The Funnel

The Funnel is a short, replayable narrative game with branching dialogue and puzzle minigames. You play a gear assembler in a world where humanity has fled into underground factories. You can work toward promotion or try to escape, and your choices shape how the story ends.

The factory and its history

The story takes place in a world that diverged from ours in the 1900s. In Old Philadelphia, a group of scientists created the Funnel, a giant robotic structure that supposedly can average out humanity’s collective will. The people you meet in the factory each have their own plans for its future.

Choices and consequences

You decide whom to work with and whom to betray. Dialogue choices and success or failure in minigames affect the story’s outcome. For example, if you fail to attach a timer to a bomb when asked, a character might sacrifice themselves because the bomb has no delay.

Story and minigames

The story takes 3–5 hours, with 20 or more ways to reach the end. It includes 9 puzzle minigames and more than 60,000 words of dialogue. Different endings can feature entirely different minigames.