The Crack (壳中之物）
Crack is a text adventure game that combines a profound emotional experience with elements of mystery and puzzle-solving. In this game, players embark on a journey to revisit the past, explore themselves, and uncover hidden secrets.
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February 28, 2024
2 years and 156 days ago
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Positive19 reviews94.7%
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6 itemsAbout the Game
Are you still contacting your friends from school?
Do you still remember the love from the youth?
And even more, do you still have the dream that keeps your heart beating?
You’ve been trained to have a heart covered by unbreakable shell. In this game, you are going through a journey to crack it, leading to the long forgotten.
Who is murmuring in the dark? Who is screaming for help through the crack?
Happiness and torture, past and current, drop by drop, are all there to be collected, by you.
When it is finally at your fingertip, will you become a warrior, a deserter, or, a murderer?
Humbly offered by SMS Studio, a journey of Crack.
Rigorous Original Plot: A tightly woven narrative intertwining reasoning with flashbacks and dialogues, progressively deepening and leading players to understand the stories of each character from various perspectives while solving puzzles.
Rich Story Choices: Diverse story directions and endings, where each choice can lead to unexpected consequences.
Mystery Puzzle Elements: Combining traditional text-based gameplay with modern mystery elements, offering players an experience that is both familiar and novel.
Exquisite Visual Style: Beautifully designed scenes and character art, immersing players as if they were in the midst of the story, having face-to-face conversations with the characters.
Beautiful Original Music: A rich collection of original background music, enhancing the immersive experience of solving mysteries.
Settings: Use settings to switch to Chinese and English
Do you still remember the love from the youth?
And even more, do you still have the dream that keeps your heart beating?
You’ve been trained to have a heart covered by unbreakable shell. In this game, you are going through a journey to crack it, leading to the long forgotten.
Who is murmuring in the dark? Who is screaming for help through the crack?
Happiness and torture, past and current, drop by drop, are all there to be collected, by you.
When it is finally at your fingertip, will you become a warrior, a deserter, or, a murderer?
Humbly offered by SMS Studio, a journey of Crack.
Key Features
Rigorous Original Plot: A tightly woven narrative intertwining reasoning with flashbacks and dialogues, progressively deepening and leading players to understand the stories of each character from various perspectives while solving puzzles.
Rich Story Choices: Diverse story directions and endings, where each choice can lead to unexpected consequences.
Mystery Puzzle Elements: Combining traditional text-based gameplay with modern mystery elements, offering players an experience that is both familiar and novel.
Exquisite Visual Style: Beautifully designed scenes and character art, immersing players as if they were in the midst of the story, having face-to-face conversations with the characters.
Beautiful Original Music: A rich collection of original background music, enhancing the immersive experience of solving mysteries.
Settings: Use settings to switch to Chinese and English
