SOMBRAS: negative frames Horror Game Launches December 4
Maboroshi Artworks' second title makes photography both the exploration tool and the progression system, a mechanical hook that carries the horror premise of a camera enthusiast trapped in a dark dimension.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Maboroshi Artworks announced the first-person horror game SOMBRAS: negative frames for release on December 4. The player controls Arterio Shiomi, a photography major student who wanders into a dark dimension mirroring a 2000s Japanese town and must escape to the real world. Progress comes from photographing strange sights and doors, and developing film yields inspiration used to upgrade the camera. It is the studio's second title, following the Steam-rated Last Time I Saw You. A PS5 version is announced for around the same time.
The protagonist is Arterio Shiomi, a photography major with roots in Spain and Japan who lives with his father in a traditional Japanese town after his parents' divorce. One night he is pulled into the dark dimension, where familiar streetscapes appear alongside mysterious shadows and girls who resemble him. Players collect occult items and photograph strange doors blocking the way to proceed.
Captured scenes, once developed, yield inspiration, and that inspiration upgrades the camera. The game is Maboroshi Artworks' second title, following the side-scrolling action game Last Time I Saw You, set in 1980s Japan, which holds a 'Very Positive' rating on Steam.
SOMBRAS: negative frames releases December 4 on PC (Steam). A PS5 version is announced for around the same time, though no Japanese store page is listed yet. A Steam playtest is open for applications.
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