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The Hidden Library
A dark-academia point-and-click adventure: a hidden library of forbidden Soviet books.
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About the project
A 2D adventure set in southern Russia in the early 2000s. You play Elena, a thirteen-year-old who finds her grandfather’s concealed library: shelves of books that were banned in the Soviet era. Exploring locations, solving puzzles, playing mini-games and meeting characters out of the forbidden novels add up to a story about how literature was suppressed — and what survived of it.
What is inside
- Hand-drawn locations and a cinematic soundtrack
- Puzzles and mini-games woven into the exploration
- A story grounded in the real history of censorship
- Six languages: Russian, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese