What Never Was

January 10, 2019 Acke Hallgren Acke Hallgren
Puzzle Adventure Indie
Linux PC Mac
About

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
Storyline

Sometime in the late 2000s, Howard James Wright - an old but kind man - perishes. Leaving behind him many adventures, relics he's collected over the years as well as books authored, he is also leaving Sarah, his granddaughter behind.

Having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfather's attic, she is soon to find that not everything about her grandfather's attic is what it seems.
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Release Date January 10, 2019
Developer Acke Hallgren
Publisher Acke Hallgren
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person
What Never Was

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