Who Created The Cursed Library and Why?

The Cursed Library (cursed.epic.net) was created by three named collaborators and is presented as an EPIC Agency Experiment. According to the site's own credits, Karim Maaloul (@yakudoo) handled concept, illustration, and code; Stevie J Jones (@1x1_music) handled music, poems, narration, and code; and Jules Maxwell (@julesmaxmusic) handled music and voices. The stated purpose is experiential rather than informational: visitors put their sound on, click to start, and search the library for six portals leading to dark, disturbing hidden worlds.

The credited team and what each person did

The site lists credits directly on its landing page, which makes the division of labor unusually clear for a small interactive project.

A few things follow from this breakdown:

• The visual world and the interaction come from the same person. Maaloul is credited with both illustration and code, so the look of the library and the mechanics of turning around and entering portals were likely designed together rather than handed off between separate teams.
• Writing and sound are intertwined. Jones is credited with poems, narration, and code, which suggests the text and audio are part of the same authored layer rather than added afterward.
• Two people contributed music and voices. Jones and Maxwell both appear under music, and both under voice-related roles, so the audio identity of the piece is shared.

Why it was made: an agency experiment

The site describes itself as "An EPIC Agency Experiment." That label is the clearest statement of purpose available on the page, and it frames the project as a trial of a format rather than a commercial product or a reference resource.

The practical implication for a visitor is that the experience is short-form and exploratory. The page's own instructions point to this: put your sound on, click anywhere to start, and find the six portals that lead to the dark worlds hidden in the library. The named worlds visible in the interface — Library, Ogre, Hidden, Wolf, Little Red, Night, Bluebeard, Kafka — read as a set of literary and folkloric references rather than a single narrative.

If you are trying to decide whether to open it, the credits answer the "who" question directly, and the "EPIC Agency Experiment" label tells you what kind of thing to expect: a designed, sound-led web experience, not a database or a guide.

What this means if you are citing or sharing it

• Attribute all three contributors, not just one. The concept and code credit often gets cited alone, but the poems, narration, and voices are separately credited and are central to the experience.
• Describe it as an experiment. The site's own framing is the safest description; avoid presenting it as a finished commercial product.
• Point people to the on-page credits. They are visible on the landing screen, so anyone can verify the roles without leaving the site.

For the related questions of what the library is and how to move through it, the credits above are the starting point: the same team built both the atmosphere and the controls, which is why the navigation instructions and the visual style feel like one piece.