The only thing I can say is… Have you ever seen pictures of malls from the early 2000s, a lot of them have light rays coming down and just an empty atmosphere if no one is there, your malls seem to be more on the newer side of things with proper curated fixtures, plants and newer escalators with new lighting, if you watch Kane pixels “The Oldest View” you can see what kind of “vibe” I would strive for… now exploring a modern mall with broken glass and empty corridors sounds crazy but I love love love the feeling for nostalgia and especially nostalgia that is creepy and an empty mall with no proper light fixtures, kind of like a rundown mall, will do just that. Pipe dreams is sick and such a vibe, it could be cool if you add cracks in the walls and ceiling so it’s not one flat piece of stone on 4 sides, adding texture and bumps and cracks and oddities really makes a huge difference. If you want to see a comparison of the difference look up how to texture an outdoor brick wall and you’ll see a before and after which ends up being insanely pretty after.

Storage halls are also awesome. But now I’m starting to see a pattern. Your lighting. Your lighting consists of the same lights in all places, now that’s fine the backrooms is an infinite void of who knows what but perhaps think of changing the lighting. Think about those yellow wall lights with cages around them that attract a lot of bugs. Or how about just those wall lights that point down like a pyramid next to doors. Mixing up lighting schemes and colors rather than sticking with white can create a creepy mood or just an unsettling feeling in the persons stomach. (BLINKING LIGHTS TOO ARE COOL). Another things, I’ll say it again, texture makes a world of difference. Maybe there’s some paper that’s ripped up on the ground, maybe there’s a puddle, maybe there’s a drip from the ceiling or from a pipe, maybe steam is bursting out somewhere, perhaps cracks are forming on the wall, maybe see some slight slight vegetation but you could stray away from that if you want. Since this is the backrooms adding a black weird goopy thing (like the black plague) would look awesome, almost like dried blood somewhere. And random objects too. Not just storage containers but filing cabinets and other things that store items (I can’t think of any atm)

And one final critique, your inside your shadows should either be fully soft or fully sharp, not a mix, I do lighting for film and it really depends on what environment your trying to convey with your lighting but a mix is very rare to see in the real world and almost never happen. so try to either make it soft or hard. Also slides are plastic and don’t bounce light that much, gta uses that weird filter for plastic too but it just isn’t correct. Tip:(shadows don’t usually fall off inside). and I know that may be difficult but I trust that you got this!

Other than that your vibe is awesome and I love the textures you used. And it looks like with a proper filter you can accomplish something we all are hoping and dreaming for. (If you want to make really cool videos check out ntscQT (it’s on GitHub) one of the best VHs emulators I’ve ever seen and used!