DESOLUS
Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game. Solve Escher-like puzzles through the use of black holes. Travel through time to make structures whole and save the city from ruin.
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Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.
An enigmatic cataclysm has fractured reality, opening portals which lead to other times.
Explore the past and future versions of an expansive city.
Manipulate Black Holes to Travel Through Time
Solve Escher-like puzzles through the use of black holes, traveling back and forth through time to make the city’s architecture whole again. Challenge your spatial thinking skills while navigating distorted realities as time becomes increasingly more unstable.
Use Technology from a Lost Era
Activate holograms to move massive portals between floors of crumbled cathedrals,
allowing you to traverse structures which only partially exist at one time.
Save the City from Ruin
Partner with the city's mysterious guardian to prevent a cataclysm threatening to merge past and future.
Unravel a haunting narrative to save the City of Desolus from complete annihilation.
Desolus has been selected for several festivals, including
an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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