Eidolon is a 2D Horror/Adventure game exploring metaphysical themes and simulation. Navigate a deteriorating spiritual world with ambiguous storytelling, and minimalist controls, facing existential struggle and shadowy enemies.
Find the source of the corruption, avoiding traps and uncovering flashbacks.
Characters
CODE: Lilith
A nameless program
- A nameless program, tasked with surveying a simulated world to locate the source of recurring distortions.
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Desperate programmer
- An observer attempting to fix their decaying reality through a multi-layered simulation.
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The Source
- T̶̪̣̲̔̐͊̽̏ȟ̸̡̖̩̻̰̋̎̆̏̊͠è̷͔̄̀̂͂̀̏ ̷̰̦̼̳͇̃̔C̸̢̺̱̜̬̻̠̺͆a̵̞̹̞̭͇̫̠̐͂̊̐̈̾̔͠u̵͈͕͖̇̀s̸̠̒̎̋͝ė̴̩͍̙̪̘̹̯͖͛̀̐͗͝ ̶̩̳͇̹̈͆̿͑̔ȁ̷͕n̸̡̲̘̲̞̘̐͂d̵̜̒̈́ͅ ̵͇̞̯͔͓̗̱̋̌͆̒͛́͘͝E̶̼̙̥̗̤̼̊̍̈͜f̷̛͍̞͈͔̜̊̑̃̈́f̷̧̡̢̠̦͛ę̷͍̥͓̻̤̫̔̈́̀́͌̇̕͝č̵̡͈̪̯͙̜̳̓͒̅́̈́̚͝t̶̤̣̰̾̍ -̴̮̙̺͔͍͖͉̒̅̄͋̿̅̊̒T̷̺͑̽̈̍̍̉͠h̷̢̛̼̠̠̟̞̄̔͂͛͐ȅ̴͚̺̪̹͚͈̰̣̂́́̔̎ ̴̱̣̉̾̒̉B̸͓̲̝̣̭̠̍̌̊̓̓̇͘é̴͔̑̾͘g̴̱͔̑̓͐̈̋̚i̴̛͙͓̼̝͍̤̊̌͗n̵̛̞̠̭̳̋̆̕͝n̵̨͍̻̠̍̓̅̿̀̂̇̕ḯ̴̟͖́̑̇̀͘n̷̬̰͖̖̞̜͐̊̈́̌g̶̛̥̤̜̳̃̔̕͜͜ ̵͚̗̱̪̲̽a̶͙͑̔͆̽͝ņ̶̥̣̫̆d̷̛̫́͒̀͛ ̴̜̬̜͇̀̔͊̋̌ͅĘ̸̨̢̯̩̹̰͓̓̊͂̒͊̌̌͝n̴͇͍̲̠̰̣̗̦̐̎̉d̷̫̜̱͈̻̍̑̈́̇͠͝ -̸̨̓̃͊̾́̒͝T̸͈̭̪͉̭̹̋͂͂̚͝h̷̝̺͓̰̽̂́́̂̏͝ë̷̝̩̬̠͕̝͊͂ ̵̛̝̩̊͠L̸̡̞̟̬̗̄́̀͒͂̀͝͝i̴͉͙̙̫͚̽̋̄͊͛͂f̷̨̛̫͚̦̓̾́͜ȅ̶̛̻͍̦̖̠͇̜̯͝ ̸̯̭̳͇̣͎̄͊̂̕͠͠a̴̧͚̜͙̰̦̋n̴̈́͋͌͌̐͝ͅd̷̮̝̗̝͖̟͋͊͝ ̷̢̹͒̐̓̀D̵̫̳̜̜̣̓́̍͗͝ę̶͚̣̤͊͂͝a̶̢̦̪͚̙͆̆̾͒̒̚͠͝t̵̗̓͂̎͑̈́̿͆h̶̘͚̠̞̥͂̅͒̓̕ -̴̩͈͛̿̕T̴͎͇̯̭̞̫̥͉̈̐̆h̶̨̧͉͚̻̚ẻ̴̝̖͈̤̤͈̈́͗̂͘͝ ̶̹̑́͌̈́̈͛̋͝E̴̢͉͑͐͂x̶̧̢̝͎̤̂͑͒̂͗͌̀͂i̸͉̙̫͔̝͈̜͗͌͑͠ṣ̷̢̢̣͔̖̫̊̾̾́͑̐̚͠t̴̝͎̄͌e̷̞̻͑́̆̈́̕n̸̨̧̲̻̼̟̘̟̏͋̑̓̄̈͝c̷͔̝̟̮̹͇̄̀̄́̊̆è̸̢̫̗͛̚ ̸̨̲̩͓̭͔͛̉͝͝á̵̡̪̇̈̑̏̃̕͝ṇ̶͈̖̺͍͊̃d̷̨̑̀̅͝ ̸̨̛͖̠̼̘͎̍̂͜͠͝Ņ̷̡̘̟̥͚̋̄o̶͚̠̞̹͖̗̭̒n̷̯̒-̷̤̫̺̿-Ȩ̶̺̭̰͘x̸̯̥̤͈͌̿͜i̵̘̦͉͖̰̹̗̒̚s̵̫̱̯̑t̶̨̬̣̳̚e̵͎͇͔̥̽ǹ̷̢̲̮̯͚̤̮͋̈́͑͋͝c̸̛̭̙͖͎̲͋̾̏̎̈́̿ͅe̵̻͔͈̝͐͋̌̉̊ - ̷̛̥̩̖̍̽̎̃̇̽T̶̡̹̭̦̽̾̽̉̕h̷̤̒̏̑͛e̴̟̩̥̾͋̓ ̸̧̼͙̜̲̹̭́̿̅̀̑͒̊͠ͅḠ̷͚̙͛̀̔̃̾̐ö̷̡͈͈̭̼̣̫̙͒͗͑̈́͘d̵̪̰̏̒͘̕͝ ̷͔̺̺͈̖̥͓͂̑͘ä̷̜̋͌͒̋̕̕n̴̪̣͔̫͓̠̻̎̉̾̏̔͜d̴̨̛̬͈̍̆̃́̈́̑ ̵͈͙̘̹̦̿͗̉̍͝ͅM̶̲̘̥̃̂͊ā̴̘̲̐̒̐̈́̃͠n̴̜̪̭͊ -̴͔̝̺̥̖͕̒T̵̠͒͂͗͋͛͂̍͝ḫ̸͓̐̇̉̐͊̉̉ḙ̴͈͚̖͈͐̀̓̍̑͠ ̵̧͕̋̐͝L̶̲̒͂o̶̳͌͛́͐́͂̕s̴͔̒͊̿͗̋̒̃̌ṫ̴̻̟̬ ̸̖̱̥̊͋̒͝ͅa̵͇͙͇͔̰͌̈͘ͅn̷̺̲̪̗̈́̀̾̈́͝d̶̜͚̼̉̿̐͐͜͠͝ ̷̡̢̮̦̼̠̃͋Ḟ̸̻̖̻̉ṑ̸̧̬̻̺̌̃̚u̵̡̦̞͊̋̊̄̑n̷̢̗̫̞̪̿̐̃̚ͅd̵̩͙̜̲̻̯̑̈̈́̀͆́͜ - Ṱ̵̨̨̢͔̺̖̊̈̔̏̚͝ĥ̶̨͖͙̗͎͍̱ȩ̴̺̮͕͖̜̙́́̓ ̶͎̇̋̎̉̀̎̉͝S̴̛̹̣͐͊ȇ̵̜͈̈́l̶̨͎͇̺̳̼̞̀̈̿̊̀̕f̷͉̲̖̀͌͋̅̃́i̶̢̖̐̇̋͛̽̀͘͜s̷̮̳͇̒̏̒̏́͘͝͠h̶̢̭͒̈́̓̆̽̋ ̶̡̠̼͓͔̱̅͌a̷̡͉̜̹̺̳͕͑̔̄̔̈́̃͜n̴̢̺̳̟̼̬̰̾̌͝ͅd̸̛͖͆̓́ ̴̢͔̣̺͐̍̍͂̈͝Š̸͔̾̌̑e̴̡̠̙͍̯͉̋̊̍͑͂ļ̷̺̝̦̉̿͌̕f̸̼̹̤̮̳͆̋̂͐l̸͓̋e̶̖͍͇͙̮͍͕̭͑͌͌͆͊̄͋͠ŝ̸̹͓̮͍̩̜̾́̍̉͘s̴̖͍̈́̅͆̉ -̵̡̯̙̘͙̊̀̓͂͊̋͜͝T̶͎̲͖͇͆̅̓́͆̄̕͝h̴͙̪̟̗̜̱̣̣̽̑͌̔͛̓̚͘é̸̤̫̱͓̯͈ ̵̛̛̰̺̈́̎F̵̛̲͑͒̐o̷̱͉̩͚͑͆̉̌́̇́̕ͅr̶͉̠̭̽s̸̼͉̞͇̄̇̌̿̕̚a̸̡̢̛͈̮̤̥͆̔̌͂̎̓k̴̟͈̔̎̎͋e̷̮̻͍͕̫̳̖̱͒͝ṇ̶̡͌͊̏̓̕͠ ̴̧̯̖͎͓̓̆͛̍͊̀̚ä̷̤́̿̿̋̃͆n̵̡͋́̇̓̿̌͝͝d̸̙̿̃̆͌̌̈́ ̷͖̈́̓͑͐͑͘S̵̻͇͔̼͔̮̋́å̴̧̫͎͇͊̆̀̿͝͝͠v̸̡̦̮̩̀̃̋̃͗́͘e̵͙͑͛̊̍̀͂͝d̴̯̺̈́̂͗̚ - ̵̬̟̋̂T̸̨̩̹͚̟̤̓́̓́h̴͚͓̐͋̎̔̈̽͂͝ė̵̢̖͔͓͎̺͖͒̄̈́ ̵̡͉̞̲͙̖̹̪͊̈́̒͑H̵͔͙̳̤͑̈̂͜o̴̢̟͋͛͝p̵̗̯̣̎̀̊́̚͠e̶̢͙̾̀̃̓̇̿̎͑ ̷͕̇̎̽̓͒͛͝ȁ̵̘͓͚̬̭̝̒̿̑͌n̵̡̫̮̻̙͇̬͉̂̕d̵͓̦̯̄̆͒́͠ ̴̳͆͒̋͠D̶̗̜̈͑͋ͅe̸̡̢͈̺̟͖̱̭̽s̷̗̼͙̣̀͛̈́̍̆̚p̴̣͈͓̮̀̓̑̓̄å̷͓͙̃́̌̈́͑̚i̵̖͔͙͍͌̓̎ŗ̸͇̥̖̺̂
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Mechanics
Corruption
The more that you are defeated, the more corrupted your surroundings will become. Enemies will become more frequent and challenging.
Teleport
Your Y-Axis is locked... To reach higher levels, teleport up and down between layers,
Attack
Deal damage by firing energy at your enemies. Unleash stronger attacks by sacrificing SP.
Traps
Watch out for traps! Various obstacles are littered through the world - be sure to tread carefully and avoid taking damage.
Story Characters
Pass by characters in the background when you see them. They may have something to say..