Psychological Horror ADV 'Am I Nima' Debuts at BitSummit PUNCH
The game's word-combination dialogue system and layered mother-daughter horror distinguish it from other psychological adventure titles at the festival.
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A demo for the psychological horror adventure game 'Am I Nima' was shown at BitSummit PUNCH, running May 22-24 in Kyoto. Players control Nima, who wakes tied to a chair in a basement by her mother Annabel, who claims it is treatment for a head injury. The player must explore and combine words to respond in conversation, while both mother and daughter hide things from each other. The demo ends with Annabel raising a pickaxe. The full game will have multiple endings.
The demo for 'Am I Nima' opens with Nima tied to a chair in a dark basement, her head fixed by rubber ropes. Her mother Annabel says it is treatment for a swimming accident, but contradictions in her story and Nima's memory of her mother holding a knife build distrust. Players choose responses by dragging words from Nima's brain into a speech slot, and can combine words to create new ones. Voices in Nima's head offer conflicting advice. The demo ends with Annabel raising a pickaxe and a voice asking 'Nima... are you Nima?' Developer HO! Games cited 'Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk' and 'Who's Lila?' as influences. The full version will have multiple endings.
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