Yūrei Horror Game Lets Players Rewrite Manga Pages to Change the Story
The game's core mechanic, rewriting earlier pages to branch the narrative, turns the manga itself into an antagonist that fights back, a fresh twist on horror puzzle design.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
At Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026, French team Team Yūrei showed Yūrei, a psychological horror game about a manga artist trapped inside his own comic. Players navigate 2D panels in 3D space, switch to a navigation mode to flip pages, and use ink to complete unfinished sketches, altering later events. The vertical slice build was made by ten master's students at Cnam-Enjmin.
The build on the show floor is a vertical slice, a short segment polished to full density, and the game is not finished. Ten master's students at Cnam-Enjmin in Angoulême, France, made it as their graduation project.
Team Yūrei wants to take Yūrei to completion but lacks funding beyond the school assignment. One goal at BIC2026 was finding investors. The team estimates a 1 to 2 hour game, with more puzzle sections and the current psychological horror tone preserved, and a 6 to 12 month timeline once funding is secured.
A Japanese version is not yet planned, though the team hopes to add Japanese translation and voice acting, aiming for French, English, and Japanese releases. The English build shown at the event is free on itch.io for PC.
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