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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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ORIGAME DIGITAL
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Coming 2026
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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