EX LIBRIS

CAVEAT LECTOR

A library-crawling RPG set in the mythical Abbey of Theleme, EX LIBRIS is an amalgamation drawing from Umberto Eco, Francois Rabelais, Clark Ashton Smith, Marguerite Porete, and countless other sources to create an interconnected hypercathedral brimming with revelation. Uncover rare tomes hidden in the depth of the Abbey and bridge the rift between scholasticism and humanism, the divine and the mundane, the self and God. 

Playable on Windows, Linux, and Mac (using Wine). 

Built using Sword of Moonlight - FromSoft’s RPG creation toolkit from 2000

exlibris-tools: Open-source Sword of Moonlight CLI scripts used to make the game

MEZZANINE

MEZZANINE is a first-person point-and-click adventure that traces the origin of the modern web and takes you into the heart of San Francisco’s Multimedia Gulch on the eve of Y2K. The player assumes the mantle of an HR admin working late into the night at Zentropy, a buzzy up-and-coming multimedia startup. The game is ostensibly an office simulator; you can read emails, send layoff notices, drop off reports, and make coffee. In the process, you may encounter hidden puzzles and uncover sordid details about the company and its operations.

But beyond this ludic veneer, Mezzanine is a reification, a summoning of the fallen world of the Gulch, an era where there was still, apparently, a future. Now, the promises of multimedia and the internet have resulted in widespread alienation, anxiety, dissociation, severe wealth inequality, and colossal levels of psychiatric medication prescriptions. As a forged artifact, whose very form evokes Myst and what was once considered the bleeding edge, Mezzanine explores the lost potential of multimedia and how our current societal psychosis may have always been by design.

MEZZANINE on Steam

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SMALL PRESS TYCOON

SMALL PRESS TYCOON is the original DIY publishing adventure sim. Print chapbooks and zines, hold readings, discover new and exciting authors, sign distribution deals, and even win industry awards!

Live out your literary dreams. Give spell-binding lectures for rapt audiences and sell your wares at book fairs. Discover mysterious manuscripts in the bowels of the library. Navigate the rocky terrain of the literary world and make choices that matter - no two presses are alike.

Featuring all-new music tracks by PC CREATIONS

Read the manual here