For Emery is a very personal story about death and grief

With the rise of indie games in the last years came a wave of new storytelling perspectives to the gaming world. Instead of telling fantastic stories about heroes and villains, game developers started to cope with their personal often traumatic experiences through the medium of video games. Some of the better-known examples here were That Dragon, Cancer or Nina Freeman’s debut masterpiece Cibele. Both of them take the players very closely into the personal memories and emotions of the game developers themselves and deliver intense experiences. Now, solo developer Amanda Lim (known as Sanud Games) from Singapore shares her own story in her debut work For Emery, a story about loss and grief.

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The Letter: Never Ignore a Chain Letter or it May Get You Killed

The Letter is a visual novel made by Filipino studio Yang Yang Mobile and it takes the consequences of such a chain letter very seriously. The game is inspired by Japanese and Korean ghost stories such as The Grudge or The Ring, so players might have an idea what to expect already.

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Voyeuristic phone simulator ‘Sara Is Missing’ wants us to feel awkward

Malaysian Monsoon Lab’s “Sara is Missing” is a haunting mobile game where players investigate Sara’s disappearance through her phone. The interactive novel game offers a chilling journey with multiple outcomes, available in demo form on itch.io and Google Play. The experience promises spine-tingling storytelling akin to films like The Ring.

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