About This Game

Pulse and Pretense: A Village of Veiled Truths

You are an apprentice of a traditional Chinese medicine herbalist in South Village. Every day, villagers and outsiders pass in front of you. Your task is deceptively simple: diagnose and take the pulses of villagers, and check the road guide documents of outsiders.

This is a suspense game that combines traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis with Chinese horror. Through hand-drawn line drawing and meticulous brushwork, you will immerse yourself in a mysterious and enigmatic village. Examine the pulse, ask about the symptoms and verify the identity to expose the hidden "false people" from the diagnostic details. As plague spreads, even reality begins to rot...

Game Features:

The hand-drawn style is paired with a text that is terrifying to think about, and the writing style is inspired by Lu Xun and Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

By observing the pulse, symptoms and conversations, you can determine whether the villagers are normal or have been replaced by "something".

From daily pulse diagnosis to joint fight against the epidemic, the secrets behind the village have gradually come to light...

Can you hold the last line of defense of the village?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative AI tools were used during development to assist developers to create and debug game scripts, and support charactor dialogues and game description writing. All AI-generated content has been reviewed, edited, and curated by our team to ensure originality and compliance. No AI-generated content is produced in real-time during gameplay.