After your family vanishes during a camping trip, you trek to a grand old mansion by the lake-the nearest sign of life. This psychological thriller first-person point-and-click adventure, set in the Victorian era, pulls you into a deepening mystery as you search for your wife and children. Detailed low-res pixel art blends realism with surrealism to heighten the eerie atmosphere.
Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate interactions with secretive characters like eccentric lords, humble maids, a pompous butler, and a broken nurse from aristocratic and serving classes. Achievements demand sharp cunning, resourcefulness, and thorough exploration of the mansion. Fans of indie adventure games that mix brain-teasing challenges with narrative intrigue will find a perfect fit here.
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Synopsis: You have just enjoyed a camping holiday with your family when your wife and two young children go missing. With no way to contact anyone you head towards the only source of civilization for miles around - a grand old mansion by a lake. You soon find yourself drawn into a bigger mystery while you desperately try to find your family.
Artistic Style: The game employs a style that mixes realism with surrealism, which compliments the atmosphere of the story. The artwork is detailed low-res pixel art using a custom-made colour palette.
Game Style: The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era. There will be plenty of puzzles to solve, secrets to discover, characters who may help or mislead you.
Characters: You will meet members of the aristocracy and the serving class in the game, from the elderly and eccentric Lord and Lady of the manor whose lineage goes back centuries, to kitchen and scullery maids with extremely humble backgrounds, to a butler with delusions of grandeur, to a nurse whose brain has snapped due to events before you arrivedā¦ One thing they do have in common, however ā they all have secrets!
The game was developed by Cosmic Void (Void Breach, Cyber Seraph), and Dave Seaman (Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots, The Rat Pack, The Ancient Art of Staying Alive). An original music score is being composed for the game by Eric Galluzzo, who has previously composed for both Captain Disaster games.
The game features achievements that will require cunning, resourcefulness, and exploration to find.
The Corruption Within had a successful Kickstarter campaign with 2 stretch goals (extended and narrated intro / outro plus two secret rooms in the mansion) attained.
