Demo offers early admission into Emotionless: The Last Ticket

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Full version of first-person 3D cosmic horror adventure coming September 18th on Steam

Amusement parks are supposed to be fun places full of laughter and joy, especially for children. (Not to mention heat, crowds, and long lines for adults.) The carnival in X1 Games' upcoming cosmic horror adventure Emotionless: The Last Ticket is... NOT that sort of park – and what's underneath it even less so. 

It's been ten years since James Anderson's father suddenly disappeared from Willow Park, the secluded carnival he helped build. His father is now believed dead, making it all the more curious why James keeps getting voice recordings from him, warning him about the dangers of the park – that the surface merriment is only a cover for something much sinister lurking beneath. At last James decides to visit the area himself to find the answers he's been seeking. His trip gets off to an ominous start, though, his car breaking down just outside the forest where Willow Park is concealed. And was that a massive, monstrous tentacled creature he briefly spotted high above when a crack of lightning penetrated the gloomy grey skies? It's clearly going to take all of James's (and the player's) courage to uncover the secrets of this place. It may look like an ordinary (if abandoned) theme park on the surface, but if his father's messages are to believed, ONE of its rides will lead directly to the source of terror "buried" below. 

Described as a "cosmic horror experience with liminal elements," Emotionless is a first-person 3D psychological adventure that lets you freely roam the carnival and the labyrinthine tunnels below. Although "freely" might be misleading. Sure, you can actually hop on the rides that are still somehow functional, from the merry-go-round to the rickety roller coaster to the towering Ferris wheel. But once you venture underground, where you find evidence of a mysterious "Experiment XI" having occurred there, you'll find yourself trapped in an increasingly surreal series of halls and rooms that keep changing to "relentlessly test" your sense of direction. The focus here isn't on puzzles (or survival, with no combat at all), but the entire layout becomes a puzzle in itself, as you "repeatedly get lost, find the right path, and then get lost again" as "familiar corridors twist into unsettling dead ends, blurring the line between reality and nightmare." Keep your bearings as best you can, however, and new audio logs you discover will finally reveal the park's darkest secrets and the real fate of James's father. 

The full version of Emotionless: The Last Ticket isn't far off, as the game is on track to launch on September 18th. In the meantime, you can start the ride early as a playable demo is already available on Steam for Windows PC.