The dark beckons you forward... will you respond?

Nightmare Artifacts is a lovecraftian isometric puzzle horror adventure that tells the story of an unnamed mayor from a future civilisation, after a tragic mistake caused him to fall from grace.

At the heart of the game is a dimensional shift mechanic: upon coming in contact with a creature from beyond, the mayor gains the power to phase between dimensions, unlocking new paths in an ancient set of catacombs.

Nightmare Artifacts hints at the theme of guilt and hubris. What will happen if the Mayor succumbs to this tempting dark power?

Controls

KeyAction
WASDMovement
ShiftDimensional Shift
EInteract
Space / EnterSkip dialogue

The Creators

Nightmare Artifacts was created by a small team of 4 passionate and talented devs in a week, as part of the Scream Jam 2024.

Anthony L. Wolf - Game Design, Story, Programming Lead
Evin Oxley - Programming Co-Lead, Puzzle Design
nina nomori - Art, Characters, Tilesets
Matthew Estrada - Composer, SFX

Download

Download
Nightmare Artifacts_v1.1.zip 68 MB

Comments

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The shift dimensional and assets are super cool !!! I kept going insane before i figured out where i should go T.T

FRIEND! Thank you so much for playing the game T_T yes, we should have explained the Insanity mechanic better! You can toggle it on and off, and one dimension drains it, the other one restores it :(

Thanks for your lovely words!