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Shadows in Sanluca

A Supernatural mystery in the beating heart of a Latin American city. Scour the past memories of an abandoned house, build out a web of connections between its inhabitants, and learn of the sinister truth that led to their downfall.

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Nicolás Cid Delgado
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Nicolás Cid Delgado
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About the Game

A SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY

In the heart of a bustling Latin-American city, between the sounds of droning sirens and booming church bells, a family quietly mourns the death of someone they once cherished.

Attune your ears carefully to the echoes of the past, listen in on the memories of a forgotten home and disentangle the tragic and sinister story of the family who once lived there.

Identify characters by name, connect them to a growing web of connections, and even find out secret identities in this Return of the Obra Dinn and Roottrees are Dead inspired story.

REAL DETECTIVE GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST

Build out your web of connections, one clue at a time.

  • Navigate a house via time and space, and scour it for clues and hidden information

  • Track down secret relationships, family lineages and causes of death in your journal. Discover secret identities.

  • So much history has been hidden from you. Use deductive reasoning to determine what really happened.

A MAGICAL REALIST EXPERIENCE

  • A story deeply rooted in Latin American tradition and folklore.

  • Shines a light on real world histories of rebellion and resistance against colonial oppression.

  • Uses gameplay to demonstrate the often nuanced and fraught relationships between official history, journalism, oral traditions and real events.

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