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Ecdysis

by Peter Nepstad profile

Part of Commonplace Book Project
Horror, Lovecraftian
2007

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About the Story

You wake, a pounding headache loud in your inner ear, the back of your head itching and tingling, your mouth full of cotton. The pain drives away your dreams, weird visions of alien landscapes...

Ecdysis is based on an entry in H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book.


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SPAG
You play an average husband who wakes up in the middle of the night in a cloud of weird visions and physical pain. As the short, linear narrative plays out you will be gradually transformed into something Other. It's genuinely creepy to guide your character's figurative and literal descent, although one might wish for a bit more interactivity to go with the solid writing.
-- Jimmy Maher
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Jay Is Games
"Ecdysis" toys with the player's perceptions in ways that only a text-based game can [...]
-- Emily Short
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  v.9: 05-Feb-2024 01:35 - JTN (Current Version) - Edit Page - Normal View
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v.5: 13-Nov-2007 23:57 - Peter Nepstad
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v.2: 12-Nov-2007 15:43 - Peter Nepstad
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v.1: 12-Nov-2007 15:42 - Peter Nepstad
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