer and his fairy are in front of the door of a nightmarish dungeon, it's dark, foggy, and the inside the door we can't see anything except a deep red light.

Dungeon: "Welcome adventurers, to the Dungeon of Dark Patterns!"

Panel 2. In one room of the dungeon, a giant beautiful and inviting door with a red carpet, and on the side, in the shadow a too little door. Writing on big door: Go to the trap, on small door: Go to the treasure. The adventurer crouch and do a little sign to the fairy to follow him to the little door.

Dungeon: "Ha ha, you're good!"

Panel 3. The aventurer is now putting some effort climbing on an old rope in the middle of a room with a beautiful luxuous stairway with a red carpet on the side. A sign tells "GO TO THE TREASURE but pass by the trap" in direction of the beautiful stairs; and "(other options)" in small and in the shadow in direction of the rope.

Dungeon: "Impressive!"

Panel 4. Top down view on the adventurers shrugging in front of the fairy, they reached a dead end. A short path on the right has on the ground the word "Now", and a longer path "Later". Both lead to a giant pool of green acid where bones and skulls are floating.

Dungeon: "So, when do you want to jump to the trap?"