Misgiven is a 2D sci-fi adventure about the lump in your throat and how difficult it can be to say certain things. Stranded in a city of masks and toxic fog, find people you can trust and, via a tangible dialog system, experience how scary and awkward, but also how fulfilling, communication can be.
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
- Wear Kasturi's mask and pretend you're her to survive.
- Investigate her past, discover her social circle and find out what happened to her.
- 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.
- Dialogue options - your thoughts - have different emotional weights.
- Your openness to another person can change over time, and new topics can become available.
- 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.
- 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.
- Get lost in hazy, neon-lit streets.
- Exchange your mask's air filter to survive in the fog.
- Visit rundown night clubs and floating temples.
- Try to make this place your home.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH HOLOGRAPHIC EMOTES
- Acquire an entire holographic emote inventory.
- Convey a certain tone and change the course of the conversation.
- Show off your connections and get access to people and places.
- And flip off anyone who's earned it.
