My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt
A lonely cloaked being called Mole services instructions from what he believes is the voice of God. As he wanders a desolate, otherwordly underground his faith is tested as he must deliver a baby.
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April 13, 2020
6 years and 112 days ago
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Very Positive241 reviews91.7%
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My Hole is a Mouth of Dirt follows a lonely cloaked being called Mole, living in a vast desolate, otherworldly underground network of tunnels. Mole hears what he believes to be the voice of God and follows his instructions with faith that all he's done has a greater purpose. His faith is tested one day after he is instructed to venture even deeper beneath the Earth to deliver a baby, for no given reason except to believe this is the right thing to do.
Focusing on bringing your mind to a dark place for 50-80 minutes, presenting interesting and strange scenarios to immerse yourself in as you explore a twisted underground with gameplay mechanics tied directly into the story, occasionally dealing with a strange horror that creeps up on. Backed with an atmosphere conjured up to tackle a darker look at trust, faith, love, hate and fatherhood.
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I do as he sayeth, even when I don't like it. For I am but a vessel to God, that's what I was made for.
Focusing on bringing your mind to a dark place for 50-80 minutes, presenting interesting and strange scenarios to immerse yourself in as you explore a twisted underground with gameplay mechanics tied directly into the story, occasionally dealing with a strange horror that creeps up on. Backed with an atmosphere conjured up to tackle a darker look at trust, faith, love, hate and fatherhood.
FEATURES:
- Take your mind to a dark place with a thick atmosphere conjured up by a dreamy original soundtrack and a flow of events and environments laced with darker context and subtext.
- The game is not without fangs however, face a small selection of stranger horrors, bringing forth something a twisted and strange.
- A stand-alone journey that can be experienced by anyone who can stomach the disturbing content, but also ties into something greater for fans of other Yai Gameworks games.
- Connected and stitched together with a surreal narrative brimming with detail about one man's literal descent into his faith and belonging to this world.
I do as he sayeth, even when I don't like it. For I am but a vessel to God, that's what I was made for.
