Description

Cosmic horror, through the eyes of a penguin. Rival human factions have come to your home in the Antarctic, seeking an ancient and inconceivable being. Observe their descent into insanity in this faithful re-imagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, and other stories.

About This Game

"I am writing this under appreciable mental strain..."

A faithful re-imagining of H.P. Lovecraft through the eyes of a penguin. Developed by Origame Digital, creators of Umurangi Generation, published by Fellow Traveller (1000xRESIST), and narrated by Lenval Brown.


A NEW WEIRD FICTION

“The wind howls differently in the S̴̭̘̥͉̘̤̺͚͈̫̘̎̉̀̊͛̿͗̃́́͐̊̐̓̊͠ͅouth”

The year is 1939, and two rival groups are making their way into the deep Antarctic to answer the call of an impossibly ancient being. One seeks to extract this inconceivable power for its own destructive means. The other, as it has been doing for generations, hopes to return it to its slumber for another hundred years.

THE NORTH HEARS THE CALL

“Is it possible that what I have e̸̘̽x̷͔̿p̷̢̓e̴̗͠r̷̫̓ì̷͖ĕ̸͓n̷͇͘c̵̠͌e̸̜̓d̶̗̆  shall be believed?”

These humans, with their strange sights and sounds, will pique the curiosity of the local penguins. Embody any one of these penguins and wander the frozen landscape, following the humans in their discoveries, and witnessing their minds collapse under the strain.


TO AN ETERNAL EMPIRE

“Or will my wö̴̭̥́̌̓̒̅rds come across like those of a m̴̜͉̻̙̮̳̺͕̼̤̥̯͙̞̉̔͆̀̉̈̃̑̔̀̉́́͘͜ͅa̴̢̛̩͚̣̼̘̱̥̰͉͗̈͌͆̕ͅͅd̷͇͝ ̵̧̗́͠m̵͚͓̎̐ạ̴̠̃n̶̹̾͝?̴̦̞̉́”

Part adaptation, part re-imagination, Penguin Colony is a sincere expansion of H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos. Drawing inspiration from stories like At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time, the game is set just two years after Lovecraft’s death, and carries on his tradition of weird fiction.

About the Developer

ORIGAME DIGITAL is a new media studio located in Ahitereiria. Developers of the IGF Grand Prize Winner Umurangi Generation (2020). Combining the new medium of Video Games with the Original story telling ways that's what ORI-GAME is all about. Next time you feel like something fresh check out an ORIGAME.


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Developer:
ORIGAME DIGITAL


Release date:

Coming 2026


Platforms:

Steam


Press / Business contact:

ftg@doublejump.com.au


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ORIGAME DIGITAL - Developers

Naphtali Faulkner
Director

Megan Faulkner
Producer — Lead Executive Business Operations

Fellow Traveller - Publisher

Operations

Chris Wright
Managing Director

Sam Meulenberg
Finance Manager

Marnie Gray
Assistant Accountant

Chris Wulf
Biz Dev

Spencer Hayes
Scout

Marketing

Marla Fitzsimmons
Head of Marketing

Lisa Villaume
Product Manager

Ben Kosmina
Associate Product Manager

Dylan Clark-Moore
Product Manager

Nathan Fry
Associate Product Manager

Production

Louis Li
Producer

Laure Bruyère
Producer

Two Frogs in a Trenchcoat

Travis Plane
General Manager

Claire Malyon
Head of Account Management

Jasmine James
Account Director

Felicia McEntire
Senior Account Manager

Daimian Galbraith
Account Executive