Mud and Flame
You receive a marketing email from a DNA testing company who offer you the chance to take their DNA test, and then dial up the genes from whichever part of the world you identify with most – after which, you get to experience your chosen ancestral story. What could go wrong?
Will you take the test? Which anceStory™ will you choose? Will it define you?
Inspired by David Rudkin's TV play Penda's Fen, Mud and Flame is a dark and atmospheric branching narrative game made in Twine. It is intended as a subversive and thought-provoking meditation on identity
If you're interested in the process and theory behind Mud and Flame, you can read its postmortem here.
Status | In development |
Category | Other |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | raCompteur |
Genre | Action, Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Abstract, Alternate History, Atmospheric, Dark Fantasy, identity, mythology, Text based, Twine |
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Nice work! Really enjoyed the sound design and how the writing was paced in my play-through.