Mother;Above

<p class="bb_paragraph" >Forty-eight hours until the floodgates open.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" >In <strong>Mother;Above</strong>, a short (~30 minute) psychological horror visual novel, you follow Vik, a teenage laborer in a basin town built beneath the floodwall that protects the City Above.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" >Vik maintains pumps, repairs drain lines… paints evacuation routes… and packs the emergency kits that keep the city dry.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" >Then the Flood Authority announces a controlled discharge. </p><p class="bb_paragraph" >Vik's mother disappeared through the wall years earlier. Her civic file does not list her as dead or missing. It says only: MOTHER; ABOVE.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" >With Sava, Corn, Braska, and an older runaway named Meytan, Vik plans to steal the Highline, a maintenance tram that can carry them through the floodwall before the gates open.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" ><strong>Key Features:</strong></p><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Short but impactful psychological horror visual novel, with each playthrough lasting around 30 minutes.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >A forty-eight hour countdown to a flood.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Three distinct endings.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >A rain-soaked industrial basin, a floodwall visible from every street, and an upper city made horrifying by how ordinary it looks.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Ambient soundscape built around heavy rain, pump machinery, warning sirens, tram tunnels, and calm emergency broadcasts telling residents to remain where they are.</p></li></ul>

• Developer: Vainsane