Her drawings escaped. Flash to freeze them, photograph to trap them.

Co-op horror1 to 4 playersPC

Coming soon to Steam

The game

Don't look away. Take the picture.

An artist's sketchbook has spilled open, and her creatures are loose in the dark. You and up to three friends are paper doodles with one tool between you: a camera.

The flash freezes a creature where it stands. A good, close photo traps it back on the page. And the creatures only move when nobody is looking at them.

How a shift goes

Flash. Snap. Run.

  1. Lights low

    Creep through dark rooms with a flashlight and a camera. Something scrapes, far off.

  2. Flash

    Raise the camera and fire the flash. A frozen creature can't move, for a moment.

  3. Snap

    Get close and take the picture. The creature is trapped back in the sketchbook.

  4. Watch each other's backs

    They move when nobody is looking. Take a hit and your doodle gets scribbled on. Run out of ink and you're erased, until a friend carries your page home.

  5. Beat the ink

    Trap the creatures and get back to the sketchbook before the ink dries.

  6. Gallery Night

    Everyone's photos go up, with awards for the best shot and the closest call. Spend your stars on more film, a wider flash or a brighter light.

Drawn by hand

Every creature started on paper.

Every creature in the game was drawn by hand by twikoi. Trap one and her original drawing inks back into your crew's sketchbook. Even your doodles are her drawings.

  • A hand-drawn ink creature: a lumpy head of teeth with one big eye at the bottom
  • A hand-drawn ink creature in a spotted bear hood with three eyes, a beard of long teeth, holding a flower
  • A hand-drawn ink creature: a wiry body hanging from a looping tail, with one eye
  • A hand-drawn ink creature holding up an eyeball, with a spiral-eyed head

Work in progress

Screenshots from the dark

Real captures from the game in development. Rooms, menus and looks will still change.

  • A creature caught in the camera frame with the word FROZEN above it
  • A creature's huge grin filling the screen, right behind the player
  • An erased player's paper doodle, pale and ghostly, waiting for a friend
  • A friend's paper doodle in the dark room, with a new photo pinned in the corner
  • Gallery Night: the best photo of the shift on a sketchbook page, with awards listed below
  • A dim playroom with bunting, toy blocks and a creature in the lamplight
  • The title screen: an open sketchbook on a dark floor with two creatures beside it
  • The book closes: the creatures that got away, shown as drawings on a sketchbook page

Where it stands

Playable in the studio. Not finished.

A whole shift plays today in the studio: the hunt, getting erased and carried home, Gallery Night and the upgrades. Still to come:

  • More places to explore, and more creatures
  • Joining friends anywhere through Steam
  • Voice chat
  • Lots of polish

In development

A TWIKOI game

Meet the creatures in the daylight.

The creatures live at twikoi.com: her art gallery, the full cast, and free little games you can play right in your browser.

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