Unbecoming is sonically-textured interactive horror fiction exploring cycles of trauma and unspeakable forces of nature in a mythic rural American landscape.

CW: intense sound effects; depictions of corpses (human and non-human), injury/mutilation, visceral/bodily processes.

This game contains no sexual assault, torture, stalking, or predatory violence.

Plays best full-screen in a dark room with headphones.

Made in Twine using Howler.js for audio.
Unedited audio mostly from freesound.org. Full credits in-game.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Author-hexcavator-
GenreInteractive Fiction, Adventure
Made withTwine
TagsAtmospheric, Horror, Narrative, Sci-fi, Short, Story Rich, supernatural, Text based, Twine

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this is CREEPY and so fun. anyone playing this and seeing this, the lore reminds me of the book Revelator by Daryl Gregory. not my book or anything, just a fan of scary basement and barn eldritch horror haha

aw hey thank you! i don’t know Revelator but now i’m absolutely gonna check it out!

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So atmospheric and creepy, and the sparse writing enhances the experience!

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Quality gothic writing!

thanks, did my best!

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So cool and epic game, love it

thanks so much for playing!

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holy cow.

i don't know how to describe this game, but i love it! it's so detailed, the writing's great--i haven't felt this invested in a game in a long, long time!

this is one of those games where you don't really know what's going on so you're groping in the dark for meaning, but that's alright because you know the game's good regardless. 

one question, though: is it safe to say the protagonist is alright now? 

thanks so much for the kind words! as to your question...i think it's open to interpretation!