> Terminal

Terminal is a text-based escape room in which you investigate a conversation that exists outside of time. A ghost embedded in your machine has taken control of its files, folders and wires, bringing your deepest thoughts and memories to the surface. Through a story of love, family and fate, you search for clues to unlock the machine and trap the ghost inside the system it haunts.

Explore the terminal

You type short commands to search the terminal’s fragmented archives. The story unfolds according to the keywords you explore and the questions you ask, with no single path to the truth. Progress depends on understanding the machine’s rules rather than simply moving forward through the narrative.

You solve syntax puzzles by finding the right verb-and-noun combinations; instead of choosing dialogue, you construct it. The terminal’s world combines voices, images, commands and stories, with ASCII art and color palettes woven into its text-based presentation. Distorted voices from the past reveal parts of the story and connect you with the protagonist’s thoughts and history.

The mystery

As you piece together the archives, the story explores consciousness, memory, technology and what it means to be alive. Your choices, discoveries and control over the system lead to one of several endings.