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Read of Mask

A first-person psychological puzzle game set in Eastern Europe, 1999. Explore a surreal black-and-white world, decipher an invented alphabet using a reality-altering mask, and unlock the story letter by letter.

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About the Game

Eastern Europe, 1999. Inside the fractured psyche of a teenager, a quiet war is being waged for control of his future. The world he inhabits is a fading, black-and-white landscape that barely holds its own weight, torn apart by two conflicting inner voices.

The Director: Cold, precise, and unyielding, this voice demands perfect posture, suppressed emotions, and absolute efficiency. She is a driving force to become something clean, predictable, and functional.
The TV-Headed: A surreal entity that flickers in the corners of dusty mirrors and the white noise of an old monitor, mocking the Director's rules with ironic laughter.


You are stepping directly into the ruins of this psychological crossfire, guided only by a battered notebook the boy left behind.

The Mask and the Cypher 
The environment around you is covered in strange, painted symbols and carvings that look like meaningless noise to the naked eye. However, by equipping a specialized mask, the world shifts into focus, revealing an invented alphabet hidden in plain sight. To progress deeper into the boy's forgotten trauma, you must locate hidden letter cubes scattered across the shifting environments, decode the cipher, and piece together the words that unlock the doors blocking your path.

"Maybe you can go where I no longer can." - From the final page of the notebook.

Reconstructing the Past

Every room you clear grants you another letter of the boy's custom alphabet, gradually unlocking the encrypted entries of his diary. Through these pages, you glimpse his isolating reality - the endless days spent in an empty apartment with nothing but a rattling refrigerator and the growing certainty that his mother is never coming home. As the boundaries between the Director's order and the TV-Headed's chaos begin to blur, you are left to discover whether you are merely uncovering the boy's tragic memories, or actively writing the final chapter of his story.