Peppered: An Existential Platformer

Peppered: An Existential Platformer is about an office intern who sets out to save the world as it faces doomsday. The world responds by summoning the police, angry mobs and the media, who brand the intern a terrorist. Your choices, failures and boss battles shape the branching story and determine how it ends.

A branching story

Dialogue choices and actions can affect characters, the outcome of a scene or the ending. The story has multiple routes and endings, and can branch into distinct locations with their own scenes, characters and gameplay mechanics. Losses in boss fights are permanent: the story continues and incorporates each defeat rather than resetting or offering another chance.

Platforming and encounters

You run and jump through platforming sections and face one-shot boss fights. Stealth sections let you get caught, sneak past or find a secret solution; each features a distinct character, permanent outcomes and gags. The game also includes varied situations such as escaping thugs in a shopping cart, writing a presentation or gambling with a street-corner lunatic.

Explore the world

You can talk with colorful NPCs and investigate the environment, or ignore it. The world is filled with unusual characters and people described as sad, and you can also spin in an office chair.