NO TERMINUS

It is 03:12 at Halloway. The last train goes to Hollowmere. Hollowmere is not there any more.

Walk the night train car by car. Every normal car is exactly the same, and the printed ticket in your pocket describes it. If anything is different, go back. If nothing is, go forward. Eight correct cars in a row bring you to the terminus. One wrong choice, and you are on the platform at Halloway again, and it is still 03:12.

When two low chimes sound and the lights turn red, the Inspector is walking the train. Sit down in a green seat before he reaches you. Never sit in a red one.

FEATURES

- A printed ticket and rulebook you have to read to survive. The train does not wait while you read it.

- 19 anomalies, from a fourth passenger to footsteps that are not yours

- The Inspector: listen for his footsteps, find a seat, and stay seated

- Procedural train rumble, rail clacks, station chimes and a drone score, all synthesized in the browser

- Headphones recommended

CONTROLS

WASD / Arrows: walk · Shift: hurry · E: sit / use · R: read your ticket · P: pause · M: mute

Walk off the left end of a car to go back, and off the right end to go forward.

CONTENT WARNING

Flashing red light, jump scares, a mild blood smear. No explicit content.

Made for Horror Hatch 21-Day Challenge #3 (theme: "Liminal Transit"), including the special task: a diegetic printed rulebook and ticket, and hiding from the Inspector.

CREDITS

Made by Clovrr Studios

Art: Modern Exteriors by LimeZu (https://limezu.itch.io/modernexteriors)

Fonts: Special Elite (Astigmatic), VT323 (Peter Hull), Caveat (Impallari Type), Google Fonts, OFL