Demersus

Demersus is a short, first-person walking simulator about alcohol addiction, experienced from inside the mind of its protagonist. You explore a fractured psyche represented as a mindscape made entirely from clay objects and set pieces.

Piece together a life

The environments reflect real conflicts in the protagonist’s life. You explore them and amend them, using environmental storytelling and hand-crafted puzzles to uncover fragments of strained relationships, lost moments and a person becoming increasingly distant from who they used to be. The game leaves these events unexplained, asking you to interpret what you find in the rooms and the person’s story.

A clay mindscape

A custom clay pipeline gives the digital objects a realistic, tactile appearance and a soft, handmade look. This visual style contrasts with the coldness of the subject matter.