About This Demo

“I wasn't worried about going home, it was the safest and warmest place for me in that bathroom.

My home wasn't the Professor's laboratory.

It was the tiny vial of morphine.”

Walk with Tristan through his experience as an addiction survivor. He will confront the world outside with all its noise and chaos. It will inevitably swallow him whole, reshape him, and spit him out. You’ll soon come to realize that his addiction was never a problem; it was a solution. 

When he’s pulled out of his fifteen-year long isolation, Tristan is desperate to go back. He gets into a simple deal with an ex-sergeant: play an obedient hostage for three days and you will be taken home by the end of it. Three days may be a short time, but every minute counts when you’re trying to outpace what chases you.

It has to get worse before it gets better.

Features

• A heavy narrative wrapped in a vibrant setting. Meet a colorful cast of characters and watch as each one turns grey.

• A creative word puzzle. When the shadows approach, decipher their message by transforming the initial words through four operations: Rearrange, Invert, Combine, and Break.

• Don’t be fooled; your choices do not matter. Life is deterministic. Keep moving.

• Hand-drawn character art and 3D-rendered backgrounds. Characters are illustrated in a semi-realistic anime style. Major scenes include full CGs.

• Fully original music. Background music is tailored to each scene to capture delicate and intense emotions alike.

• A free, full-featured demo out NOW. Play the opening hours of Tristan's story. Includes Chapter 1.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Explicit depictions of drug use (including hypodermic needles); depictions of hallucinations and dissociation; insinuated consumption of alcohol or tobacco; mild profanity; realistic blood and injuries; references to self-harm and suicide.
The game depicts but does not promote substance abuse.