Tornuktu

About

Tornuktu is a bite sized indie horror game set during a sleepless Arctic night. You spend the hours reading a mysterious book in your living room as the environment warps around you. The tension builds slowly through flickering lights eerie sounds and a creeping sense of isolation. The story unfolds in real time with your actions triggering shifts in reality. The game clocks in under two hours with a single fixed ending that lingers after you close the book. What sticks is the claustrophobic atmosphere and how it uses the quiet dread of a long winter night. Players on forums note the clever use of limited space to create unease with some comparing it to old school text adventure horror but more visual. The developer’s two week creation sprint adds charm to the finished product. Short but sharp for those who like their horror lean and frostbitten.

Storyline

Late one polar night you find yourself unable to sleep. You decide to move to the living room and start reading an old book your mom bought you at the bookstore. As the night goes on strange things start to happen...