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:
October 16, 2026
Platforms:
Nintendo Switch 2 (after PC launch)
Press / Business contact:
press@twofrogs.biz
Social:
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ORIGAME DIGITAL - Developers
Naphtali Faulkner
Director
Megan Faulkner
Producer — Lead Executive Business Operations
Fellow Traveller - Publisher
PUBLISHED BY FELLOW TRAVELLER
Operations
Chris Wright, Managing Director
Shelah Wilkins, Finance Manager
Zoe Casimiro, Assistant Accountant
Spencer Hayes, Scout
Chris Wulf, Senior Biz Dev Manager
Sam Meulenberg
Marnie Gray
Marketing
Dylan Clark-Moore, Product Manager
Nathan Fry, Associate Product Manager
Ben Kosmina, Associate Product Manager
Rob Manuel, Events Manager
Marla Fitzsimmons
Lisa Villaume
Production
Laure Bruyère, Producer
Louis Li, Producer
Max Phoenix, Tester
WITH SUPPORT FROM
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