Fingerbones

Fingerbones is a short, narrative-focused horror experience set in a mysterious, abandoned building. You explore its dark rooms, lit by golden light from the windows, and piece together a disturbing story from scattered notes. It is intended to be completed in one sitting, usually taking around half an hour, and has no save system.

Atmosphere and music

The game combines pixel horror with realistic lighting effects to create a surreal atmosphere. Its music changes dynamically in response to your movements around the environment. The experience builds horror through narrative, atmosphere and pacing, and deals with disturbing subject matter.

The story

The notes are designed to give purpose to the familiar scattered-note approach to storytelling in indie horror games. Fingerbones’ art, music, environments, textures and programming were created from scratch; its sound effects were made from Creative Commons samples. The game quits automatically when you complete it.