Misgiven
Symmetry Break Studio
Misgiven is an emotional sci-fi adventure about the lump in your throat. Stranded in a city veiled in toxic fog, take on a stranger's mask to survive. Find allies as a harbinger of doom. Wrestle with your thoughts via a tangible dialogue system. Struggle to keep up the façade - or dare to drop it.
AN INTROVERT'S EXPERIENCE IN AN EXTROVERTS' WORLD
Misgiven is an emotional 2D sci-fi adventure game about the lump in your throat and how difficult it can be to open up to others.
As Cassandra, a space adventurer stranded in a city of masks and unbreathable fog, you come across the mask of an explorer, whose role you'll have to play to stay alive and deliver a warning no one wants to hear. But how well can you pretend to be someone else, and how far will you go?
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD THROUGH THE MASK OF A STRANGER
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Wear Kasturi's mask and pretend you're her to survive.
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Investigate her past, discover her social circle and find out what happened to her.
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Take on her role in order to save the city, or let the mask slip.
WRESTLE WITH YOUR WORDS AND MAKE MEANINGFUL CHOICES
As a lonely space explorer in an identity crisis, your social anxiety makes it difficult to open up to others.
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Dialogue options - your thoughts - have different emotional weights.
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Your openness to another person can change over time, and new topics can become available.
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Play it safe and stick to small-talk, or try to squeeze in difficult topics for a chance to connect deeply, and risk being misunderstood.
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Pick a side in a socio-political maelstrom facing environmental disaster: the hyper-individualistic Mar anarchists, the techno-collectivist Listeners who keep no secrets, or your corporate bosses pressuring you to finish your job.
EXPLORE A CITY SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
You are stranded in the city of Koriol - a sprawling metropolis built on the rim of a giant crater, veiled in toxic fog.
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Get lost in hazy, neon-lit streets.
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Exchange your mask's air filter to survive in the fog.
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Visit rundown night clubs and floating temples.
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Try to make this place your home.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH HOLOGRAPHIC EMOTES
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Acquire an entire holographic emote inventory.
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Convey a certain tone and change the course of the conversation.
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Show off your connections and get access to people and places.
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And flip off anyone who's earned it.
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