A Blind Detective Solves Cases in Their Dreams in ‘Amber County’

A series of nightmares lead Detective Steven O’Hara to work a suicide case, but this is only the beginning of the surreal events around him in Amber County.

Amber County follows O’Hara into a black and white world of haunting visions, bizarre stories, and chill music. You will have to help the detective solve puzzles and unravel the dreams he is having, all of which have ties to an unfolding series of strange cases in the small town.

Amber County‘s visual style loads the surroundings and characters with an unsettling vagueness, being perfectly clear yet oddly chilling in its lack of certain details (with characters especially). It feels real and yet not, telling you exactly what you’re looking at while leaving out enough of it that looking into this town carries this nagging sense of being unreal and unwelcoming. It’s a great effect to go along with the game’s Twin Peaks-inspired story and atmosphere.

The first chapter of Amber County is available for free on Itch.io.

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Joel Couture

Joel has been covering indie games for various sites including IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and more over the past seven years, and has written book-length studies on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is constantly on the lookout for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what games can be, and seeks to delve into the creative process, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.

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