Forsaken Denizen

THIS GAME CONTAINS SCENES OF IMPLICIT VIOLENCE AND GORE.

An office worker on a forlorn moon finds her city has been overtaken by cyborg parasites in this text adventure drawing inspiration from classic survival horror. 

🔫 Type commands at the ">" and press enter.

🔎 The command "help" tries to explain how to play.

🧭 Draw your own map as you play - or download the pre-made one.

👑 If you get stuck, use the command "hint" or talk to the princess.

(Cover art by nsjndd1.)

(🥉 Placed 3rd out of 67 entries in IFComp 2024)

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You can download a .zblorb version below to play offline using a z-machine interpreter like Gargoyle (Windows/Unix) or Spatterlight (Mac). There's also a walkthrough, a map, and some in-universe extras.

(Map background and extra images public domain or used under the Unsplash license.)