In Dear Esther, we set up contradictory, ambiguous narratives that looped and folded in on each other, never resting into a single stable explanation. Total Dark takes this further, creating a narrative architecture that is woven to life by the player, where the challenge is to explore the unique properties of slippage, abstraction and agency that only game stories can create.Total Dark is an adventure game like no other, fusing a traditional isometric RPG interface with an innovative, part-procedural gameplay generator and The Chinese Room’s trademark and unique spin on game storytelling. Total Dark strands you in a deadly, mysterious, fog-bound world and sets the clock ticking. You are Subject 786, waking into a bare metal cell and your only clue to understand what has happened to you are messages left on an old computer terminal from “The Operator”. All you know is that you’ve been deliberately infected with a killer virus and have three hours to earn enough credit to buy a vaccine. In order to earn the credits, you have to venture from the safety of the cell into the depths of a deadly fog, where unseen dangers lurk and every step can kill you. A tightly-focused RPG, Total Dark combines resource management, turn-based exploration, survival crafting and information gathering. Step by step, piece-by-piece, you will need to venture into the unknown, chose your path, learn how to survive the fog, balance your credit between new items, new knowledge and temporary vaccinations, as you try and uncover the mystery of the Total Dark experiment.In the depths of the fog lurk the game’s unique procedural system, that creates the lethal anomalies and entities that populate Total Dark for each play session. You must put together the clues, understand their nature, how to avoid or attract them – and there’s no referring to a walkthrough or a Let’s Play video. Your Total Dark nightmare is yours alone.